Katerina Kouzmitcheva is a Belarusian photographer, based in Wroclaw, Poland, working at the intersection of genres, documentary and art photography. In her projects she explores the topic of identity-constructive memory, theme of particular places and human interactions with them, issues of feminine gender roles.
Katerina had her bachelor in Business law. She is a graduate of St.Petersburg’s Academy of Photojournalism “Fotografika”, holds Master degree in Fine Arts from the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland. She is the winner in the international photo competitions TIFA and BIFA, is a Gaude Polonia grant holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland. Her works are published in Bird in Flight, Monovisions, Dodho and others.
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 documentary photography and photojournalism “Fotografika”, Russia
1998 — 2003 -Belarusian State Economic University, Business Law Faculty
ACHIEVEMENTS
Graduate of the mentoring programs Sputnik Photos 2021/2022 and Nikon-Noor Academy 2022
2022 — Portfolio Review in Kranj Foto fest, Slovenia. Winner
2022 — 12.Opole Photography Festival, Poland. Winner of the completion ‘Pokaż się’
2022 — 6.Wielkopolski Festiwal Fotografii im. I. Zjeżdżałki, Poznań, Poland. Shortlisted
2022 — Kranj Foto fest, Slovenia. Shortlisted
2022 — Photo Match Fotofestival, Łódź, Poland
2022 — WYSTAW SIĘ W CSW 2022 competition, Torun, Poland. Shortlisted
2021 — Hamburg portfolio review, Germany
2021 — International competition “Portret Prawdziwy”, Nowy Tomyśl, Poland. Shortlisted
2021 — Moscow International Photo Awards (MIFA). Honorable mention
2021 — grant holder of the Scholarship Programme of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland ‘Gaude Polonia’
2020 — Tokyo International Photo Awards (TIFA). Gold winner in the category People-Family and Second Place in the People category
2020 — Budapest International Photo Awards (BIFA). Silver winner
2020 — 75th College Photographer of the year, “Interpretive project” category, USA. Award of excellence in the competition
2020 — TIFF Festival 2020 / / Processes, Wrocław. Shortlisted
2020 — PRAFOTA Photography Contest, Belarus. Shortlisted
2017 — Member of the Belarusian Association of photographers
2016 — Moscow International Photo Awards (MIFA). Honorable mention
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2022 — 6.Wielkopolski Festiwal Fotografii im. I. Zjeżdżałki, Poznań, Poland. Individual exhibition within the framework of the group exhibition (upcoming)
2022 — Kranj Foto Fest, Slovenia
2022 —“Infinite collection” at the Academic Design Center, Łódź, Poland. Individual exhibition within the framework of the group exhibition
2022 — WYSTAW SIĘ W CSW, Toruń, Poland
2022 — ‘Zawierucha’ at Browar Mieszczański, Wrocław, Poland
2021-2022 — ‘The Art Of Transition ‘21. The Best Diplomas Of The Academy Of Fine Arts’ (BWA Wrocław Główny), Wroclaw, Poland. Individual exhibition within the framework of the group exhibition
2021 — ‘Portret Prawdziwy’, Nowy Tomyśl, Poland
2021 — Hamburg portfolio review exhibition, featured photographer
2021 — ‘Pink or blue? ’at the gallery ‘U Agatki’, Wroclaw, Poland
2021 — ‘Archiwalia 21’ at the gallery ‘Za szafą’, Wroclaw, Poland
2020 — ‘From Far / From Close (Z Daleka/ Z Bliska)’, Poland
2020 — ‘Equation of State’, National centre of Contemporary art in Minsk, Belarus
2020 — ‘Staying Home Together’, F-stop Magazine. 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”
2019 — F-Stop Magazine — Issue “Animals”
2018 — ‘VORTEX PREVIEW’, Minsk, Belarus
2018 — ‘About love’, Minsk, Belarus
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:
2022 — ‘My Hut Is On The Edge’ at 12.Opole Photography Festival, Poland (upcoming exhibition)
2022 — ‘Locals’ at 19. Rybnik Photo Festival at the decimated Chapel of the former Julius hospital, Poland
2022 — ‘Locals’ at Entropia gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2021-2022 —‘Sisterhood’ at Łącznik gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2021 — ‘Luna’ in the gallery ‘Behind the glass’, Wroclaw, Poland
2017 — ‘Reflections’, Minsk, Belarus
JUDGING AND CURATION:
2022 — Curator of the exhibition ‘Pho-Bos diplomas 2022'
2020 — 2021 — Curator of the International photo project 'Diary in times of Isolation'
2020, 2021 — Judge at the Monovisions Photography Award
ART RESIDENCIES, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS
2021 — Creative Workshop ARTIFAKE: Art Invades Propaganda, Poland
2020 — International Art Research Conference “Alliances and Commonalities” at Stockholm University of Art, Sweden
2020 — Kaptaruny art residency, Belarus
2020 — Lisa Autogena workshop, Poland
Publications:
2022 — Publication “Wystaw się w CSW’’,
Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej “Znaki Czasu”, Toruń 2022
ISBN 978-83-66475-15-1
2022 — ARTELLS Magazine
2022 — MARIKA Magazine
2021 — Publication “Native’’, ASP we Wrocławiu, 2021
ISBN 978-83-66321-76-2
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”
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