about the artist

Caterina Sauro is a multi-faceted artist and self-published author based in Mississauga, ON. Although she will admit that she is an OCADU Fine Arts program dropout, Caterina's identity as an artist starts decades prior, with crayons in hand. As a child, Caterina loved to create characters, write their stories and illustrate them—but not before testing her palette of coloured pencils in the corners of her pages. Although bullied for her uniqueness, authors Shel Silverstein, Robert Munsch, and Eric Carle reminded Caterina that there was a place for her wild imagination in the big-girl world. 

As an adult, Caterina enjoys blending her love of poetry and visual art into her work and has continued to showcase that work since her first local exhibition in 2015. When the COVID pandemic hit Toronto in 2020, Caterina spent her evenings hosting free virtual writing workshops and paint parties, eager to maintain a sense of community during the most isolating years of her generation. Once the world around her opened in 2022, her poetry returned to open mics and featured events across the GTA, working hard backstage to have her first book, Hi, My Name is Monella, published later that year. 

Caterina continues to dedicate her mission to creating homes for human connection through visual art and creative writing, both in person and virtually.