Nikitina Katya
Visual interdisciplinary artist, lives and works in Serpukhov (Moscow region).
She started her career as a photographer in 2009, but over time, in the pursuit of greater autonomy and self-expression, she mastered other techniques: painting and objects.
EDUCATION:
- 2022 - 2023 — Class workshops, Academy of Arts at the S. G. Stroganov Russian State Academy of Fine Arts
2016 - 2019 — studied academic drawing and painting in the art studio of Serpukhov “Watercolor”
“The lack of trust in the real is a major fulcrum for my work. In my practice, I actively explore the theme of anti-reality and create works composed of natural and figurative fantasies. When working with canvas or objects, I exorcise the literal manifestation of the human being, favoring fragments or emptiness, but at the same time such emptiness still suggests a human presence figuratively.”
Katya Yanova, artist
SOLO EXHIBITIONS, PROJECTS AND RESIDENCIES:
- 2023 — Solo exhibition “Fairy Tale”, Triptych Gallery, Moscow
- 2023 — Residence “SFERA” with the support of MaxArt Contemporary Art Foundation, Perm
- 2023 — “How the Beast Tamed Me” project, Perm Museum of Local Lore, Perm, Russia
ИЗБРАННЫЕ ГРУППОВЫЕ ВЫСТАВКИ:
- 2024 — a—s—t—r—a open.vol. 5, a—s—t—r—a gallery, CCA Winzavod, Moscow
- 2024 — Group exhibition “Link of Times”, Philharmonic Hall, Veliky Novgorod, Russia
- 2024 — Group exhibition “Oasis”, Soulmate & Milliart Gallery, Moscow
- 2023 — Group exhibition “Reboot”, Triptych Gallery, Moscow.
- 2023 — Curatorial project “And I am like Frida”, Creador Center, Moscow
- 2023 — Curatorial project “Choosing a Man”, Moscow
- 2022 — Group exhibition “Cultural diversity” Switzerland, Zug
- 2022 — Group exhibition “Ein blick aus der ferne” Switzerland, Lucerne
- 2021 — “Christmas Exhibition” Switzerland, Zug
- 2021 — Group exhibition “Women's exhibition”, St. Petersburg, Russia
COLLECTIONS:
- Perm Museum of Local Lore. Branch — Meshkov House
CONTEMPORARY ART FAIRS AND AUCTIONS:
- 2024 — Fair of classical and contemporary art “ART MOSCOW”, Gostiny Dvor.
- 2023 — Win-Win Market, Winzavod, Moscow
- 2023 — Auction of contemporary art, gallery “On Elokhovsky”, Moscow.
- 2022 — Contemporary Art Fair “Art International Zürich” Switzerland, Zurich.
"The Absence" Project
This series is a large part of a new body of work that explores the theme of “absence” in our physical world. I am inspired by the theory of anti-reality, where I find myself searching for an alternative way of existing outside of three-dimensional space. The walls, furniture, windows and rooms into which I immerse shadows serve as a world of understandable things that seem solid and reliable. Some objects such as pillows serve as a “portal” to the dream world in which we spend a third of our lives. The shadowy images on the canvases have a life of their own. I have endowed them with the ability to exist as silent informational copies of our reality. But without the dressiness of a world in which we try to conform to something.
Works
