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ENTANGLED OCEANS // KTNA

Katana Sol

Interdisciplinary Artist · Designer · Musician · Educator
Seattle, Washington

Founder & Creative Director

My interdisciplinary practice is rooted in the belief that creativity is a powerful means of imagining, building, and actualizing new possibilities.

Through visual art, textiles, natural dyes, immersive installations, sound, and collective making, I explore the interconnectedness of all things: the relationships between people and the natural world, memory and material, and individual expression and collective transformation.

My work is an invitation to reconnect with our capacity to imagine beyond the world as it exists. I approach creation as an act of storytelling, healing, experimentation, and liberation, embracing spontaneity, curiosity, and the beauty of imperfection.

As an artist, designer, and educator, I believe creativity belongs to everyone. Through my practice, I seek to cultivate spaces where people can express themselves unapologetically, honor their lived experiences, and recognize their own power to shape the world around them.

At the heart of my work is a commitment to radical interconnectedness: the understanding that our individual and collective futures are intertwined, and that through imagination, care, and collaboration, we can cultivate new ways of being.

To create is to believe that something else is possible.

Publications & Writing

2026
A Place to Breathe: An Entangled Oceans Coloring & Activity Book
Entangled Oceans
Independently published · 86 pages
ISBN 979-8243892070

2025
The Art of Belonging
The Rhapsody Project

Selected Press & Media

2026
Café Marvin se permite vulnerable con KTNA
Revista Marvin

2025
Phinney Creates Walkable Gallery with Signal Box Art
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

2023
New Mural in the Black Student Coalition Space
The Western Front

2023
The Collective Care that Comes with Being a Black Artist
Vocal / Humans

2021
Alma’s Hall
WWU Window Magazine

Selected Features & Project Documentation

Seattle Public Library
Summer of Learning Artist Profile

Jack Straw Cultural Center
The Kelp Forest — New Media Gallery Program

Jack Straw Cultural Center
The Kelp Forest — Youth Education Workshop

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Entangled Oceans in the Artist Studio

Shunpike
Entangled Oceans — Storefronts Artist Residency

SCUP
Alma Clark Glass Hall — architectural award documentation featuring Sol’s integrated artwork

Mahlum
Alma Clark Glass Hall — architectural documentation of Sol’s commissioned artwork

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Areas of Practice

Visual & Public Art
Illustration · Painting · Murals · Public Art · Natural Dye · Textiles · Immersive Installation

Design & Media
Industrial Design · UX Design · Animation · Visual Storytelling · Publishing

Sound & Performance
Music · Songwriting · Audio Production · DJing · Performance

Education & Community Practice
Curriculum Development · Arts Education · Community-Engaged Art · Workshop Facilitation · Public Speaking

Selected Partners & Clients

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art · Burke Museum · Seattle Art Museum · Seattle Public Library · Jack Straw Cultural Center · 4Culture · Shunpike · Friends of Waterfront Park · Wa Na Wari · The Rhapsody Project · Creative Justice · Arts Corps · Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle · Northwest Folklife · LANGSTON · Young Women Empowered

A colorful, surreal illustration of a girl with curly red hair, sitting cross-legged and reading a book amidst an underwater scene filled with fish, coral, and swirling abstract shapes.