Katy Cassell
Artist
Katy Bergman Cassell was awarded a South Carolina Individual Artist Fellowship in 2026 for her enamel jewelry. She was introduced to enameling at the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio in 1990’s, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from Kent State University.
She worked as an archaeological illustrator in India, a museum educator in New York, and college professor in Ohio before moving to Greenville, SC to teach metals at the Fine Arts Center. She balances her passion for education with her own studio art practice.
Career highlights include the international exhibition of her work in Taiwan and at nine US solo exhibitions, including at the Crutchfield Gallery in Spartanburg, and the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Mesa, AZ. She has been an SC State Parks artist-in-residence twice, and was awarded a National Artists Teachers Fellowship to travel to England to study rock art, fossils, and historical enamels at the British Museum.
Her work has been published in The Art of Enameling, 500 Enameled Objects, Metalsmith magazine, Cleveland Scene, At Home in the Upstate, and The Greenville News. She earned a doctorate in education in 2022 from Converse University, and enjoys exploring the Southeast with her husband and two daughters.