"Tidal Frequency" Painting

Misha Cittadini is a Czech-born abstract painter based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working from Studio 107 at the historic ICB Building in Sausalito.

Her large-scale paintings use layered acrylic, ink, and spray paint to make visible the invisible wave structures behind sound, light, water, and subatomic motion. She often paints on inverted, unprimed canvas, letting gravity and material behavior become active collaborators. Alongside painting, she experiments with integrating physical light — embedding fiber optic elements into the canvas so the work emits the very frequencies it depicts.

Misha holds an MFA in Fine Art from the Academy of Art University (2025) and a B.S. in Finance from Duquesne University — a dual background that shapes both how she paints and how she sustains a serious studio practice.

Recent honors include an Honorable Mention from the School of Fine Art at the AAU Spring Show 2026 and the Best Abstract Award at the AAU Spring Show 2025. Her work has been exhibited at The Other Art Fair (Los Angeles), Superfine Art Fair (San Francisco), Turtle Bay Exploration Park Museum, the Healdsburg Center for the Arts, and in a solo exhibition at the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce. She was selected for the 2026 City of Sonoma Utility Box Public Art Program.

Her paintings are held in private collections across the United States, Czech Republic, France, Australia, and New Zealand.