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 human interactions and political systems, identity-constructive memory, issues of feminine gender roles.
Katerina had her bachelor in Business law. She is a graduate of St.Petersburg’s Academy of Documentary and Art Photography “Fotografika”, holds Master degree in Fine Arts from the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland. Recently she is a student of Opava Creative Photography Institute, Czech Republic.
Katerina is a winner of the international photo competitions TIFA and BIFA, a grant holder of Gaude Polonia from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, a member of the international association of photojournalists WOMEN PHOTOGRAPH. Her works are published in Bird in Flight, Monovisions, Dodho and others.
Education
Graduate of the mentoring programs Sputnik Photos 2021/2022 and Nikon-Noor Academy 2022
2023 — present time: The Institute of Creative Photography in Opava, Czech Republic
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
2024 — NO BORDERS award. Finalist
2024 — FotoEvidence Book Award. Selected for the Book
2024 — URBANAUTICA INSTITUTE AWARDS 2023. Shortlisted
2024 — Tokyo International Photo Awards (TIFA) 2023. Bronze winner in the category Editorial — Photo Essay
2024 — WYSTAW SIĘ W CSW 2024 competition, Torun, Poland. Shortlisted
2023 — Budapest International Photo Awards (BIFA). Honorable mention
2023 — the 7th Tallinn Photomonth contemporary art biennial, Estonia. Winner of the urban space photography project open call
2023 — Encontros da Imagem portfólio — review, Braga, Portugal. Finalist
2023 — ‘Screening vol. 3’ open call for Museum Night, Warsaw, Poland. Finalist
2023 — Portrait Photography Awards 2023 by Dodho Magazine. Finalist
2023 — WYSTAW SIĘ W CSW 2023 competition, Torun, Poland. Shortlisted
2022 — 16. Polish National Portrait Competition. Shortlisted
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:
2024 — WYSTAW SIĘ W CSW, Toruń, Poland
2023 — ‘Inbetweenland’, Minsk Photo Days/Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland
2023 — “No. 11''/ Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland
2023 — “No. 11'', Warsaw, Poland
2023 — “Home: state of transition”, São Paulo, Brazil
2023 — “The Best of — kompilacja”, Gdańsk, Poland
2023 — WYSTAW SIĘ W CSW, Toruń, Poland
2023 — ‘If not today, then when? ’ at Browar Mieszczański, Wrocław, Poland
2023 — Zmiana/Change, gallery Geppart, Wroclaw, Poland
2022 — 6.Wielkopolski Festiwal Fotografii im. I. Zjeżdżałki, Poznań, Poland. Individual exhibition within the framework of the group exhibition
2022 — Kranj Foto Fest, Slovenia
2022 — TIFA Exhibition at Shibuya Cultural Center Owada, Tokyo, Japan
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:
2024 — 'Limbo', Galeria Fotografii B& B, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
2023 — ‘My Hut Is On The Edge’, Tallinn Fotomonth, Estonia
2023 — ‘My Hut Is On The Edge’, Kranj Fotofest, Slovenia
2023 — 'Limbo', cultural center Projektownia, Wrocław, Poland
2023 — 'Limbo', Social Center Of Photography, Warsaw, Poland
2023 — 'Hiraeth', Vivid gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2022 — ‘My Hut Is On The Edge’ at St. Matthew’s Rectory Church, Wroclaw, Poland
2022 — ‘My Hut Is On The Edge’ at 12.Opole Photography Festival, Opole, Poland (Museum of Opole Silesia)
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:
2024 — Judge at the 37th Edition of mgFoto Competition “Świat w 2023”
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
2022 — Art Symposium It Was, It Is and It Will Be at Palace of Morawa, Poland
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:
2024 — Publication at decoder.org
2022 — Publication ‘Zmiana/Change’, Wrocław 2022
ISBN 978-83-67584-04-3
2022 — Publication “Mój fyrtel/Moja przestrzeń’’, Poznań 2022
ISBN 978-83-961216-8-4
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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