Curriculum Vitae
Education
2023
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, Minor in UX Design
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Alma Clark Glass Scholarship Recipient
Selected Solo Exhibitions + Installations
2026 The Kelp Forest New Media Gallery, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
2025 Flora and Fauna Gallery Together, Seattle, WA
2025 Summer of Learning Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Seattle Art Walk Exhibition The Ruom, Seattle, WA
2026 Juneteenth Community Event Eastside For All, Juanita High School, Kirkland, WA
2025 Walk the Block Wa Na Wari, Seattle, WA
2025 Open Studio ’57 Biscayne, Seattle, WA
2024 Colors of Resistance Blue Cone Studios, Seattle, WA | Curator & Exhibiting Artist
2024 Walk the Block Wa Na Wari, Seattle, WA
2024 Ecosystem of Everything Together Center, Redmond, WA
2024 Flower Power Vermillion, Seattle, WA
Selected Public Art + Commissions
2026 BIMA Block Party Artwork Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
2026 Celebrate Gateway Park North Seattle, WA
2025 Pink Dreams Wa Na Wari, Seattle, WA
2025 Eyes in a Spiral Friends of Waterfront Park, Seattle, WA
2025 Best Friends Phinney Neighborhood Association, Seattle, WA
2025 Mi Amor Por Ti Es Verte Crecer Mi Centro, Tacoma, WA
2025 Harmonies of Heritage — Event Flyer Commission Historic South Downtown, Seattle, WA
2025 Black Earth Day — Poster Art & Design Commission Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Seattle, WA
2024 Black Earth Day — Poster Art & Design Commission Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Seattle, WA
2023 Indigo Dream Wa Na Wari, Seattle, WA
2023 We Invite All the Children to Fly Rainier Valley Leadership Academy, Seattle, WA
2023 Welcome to the Garden Wa Na Wari / Bloom Garden Fellowship, Seattle, WA
2023 Eban Black Student Coalition, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2023 Flowing Dreams Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2021 The Shared Journey Alma Clark Glass Hall, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Residencies, Grants + Awards
2026
Projects Grant
4Culture, King County, WA
The Kelp Forest
2026
New Media Gallery Program
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
2026
Storefronts Artist Residency
Shunpike, Seattle, WA
2026
Teaching Artist Roster
The Creative Advantage, Seattle, WA
2025
Artist Residency
Wa Na Wari, Seattle, WA
2024
Black Artist Residency
Rockland Residency, Bremerton, WA
2024
Artist Studio
Burke Museum, Seattle, WA
2023–2025
Teaching Artist Residency
Creative Justice, Seattle, WA
2023–2024
Artist Residency & Internship
Blue Cone Studios, Seattle, WA
2023
Cultural Relief Fund for Individuals
4Culture, King County, WA
2023
Create & Thrive Grant
LANGSTON, Seattle, WA
Teaching Experience
2026
Teaching Artist, Freestyle as Resistance: Voice, Mind, and Power
Rain City Rock Camp, Seattle, WA
2026
Teaching Artist & Plenary Facilitator
Y-WE Create Camp, Seattle, WA
2026
Co-Facilitator, Boundaries & Friend Making
Young Women Empowered, Seattle, WA
2026
Watercolor Workshop
Acorn Collective, Seattle, WA
2026
Teaching Artist
Arts Corps, Seattle, WA
2025
Workshop Presenter
36th Annual Students of Color Conference
Multicultural Student Services Directors’ Council, Virtual
Art as Activism: Creating Your Coloring & Activity Book of Resistance
Designing Your Liberation: Creativity, Identity and Power
Freestyle as Resistance: Voice, Mind, and Power
2025
Teaching Artist, Free-Flow Freestyle: Songwriting and Spoken Word with Intuition
The Rhapsody Project, Seattle, WA
2025
Natural Dyeing & Textiles
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Seattle, WA
2025
Sewing & Textile Basics
The Rhapsody Project, Seattle, WA
2025
Limitless: Finding Nature’s Frequency
Refuge Outdoors, Seattle, WA
2024
Fabric Painting Workshop
Coyote Central, Seattle, WA
2024
Textile Design & Fashion Branding
Creative Justice, Seattle, WA
2023
Art in the Park: Natural Dyeing
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2022–2023
Natural Dyeing Workshops
Wa Na Wari, Seattle, WA
Selected Performances
2026
KATANiiCA
Acorn Collective, Seattle, WA
2026
KATANiiCA
Judkins Park Light Rail Opening, Seattle, WA
2026
KATANiiCA
Estelita’s Library, Seattle, WA
2026
Planeta Femme
Culture Restaurant, Walla Walla, WA
Co-Producer & DJ
2026
Fremont Fridays
Seattle, WA
DJ Solstice
2026
Between Us: An Afro-Diasporic Conversation With Seattle
Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
DJ
2026
Pioneer Square Art Walk / Asylum Collective
Seattle, WA
DJ Solstice
2025
Heritage Ball
The Rhapsody Project / Seattle Opera, Seattle, WA
2025
KATANiiCA
Bellevue Arts Fair, Bellevue, WA
2025
KATANiiCA with 206 Zulu
Northwest Folklife, Seattle, WA
2025
Waterfront Park Grand Opening
Friends of Waterfront Park / The Rhapsody Project, Seattle, WA
Selected Music + Releases
2026
ABYSS: Sounds from The Kelp Forest
Album
2026
Featured Artist Playlist
With Space Radio
2025
No Me Digas Nada
KATANiiCA, Single
Katana Sol is a Seattle-based interdisciplinary artist, designer, musician, and educator working across public art, illustration, textiles, natural dye, immersive installation, sound, animation, and community-engaged art.
With a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design, Sol approaches creative practice as a form of world-building: a way to translate memory, culture, ecology, imagination, and lived experience into tangible environments, images, objects, and sound.
Their work moves between individual studio practice and collective creation. Across murals, installations, workshops, music, and participatory projects, Sol is interested in the ways art can hold cultural memory, create opportunities for reflection and connection, and help people imagine alternative futures.
Sol’s work has been presented and supported by organizations including Jack Straw Cultural Center, Burke Museum, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Public Library, 4Culture, Shunpike, Wa Na Wari, Friends of Waterfront Park, Creative Justice, The Rhapsody Project, and Northwest Folklife.
Their interdisciplinary studio practice, Entangled Oceans, encompasses visual art, design, public art, education, music, publishing, and collaborative creative projects.