KAT KITAY

Writer, critic, and technologist based in NYC.

EDUCATION

2024  –        Master’s, New Media, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York City

2012  –        Bachelor’s, Anthropology, UCLA, Los Angeles

EMPLOYMENT

2023  –        Independent writer (essays and criticism on art and tech, plus poetry)

2022  –        Creative technologist (CAD, 3D printing, circuit design, fabrication, A/V production)

2006  –         Programmer (net art, web-based games, software engineering)

WRITING

2025  –        ArtReview, “Grieving Digital Art”, upcoming essay

         The Whitney Review, “Against Platforms”, upcoming book review (print)

         Archaic Magazine, “Other Networks”, upcoming book review (print)

         Daemonlovers, “Cthulhu’s Open Call”, upcoming essay (print)

         Sublation Magazine, upcoming essay

2024  –        Do Not Research, “The Dialectic of Doomscrolling”, essay (online+print); also republished in NYU Adjacent and All Inclusive zine (print)

         Julia Stoschek Foundation, “Deep Pressure”, creative text as part of Digital Diaries exhibition + book (print)

         New York Review of Architecture, “Auto Body Horror”, review

         The Brooklyn Rail, “FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT”, art book review (online+print)

         Flash Art, “SMALL V01CE / Honor Fraser”, review

         Spike Art Magazine, “What’s After Post-Internet Art?”, essay

         Outland, “Metaverse Not Found”, essay

2023  –        Do Not Research, “The Origin of Cyborgs”, essay (online+print)

POETRY

2024  –        Expat Press, “Late Heavy Bombardment”

2023  –        Hobart Pulp, “Imagine You Were So Angry”

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2025  –        Hypermade, Dunkunsthalle, New York City

PUBLIC EVENTS

2025  –        Performance-lecture at Destruction Junket, New York City

2024  –        Reading at Julia Stoschek Foundation, Dusseldorf, Germany

         Poetry reading at “Spiritual Warfare”, Non Plus Ultra, Los Angeles

2023  –        Poetry reading at “ETC…” hosted by Peter B.D., SARA’s, New York City

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025  –        Levels of Nuance, Zillow Show, online exhibition

2024  –        NYU Tisch, ITP Master’s Spring Show

2023  –        Rhizome, ByoUSB / Rockaway Art Week, New York City

SKILLS

Code: HTML/CSS, Javascript, Python, C++, SQL, database and system design

Software: Blender, Fusion360, Adobe Suite, Unity, MadMapper

Hardware: Electronics engineering (Arduino, circuit design, PCB design and manufacturing), audio/video production, video projection design

Fabrication: 3D printing, laser cutting, ceramics, mold-making and casting (silicone, plaster), basic woodworking