About the artist
Katina Bitsicas is a Greek-American new media artist who utilizes video, installation, augmented reality (AR) and performance in her artworks to explore grief, loss, trauma, and memory. The overarching theme of her work is how humans can connect via shared experiences and make meaning of these experiences. Metaphors, such as red thread, are used as symbols for loss and the longing for connection. Often these works are created or installed in the natural environment, making parallels between the human body/systems and these unseen systems/structures within nature.
She has exhibited worldwide, including The Armory Show, PULSE Art Fair, Satellite Art Fair, Candela Books + Gallery, Plexus Projects, the Wheaton Biennial curated by Legacy Russell, CADAF: Digital Art Month Paris, Torrance Art Museum, Hatch Art Center, Westbeth Gallery, Eye’s Walk Festival, 57th Dimitria Festival, Art in Odd Places, Digital Graffiti Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival and the St. Louis International Film Festival. In 2022, her artist book Luci: The Girl with Four Hearts was published with Flower Press. Notable residencies include Open Air Media Festival, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Windgate AiR, UCSF Library Artist in Residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Prairie Ronde, and Hinge Arts at the Kirkbride.
She received her BA from Kalamazoo College, post-baccalaureate from SACI in Florence, Italy, and MFA from the University of South Florida. She is an associate professor and coordinator of digital storytelling at the University of Missouri (MU), where she also conducts research with the MU School of Medicine on utilizing digital storytelling as a meaning-making intervention for bereaved family members. This collaborative research has been published in Death Studies, OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying, and the Journal of Social Work in End-Of-Life & Palliative Care.
Learn more about Katina’s work: www.katinabitsicas.com • @katinabitsicas on Instagram • LinkedIn
Final project
Read about Glyphosate Dreams and learn more about Katina’s residency.
Workshops
Katina developed and led the following workshops throughout the residency.
- Projection Mapping Magic: A Workshop on Crafting a Projected Community Quilt (October 17, 2023)
- Glyphosate Dreams: An Exhibition by UCSF Artist in Residence Katina Bitsicas (Thursday, June 13, 2024)
News stories
Katina published the following stories throughout the residency.
- Meet the 2023 UCSF Library Artist in Residence (August 1, 2023)
- Glyphosate Dreams: A Glimpse into Projection Mapping and Industry Document Library Research (December 12, 2023)
- Tragic Loss, Health Merge in New Work from UCSF Artist in Residence authored by Eric Brooks for UCSF News Center (October 9, 2023)
- UAFS artist in residence considers herbicide effects in pop-up exhibition authored by Becca Martin-Brown for Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette (November 29, 2023)