About.
Katelynne Cagliostro (she/her) is an illustrator and educator currently residing in K’jipuktuk/ Halifax. She is an obsessive doodler whose work primarily focuses on self-love and personal growth through drawings, comics and zines. Her work aims to spread messages of self-kindness through stories of her personal life and imagery of blossoms. She believes that self-kindness is a radical expression of self-love. In her recent work, she discusses topics in her life such as body acceptance, mental health and navigating life as an emerging illustrator through daily comics.
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Katelynne Cagliostro
Halifax, NS
Education
2017 BFA. (Honours) Art & Art History: University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario
2017 Studio Art (Advanced Diploma): Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2013 Visual and Creative Arts (Advanced Diploma): Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
Teaching
*Upcoming* Saturday Youth Art Camp, NSCAD Extended Studies: Instructor
October-Present Express Yourself/Comic Diaries, NSCAD Extended Studies: Instructor
July 2022 Artful Stories, NSCAD Extended Studies: Camp Instructor
July 2021-Present Wonder’neath: Artist/Facilitator
Oct 2018 - Present Artshine-Arts4All: Art Instructor
August 2019 New Glasgow Summer Art Camp (guest artist/facilitator)
August 2019 Vision Loss Support Art Group (guest artist/facilitator)
Selected Exhibitions
*Upcoming* Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2023: Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Ontario
Nov 2022 Heart & Pocket Market Revue: Royal Canadian Legion, Sackville, New Brunswick
August 2022 Community Banner Project: North End Business Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 2022 Sappyfest Zine Fair: Royal Canadian Legion, Sackville, New Brunswick
June 2022 Toronto Comic Art Festival: Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Ontario
March 2022 7th Annual Artspace Book +Zine Fest: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
Dec 2021 New Grad Program-Open Studio: 2484 Maynard, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dec 2021 Post-it Note Art Show: Tides Gallery, Kentville, Nova Scotia
Nov 2021 2484 Maynard Open House: Blue Building, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Oct 2021 Mosaic for Mental Health 2021: Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Feb 2021 Palette: Comfort Food in Art: Round Hill Studio, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
Nov 2020 Post-it Note Art Show: Tides Gallery, Kentville, Nova Scotia
Feb 2020 5th Annual Artspace Book + Zine Fair: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
Aug 2019 Paint the Town: ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
May 2019 Artspace 50/50 Draw: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
Feb 2019 4th Annual Artspace Book + Zine Fair: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
Dec 2018 LORE Trading Post Market: The Common Café, Guelph, Ontario
Oct 2018 Youth and Emerging Artists Fair & Exhibition: Hamilton, Ontario
Aug 2018 Paint the Town: ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
April 2018 Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative 8: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Feb 2018 3rd Annual Artspace Book + Zine Fair: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
March 2017 Verge: Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario
March 2016 Medium, Mediums, Media: Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
Publications
2022 Sappypost (Issue 5), Sappyfest, Sackville, New Brunswick
2022 I Don't Do Comics (Vol 8 - Homesick)
2022 I Don’t Do Comics (Vol 7 - It's Amore!)
2021 Kindness Calendar (2021-2022), After Trauma Empowerment Centre
2020 I Don’t Do Comics (Vol 3 - E-motion)
2020 I Don’t Do Comics (Vol 1 - IDDC)
2019 EVERYSEEKER fka. OBEY (Resilience Resonates) Halifax, Nova Scotia
2016 BUFF Magazine (2016 edition) Coach House Press
2015 BUFF Magazine (2015 edition) Coach House Press
Commissions
Nov 2022 Henry: Oshawa, Ontario (Digital Portrait)
Nov 2o22 Orion: Trent Hills, Ontario (Digital Portrait)
Nov 2022 V + C Cagliostro Family: Trent Hills, Ontario (Watercolour and Pencil Crayon Portrait)
Nov 2022 Kalverda Family: Windsor, Nova Scotia (Digital Portrait)
Oct 2022 Untitled Family Portrait: Oshawa, Ontario (Digital Portrait)
Sept 2022 Rhonda B and Family: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Printed Digital Portrait)
May 2022 Jacks, Sam and Basil: Peterborough, Ontario (Printed Digital Portrait)
March 2022 Leeck Family Portrait: Peterborough, Ontario (Watercolour and Ink Portrait)
Feb 2022 Nan Barrett and Dogs: Trent Hills, Ontario (Watercolour and Ink Portrait)
Jan 2022 Art Kits #65-68, #71 Illustration: Wonder’neath Arts Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nov 2021 2021-2022 Membership Print: Wonder’neath Arts Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Collaborations
June 2022 Blind Date Collaboration: Toronto Comic Arts Festival and Ministry of Culture of Colombia, Toronto Ontario
March 2022 EAC Poster Illustration (in collaboration with Melissa Marr and Wonder’neath): Halifax, Nova Scotia
Artist Talks & Media
Jan 2022 Instagram Takeover Jan 24-30: I Don’t Do Comics, St. Johns Comix Club
Nov 2021 Instagram Takeover Nov 13-14th: Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax Nova Scotia
Residences & Professional Development
Sept-Dec 2021 Grad Program (Visual Arts Nova Scotia), Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 2019 Westport Schoolhouse Residency, Brier Island, Nova Scotia
Affiliations
2021-present Member: Visual Arts Nova Scotia: Halifax, Nova Scotia
2018 Gallery Attendant: Eyelevel Artists Run Centre: Halifax, Nova Scotia
2017-2018 Open Studio Assistant: Wonder’neath Arts Society: Halifax, Nova Scotia
2018 Facilitator Assistant: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, NS
Education
2017 BFA. (Honours) Art & Art History: University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario
2017 Studio Art (Advanced Diploma): Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
2013 Visual and Creative Arts (Advanced Diploma): Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
Teaching
*Upcoming* Saturday Youth Art Camp, NSCAD Extended Studies: Instructor
October-Present Express Yourself/Comic Diaries, NSCAD Extended Studies: Instructor
July 2022 Artful Stories, NSCAD Extended Studies: Camp Instructor
July 2021-Present Wonder’neath: Artist/Facilitator
Oct 2018 - Present Artshine-Arts4All: Art Instructor
August 2019 New Glasgow Summer Art Camp (guest artist/facilitator)
August 2019 Vision Loss Support Art Group (guest artist/facilitator)
Selected Exhibitions
*Upcoming* Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2023: Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Ontario
Nov 2022 Heart & Pocket Market Revue: Royal Canadian Legion, Sackville, New Brunswick
August 2022 Community Banner Project: North End Business Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 2022 Sappyfest Zine Fair: Royal Canadian Legion, Sackville, New Brunswick
June 2022 Toronto Comic Art Festival: Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Ontario
March 2022 7th Annual Artspace Book +Zine Fest: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
Dec 2021 New Grad Program-Open Studio: 2484 Maynard, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dec 2021 Post-it Note Art Show: Tides Gallery, Kentville, Nova Scotia
Nov 2021 2484 Maynard Open House: Blue Building, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Oct 2021 Mosaic for Mental Health 2021: Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Feb 2021 Palette: Comfort Food in Art: Round Hill Studio, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
Nov 2020 Post-it Note Art Show: Tides Gallery, Kentville, Nova Scotia
Feb 2020 5th Annual Artspace Book + Zine Fair: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
Aug 2019 Paint the Town: ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
May 2019 Artspace 50/50 Draw: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
Feb 2019 4th Annual Artspace Book + Zine Fair: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
Dec 2018 LORE Trading Post Market: The Common Café, Guelph, Ontario
Oct 2018 Youth and Emerging Artists Fair & Exhibition: Hamilton, Ontario
Aug 2018 Paint the Town: ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
April 2018 Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative 8: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Feb 2018 3rd Annual Artspace Book + Zine Fair: Artspace, Peterborough, Ontario
March 2017 Verge: Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario
March 2016 Medium, Mediums, Media: Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
Publications
2022 Sappypost (Issue 5), Sappyfest, Sackville, New Brunswick
2022 I Don't Do Comics (Vol 8 - Homesick)
2022 I Don’t Do Comics (Vol 7 - It's Amore!)
2021 Kindness Calendar (2021-2022), After Trauma Empowerment Centre
2020 I Don’t Do Comics (Vol 3 - E-motion)
2020 I Don’t Do Comics (Vol 1 - IDDC)
2019 EVERYSEEKER fka. OBEY (Resilience Resonates) Halifax, Nova Scotia
2016 BUFF Magazine (2016 edition) Coach House Press
2015 BUFF Magazine (2015 edition) Coach House Press
Commissions
Nov 2022 Henry: Oshawa, Ontario (Digital Portrait)
Nov 2o22 Orion: Trent Hills, Ontario (Digital Portrait)
Nov 2022 V + C Cagliostro Family: Trent Hills, Ontario (Watercolour and Pencil Crayon Portrait)
Nov 2022 Kalverda Family: Windsor, Nova Scotia (Digital Portrait)
Oct 2022 Untitled Family Portrait: Oshawa, Ontario (Digital Portrait)
Sept 2022 Rhonda B and Family: Halifax, Nova Scotia (Printed Digital Portrait)
May 2022 Jacks, Sam and Basil: Peterborough, Ontario (Printed Digital Portrait)
March 2022 Leeck Family Portrait: Peterborough, Ontario (Watercolour and Ink Portrait)
Feb 2022 Nan Barrett and Dogs: Trent Hills, Ontario (Watercolour and Ink Portrait)
Jan 2022 Art Kits #65-68, #71 Illustration: Wonder’neath Arts Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nov 2021 2021-2022 Membership Print: Wonder’neath Arts Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Collaborations
June 2022 Blind Date Collaboration: Toronto Comic Arts Festival and Ministry of Culture of Colombia, Toronto Ontario
March 2022 EAC Poster Illustration (in collaboration with Melissa Marr and Wonder’neath): Halifax, Nova Scotia
Artist Talks & Media
Jan 2022 Instagram Takeover Jan 24-30: I Don’t Do Comics, St. Johns Comix Club
Nov 2021 Instagram Takeover Nov 13-14th: Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax Nova Scotia
Residences & Professional Development
Sept-Dec 2021 Grad Program (Visual Arts Nova Scotia), Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 2019 Westport Schoolhouse Residency, Brier Island, Nova Scotia
Affiliations
2021-present Member: Visual Arts Nova Scotia: Halifax, Nova Scotia
2018 Gallery Attendant: Eyelevel Artists Run Centre: Halifax, Nova Scotia
2017-2018 Open Studio Assistant: Wonder’neath Arts Society: Halifax, Nova Scotia
2018 Facilitator Assistant: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia: Halifax, Nova Scotia