Katia Santibañez
In the Studio
Biography
Katia Santibañez is an American, born in 1964 in France. She was trained in Microbiology before getting her degree in 1990 at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She then moved to NYC and has exhibited widely in the US since 1998. She is a multidisciplinary artist working from painting, drawing, printmaking, video, and photography, is represented in NYC by DC Moore Gallery, and in Houston by Texas Gallery. Her works are included in private and public collections. She has been a resident at Yaddo. NY. Casa Wabi. Mexico. Albers Foundation. CT. Civitella Ranieri. Italy. Sitka center. OR. In 2021 she has received a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Santibañez lives and works in New York City and the Berkshires.
Artist Statement
Santibañez has been exploring the idea of repetitions and differences while observing forms existing within natural elements, such as trees, snails, leaves, and roots. This passion led her to address the concept of chaos in; politics, climate change, and psychology. They both reflect the state of societal and ecological turmoil. Are we free to choose which direction we want to take? Do we have the power to move forward, upward, backward, or downward? It depends on what we wish to be; a state of chaos or harmony.
Three-plate print using spit bite and line etch
Hahnemühle bright white paper 350 gsm
Paper size: 16 x 20 inches
Image size: 10 x 14 inches
edition of 18