Katrina Bello

Born in the Philippines, Katrina Bello is a visual artist whose work is informed by reflections and experiences of natural environments encountered during the course of migration. Her work has been shown in museums, galleries, universities and colleges in the United States and the Philippines, and has been awarded fellowships and residencies in the United States. She has participated in exhibitions at El Museo Cultural in Santa Fe, NM; MO Space and West Gallery in Metro Manila, Philippines; Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, NJ; and the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit, NJ. She has been awarded residencies at Art & History Museums in Maitland, FL; Millay Arts in Austerlitz, NY; The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM; The Sitka Center for Art & Ecology in Otis, OR; Tides Institute & Museum of Art in Eastport, ME; and Tusen Takk Foundation in Leland, MI. She was awarded a Creative Fellowship by Mid Atlantic Arts in 2024 and is currently a nominee for the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship. This year, she concluded a solo exhibition at the Dennos Museum in Traverse City, Michigan, presented by Tusen Takk Foundation. Bello attended the College of Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines, and received a BFA from the Mason Gross School of The Arts at Rutgers University and an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She lives and works in New Jersey and Nevada in the United States, and Metro Manila in the Philippines.