About

BIO

Katya Neptune is a Filipina diaspora  (b.1976 Angeles City, Philippines) based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She works as an interdisciplinary artist with a socially engaged practice. She is currently pursuing her BA at Florida Atlantic University. Neptune has exhibited her work in various public spaces that include the Coral Springs Museum of Art, Bailey Contemporary Arts, Hatch 1121 Gallery, Arts United, Ali Cultural Arts, 1310 Gallery, and Miami Independent Thinkers during Art Basel.  She has also been featured in various periodicals such as the Sun Sentinel, Broward Palm Beach New Times, Pelican Newspaper, Pompano Beach Magazine, RiverWalk Fort Lauderdale, and Voyage Miami. Neptune’s work is process-oriented, reflective, and introspective.  Her work explores the complexities of mental health. Neptune uses personal and intimate visual narratives to share her struggle and healing to normalize conversations around this topic, and to de-stigmatize mental illness. Overall, the heart of her practice is a commitment to authenticity, and vulnerability and to serve as an advocate for others. 

 In addition to Neptune’s art practice, in 2009 she founded ArtHeart. A non-profit organization that aims to empower artists of all levels to inspire healthful and imaginative growth in her community. As the Creative Director and Chief Curator for ArtHeart, Neptune has curated numerous exhibits in South Florida, featuring emerging and established global artists.  In addition, ArtHeart serves as a fundraising mechanism for orphans in Rwanda, Africa, by partnering with We Are Zoe, a non-profit organization that strives to break the cycle of poverty through education initiatives for orphaned children.

Statement

Katya Neptune is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is process-oriented, reflective, and introspective. Exploring the complexities of her mental health through a range of mixed media sculpture, abstract mapping, photography, painting, digital art, and installation.  Each medium she employs is carefully yet often intuitively selected to reflect her psychological and emotional state. Utilizing personal and intimate visual narratives to share her struggle and healing. As well as normalizing conversations around this topic and to de-stigmatize mental illness. Neptune aims to challenge the stereotypes and misunderstandings that often surround mental health by offering a new perspective on what it means to live with a mental health condition. The focus of her practice is a commitment to authenticity, vulnerability, and to serve as an advocate for others.