A Good Time
Katasi constructs nostalgic tableaus of intimate social moments using digital collage, placing beautiful people having A Good Time in the foreground of architecturally magnificent spaces. Her whimsical works exhibit playfulness and joy on the surface, with an underlying theme of reclaiming space. This theme is represented through her reimagination of archival imagery, taking people out of their original image context and inserting them into contexts that historically excluded them, challenging perceptions of belonging and identity.
As a first-generation Ugandan-Filipina American, this series celebrates Katasi's love for her Black identity and the unifying power of Black culture across its diversity. It also taps into her love for 70’s/80’s nostalgia, funk, disco, film and tv. Through her composition, she crafts a new layer of familiarity that can be felt between each person and the space they are in, making each collage feel like an actual photograph. In her final piece, “Mahal Kita”, she delves into her Filipino heritage, honoring Filipina women – the unsung heroes of global labor and care for generations – a tribute to her mother.
Exhibitions
• Featured in Curina Black history month collection, 2024
• Showed at The Art Room, Los Angeles, 2023-2024
• Solo exhibition at All Street Gallery, New York, 2023
• Showed at the The Other Art Fair, London and Los Angeles, 2023
• Featured in Saatchi The Other Art Fair London: Master Artist Collection, 2023
Press
• KTLA: "The Other Art Fair returns for its 10th L.A. edition"
• FAD Magazine: "6 to see at The Other Art Fair London Summer edition"
• UCLA Radiation Oncology Journal (Spring 2023): Cover art and spread
Works also available on
• Saatchi Art
• Curina
• FRTWN