Kristina Lee Podesva is an occasional artist, writer, teacher, and editor who is frequently on hiatus from art criticism, production, publishing, and teaching. From 2005 to 2015, she edited the contemporary art journal Fillip and has co-edited the publications Institutions by Artists: Volume 1, 100% Vancouver, Tradition versus Modernity, and Sur: Volume 1.
Her artwork has appeared in exhibitions at Artspeak (Vancouver), Darling Foundry (Montreal), Museum of Contemporary Art (Denver), No Soul for Sale at the Tate (London), Dorsky Gallery (Long Island City), and the Power Plant (Toronto), among other venues. In addition, her publication-based art has appeared in various books and catalogues including Waking Up from the Nightmare of Participation, Recipes for an Encounter, Nonsite, and The F Word.
She has happily taught in the MFA, BA, and Curatorial Practice MA programs at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco; the BA and Low Residency Masters of Applied Arts program at Emily Carr University in Vancouver; and the MFA Critical and Pedagogical Studies Programme at the Malmö Art Academy at Lund University in Malmö, Sweden. She is currently an Adjunct Instructor at Western Washington University and Editor and Publisher of Bruna Press, which will publish its first book, Nancy Holt Stone Enclosure: Rock Rings in 2022.