Katti Sta. Ana is an art educator and socially-engaged artist whose practice frequently utilizes ceramics to explore themes of ecology and climate change. Her work examines the human impact on flora and fauna, as seen in projects like Vanishing (2012), Devour (2017), and AnthropoScene (2025). This environmental focus is an evolution of her earlier activism; in the late 1990s, she challenged car-centric urbanism through the "Tour of the Fireflies," and previously used painting-assemblages to explore gender and the narratives of ordinary people.
An Associate Professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Fine Arts, Sta. Ana’s academic background is uniquely interdisciplinary, holding a BFA in Painting and an M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning from UP Diliman, as well as an M.A. in Community Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art as a Fulbright scholar. A recipient of the CCP Thirteen Artists Award and the UP Artist II distinction, she balances her high-stakes social commentary with a personal devotion to the tactile play of form and material.