About
Kati Thomson is a California native, which has informed each of her creative efforts. She paints a variety of subjects both from life and in her studio in Clovis, California with a focus on Figurative art.
“Im interested in the spark of recognition when we identify something as like ourselves. There’s a chemical thing that happens when we encounter someone’s direct gaze. Like we are really seen. Body language is part of that conversation, we read it without thinking and in a way create a story about other people with so little real information. How is it that we can draw so much understanding of a person with just a crease between the brow or the position of a head? And then the portrait is a snapshot of a person on the way from being one way to the other. There’s this implied motion or rest and all the meaty bits of who we are happen furiously in the transition between those states. We are pretty ephemeral, really.”
Mostly self-taught, Kati has workshopped at Art Student’s League of NY and with many well-known artists such as Arthur Gain, J. Louis, Randall Sexton, Hadas Tal, Anki King, Steven Assael and others.
Kati’s work has found its home in Corporate and private collections in California, Seattle, Scottsdale, AZ, Michigan and New York.
Current Representation:
John Natsoulas Gallery - Davis, CA. , Oakland, CA
Fig Tree Gallery - Fresno, CA
The Door Art Gallery - Fresno, CA,
Public Art/Contributions:
2022 - Fresno Yosemite Airport - Installation
2023 -
“Living Harriet Tubman” PBS Documentary, portrait contribution “Nancy as Harriet” and appearance.
Davis Mural Team - Member
Mural - “Flyers” 3rd and D, Davis, CA (my design)
Recent Exhibitions-
2025-
Solo Exhibition - March, Fig Tree Gallery
Group Exhibition - March, “Working Through It” John Natsoulas Gallery
Group Exhibition - March “A Wise Woman Once Said” Corridor 2122 Gallery
Solo Exhibition - May, Sasse Museum of Art
2024-
Solo Exhibition - September 4-28, John Natsoulas Gallery
Solo Exhibition - March, Downtown Artist Gallery
LA ART Show - March, John Natsoulas Gallery
Group Exhibition - March, Conroe Art League Conroe, TX
San Francisco Art Fair - April, John Natsoulas Gallery
2023-
Intercept Palm Springs - March. John Natsoulas Gallery
San Francisco Art Market - April. John Natsoulas Gallery
Seattle Art Fair - July - John Natsoulas Gallery
Group Show - Fig Tree Gallery
Contemporary Surrealism - November. Sedona Art Center
“Unreal” Art of Painting - November. John Natsoulas Gallery
Big Gay Art Show - December. Sedona Art Center - “Honorable Mention”
“Art of the Word” - December - Sasse Museum of Art
2022 -
Public Art Installation - Fresno Yosemite Airport - Special Thanks to The Door Gallery
Group Show - Fig Tree Gallery
Seattle Art Fair - John Natsoulas Gallery
Artists for Amnesty - Group Show John Natsoulas Gallery
San Francisco Art Market - John Natsoulas Gallery
LA Art Show - John Natsoulas Gallery
2021 - Solo Show - ‘Sonder’ John Natsoulas Gallery Great Landscape Show - John Natsoulas Gallery
CV available on request.