RISD MFA ‘26
catalina.mar0@gmail.com
Beauty in the world needs to be constantly named, framed, shown, and replicated. As an act of discovery, beauty is usually found in the most domestic, contradictory, and everyday situations and objects. In this sense, everything in the world can become relevant simply by pointing to it. Catalina's artistic practice begins with this gesture of attention: identifying fragments of the ordinary and re-presenting them so that they can be seen again.
As a playground, Catalina studio process speculates on the utility and role of the artistic object.
The installations she constructs seek to be read as clues, suggesting ways of approaching mundane mysteries that may be impossible, or even pointless, to solve, while offering a way to connect and form meaningful relationships with others.