BIO

Katrina Avino-Barracato was born in USSR in 1990. The first five years of her life she spent in various Russian orphanages. In 1996 she was adopted by an Italian-American family and brought to Brooklyn, NY. As a young child she developed her language through painting and drawing. Katrina continued by pursuing her studies in Fine Arts earning her Bachelor’s degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Her work explores issues of identity, fragmented memories and repetition. Katrina’s work has been showcased in the Albany Museum, Art Basel in Miami Beach, as well as exhibited at a number of galleries in New York City.

Katrina is currently a licensed art teacher in NYC. Her current work is focused on urbanization and sustainability.