Katina Desmond uses traditional, experimental and hybrid techniques to infuse her images with enchantment and double entendre. Her passion for black and white photography, abstract art and painting is evident in her signature technique of hand-painted silver gelatin photographs.
Katina currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She was raised in Topanga Canyon, California, a rural, isolated atmosphere that inspired her imagination. Creative immersion and artistic development began early in life: both her parents were professional artists and her grandfather was an avid photographer of early 1900s’ Alaskan wilderness.
Desmond studied fine art, photography and graphic design at Santa Monica College and Otis Art Institute. Co-founder of 4260 Black & White Photographers Guild, Desmond has been an artist member of Los Angeles Art Association, and Pasadena Society of Artists - where she served on the Board of Directors.
Desmond’s work is exhibited in art galleries and art fairs, and included in numerous public and private art collections and publications.
AWARDS
2010 Award of Excellence "Open II" PSA A.C.E., Citibank Artspace
- Juror: Ernie Marjoram
2008 Honorable Mention Award “Alone In Central Park” VIVA Gallery
- Pasadena Society of Artists Jury
2008 Honorable Mention Award “To The Point” PSA 83rd Annual Exhibition - Juror: Walter Askin
PUBLICATIONS
Elementals
By Katina Desmond
2021
Hard cover, 18 images, 20 pages.
To purchase contact kd@katinadesmond.com
Penumbra
By Katina Desmond
2020
Hard cover, 27 images, 35 pages.
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Your book will be personally signed by the artist.
Delicate and Bold
By Katina Desmond
Soft cover. 40 pages
A&I Books 2015
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Dimensions
Featured in Your Daily Photograph
Duncan Miller Gallery
January 2022
A Model World
Featured in Your Daily Photograph
Duncan Miller Gallery
July 2016
Hejira
Winning entry for ‘Out of Element’
Your Daily Photograph
Duncan Miller Gallery
December 2015
Wonderworld V
Winning entry for ‘Blue’
Your Daily Photograph
Duncan Miller Gallery
September 2015
Light Stream
‘The Daniel Saxon & Channing Chase Art Collection’
Hardcover, 52 pages
Published by Daniel Saxon, 2015
Reflecting Nature
By Amei Wallach, Donald B. Kuspit, Joseph Raffael
Hardcover, 191 pages
Abbeville Press
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4260 Black & White Photographers Guild
By Angela Cartwright & Katina Desmond
Soft cover, 108 pages
Blurb
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Vermilion Intrigue
‘Mixed Emulsions’
By Angela Cartwright
Softcover, 144 pages
Quarry Books
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Luminescence, Rouge Salon, Oxnard, California
2014 Exposed, Sulkin Secant Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center,
Santa Monica, California
2012 Reflecting Presence, TAH Gallery, South Pasadena, California
2010 Origins + Intersections; Brand Library Art Galleries, California
2008 Painting Light - Beyond the Moment; A Studio Gallery, California
2006 Animism; A Studio Gallery, Studio City, California
2005 Luminous Density; Art Salon, Sherman Oaks, California
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
Festoon, An Exploration of Decorative Practice, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Juror: Elizabeth East of LA Louver Gallery
2014-2015
Chestnut: An Exploration of Narrative, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Juror: Walter Maciel of Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City, California
Past Present: The Art of the Silver Gelatin Print, Sulkin Secant Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, California
The Non-Objective Moment, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Juror: Cynthia Penna, ART 1307
Cultural Excavation, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Juror: Elizabeth James, Cherry and Martin
2013
Pop Über Alles, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Juror: Timothy Potts, Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum
Words On Printed Page, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Juror: Cheryl Perky, Perky Fine Art
L.A. Art Show, LAAA | Gallery 825 Booth
2012
Contemporary Art Ruhr (C.A.R.) The Innovative Art Fair at the Zollverein World Heritage Site, Germany
Pasadena Society of Artists 87th Annual Exhibition; Creative Arts Center, Burbank, California. Juror: Meher McArthur
2011
Supersense, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Juror: Simmy Swinder, Carmichael Gallery
GEM 2011, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, California
Topanga Gallery Open; Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, California
Juror: Craig Krull
2nd Annual PSA Artist's Choice Exhibition,
Citibank Artspace, Los Angeles, California
Juror: Claudia Bonn-Spector
2010
Consuming Passions: 4260 Black & White Photographers Guild;
Towns Burr Gallery, Burbank California
The Word: Between the Lines, Pasadena Central Library,
Pasadena, California
PSA Artist's Choice Exhibition; Citibank Artspace, Los Angeles, California Juror: Ernie Marjoram
2009
Brand 38: Thirty-Eighth Annual National Juried Exhibition;
Brand Library Art Galleries, California
Juror: Ruth Weisberg
The Art of Giving and Receiving;
AIDS Service Center, Pasadena, California
Juror: Sam Mellon
Pasadena Society of Artists 84th Annual Exhibition;
VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California
2008
Pasadena Art Walk, Pasadena, California
PSA Gifted, VIVA Gallery, Sherman Oaks, California
People, A Studio Gallery, Studio City, California
Pasadena Society of Artists 83rd Annual Exhibition;
Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, California
Juror: Walter Askin (Honorable Mention Award)
4260 Black & White Photographers Guild 2nd Annual Exhibition;
A Studio Gallery, Studio City, California
2007
27 Photographers, 27 Photos, 1 Night;
Mainstream Gallery, Burbank, California
Lomo-Gate 2008; A Studio Gallery, Studio City, California
Group Diversity, 4260 Black & White Photographers Guild Debut;
A Studio Gallery, Studio City, California
2005
The Mother Line; Abuelitas, Topanga, California
2003
The Mountain Bohemian; Topanga Historical Society, Topanga, California
Encompass; Daniel Saxon Gallery, West Hollywood, California
Sensitive Stories; Daniel Saxon Gallery, West Hollywood, California