A brief history
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Quiet Life, PG Gallery, Christchurch
2019
Places of Rest, Chambers, Christchurch
2017
Surface Deep, Chambers, Christchurch
2015
Considering Daylight, Chambers, Christchurch
2014
Fading Into Life, Gallery 33, Wanaka
2013
Garden, Chambers@241, Christchurch
2012
The Seventh Day, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
2011
As I See It, Chambers@241, Christchurch
Traveling Light, SOFA, Christchurch
2008
Between The Lines, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
Look Again, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
2006
Casting Purls, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
2004
Dwell, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
2003
Walk The Day, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
2001
Manifest, COCA Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
The Junction Group Exhibition, The Junction, Christchurch
2019
Christmas Show, Gallery 33, Wanaka
2017
Big Paintings, Gallery 33, Wanaka
2015
Dirty Laundry, First Thursdays, Sydenham, Christchurch
2014
It's Not Dry Yet, Chambers, Christchurch
2014
Christmas show, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
2014
Works On Paper, The Colombo, Christchurch
2014
Living Realms, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
2013
Shifting Lines, Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna O Waiwhetu, Outer Spaces
2012
PAGEWORK #13, Bulletin.167, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o waiwhetu, Autumn march-may pages 53-55
A Place For Birds, Gallery 33, Wanaka
2010
Christmas show, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
Surface Tension, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
COCAAnthony Harper Award, Finalist, Christchurch
2009
Seen This Century, Judith Anderson Gallery, Hastings
Wallace Trust Art Award, Finalist, Auckland, Wellington
COCA Anthony Harper Award, Finalist, Christchurch
2008
Christmas show, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
Shift/ing, final exhibition, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
COCA Anthony Harper Award, Finalist, Christchurch
2005
Christmas show, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
Found, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
2003
Christmas show, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
2002
Wallace Trust Art Award, Finalist, Auckland
From The South, Grantham Galleries, Auckland
COCA Centre of Contemporary Art Award, Finalist, Christchurch
Shift, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
Group show, COCA Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
2001
Sheep COCA Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
COCA Centre of Contemporary Art Award, Merit Award, Christchurch
Awards
1991 Edgar Lonsdale Drawing Award
Press & Publications
2021
Inspiration, Featured Artist article by Kate Mullins, NZ House & Garden, August 2021
2017
Map Points Way to City’s Arts, Warren Feeney, The Press, June13, 2017
2013
Shifting Lines article by Ken Hall, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu bulletin B.167, Summer Dec.2013 - Feb.2014, p20 & 23
2012
PAGEWORK #13, essay by Ken Hall, B.167 Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Autumn March-May 2012, pages 53 - 55
Brilliant Detail to Plain Abstraction, T J McNamara, Weekend Herald, March 24, 2012
2011
Katie Thomas (Master of Fine Arts booklet) ISBN 978-0-473-18437-7, essay by Andrew Paul Wood, 2011
Making Abstract Sexy review by Andrew Paul Wood, The Press, October 28, 2011
Katie Thomas Painting, Andrew Paul Wood, Eye Contact, March 11, 2011
2010
Everywhere/ AlwaysAbstract Painting From Christchurch, Andrew Paul Wood, Art New Zealand, Number 133, Autumn
2009
Seen This Century, Warwick Brown, Random Press 2009. ISBN: 9781869621391. Pages 356 - 359
2008
This Week At The Galleries, T J McNamara, The Auckland Herald, August 16, 2008
Look Again, Joanna Osborne, Chrysalis Seed Arts, June 2008
Painting To Get Excited About, Andrew Paul Wood, The Press, March 19, 2008
2006
Christchurch, Gina Irish, Art New Zealand, Number 119, Winter 2006
Casting Purls, Jonathon Baker, Chrysalis Seed Arts, July 2006
Thomas's Purls Of Casting, Andrew Paul Wood, The Press, March 15, 2006
2004
Art Beat, The Press, November 20, 2004
The Guide, Sunday Star Times, November 14, 2004
Dwell, New Works By Katie Thomas, Gina Irish, Catalogue, October 2004
2003
Twice Alive, Margaret Duncan, The Press, September 24, 2003
Shining Tablets Of Mystery, Rosa Shiels, The Press, September 17, 2003
Beyond Resin, Aaron Watson, Art Zone, No.1 August-October 2003
2001
Winter At Coca, Robyn Peers, The Press, May 2001
Collections
The Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna O Waiwheto
James Wallace Trust Collection
Private Collections in New Zealand, United States, Australia, Germany, Barbados
Geared up for resin - image for article in Artzone magazine Vol. 1
At the opening of "Walk The Day" 2003, Campbell Grant Galleries
Navigator with artist 2008