BIOGRAPHY

Kat Honey (b 1966, née Kal) was creative and obsessively detail-oriented from an early age: drawing, building models, embroidery, photography. After attending Northern Secondary School’s specialized art program in Toronto, Kat went on to become an award-winning graduate of the Ontario College of Art & Design. 

After a 2009 travel sabbatical from her 20-year graphic design career, Kat re-focussed her career on art and art instruction.

Often bold (but sometimes subtle), Kat's work in collage, signage and painting is informed by her design sensitivity and training, her love of contrasts, and her penchant for text, wit and wordplay.

Recent exhibitions include: In Situ Multi Arts Festival, MIssissauga, Red Head Gallery, Gladstone House's Come Up to My Room , The Artist Project 2023 and 2024, Fashion Art Toronto F/W 2023, and 1 Adelaide St. E. Toronto, and Quest Art, Midland, 2024.

In 2021, Kat designed a permanent neon installation (fabricated by FUSE Neon) for Gladstone House, also featured on a limited edition beer can by Henderson Brewing and a Gladstone tote bag.

In 2022, Kat designed and illustrated (with collage), Bright Fish, a collection of poetry by the late Lavell Ferris Baldock, Published by Barlow Books.

As an instructor, Kat teaches her own online courses, as well as in-person and online offerings for Neilson Park Creative Centre, Visual Arts Mississauga, as well as Haliburton Scool of Art + Design summer programs. She also leads workshops, gives lectures and juries exhibitions throughout Southern Ontario. Along with her wife, Kim-Lee Kho, Kat hosts the popular free Virtual Collage Jam on YouTube – featured in Kolaj Magazine issue #34.
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When not in the studio or classroom, Kat can often be found in the gym or out riding one of her beloved bicycles…