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 Videoart Festival Miden in Kalamata, Greece, AIVA Festival in Finspång, Sweden,
La Corte Gallery of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy, the Grand Rapids Art Museum in Grand Rapids, MI, Art Center Sarasota in Sarasota, FL, Whitdel Arts in Detroit, MI, the Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL, Gallery Penza, owned and curated by Michael Rush, director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in Lansing, MI, UNCW Gallery in Wilmington, NC, Unusual Operation Operation in Flint, MI, and (Scene)Metrospace in East Lansing, MI.  She also worked as a production assistant on the Academy Award nominated documentary film Battle for Brooklyn.

Born in East Lansing, Michigan in 1989, Katina currently resides in Tampa, FL. She received her B.A. from Kalamazoo College and Post-Baccalaureate from SACI in Florence, Italy, and was awarded the Elizabeth A. Sackler Museum Educational Trust Scholarship.  Currently, she is a M.F.A. candidate at the University of South Florida.

www.katinabitsicas.com