Katie Tomlinson (b. 1996, Teesside) lives and works in Manchester. She holds a BA in Fine Art from Manchester School of Art and an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in London. She was awarded the Basil H. Alkazzi Scholarship Award.
Katie Tomlinson’s work has been featured in numerous international exhibitions. Most recently, Tomlinson presented the solo exhibitions At Least Buy Me Dinner First, Brooke Benington, London (2022) and Fight the Moon, Paradise Works, Manchester (2022). Among the group exhibitions she has participated in are A Mirror to Vanity, Brooke Benington, London (2024); LET THE ABSENCE SPEAK, curated by Mattia Pizzani and Marta Orsola Sironi, Milan, Italy (2023); Buried in Affection, Galerie Supermarkt, Tokyo (2022); Stories, Bankley Gallery, Manchester (2022); Fayre Share Fayre, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (2022); A star is just a memory of a star, Brooke Benington, London, online (2022); RAW, Soho Revue, London (2022); Obstructions, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (2021).
Tomlinson will feature in the 40th anniversary exhibition titled 40 Years of the Future: Painting at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester from 24 March until 23 June. Tomlinson will also have a solo exhibition titled They Only Want You When You’re Seventeen at LKIF Gallery in Seoul from 6 April until 27 April.