Katerina Belkina

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| nationality = Russian

| occupation = photographer and painter

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| birth_place = Kuibyshev, Samara, Russia

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Katerina Belkina ({{langx|ru|link=no|Катерина Белкина}}; born 1974, Samara, Russia) is a Russian contemporary pictoralist photographer and painter. She digitally manipulates many of her photographs to appear as paintings, and often uses herself as the model in her work.

Life

Belkina grew up in an artistic family. Her mother was also an artist. From 1989 Belkina studied at the Art School and the Petrow-Vodkin art academy in Samara. From 1994 to 1999 she worked at the publishing house Fedorow in Samara. In 2000 she started to study at the Michael-Musorin school for photography in her hometown where she studied till 2002. At the same time she worked as a computer graphic designer at a Russian television channel.[http://www.artmol.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=59 Belkina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326010735/http://www.artmol.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=59 |date=26 March 2016 }} at artmol.ru,

In 2007, Belkina was nominated for the Russian Kandinsky Prize. In 2009/2010 she was at the 1st Photo Biennale of the Russian Museum at the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg.[http://www.fontanka.ru/2009/12/07/007/ I Фотобиеннале Русского музея: Россия, которую они отобрали], fontanka.ru, 7. December 2009 (Russian) In 2011, she was in the framework of the Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, an exhibition curated by Tatiana Kurtanova.[http://4th.moscowbiennale.ru/en/program/parallel/belkina.html "Empty Spaces"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401011601/http://4th.moscowbiennale.ru/en/program/parallel/belkina.html |date=1 April 2015 }}, Website of the Moscow Biennale, checked on 26 March 2016 In 2015, she was awarded the International Lucas-Cranach-Preis.Cranach-Preis an Russin, Frankfurter Rundschau, 20 April 2015 In 2016, she won the Hasselblad Masters’ Competition with a self-portrait as a pregnant woman.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hasselblad.com/my-hasselblad/masters/2016/winner/4835 |title=Hasselblad Masters' Competition. Katerina Belkina, Winner 2016 Art |access-date=26 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325233708/http://www.hasselblad.com/my-hasselblad/masters/2016/winner/4835 |archive-date=25 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Belkina is a member of the Union of Russian Photographers.[http://www.lumiere.ru/events/id-184/ Vorstellung Katerina Belkina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326011103/http://www.lumiere.ru/events/id-184/ |date=26 March 2016 }}, Gebrüder-Lumière-Zentrum für Fotografie, accessed on 25 March 2016

Work

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Belkina's photographic work is strongly influenced by the painting. It focuses entirely on portraits.Porzellanteint vor spiegelnder Hochhausfassade, taz, 21 May 2015, Page 15 In recent years she mainly focused on staged self-portraits.[https://www.lensculture.com/katerina-belkina Katerina Belkina, LensCulture] The series "Paint" combined picturesque and photographic elements and reinterpreted paintings by famous painters. The series "Hieroglyph" consists of body fragments, processed for a collage. The series "Empty Spaces" was created in 2010/11. Here she staged herself in a chilly style in front of urban skylines. Her artworks were published, for example, in Photo Art, Twill, Kunstbeeld.NL, Eyemazing, the Monthly Art Magazine, Fine Art Photo, Zebra, National Geographic and in the Russian Gala, Photo Biennale of the Russian Museum.

Awards

2007: Kandinsky Prize, Moscow (nomination for "Project of the Year")
2012: IPA International Photography Awards, Los Angeles (1st place in the categories "Fine Art, Collage", "Fine Art, Portrait", "People, Self-Portrait" and "Special, Digitally Enhanced")[http://www.photoawards.com/winner/index.php?compName=IPA+2012 winner 2012], Website of IPA, checked on 25 March 2016
2015: International Lucas-Cranach-Preis of the Cranach-Foundation (1st place)[http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/fotografin-katerina-belkina-erhaelt-lucas-cranach-preis.265.de.html?drn:news_id=474137 Fotografin Katerina Belkina erhält Lucas-Cranach-Preis], Deutschlandradio Kultur, 19 April 2015, checked on 25 March 2016
2016: Hasselblad Masters Award (1st place in the category "Art"){{Cite web |url=http://www.hasselblad.com/my-hasselblad/masters/2016/winner/4835 |title=Hasselblad Masters' Competition. Katerina Belkina, Winner 2016 Art |access-date=26 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325233708/http://www.hasselblad.com/my-hasselblad/masters/2016/winner/4835 |archive-date=25 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Selected exhibitions

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2014: Empty Spaces, Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, US{{Cite web|url=http://www.duncanmillergallery.com/exhibitions.html|title=Duncan Miller Gallery|website=www.duncanmillergallery.com|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324003259/http://www.duncanmillergallery.com/exhibitions.html|archive-date=24 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
2015: The Sinner, Being 3 Gallery, Beijing, China{{Cite web|url=http://www.being3.com/publications/2017-2015/|title=在3画廊 BEING 3 GALLERY|website=www.being3.com|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2015: Revival, Galerie Lilja Zakirova, Heusden, Netherlands{{Cite web|url=https://zakirova.com/artists/katerina-belkina/|title=Biography Katerina Belkina – Lilja Zakirova Gallery|website=zakirova.com|language=en-GB|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2016: Humanism, CreArte Studio, Oderzo, Italy{{Cite news|url=http://crearte-studio.it/evento/humanism-2/|title=Humanism|work=CreArte Studio|access-date=7 March 2018|language=it-IT}}
2016" Paint, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary{{Cite web|url=http://www.galeriafaur.hu/katerina-belkina-paint-solo-show.html|title=Faur Galéria – Katerina Belkina {{!}} Paint {{!}} Solo Show|website=www.galeriafaur.hu|language=en|access-date=7 March 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/faur-zsofi-gallery-katerina-belkina-paint-solo-show|title=Katerina Belkina {{!}} Paint {{!}} Solo Show {{!}} Faur Zsofi Gallery {{!}} Artsy|website=www.artsy.net|language=en|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2017: Repast, Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen, Germany{{Cite news|url=http://tillrichtermuseum.org/katerina-belkina/|title=Katerina Belkina – Till Richter Museum|work=Till Richter Museum|access-date=7 March 2018|language=de-DE}}
2017: Katerina Belkina, Direktorenhaus – Museum for Art Crafts Design, Berlin, Germany{{Cite web|url=http://www.direktorenhaus.com/en/events/event/belkina-exhibition-berlin/|title=Katerina Belkina {{!}} Direktorenhaus Museum for Art Crafts Design|website=www.direktorenhaus.com|language=en-US|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2018: Katerina Belkina, GalerieKanzlei im Kunstareal, Munich, Germany{{Cite web|url=http://galeriekanzlei.com/artists/|title=Artists – Die GalerieKanzlei|website=galeriekanzlei.com|language=de-DE|access-date=7 March 2018}}

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2009: 1st Photo Biennale of the Russian Museum, Marble Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia{{Cite news|url=http://www.fontanka.ru/2009/12/07/007/|title=I Фотобиеннале Русского музея: Россия, которую они отобрали|date=7 December 2009|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2010: Russian Tales, EXPRMNTL Gallery, Toulouse, France{{Cite web|url=http://www.exprmntl.fr/02-03-2010-CONTES-RUSSES-Re-Cycle.html|title=Galerie EXPRMNTL – galerie art contemporain toulouse – photographie – peinture – dessin – vidéo – installation – 02 / 03 – 2010 – Contes russes – Re-Cycle, Oleg DOU, Dmitry SOKOLENKO, Dunya ZAKHAROVA...|website=www.exprmntl.fr|language=fr|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2012: Madre Russia, Museo Civico, Asolo, Italy{{Cite web|url=http://www.urbanautica.com/post/31328248035/madre-russia|title=Urbanautica|website=www.urbanautica.com|language=en|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2015: Humble me, aeroplastics contemporary, Brussels, Belgium{{Cite web|url=http://www.aeroplastics.net/humbleme|title=Humble me|last=contemporary|first=Aeroplastics|website=www.aeroplastics.net|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2015: Cranach und die Moderne, Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany{{Cite web|url=http://www.christlichekunst-wb.de/sonderausstellungen/rckblick/cranach-und-die-moderne.html?page=1|title=Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg – Sonderausstellungen – Rückblick – "Cranach und die Moderne" Ausstellung vom 19. April bis 01. November 2015|last=Brinkmann|first=Jutta|website=www.christlichekunst-wb.de|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041707/http://www.christlichekunst-wb.de/sonderausstellungen/rckblick/cranach-und-die-moderne.html?page=1|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.mz-web.de/wittenberg/stiftung-christliche-kunst-wittenberg-dialog-mit-cranach-1258380|title=Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg: Dialog mit Cranach|last=Ritz|first=Corinna|work=Mitteldeutsche Zeitung|access-date=7 March 2018|language=de-DE}}
2015: Cranach 2.0, Cranach-Stiftung Wittenberg, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany{{Cite web|url=https://lutherstadt-wittenberg.de/veranstaltungen/highlights/cranach-2015/|title=Landesausstellung "Cranach der Jüngere 2015"|website=lutherstadt-wittenberg.de|language=de|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041312/https://lutherstadt-wittenberg.de/veranstaltungen/highlights/cranach-2015/|url-status=dead}}
2016: Beyond the boundaries, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/show/faur-zsofi-gallery-beyond-the-boundaries-group-show-faur-zsofi-gallery|title=Beyond the boundaries {{!}} Group show {{!}} Faur Zsófi Gallery {{!}} Faur Zsofi Gallery {{!}} Artsy|website=www.artsy.net|language=en|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2016: PhotograpHER – women taking photos of women, Spazio Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinziabattagliola.it/photographer_donne_che_fotografano_le_donne-w4530|title="Photographer" donne che fotografano le donne|last=www.cinziabattagliola.it|website=www.cinziabattagliola.it|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2016: error: x, OSTRALE Centre for Contemporary Art, Dresden, Germany{{Cite web|url=http://www.ostrale.de/en/Archive/OSTRALE-016.html|title=OSTRALE 17 – OSTRALE´016|last=OSTRALE|website=www.ostrale.de|language=de|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2016: Until It Turns Slightly Pink..., C.A.M Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey{{Cite web|url=http://camgaleri.com/en/until-it-turns-slightly-pink-2/|title=C.A.M Galeri – Until It Turns Slightly Pink…|website=C.A.M Galeri İnternet Sayfası|language=en-US|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041758/http://camgaleri.com/en/until-it-turns-slightly-pink-2/|url-status=dead}}
2017: CRANACH. Meister – Marke – Moderne, Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany{{Cite web|url=http://www.cranach2017.de/zur-ausstellung/|title=Zur Ausstellung – Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast|website=www.cranach2017.de|language=de|access-date=7 March 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.weltkunst.de/ausstellungen/2017/04/lucas-cranach|title=Lucas Cranach in Düsseldorfer {{!}} WELTKUNST|date=7 April 2017|work=WELTKUNST, das Kunstmagazin der ZEIT|access-date=7 March 2018|language=de-DE}}
2017: HUMAN/DIGITAL: a symbiotic love affair, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Netherlands{{Cite web|url=https://www.kunsthal.nl/nl/plan-je-bezoek/tentoonstellingen/human-digital-symbiotic-love-affair/|title=Human / Digital: a symbiotic love affair – Kunsthal|website=www.kunsthal.nl|language=nl|access-date=7 March 2018}}
2017: Nature Morte. Contemporary Artists Revive the Still Life, National Museum, Wrocław, Poland{{Cite web|url=http://www.en.mnwr.art.pl/CMS/zapowiedzi_wystaw/bizuteria.html|title=www.en.mnwr.art.pl|website=www.en.mnwr.art.pl|language=En|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308041616/http://www.en.mnwr.art.pl/CMS/zapowiedzi_wystaw/bizuteria.html|archive-date=8 March 2018|url-status=dead}}
2017: Denn durch die Liebe wird der Mensch besser, Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg, Germany{{Cite web|url=http://www.christlichekunst-wb.de/sonderausstellungen/2017-september-2018-mai.html|title=Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg – Sonderausstellungen – "Denn durch die Liebe wird der Mensch besser"|last=Brinkmann|first=Jutta|website=www.christlichekunst-wb.de|access-date=7 March 2018|archive-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307214414/http://www.christlichekunst-wb.de/sonderausstellungen/2017-september-2018-mai.html|url-status=dead}}
2017: so weit – so gut, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany{{Cite web|url=http://www.hant-magazin.de/?p=2934|title=»SO WEIT – SO GUT« Fotografische Sonderausstellung in der Kunsthalle Erfurt vom 12. Oktober bis 30. Dezember 2017 {{!}} HANT – Magazin für Fotografie|website=www.hant-magazin.de|language=de-DE|access-date=7 March 2018}}

Publications

My Work Is My Personal Theatre. Shift Books, Berlin 2020, {{ISBN|978-3-948174-05-7}}

References

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{{cite book |author=Gosudarstvennyĭ russkiĭ muzeĭ (Saint Petersburg, Russia) |title="Photobiennale of the Russian Museum 1" Alʹmanakh |volume=259 |editor=E. N. Petrova |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zMlLAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Katerina+Belkina%22 |publisher=Palace Editions |date=2009 |pages=485, 494, 560 |isbn=978-3-940761-61-3 }}

{{cite web|title=Katerina Belkina |author=Erofeev Andrey |date=2007 |url=http://www.kandinsky-prize.ru/katerina-belkina/?lang=en |publisher=The Kandinsky Prize |language=en |access-date=16 April 2016}}

{{Cite web |title=Tumanova Katerina |url=http://www.bakmagazine.com/tumanova-katerina |language=en |publisher=Photographer / Bak 12 |access-date=12 April 2016 |archive-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408183306/http://www.bakmagazine.com/tumanova-katerina |url-status=dead }}

{{Cite web |title=Katerina Belkina |url=http://www.artists.de/belkina.html |language=de |publisher=Artist.de |access-date=12 April 2016}}

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External links

[http://www.belkina.art Official website]
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyne-politanoff/-empty-spaces--by-katerin_b_3001681.html "Empty Spaces" by Katerina Belkina; A Fascinating Self-Portrait Series], Huffington Post, 4. February 2013
[https://web.archive.org/web/20151106121006/http://bleek-magazine.com/interviews/katerina-belkina/ Katerina Belkina: My work is my personal theater], Interview in Bleek Magazine, 5 August 2015

Category:1974 births

Category:Russian women photographers

Category:Russian women painters

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Category:21st-century Russian women artists

Category:21st-century women photographers