Katerina Belkina Biography
Early on Katerina Belkina (*1974) knew about her exceptional talent to see the world through different eyes. Born in Samara in the southeast of European Russia, she was brought up in a creative atmosphere by her mother, a visual artist. Her education at the Art Academy and the School for Photography of Michael Musorin in Samara gave her the tools to visualize her ideas. Exhibitions of her sublime, mystic self-portraits ensued in Moscow and Paris. Katerina Belkina was nominated for the prestigious Kandinsky Prize (comparable to the British Turner Prize) in Moscow in 2007. She won the International Lucas Cranach Award 2015 and the prestigious Hasselblad Masters Prize in 2016. Currently, she lives and works in Werder (Havel).
Katerina Belkina Artist Statement
It has always been fascinating for me to explore the psychology of people’s relationships with each other and with the outside world, to give shape to human emotions. To take joy, despair, indifference, rapture, and jealousy to pieces. Feelings are abstract, therefore it is so interesting to look for and find the form of their visualization.
My face and body are the main instruments I use to incarnate the images I want. Standing in front of the camera as a model, I follow the age-old theatrical practice of playing roles. It gives impetus to the development of my own manner of narration. A part of my work, shooting is akin to a theatrical performance, where an urge to tell the viewer about emotions and feelings manifests itself through the characters in dialogues with the audience.
A passion for classical art and interest in everything new – technology, discoveries, experiments – led me to the type of mixed media, with which I work. From painting, I take colors and create air as an element of space. Reality and character I take from photography. My style originates from a long artistic tradition – collage. That is how my characters and spaces come together. In the next stage, I choose a brush for a graphics program. This is a subtle and accurate tool to create a light, weightless atmosphere similar to that of a dream. In my creative work, I am not searching for the subjects of thought. They spring from everyday life and observations of the people around them. Choosing a motif for my exploration, I offer the audience a female view on things, which concern me. Undoubtedly, this view is based on feminist principles. Yet, the matter is not in confrontation, but in balance and harmony, where a woman is not an object, but foremost – energy.
Education
2000 – 2002 Photo School of Michael Musorin, Samara / RU
1989 – 1993 Design, department of advertisement, academy of arts ‘Petrov-Vodkin’, Samara / RU
1985 – 1989 School of Arts 1., Samara / USSR
Work Experience
since 2003 Artist in Moscow and since Oct. 2013 in Berlin and Werder (Havel)
2006 – 2014 Course instructor at Photo School ‘Fotoplay’ in Moscow
2002 – 2005 Art teacher on the 2. primary school in Odincovo / RU
2001 – 2002 Art Director, at the state regional television channel, Samara
1995 – 2000 DTP and Design at Fedorov Publishing House, Samara
Awards
2024 Vienna International Photo Award, Special Prize OUR WORLD
2024 Fine Art Photography Awards, 2nd Place in Photomanipulation
2023 Beyond Future Art Prize, Winner
2023 MIA Fair 2023, New Post Photography Award, IV Edition
2022 ProfiFoto New Talent Award 22/1
2021 Artfacts Performance Award, For Strong Artist Rank Advance
2021 German photo book award”, silver, ‘My Work Is My Personal Theater’
2020 Artfacts Performance Award, For Strong Artist Rank Advance
2019 Artfacts Performance Award, For Strong Artist Rank Advance
2017 Moscow International Foto Awards, 3rd Prize for series ‘Repast’
2016 Fine Art Photography Awards, 1st Prize for series ‘Revival’
2016 Hasselblad Masters 2016, 1st Prize in the category Art
2015 Moscow International Foto Awards, 1st Prize in two categories
2015 Lucas-Cranach-Prize, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, 1st Prize
2014 Moscow International Foto Awards, 1st Prize in category Fine Art
2012 International Photography Awards, 1st Prize in three categories
2011 PX3, The Prix de la Photographie, 1st Prize for series ‘Empty Spaces’
2010 PX3, The Prix de la Photographie, 1st Prize in the category Portrait
2008 Art Interview, Berlin, 14th Intern. Online Artist Competition, 1st Prize
2008 Art4.ru Museum Awards, Moscow
2008 Intern. Photography Awards, 2nd Prize for series ‘Not a Man’s World’
2008 PX3, The Prix de la Photographie, 1st Prize for series ‘Paint’
2008 PX3, The Prix de la Photographie, 2nd Prize for ‘Not a Man’s World’
2007 Kandinsky Prize, Moscow, Nominee for Project of the Year
2007 International Photography Awards, 2nd Prize
Collections
Allen & Ellen Goldman Collection, New York / US
Angela & Syfra van de Loo Collection / NL
Ayça Dinçkök, Istanbul / TUR
Hugo and Carla Brown art collection / NL
Edgar Schermerhorn Collection / NL
HBC Global Art Collection, New York / US
LAM Lisse Art Museum / NL
m&n collection, Aachen / DE
Ömer – Aysegül Özyürek, Istanbul / TUR
Rezzan Benardete, Istanbul / TUR
Stiftung Christliche Kunst, Lutherstadt Wittenberg / DE
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg / RU
Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen / DE
Tony Ventura, Istanbul / TUR + CH
Yedida Collection / ISR
Biennales
2023
XIV Florence Biennale, Florence / IT
2022
Biennial of Digital Art 2022, Rio de Janeiro / BR
2019
OSTRALE Biennale O19, Dresden / DE
2018
Kunst- und Filmbiennale Worpswede / DE
2017
OSTRALE Biennale, Dresden / DE
2016
5th Mediations Biennale – Fundamental, Poznan / PL
2015
The Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Ballarat / AU
2011
4th Moscow Biennale of contemporary art, Moscow / RU
Young Artists Project 2011: Future Lab, Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu / KR
2009
The First Russian Museum Photobiennale, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg / RU
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Dream Walkers and Magic Things, City gallery Werder (Havel) / DE
Beyond Future Art Prize, Pao Galleries at Hong Kong Arts Center / HK
For all mankind, Galerie Z22, Berlin / DE
Zero Gravity, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim / DE
2021
Dream Walkers, Direktorenhaus – Museum for Art Crafts Design, Berlin / DE
Dream Walkers and Magic Things, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest / HU
2020
Spaceless, Galerie Z22, Berlin / DE
2019
Dream Walkers. Imagery of Change, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Venice Repast, CreArte Studio, Oderzo / IT
Dream Walkers and Magic Things, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen / DE
2018
Reflection, GalerieKanzlei im Kunstareal, Munich / DE
Genesis, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest / HU
Katerina Belkina, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
2017
AlterEgo, CreArte Studio, Oderzo / IT
Repast, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen / DE
Katerina Belkina, Direktorenhaus – Museum for Art Crafts Design, Berlin / DE
2016
FLY!, Photobastei, Zurich / CH
Paint, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest / HU
Ideal Beauty – Beauty Ideals, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen / DE
Humanism, CreArte Studio, Oderzo / IT
2015
Revival, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
The Sinner, Being 3 Gallery, Beijing / CN
2014
Empty Spaces, Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica / US
2011
Empty Spaces, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
2010
Katerina Belkina, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
2008
Not a Man‘s World, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
25 women I loved, FotoLoft Gallery, Moscow / RU
2007
A.M. Gorky Literary Memorial Museum, Kazan / RU
2004
Charity personal exhibition and sale for the fund Children’s Hearts Foundation, Moscow / RU
Group Exhibition
2024
Birds, Galerie Z22, Berlin / DE
VIEPA Vienna International Photo Award Exhibition, Vienna / AT
Reflexionen, brau.ART, Dessau / DE
FOYOU, Marienburg, Berlin / DE
#Reboot, Coderitter GmbH, Dresden / DE
DIALOGUE. Art as a bridge between cultures, CSR.ART, Berlin / DE
Weggefährten, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim / DE
La femme encadrée, Galerie Z22, Berlin / DE
NordArt 2024, Buedelsdorf / DE
Perspektiven 2024 Einblicke Durchblicke, Kunstverein Burgwedel / DE
Cosmos Lem Jewellery, Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius / LT
We Art Open Worldwide, Crea Cantieri del Contemporaneo Venezia / IT
Arschbombe, Later is Now, Aachen / DE
photoSCHWEIZ 24, Zurich / CH
2023
Close-Up, Loosenart, Rome / IT
Winter-Märchen, Galerie Christine Knauber, Berlin / DE
Landing, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest / HU
Past & Present, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich / DE
NordArt 2023, Buedelsdorf / DE
Again About Time, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Kunstfrühling, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim / DE
ZEITENWENDE – Art and Society, CSR.ART, Berlin / DE
Into the Blue, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim / DE
Spring Exhibition, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Magie & Illusionen, FINE ART Galerie und Kunstverein, Traismauer / A
Cosmos Lem Jewellery, Wroclaw / PL
2022
Christmas art exhibition, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest / HU
Winter in the Bunker, Galerie Benjamin Eck / DE
Cosmos Lem Jewellery, Museum of Gdansk, Main Town Hall Gdansk / PL
PHOTOPIA Hamburg, Hamburg Messe / DE
Werkschau #3 Photography, Galerie Z22, Berlin / DE
Cosmos Lem Jewellery, ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Kraków / PL
Art in Residence //, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim / DE
Vonovia Award für Fotografie, Sprengel Museum Hannover / DE
10. Oberstdorfer Fotogipfel, Oberstdorf / DE
Summer Salon, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
photoSCHWEIZ 22, Zurich / CH
Deutsche Fotobuchpreis 2021/22, Forum für Fotografie, Cologne / DE
Antlitz. Würde. Schmerz., Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg / DE
Spring Season, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
20 Jahre Wiesbadener Fototage, Luisenplatz, Wiesbaden / DE
Art Contemporain Conference – Découverte, Espace Miramar, Cannes / FR
2021
Treffen sich zwei, Galerie der Kunst Freunde Pritzwalk / DE
Antlitz. Würde. Schmerz., Hospitalhof Stuttgart, Stuttgart / DE
Late Harvest, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Photo-Eye: 25 years of the photo school ‘Samara’, Alabin Museum, Samara / RU
Land//Scapes, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim / DE
20 years, 20 stories, 20 artists, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest / HU
Splitter Faser Akt, Galerie Christine Knauber, Berlin / DE
NordArt 2021, Buedelsdorf / DE
Brandenburgischer Kunstpreis, Schloss Neuhardenberg / DE
Re-Opening, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Cosmos, Lem, Jewellery, City Museum of Wroclaw / PL
2020
A Midwinter Night’s Dream, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
One Artist One Designer, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest / HU
Seasons, CreArte Studio, Oderzo / IT
Avantgarde in Wittenberg – 19 Jahre Stift. Christliche Kunst Wittenberg / DE
Bilder einer Ausstellung, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim / DE
Delightful Company, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Korea International Photo Festival 2020, Seoul / KR
Bienvenue, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
From Russians with Love, The Ballery, Berlin / DE
Planet B, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Berlin / DE
2019
Zwischenwelten, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim / DE
Delicatessen, Galerie Christine Knauber , Berlin / DE
NordArt 2019, Buedelsdorf / DE
Personal Structures, Global Art Affairs Foundation, Venice / IT
unZEHNsiert, brau.ART, Dessau / DE
Zwischen Liebe und Verzweiflung. Maria in der Moderne – von Chagall bis Kollwitz, Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg / DE
Belkina, Dóka, Wakultschik: Portrait and Storytelling, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest / HU
ACTUAL RUSSIA, Saratov State Art Museum, Saratov / RU
Position Red, Galerie Z22, Berlin / DE
Transitions, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest / HU
Primavera, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
ACTUAL RUSSIA, All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, Moscow / RU
Kunst trifft Gesundheit, AOK Kunstprojekt / DE
2018
Die Winterreise, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Layered and doubled, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen / DE
Curators’s Choice, Prince House Gallery, Mannheim / DE
Autumn Exhibition, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Personal Theater, Galerie Z22, Berlin / DE
FOYOU, Marienburg, Berlin / DE
Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, White Box @ Publika / MY
Heimat, Galerie Z22, Berlin / DE
NordArt 2018, Buedelsdorf / DE
European Capital of Culture 2018 in the German-Maltese-Circle, Valletta / Malta
Visioni di donna, CreArte Studio, Oderzo / IT
Professional Photography Challenge 2017, Galerie Z22, Berlin / DE
2017
NET/RRJET-Edition X, Prishtina / Kosovo
So weit, so gut – 20 junge fotografische Positionen, Kunsthalle Erfurt / DE
Planet 9, brau.ART, Dessau / DE
Denn durch die Liebe wird der Mensch besser, Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg / DE
NordArt 2017, Buedelsdorf / DE
CRANACH. Meister-Marke-Moderne, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf / DE
Portraits – Hellerau Photography Award, HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts Dresden / DE
Nature Morte. Contemporary Artists Revive the Still Life, National Museum Wroclaw / PL
HUMAN/DIGITAL: a symbiotic love affair, Kunsthal Rotterdam / NL
L’ELEGANCE, Russiantearoom Gallery, Paris / FR
2016
Art Affair 2, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover / DE
PhotograpHER, Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia / IT
Urban Touch, Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover / DE
error: x, OSTRALE – Festival for Contemporary Arts, Dresden / DE
Sweet, Schau Fenster – Schauraum für Kunst, Berlin / DE
NordArt 2016, Büdelsdorf / DE
Until It Turns Slightly Pink…, C.A.M Gallery, Istanbul / TR
Artgeschoss, Braunschweig / DE
SKIN, The Ballery, Berlin / DE
5 Dimensions of Beauty, MART8, Jekaterinburg / RU
Spring Exhibition, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
2015
Pure Supremacy, Being 3 Gallery, Beijing / CN
Cranach 2.0, Der Internationale Lucas-Cranach-Preis, Kronach / DE
Fotosommer, FOTOINIT e.V. Erfurt / DE
Wiesbadener Fototage, Wiesbaden / DE
NordArt 2015, Buedelsdorf / DE
Russian Contemporary Art Week, The Ballery, Berlin / DE
Restart, NET/RRJET-Edition VII, Prishtina / Kosovo
Humble me, AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels / BE
Cranach und die Moderne, Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg / DE
Cranach 2.0, Der Int. Lucas-Cranach-Preis, Exerzierhalle Wittenberg / DE
2014
Gestalten, brau.ART, Dessau / DE
Solemn, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
2013
Heusden in Springtime, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
2012
Winter-expo, Absolute Art Gallery, Brugge / BE
Autumn Exhibition, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Madre Russia, Museo Civico di Asolo, Asolo / IT
Gop-art, Street art festival, 16th Line Gallery, Rostov-on-Don / RU
2nd Photospectrum Int 2012, Crossover 3+1, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul / KR
2011
5 Ans de Photographie à l’Espace Art 22, Art 22 Gallery, Brussels / BE
2010
Life’s Journey… to Heusden, Summer Exhibition, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Living Perm 2010, Living Perm Contemporary Art Festival, Perm / RU
Russian artists, Abbaye St André – Centre d’art contemporain Meymac, Meymac / FR
Russian Tales, EXPRMNTL Galerie, Toulouse / FR
Contes Russes, EXPRMNTL Galerie, Toulouse / FR
2009
Die Winterreise, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
Summer Salon, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
On the trace of Turgenev, Galerie d’exposition du Beffroi, Namur / BE
Contes Russes, Ancien Musée de Peinture, Grenoble / FR
2008
You are an Artist!, Art4.ru – contemporary art museum, Moscow / RU
Young galleriest / Young collectors, Pop/Off/Art Gallery, Moscow / RU
Russian Fairy tales, RTR Gallery – Russiantearoom, Paris / FR
Summer Exhibition, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden / NL
2007
white fair, Espace ART 22, Brussels / BE
Exhibition of Kandinsky Prize Nominees, Winzavod – Moscow Contemporary Art Center, Moscow / RU
A.M. Gorky Literary Memorial Museum, Kazan / RU
2006
PhotoFusion 2006, Fyodor Chaliapin House Art Gallery, Moscow / RU
PhotoFusion 2006, Gallery of the International Guild of Masters, St. Petersburg / RU
2005
Young Russian Photographers 2005, The Russian Museum of Photography, Novgorod / RU
Young Russian Photographers 2005, St. Petersburg / RU
2. Moscow International festival of graphic art, British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow / RU
2003
Provoking emotion, Dave’s Photo Emporium, Ann Arbor / US
2002
Russian Eye, works by Russian photographers, The Arts Project, TAP. Gallery, London / CA
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