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 the themes of identity, feminism, family relations, themes of particular places, human interaction and personal relations to them.
Education
2019- present time — MFA in Visual Arts programme at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland
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 and exhibitions:
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:
2020 — Judge at the Monovisions Photography Award 2020
2020 — curator of the International photo project “Diary in times of Isolation”
2017 — Member of Belarusian Public Association of Photographers
Online publications:
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:
2020 — Basics of photography Erasmus students course at ASP in Wroclaw
Since 2017 Lecturer at FSH1 photoschool, “Child and Family photography” course
Commercial photography katarzynakuzmiczewa.com/