statement

Kathiucia Dias was born in 1983 and spent most of her childhood and adolescence in New York until moving to California to further pursue an art career.  After landing a job in a studio and successfully starting her own business she took her first class in oil painting.  As an artist she seeks to envelop the viewer in energy through texture, color and composition.  The subject matter ranges from portrait, to figurative, landscapes and still lives and they are directly inspired by life.  Her artwork explores the balance between stable and erratic patterns providing an exciting base for each drawing and painting. Drawing especially takes on a special role because without it the final piece will be unsuccessful. There is something elegant, satisfying and very beautiful in capturing the idea of form using only the most basic and essential of elements and yet, drawing is the most demanding in the process of artistic development.

bio

born: 1983, Brazil

education

Pratt Institute, BFA, 2006

selected awards/honors

Honorable Mention, Jerrys Artarama, 2013
Honorable Mention, Scottsdale Artists' School. 2013
Honorable Mention, Bold Brush, 2012.

selected publications

Art Journey:People. Northlight books, 2015
Self:100 Artists take a look Inside. Baltimore, Maryland: Hard Volume Distribution. 2010
Drawgasmic.  Saint Louis, Missouri: Cranky Yellow Publishing, 2010

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Kathiucia Dias.  Ink'd Chronicles Gallery; Ink'd Chronicles, Kathiucia, Pmomona, California, 2013

selected group shows

Autry Museum; CAC 103 Gold Medal Show. Los Angeles, California, 2014
Kwan Fong Gallery; Women by Women, Los Angeles, California, 2014
Kwan Fong Gallery; Southland, Los Angeles, California, 2013
Townsend Atelier; Women painting Women (R)evolution, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 2013