Work samples

  • Then and Now, You
    Then and Now, You
    Oil on Panel, 10" x 8"
  • Other Way Around
    Other Way Around
    Oil on Canvas 28" x 32"
  • Glint
    Glint
    Oil on Panel 8" x 10"
  • Wealth and Soil
    Wealth and Soil
    Oil on Canvas, 19" x 18"

About Katya

Baltimore City

Katya Villano is a queer and trans painter whose work focuses on the relationship between longing, shame and desire.  They work from stages that house 3D figures and paintings of earlier stage arrangements of the same figures, giving new paintings multiple iterations of a body or form, allowing its reality to remain multi-faceted. Their approach is a trans practice where role is shaped by relationship, the body is ever-changing, and depiction is limited to tangential representations.  Their… more

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2017

  • Wealth and Soil
    Wealth and Soil
    Oil on Panel, 19" x 18"
  • Other Way Around
    Other Way Around
    Oil On Canvas, 28" x 32"
  • Cold Water
    Cold Water
    Oil on Panel, 8" x 9"
  • Then and Now, You
    Then and Now, You
    Oil on Panel, 10" x 8"
  • Glint
    Glint
    Oil on Panel 8" x 10"
  • Twin in The Shadow
    Twin in The Shadow
    Oil on Canvas, 28" x 32"
  • Loosing a Long Patience
    Loosing a Long Patience
    Oil on Canvas, 28" x 32"
  • Stage 1
    Stage 1
    Oil on Canvas, 28" x 32"
  • Stage 2
    Stage 2
    Oil on Panel, 12" x 10"
  • Trio
    Trio
    Oil on Panel, 12" x 10"

2016

  • Lean in to Whisper
    Lean in to Whisper
    Oil on Canvas, 28" x 36"
  • Deluge
    Deluge
    Oil on Canvas, 48" x 48"
  • End of a Place
    End of a Place
    Oil on Canvas, 38" x 44"
  • A Good Time Keeper
    A Good Time Keeper
    Oil on Canvas, 20" x 24"
  • Silent Lookout
    Silent Lookout
    Oil on Canvas, 24" x 18"
  • Looking Glass
    Looking Glass
    Oil on Panel, 8" x 10"
  • Blind Fence
    Blind Fence
    Oil on Canvas, 24" x 20"
  • Hum
    Hum
    Oil on Canvas, 10" x 10"
  • Everyone Turning Somewhere
    Everyone Turning Somewhere
    Oil on Canvas 38" x 46"
  • Twins II
    Twins II
    Oil on Panel, 8" x 5"