KATHERYN BAJO

 

about:
lives/works in nyc
artist & architect,

 

Facade Technical Design

Contract-based building enclosure consultancy for New Construction, Forensic Investigation, Restoration Projects, & FISP Local Law 11/98 and Commissioning (BExC). FDT represents 10+ years experience North East Region in New Construction and Restoration.

Please follow link here for more information: www.katherynbajo/ftd
Email for RFP: facade.technical.design@gmail.com

 

Artist Statement

Katheryn Bajo is a mother, architect, activist, and multidisciplinary artist in New York City. As a building enclosure consultant, she has contributed to a diverse portfolio of Northeast projects, including schools, libraries, airports, laboratories and hospitals, multifamily residential buildings, and museums. Her art, inspired by technical analysis and design, manifests through performance, found object sculpture, research essays, video, and sound therapy, extending into holistic healing. Katheryn explores themes of health, equity, spatial sensitivity, and the transformative potential of AI, drawing from both Eastern and Western philosophical insights. Her work embodies a dynamic synthesis of art, science, and personal empowerment, grounded in technical expertise, humor, and a commitment to community service.

 

current personal projects:

 

past personal projects:

DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL
For the past four years, I worked with my tenants association to get my apartment to be restabilized. The process cumulated to a very beautifully written letter by the Deputy Commissioner that is now apart of an ongoing archival of personal municipal letters. There is a current housing crisis in New York City; housing is not guaranteed for the working class.

CERTIFIED SOUND THERAPIST
I am a certified sound therapist with Life Changing Energy. I focus on vibrational and sound therapy techniques found in Eastern Philosophy to help alleviate PTSD symptoms; this practice is combined with inner child healing and shadow work for a holistic healing practice.

SCHIZOPHRENIC MEMORY OF CHINATOWN
Postmodern analysis of the “Secretary of Interior’s Standards of Historic Preservation,” which emphasizes preserving the façade, or the image, of a building

COUSIN LIT MAG ARCHIVE

Post-structuralist analysis and critique of American hip-hop (2010s) by way of concrete and visual poetry

ITS MY BIRTHDAY WHERES THE CAKE, the ebook
Analysis and critique of the commodification of cultural vernacular

BAJOGOODS.COM
Sole proprietorship of alternative health products

'MENTAL WELLNESS' BY GEORGE ORWELL
A podcast created through collage of found audio snippets

THE EMERGENCE OF BLACKENED TEETH IN SUNG PERIOD CHINESE MARITIME TRADE
Independent research paper on maritime trade in 14th Century China

DEMANDING DIRECT DEMOCRACY
A pamphlet for printing and distributing

CROSS-TRIBAL CURRICULUM
A live document to be edited by the community

CHOPSUEY PAINTINGS
A painting project that began during Covid-19. in the lineage of Anarchist Art, I used consumer generated form (Betty Boop, etc) to express an awakening in the surrounding environment. Later phases of the project emerged as an investigation the glazing technique where forms emerged from a field similar to Stable Diffusion utilized in AI. I successfully sold over twenty (20) paintings.

ACRYLIC NAILS
To make an appointment, please email me at katherynbajo@gmail.com

COUSIN LITERATURE MEMES

Personal library of memes, digital art, and NFTs

 

past projects - image archive:

 

organizations that i support and am apart of: