About me
Katika - contemporary artist.
Katika is a contemporary fiber artist. Born in Hungary in 1989.
Katika works primarily in the field of crochet art, looking into themes of human attachment, mysterious inner workings of individual and collective memory, cultural icons, and their impact on pop culture, religion, and sex.
The artist herself describes her creative process in such words: «I go farther and farther along my life path, reach out into chaos, pull a thread out of it and spool into an incredible skein and then create my art. Sometimes I make beautiful pieces. It does not have a practical use but exists to make your life brighter, to make amuse, and captivate you. I should not be careless, because you feel angry and slow your pace.»
Education:
Ural State University of Architecture and Art (USUAA) – 2015
Solo shows:
2022 - Japan, I love you!, Hitomaruichi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
2021 - Outer limits, The Contemporary Art Modern Project, Miami, FL, USA
2020 – The Contemporary Art Modern Project, “Inside Katika looking out”
2019 – Transformer House, “Electro Yarn”, Moscow, Russia.
2019 – The Innovative Cultural Centre, “Ties”, Pervouralsk, Russia.
2017 – Gallery of Modern Art, “We are all connected”; Yekaterinburg, Russia. online visual tour
2016 – “LES” café in the Museum of Moscow, “Affection”, Moscow, Russia.
2015 – Gallery of Warmth, “Katika”, Yaroslavl, Russia.
2015 – art studio “Vault”, “Katika’s crochet portraits”, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2014 – Hitomaruichi Art Gallery, “Fragments of the face”, Tokyo, Japan.
2012 – Gallery of Modern Art, “Chronicle of a modern factory”, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Selected group shows:
2022 - Art tram, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2022 - NFT. Acceptance stage, “ZDES na Taganke” gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021-2022 - Starfall, “ZDES na Taganke” gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 - ISS-Show, Los Angeles, USA
2021 - hello from other planets, performance, “ZDES na Taganke” gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 - “The Youth of Russia” Russian National Youth Art Festival “Union of Russia’s Artists: Probation // Today / Tomorrow“, The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2021 - Vlad Mamyshev-Monroe. Flower-seven-flower, “ZDES na Taganke” gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 - Art Russia fair, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Russia.
2021 - The one who observes earthlings, “ZDES na Taganke” gallery, Moscow, Russia
2020 - Tretyakov prize, Center for Creative Industries “Fabrika”, Moscow, Russia
2020 - The Body Politique, The Contemporary Art Modern Project
2020 – “ZDES” gallery, “Kryukrynoksy”, Moscow, Russia.
2020 – “Kommunalka: The art of common use”, Moscow, Russia.
2019-2020 – “ZDES ” gallery, “Merry Carousel. Anthology #2”, Moscow, Russia.
2019 - SCOPE Miami Beach 2019, The Contemporary Art Modern Project, Miami, USA.
2019 - "Eight Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse" DAM Gallery, Miami, USA.
2019 - Artstartup100, Tokyo, Japan.
2019 – KOKORO, “Yarn Bombing Day”, Trivento, Italy.
2019 – TMC for Children, “Yarnbombs”, Tucson, AZ, USA.
2019 – "Sweater for the electric-transformer house” W&P Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2017 - Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, “Threads of Connection”, Miami, USA.
2017 – The William Street Gallery, “Thread and Colour – 2”, Sydney, Australia.
2017 – Izo Art Gallery, “Art Marathon”, Moscow, Russia.
2016 – The William Street Gallery, “Thread and Colour”, Sydney, Australia.
2013 – Gallery of Modern Art, “Night of Museums 2013” Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2013 – Ural State University of Architecture and Art, Exhibition of students’ works, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2012 – Gallery of Modern Art, “Night of Museums 2012”, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2011 – Ural State University of Architecture and Art, Exhibition of students’ works, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2010 – Ural State University of Architecture and Art, Exhibition of students’ works, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Publications:
“Painting in yarn”, Simply Crochet, issue #72, 2018, p. 52-53.
“We are all tied”, Russian Gallery XXI, issue #4, 2017, p. 46-51.
“With whom are you connected?”, Elite block, issue #6 (overall 124), June of 2015, p. 61-64
“Crochet Art”, Lena: handiwork, November of 2015, p. 25
Katika: Painterly Crochet
Panambí n. 13, Valparaiso
“Ambidextrous Crochet Artist”, 60 Second Docs
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