ARTIST STATEMENT

Mikayla Giannini

Artist, Creative, Designer

Mikayla Giannini is a skilled multi-media artist focused primarily in Photography, Jewelry Design, Metalsmithing, & Painting. Inspired by her own life experiences and aspects of the world around her, her work address themes of, illusion, the human experience, biological references, aesthetics, and femininity. She hopes that others will be able to relate to the subject matter of her work and find a type of solace within the realization of a shared or newly realized experience.

Bio

Mikayla Giannini is an artist based out of Dallas, TX. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree with an emphasis in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing and a minor in International Studies at Texas Tech University. (Dec. 2023). She graduated top of her class with Summa Cum Laude academic recognition. Mikayla took on a Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program with The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) to further expand her studies and research for a summer before deciding to focus on a career back in Dallas. (2024). Mikayla has earned an abundance of merit and talent based awards throughout her time as an artist and student, such as the Mrs. Linda S. & Dr. John M. Filippone, Jr. - Medici Circle Scholarship Endowment (2023). Her work has continued to earn recognition through national and international exhibitions, publications and magazines dating back as far as 2017. (Listed here).