Christina Mesiti
Christina Mesiti is a Los Angeles-based artist originally from Phoenix, Arizona. A Fulbright scholar to Mexico, she has shown in places including UCLA, Cal State Long Beach, Locust Projects, Tyler Park Presents and the Brand Library. She has taught at Deep Springs College, Pitzer College, and Pomona college, and in Fall 2022 will join the faculty at Pepperdine University. When not making or teaching art, she is probably either hiking deep into the backcountry or teaching other people how to. In 2020, she co-founded the Emplacement Society, an open collective of people taking trips together outside to experiment with collective, somatic knowledge creation at the intersection of art and the environment. She received her MFA from Claremont Graduate University.
Collaboration Christina worked on establishing on-site trail systems. One in which she utilized cattails clippings as a mulch. Integrating the need for thinning the cattails and the need for a trail bed material for weed suppression.
