ARTIST STATEMENT

My work begins with listening. I am not interested in making images. I am interested in meeting something that already exists but has not yet been seen.

I work with surfaces, fragments, and objects that suggest sensation, thresholds, and memory. Dots appear often in my work. They reflect the quiet tension between what is held and what is revealed.

Each piece is more of a trace - evidence of a brief alignment between inner and outer worlds. My practice is an act of recognition.

BIO

Katrina Avino-Barracato was born in Russia in 1990. Her earliest years unfolded across Russian orphanages, where memory formed in fragments rather than narratives. Adopted in 1995 by an Italian-American family, she was brought to Brooklyn, New York, where painting and drawing became her first language, an instinctive way of making sense of the world. Katrina's work has been shown at the Albany Museum, Art Basel Miami Beach, and in galleries throughout New York City.