Mother’s shoebox

Diane Katsiafika was born in 1947 in El Paso, Texas. She attended the Camberwell School of Art and Crafts (1971-1972) in London and the University of Washington (1972-1976) in Seattle. From 1985 to 2016 she taught drawing and painting in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota. Her work uses a variety of materials and techniques and ranges from small drawings to digital compositions to large-scale installations, in which the notion of time and personal memory play a special role. As the artist herself states: "My work is not linear. It involves the development of visual metaphors that are sometimes reasoned and sometimes intuitive: parts that represent the whole, associations that can resonate and become something other than what is depicted. I look for resonant fragments that when woven together can create compelling narratives. Everyone has been deeply affected by the visual theatre of history. She has presented her works in more than thirty solo exhibitions in Greece and abroad, most of which are installations in the field. She has also participated in group exhibitions, among which are Se Bashku (Tirana 1995), Negotiating Traditions: works on/of paper (Chicago, Illinois 1999), Minnesota National Print Biennial (Minnesota 2002), Quiet Time (Illinois 2004), 9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition (University of Hawaii Art Gallery 2006-2008), Winds of Inspiration, Winds of Change (Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College 2009), There is a Ladder (The Anderson Center, Minessota 2017), etc. ά. She lives in Minneapolis (Minnesota), United States.