Katerina Kouzmitcheva is a Belarusian photographer, currently based in Wroclaw, Poland, working at the intersection of genres, documentary and art photography. In her projects she explores explore the themes of feminine gender roles, identity-constructive memory, themes of particular places and human interactions with them.
Katerina had her bachelor in Business law. In 2019 she graduated from St. Petersburg’s Academy of Photojournalism “Fotografika”. In 2021 Katerina got Master in Fine Arts Degree at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland. Katerina participated in group exhibitions, had her solo exhibition. Her publications could be found in Bird in Flight, Monovisions, Dodho, Regnum UA and other publications.
Education
2019 — 2021 — MFA in Visual Arts programme at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland (diploma with excellent mark)
2018 — 2019 — Saint- Petersburg Academy of documental photography and photojournalism “Fotografika”, Russia
2014 — 2018 — Photocourses of Belarussion Designers Union “Photoartist”, photocourses at photoschool Studio67 — FSH1, Minsk, Belarus etc
1998 — 2003 -Belarusian State Economic University, Business Law Faculty
Selected awards, exhibitions, grants:
2021 — Group exhibition “The Art Of Transition ‘21. The Best Diplomas Of The Academy Of Fine Arts” (BWA Wrocław Główny, ul. Piłsudskiego 105, Wrocław), from Dec.10,2021 till Feb.06, 2022
2021 — Individual exhibition “Sisterhood” at Łącznik gallery (Ul. Joliot Curie 15, Wroclaw), from Oct.20 till Jan.10, 2022
2021 — Honorable mention and exhibition of the work at international competition “Portret Prawdziwy”, Nowy Tomyśl
2021 — Hamburg portfolio review and exhibition, featured photographer
2021 — Honorable Mention at International MIFA competition for the series “Floating Numbness”
2021 — Group exhibition “Pink or blue?”, Galeria U Agatki (Wyspa Tamka 2, Wroclaw)
2021 — grant holder at “Gaude Polonia” (scholarship programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland)
2021 — Group exhibition “Archiwalia 21”, Galeria Za szafą (ul.Św. Marcina 4, Wroclaw)
2020 — Gold winner in the category People-Family and Second Place in the People category at Tokyo international photo awards
2020 — Silver winner of Budapest International Foto Awards (project “Sisterhood”)
2020 — “From Far / From Close (Z Daleka/ Z Bliska)”, group exhibition (project “Overdose”). Presented at virturama.pl, Dec. 2020-Feb. 2021
2020 — Award of excellence in the 75th College Photographer of the Year competition, category “Interpretive project” (project “Parenting”)
2020 — group exhibition “Equation of State”, National centre of Contemporary art in Minsk, Belarus (project Space Yard)
2020 — shortlisted in TIFF Festival 2020 // Processes, Poland (project Space Yard)
2020 — shortlisted in PRAFOTA Project Photography Contest, Belarus (project Space -Time)
2020 — F-Stop Magazine — “Staying Home Together”. Group exhibition
Photos are included into the book Staying Home Together, presented during Trieste Photo Days festival, in Italy, 2020
2020 — F-Stop Magazine — “The Open Theme”. Group exhibition
2019 — F-Stop Magazine — “Issue “Animals”. Group exhibition
2018 - Group exhibition «When we were kids” Minsk, Belarus
2018 —
Group exhibition “About love” Minsk, Belarus
2017 — Solo exhibition “Reflections” Minsk, Belarus
2017 — VORTEX PREVIEW. Group exhibiton. Minsk, Belarus
2016 — Honorable Mention at International MIFA competition for the series “Beyond the icerink”
Judging and curation:
2021 — Judge at the Monovisions Photography Award
2020-2021 — curator of the International photo project “Diary in times of Isolation”
2020 — Judge at the Monovisions Photography Award
2017 — Member of Belarusian Public Association of Photographers
Art residencies and workshops
2021 — Creative Workshop ARTIFAKE: Art Invades Propaganda (an artistic, international project carried out in Poland, Ukraine and Armenia about the spreading disinformation)
2020 — Kaptaruny art residency, Belarus
2020 — Lisa Autogena workshop, Poland (the skill of glass making and design with fine art approaches to cross disciplinary collaboration and socially engaged art)
Publications:
2021 — REBEL Magazine
2021 — SELIN Magazine
2021 — Outlast journal “Pinkipsism”
2021 — Republic Magazine “Sisters”
2021 — Kochamwroclaw.pl
2020 — Privatephotoreview Magazine “COVID -Apogee of Artificial”
2020 — Bird in Flight Magazine “Space yard”
2019 — Dodho Magazine “MyMuse”
2019 — Dodho Magazine
“I had it All”
2019 — Edge of Photography Magazine “Sisterhood”
2019 — Monovisions magazine “Dreamy World”
2019 —Edge of Photography Magazine “My Make-Believe Village Life”
2019 — The Village “City trace” part 1
The Village “City trace” part 2
2019 — REGNUM UA “I had it All”
2018 — EU Neighbours “Five women who are changing Belarus”
2017 — IMENA Mag “Plush beds”
2017 — IMENA Mag “Again tanchiki”
Lecturer:
2021- present time — Lecturer at AFA/Phobos Wroclaw photoschools
2020 — Basics of photography Erasmus students course at ASP in Wroclaw
Since 2017 Lecturer at FSH1 photoschool, Minsk
Commercial photography katarzynakuzmiczewa.com/