ABOUT VITA
Vita Kari (they/them) is a visual artist from Los Angeles investigating Virality through textiles, performance, and video.
Kari focuses on the relationship between internet culture, diaspora, and public space, through their lens of being a deaf/Hard of Hearing (HOH) artist. Their figurative tapestries (inspired by their grandmother’s rugs), often feature unweaving that obscures the image, like missing dialogue without captions while deaf/HOH.
Kari’s continuous video series “Virality as Form: The Craziest Thing About Being Creative,” examines the spectacle of digital attention and the loss of personhood online. These works deconstruct the pixel, comparing the digital screen to the woven grid, knot by knot.
Kari earned an MFA from Otis College of Art and Design in 2024. They have exhibited nationally and internationally, including a two-person show in Shanghai/Wuhan, China, Zona Maco in Mexico City, Goodmother Gallery, Spy Projects, Bolsky Gallery, Yiwei Gallery LA, and more.
They have been featured in Forbes, Artnet, Gay Times, The Art Newspaper, and more. They were named a Forbes Upfront Creator, Meta “Gen Z Takes 2024” honoree, and honored by the City of West Hollywood for their artistic contributions promoting accessibility and LGBTQ+ visibility in 2025.
They founded/ran VITAWOOD LA, a community art space for queer artists (2020-2022).
Recent speaking engagements include UCLA and Condé Nast College.