Katia Dermott ’22
Katia Dermott grew up on an organic vegetable farm; as each summer began, she found herself surrounded by a new crew of seasonal workers who sometimes lived as close as the room next door. Katia learned from and grew with the land as much as the people who farmed it. Based in Maine, Katia uses photography, book making, and prose to create windows into worlds adjacent to where a viewer resides. Her work explores themes of loss and healing as it’s reflected in family, land, and rural community. She received her BFA in photography from Maine College of Art & Design in 2022. In fall of the same year, Katia was named one of eighteen artists to watch by Maine Magazine.