About
Katie Belcher is an artist and curator of white European and UK settler ancestry, based on the ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations (Vancouver, Canada). Born on Algonquin territory (outside of Ottawa, Ontario), prior to moving west, Katie was rooted in Nova Scotia, on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.
In her artistic practice, Katie makes monumental drawings that act as scores, translations, and rehearsals of remembered gestures. Organizationally, formerly as Director/Curator of Access Gallery (2017-2023), as Eyelevel’s Artistic Director (2013-17), and through her work with Flotilla (2017), she has aimed to challenge modes of presentation, making space for care, risk, and failure in artistic practice. Katie is currently completing an MA from Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts (2025) and holds BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (2007).