Misha Cittadini

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 ...

2025 — MFA, Fine Art, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, U.S.

2003 — B.S., Business Administration (Finance), Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.

Sotheby's Institute — Art History; The Art of Collecting

Art Lovers Academy, DSC Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

Art & Design Institute, Prague, Czech Republic

Solo Exhibitions
2026 — Resonance, Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, Mill Valley, CA

Group Exhibitions
2026 — Marin Open Studios, ICB Building, Sausalito, CA 2026 — AAU Spring Show 2026, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA — Honorable Mention, School of Fine Art 2026 — Graduate Exhibition, The Cannery, San Francisco, CA 2026 — The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2026 — Guest Artist, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA 2025 — ICB Open Studios, Sausalito, CA 2025 — Art Span Open Studios, San Francisco, CA 2025 — The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2025 — AAU Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA — Best Abstract Award 2025 — MFA Student Exhibition, The Cannery, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 2025 — Superfine Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 2025 — The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2025 — Eighth West Coast Biennial, Turtle Bay Exploration Park Museum, Redding, CA 2024 — Anti-War 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, HMVC Gallery, New York, NY — Anti-War

Award 2024 — Small Wonders, The Hummingbird & Dragonfly Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2024 — RTIA, Reno, NV 2024 — New Beginnings, Leavenworth and Beach Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2024 — Superfine Art Fair, Fort Mason, S...