Katina Bitsicas is a new media artist who utilizes video, photography, and performance in her art works. Her works explore the effects of crime, traumatic personal events, and architectural containments on the human psyche. By dissecting the victim-perpetrator dichotomy as well as the impact of imprisonment, whether it is in a jail, asylum, home, or mind, she creates unconventional dialogues about these topics. Based on personal experiences, she explores these larger political, social, and psychological issues on an intimate level.
Shown both nationally and internationally, Katina has exhibited in multiple galleries, museums and festivals including The Armory Show in New York, NY, Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, NM, HereArt in New York, NY, Art in Odd Places in Orlando, FL, Videoart Festival Miden in Kalamata, Greece, AIVA Festival in Finspång, Sweden, La Corte Gallery of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy, the Gezira Art Center in Cairo, Egypt, Traction Arts in Los Angeles, CA, the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Grand Rapids, MI, The Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, FL, The Carr Center in Detroit, MI, the Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL, Digital Graffiti in Alys Beach, FL, and Gallery Penza in Lansing, MI curated by the late Michael Rush. She also worked as a production assistant on the Academy Award short-listed documentary film Battle for Brooklyn.
Born in East Lansing, Michigan, Katina currently resides in Columbia, MO. She received her BA from Kalamazoo College and Post-Baccalaureate from SACI in Florence, Italy, and was awarded the Elizabeth A. Sackler Museum Educational Trust Scholarship. Katina then received her MFA from the University of South Florida. She is currently the Program Director and an Assistant Professor of Digital Storytelling at the University of Missouri.
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