Katia Toporski

Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Katja Toporski is a jewelry maker, professor, and writer with an MFA from Towson University, living just outside of Washington DC. She also holds a medical degree and had been a practicing anesthesiologist prior to her career in jewelry. Her work is informed by philosophical thinking and juxtaposes archetypal objects and elements to explore the limitations of our knowledge of things in life. It has been shown in numerous exhibitions across the US as well as internationally, both in group and solo exhibitions. She also has worked on curating, most recently the exhibition Site Effects, which was exhibited at the Bayerische Kunstgewerbeverein in Munich and the Baltimore Jewelry Center in 2020.