Katherine Krizek
TU Rome, Professor of Architecture/Visual Arts
Katherine Krizeck
Portrait of Suzanne Simard
Digital Media
30” x 165”
2022
Why did I invite Flavia Mitola?
I met Flavia Mitola during a presentation of the RAW Directory 2022 at Temple University which took place during my “Do You Know Her” exhibit in the Temple Gallery. Her friendly manner, warmth and confidence made a great impression on me. When I discovered that we both live in Monteverde Rome I decided to get to know her better. She has introduced me to a fellowship of artists in my own backyard.
Our differences are many. I work representationally, and Flavia’s work is abstract. Materiality for her is a protagonist along with her calligraphic line. I virtually disintegrate the physical drawings and paintings that are the foundation of my work with the tools of digital media. Flavia’s research delves directly into a hidden world of emotions. For me, discernable emotions are a consequence of a successful portrait, not a conscious objective. Our approaches contrast radically, and that is stimulating.
Flavia Mitola
Onde emozionali #2
Opera argento tecnica mista su tela
12” x 16”
2021
Meet the Artists
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Faculty
Katherine Krizek is an American artist, designer and teacher living and working in Rome, Italy. Her work explores the relationship between art and design, combining traditional image making with new technology. Selected awards include a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and selection for the Italian Compasso d’Oro. Her works are represented in the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
Apparent in her work is the love of traditional tools born from her fine arts experience at Parsons School of Design, and the conceptual nature and influence of her architectural studies at The Cooper Union.
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Invited Artist
Flavia Mitola comes from a family of sculptors in Pietrasanta where she spent long periods. She finds her own way in painting. She graduated from Liceo Artistico, specializing in advertising graphics by studying at the European Institute of Design.
In Pietrasanta she interned with Jack Marshall, a teacher at Yale University. In '91 she left for London, stayed there for two years, and came into contact with global culture. She returned to Milan, Italy for many years and carried out a job that took her around the world. She later returned to Rome where she resumed her research in painting with rigor and professionalism. She currently lives and works in Rome.