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About Futopia
​​Statement/About Us
​How do we know when a new world paradigm is in the works?
What marks the transition, and how do we know when it is time to fight or to take flight?
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The world seems to be on the brink of sudden and transformative change. AI, global warming, migration and immigration, shifting politics and political leaders, war and famine has left the world’s populations feeling helpless to redirect the course of a world perceived as spinning out of control.
What is possible within this context? We have posed this question to the artists participating in our projects.
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When everything is seems negative – there is no light at the end of the tunnel. As artists, we need to create the light. Human behavior breaks down under duress. Humans are perpetually on a quest to create the perfect utopia.
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We believe in the power of art to shape our collective imagination and envision a better world.​​​​​​​​
Alison Woods
Co-founder/Director
Alison Woods is an interdisciplinary painter and curator whose images discuss the relationship between the human mind in all of its complexities, and technology and its ramifications on culture. She has a long history of working in the technology sector of the Silicon Valley as a partner in the design firm of Woods+Woods. In 2023 Woods created a site-specific installation for The “Butterfly Effect,” an international exhibition that attracted an attendance of over 75,000 people. She has exhibited Internationally — in Rome, Greece, Berlin, Stockholm, Luxembourg, Australia, Budapest, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Iceland — and closer to home at The Torrance Art Museum (2021), The Korean Cultural Center (2018), Stanford University Art Spaces (2013), and featured on Art Critic Charles Desmarais’ Blog (2011). She is on the selection committee for the Cycladic Arts Residency in Paros, Greece (2024). From 2017-2020 she was a member of the Durden and Ray Project Space and curated and organized exhibitions in Berlin, Luxembourg, and Greece, and in the Project Space, Los Angeles. In 2014 she founded the “Bridge Residency,” an invitational for artists to explore the Los Angeles art scene.
Snezana Saraswati Petrovic
Artistic Director
Snezana Saraswati Petrovic is a Los Angeles-based multimedia artist, curator, and award-winning set/costume designer. She has exhibited in Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Singapore, Tokyo, Prague, Chengdu, and Belgrade, at venues like MOCA and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her art focuses on environmental issues vs. technology, beginning at the Pomona Arts Colony Residency under Judy Chicago. Snezana has won various awards, including the "Golden Arena" for Production Design and the "Ovation 2010, Los Angeles" for costume design. She received the UC Regents Grant and NEA project grants. Her art/curatorial projects have been featured in Artillery, Diversion LA, Art and Cake, Voyager LA, and the LA Times, most notably Ulysses Jenkins's first retrospective (2018) and “Zimmer Frei” (2023). As gallery director and curator at Crafton Hills College, she also taught at California State University, Los Angeles, and the University of Redlands. She holds the title of Professor Emerita in Arts. Currently, she is a member of Durden & Ray. Her art is included in private and museum collections.
Kio Griffith
Co-founder/Emeritus
Kio Griffith is an interdisciplinary artist, independent curator, and arts writer working across themes of social issues, geopolitics and migrating cultures, through multimedia, craft and technology-based works including graphic design, 2D and 3D objects, time-based sound and video compositions, performance, computer programming, writings, installation, and publishing. He has exhibited internationally in the UK, Japan, Germany, Croatia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Turkey, Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, and the U.S. Most notably are the 2016 Aichi Triennale in Nagoya, Japan, the 2017 Emerging Curator at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), and exhibiting artist at Tokyo Arts And Space, Open Site 2018. His current projects include co-founder at OOTE 41221 project space, co-founder of Transit Republic, an art and socio-anthropological publication, Genzou, an intercultural photographic journal, independent curator, and contributing editor for Fabrik, Artscape and Art Bridge Institute. Griffith’s work is in private and museum collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.