Katika Schultz is an experimental printmaker and educator working on Dharug and Guringai country. Through playful abstraction, Katika creates visual narratives of personal identity, memory and the unconscious and offers a reinterpretation of space, place and experience. The mediums used in her work include collage, airbrush, etching, relief, drawing, monotype and stencilling. 

Excusing herself politely from the restraints of traditional printmaking to focus on monotype and create hybrid prints (a variation of multiple print mediums layered or combined on the same piece of paper). Katika aims to push the boundaries of print and create new marks and textures. Katika has an ever growing texture library which is made up of found objects and laboured experiments, the library is used to make new work and is expanded on frequently. 

Katika completed a bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking in 2020 and is currently completing her masters in Drawing, at The National Art School. 
A passionate educator of print mediums, Katika runs regular workshops and works closely with professional artists to expand their practice into printmaking. 
Katika’s work has been selected for many major art prizes throughout Australia.

With a dedication to art since early school years, Katika has experienced art’s power to connect people from early on and hopes to bring people together through her work and teaching. Through storytelling, sharing and exchanging, Katika insists we can unpack our inherent misunderstandings of others and seek compassion, interrelation and offer encouragement to one another. 

Yaw waY

2019-2022: Katika was Founder, Director and Curator at YawwaY Artist Run Initiative


Three Minute Doco by Luke Holland​
​EDUCATION
2021 Honours of Drawing, National Art School
2020 Bachelor of Printmaking, National Art School 
2009 Advanced Diploma Fine Arts, Swinburne University
2006 Diploma of Fine Arts, Brookvale TAFE
RESIDENCIES + GRANTS + PRIZES
2021-22 Georges River Council, 3 month live-in artist residency
2021 Winner of Winesmith Artist support grant $5000
2021 Northern Beaches Creative grant recipient, Community Printmaking project $8000
2020 La Creme Creative, 3 month Artists Residency, Brookvale
2020 Northern Beaches Creative Community Support Grant Reciever forThe Festival of Murals Project, Narrabeen $3000
2019-20 Northern Beaches Arts & Community Grant receiver for Yaw waY platform, Community Mural project, Narrabeen. $10,000
2019 Northern Beaches Art Prize Winner, Honourable Mention
EXHIBITIONS
2024 Hazelhurst Arts Centre, NSW, Group Exhibition
​2024 CBD gallery, Sydney, NSW, Group exhibition
2024 DRAW-space gallery, Newtown, NSW, Group exhibition
2023 Tiliqua, Enmore, NSW, Group exhibition
​2023 Australian Monoprint Prize, VIC, finalist
2022: Percival Portrait Prize, finalist, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery
2022: Northern Beaches Environmental Art And Design Prize, finalist
2021: McClelland’s Splash Contemporary Watercolour Prize, finalist
​2021: Harvey Galleries - Mosman - Group Show
2020: Momentum - Solo Exhibition, La Creme Creative
2020: Fisher’s Ghost Prize finalist, contemporary category
2020: John Copes Portraiture Prize, finalist
2020: Waverley Art Prize, finalist
2019: Home - Manly Art Gallery, group show
2019: Mosman Art Prize, finalist
2019: Northern Beaches Art Prize Winner, Honourable Mention
EMPLOYMENT / VOLUNTEERING
2023 - ongoing: Volunteer at DRAWspace gallery, Newtown
2022 - ongoing: Art Technician, The King’s School, North Parramatta
2020-22: Artist Assistant to contemporary artist Jumaadi Jumaadi
2021: CAAP puppeteer assistant & technician, Carriageworks
2019-22: Director, founder and curator at Yaw waY artist run space Curated five group shows, hosted workshops and artist talks, managed volunteers, executed community grants. (Volunteer)
2021 -ongoing : Teaching adult printmaking workshops (watercolour monotype)
2018: Firstdraft Gallery (volunteer 1 year)
CERTIFICATES
Mental Health First Aid Certificate Adult & Youth 
​First Aid + CPR + Swim 
Working with Children Check
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