Kata Mejía is a performance artist with a background in painting and dance who lives and works in Philadelphia, USA. She graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Masters degree in Performance in 2004. She received her BFA from Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Medellin.

She has been awarded several grants and scholarships, including the James Nelson Raymond Fellowship in 2004, the Trustee Scholarship from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, a Colombian Government Scholarship for Graduate Studies abroad, and a Graduate Studies Scholarship from Universidad Nacional de Colombia in 2002.

Kata Mejía received a 2009 Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

She has shown her work in Colombia, USA, Chile and Japan.

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I am inspired by chaos, order, and the rhythmic patterns of rituals. In my work I use repetition to deal with compulsion and those moments when rational thought is so deeply affected by chaos and disruption as to cause a state of emergency within us.

Fragility of life and the illusion of the safety of home are dealt with in relation to the often tragic nature of life.
The images in my work address domestic and social problems such as the plight of women, violence, and kidnapping.

I grew up in Colombia surrounded by violent crime and my work has become a reaction to what I witnessed and experienced.
I create metaphors with my body, space, and objects.
I want to express the pain and suffering that otherwise might be ignored, memorialize and pay homage to all who have suffered and reveal the invisible traces left by their tragedies.