Mariah Kitner is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and creative entrepreneur based in Troy, New York. Working across ceramics, installation, painting, and digital media, her practice centers on storytelling, symbolism, material exploration, and creating work that invites curiosity, reflection, and connection through sculptural and functional forms.

Kitner received her BFA in Painting with a minor in Art History from Pace University in 2015. She spent nearly a decade in New York City working within the contemporary art world, managing artists’ studios, consulting at Pop International Galleries, and curating exhibitions including SPRING/BREAK Art Fair in 2017. Her 2014 internet art project, If Paintings Could Text, gained international recognition through features in HuffPost, Bustle, and NYLON, was named one of Tumblr’s Top Trending Blogs of 2014, and received a Shorty Award nomination.

After transitioning into ceramics in 2020, Kitner founded Context Clay and developed a self-directed studio practice rooted in experimentation and process. Her work draws influence from historical decorative arts, architecture, mythology, and contemporary life, moving fluidly between functional pottery, sculptural objects, and installation.

Her artistic development has been shaped through residencies including the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts in Greece (2023) and the Tech Valley Center of Gravity Artist Residency (2024), where she expanded her practice through research into ancient ceramic traditions, experimental firing methods, and digital fabrication technologies including 3D printing.

In October 2024, Kitner co-founded Context Collective, an artist-led gallery and creative space in Troy, NY dedicated to supporting emerging artists through exhibitions, workshops, and community-centered programming. Context Collective also operates as a working ceramic studio and showroom shared with artist and co-founder Ash King.

Kitner's multidisciplinary practice reflects a commitment to challenging conventions, empowering artistic expression, and expanding the possibilities of material, process, and creative community.