See the World through the Eyes of the Artist Katerina Belkina

Fri Sep 04 2020

Lot-Art has added, aside to auctions catalogues, the opportunity to search artworks from trusted private collectors, artists and galleries. Today Lot-Art Gallery presents selected artworks by the Berlin-based contemporary artist Katerina Belkina.

Born in Samara in the southeast of European Russia, received her education as a painter at the Art Academy and from 2000 at the school for Photography of Michael Musorin. Exhibitions of her sublime, mystic self-portraits ensued in Moscow and Paris. In 2007 Katerina Belkina was nominated for the prestigious Kandinsky Prize in Moscow. Works of Katerina have been successfully presented and sold at Sotheby's London, see the auction results here »



Dream Walkers, 2017 – 2020


Fairy-tales are a constant ingredient of all cultures. The Grimm Brothers have collected fairy-tales from various sources in order to consolidate them in writing. This is how Grimm’s fairy-tales have become a literary and cultural point of reference in Europe and in countries of European influence.

One thing connects the Grimm tales with those of other cultures and thus indicates the existence of universally felt norms. I mean those archetypical narrative and material elements, that often figure in dreams as well, which are used for personification of good and evil or for indicating a transformation, like the good or the bad fairy or the apple that takes on a catalytic function in a transformative process.

Like any good story, when it is told well, fairy-tales incite images of their narratives in our heads. They stimulate the imagination and are supposed to sharpen our judgment through their exemplar character. " Katerina Belkina allowed herself to be inspired by the tales to create her interpretation of them. Her images, as far as their permanence is concerned, are to be situated between the written and the oral tradition. On one hand they obviously visualize the story, on the other they do not limit the viewer in his / her imagination. The images continue in one’s mind and one can thus become a Dream Walker. In a time when cultural identity is taken very seriously, it is important to find common ground and roots. This is what Belkina’s works allow and what makes them historically and in current discourse so highly relevant " Dr. Till Richter, founder and director of the Till Richter Museum, Buggenhagen


Katerina Belkina - Rosekiss

Katerina Belkina - Rosekiss
Fairy Tale: Snow-White and Rose-Red, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: 2019 (available). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 112 x 150 cm Medium Size, oval. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »
This artwork is also available in 75 x 100 cm.


Left: Katerina Belkina - Him; Right: Katerina Belkina - Her

Katerina Belkina - Him
Fairy Tale: King Thrushbeard, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: 2019 (available). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 90 x 74 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »

Katerina Belkina - Her
Fairy Tale: King Thrushbeard, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: 2019 (available). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 90 x 74 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside,certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »


Left: Katerina Belkina - Coming; Right: Katerina Belkina - Blooming

Katerina Belkina - Coming
Fairy Tale: The Three Spinners, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: need to produce (4 weeks). Series: Dream Walkers
Dimension in cm: 112 x 150 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 2/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »

Katerina Belkina - Blooming
Fairy Tale: Snow-White and Rose-Red, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: 2019 (available). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 112 x 150 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »


Left: Katerina Belkina - Obsession; Right: Katerina Belkina - Two Towers (Triptych)

Katerina Belkina - Obsession
Fairy Tale: Snow White, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: 2019 (available). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 112 x 150 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »


Katerina Belkina - Two Towers (Triptych)
Fairy Tale: King Thrushbeard, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: 2019 (available)
Series: Dream Walkers. Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof. Dimension in cm: each 80 x 150 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »


Left: Katerina Belkina - The Deal; Right: Katerina Belkina - Lost and Found

Katerina Belkina - The Deal
Fairy Tale: The Frog Prince, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: 2019 (available). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 90 x 90 cm Medium Size, round. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »

Katerina Belkina - Lost and Found
Fairy Tale: Cinderella, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: 2019 (available). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 90 x 90 cm Medium Size, round. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »



Left: Katerina Belkina - Whisper; Right: Katerina Belkina - Cut Lilies

Katerina Belkina - Whisper
Fairy Tale: Frau Holle, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: need to produce (4 weeks). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 2 x 150 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 2/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »

Katerina Belkina - Cut Lilies
Fairy Tale: The Twelve Brothers, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: need to produce (4 weeks). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 130 x 95 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »


Left: Katerina Belkina - Runaway; Right: Katerina Belkina - Premonition

Katerina Belkina - Runaway
Fairy Tale: Hansel and Gretel, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: 2019 (available). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 112 x 150 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »

Katerina Belkina - Premonition
Fairy Tale: The Twelve Dancing Princesses, (Brothers Grimm). Technique: Photography. Year: 2019. Year of Print: need to produce (4 weeks). Series: Dream Walkers. Dimension in cm: 112 x 150 cm Medium Size. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 2/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Canvas Artist + protective finish incl. UV protection. Frame: floater frame, color of the frame fit to the artwork. Certification: signed and numbered on the back side, hologram label with a serial number is attached on the backside, certificate of the artist. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »



Light and Heavy, 2014


There is an average Russian city where the flight of time has stopped. Samara, my hometown is a racy city, which nevertheless seems faceless. From time to time, something is created there and something is destroyed. It is messy and full of contrasts, being simultaneously heavy and light, rich and poor, beautiful and ugly. It is the quintessence of the most common city in the world. It has everything and nothing. I get amazed and excited by such places. Women form the most brilliant representation of this place. Life in such a city is not comfortable for a woman, and she seeks to escape, but to escape you need a guarantee that you end up in a better place to live. The fact you are a woman grants you no pleasure and no future. You are constantly confronted with races, showing off and stress of competitions. A woman is supposed to keep level with men, she is a consumer, but at the same time, she is a commodity too. Under the pressure of society and especially of her own, she lives in a constant state of market competition for a place next to the man. Visually there are no men in this series. They dissolved in the surrounding atmosphere. Yet we feel their presence and influence at every turn. They show up clearly in the frozen architecture, ringing emptiness and condensed air. Underwear here serves as a symbol of our last protection. Every woman is supposed to exhibit herself as a commodity, but at the same time, she tries to maintain her dignity. This is a boundary between freedom and subjection.


Katerina Belkina - The Race

Katerina Belkina - The Race
Technique: Photography. Year: 2014. Year of Print: need to produce. Series: Light and Heavy. Dimension in cm: 100 x 130 cm. Edition: 6 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/6. Archival Pigment Print, Dibond mount. Framed. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »


Left: Katerina Belkina - Circus; Right: Katerina Belkina - GRES. The power station.

Katerina Belkina - Circus
Technique: Photography. Year: 2014. Year of Print: need to produce. Series: Light and Heavy. Dimension in cm: 100 x 130 cm. Edition: 6 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/6. Archival Pigment Print, Dibond mount. Framed. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »

Katerina Belkina - GRES. The power station.
Technique: Photography. Year: 2014. Year of Print: need to produce. Series: Light and Heavy. Dimension in cm: 100 x 130 cm. Edition: 6 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/6. Archival Pigment Print, Dibond mount. Framed. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »


Left: Katerina Belkina - Revolution Street; Right: Katerina Belkina - Tram Stop

Katerina Belkina - Revolution Street
Technique: Photography. Year: 2014. Year of Print: need to produce. Series: Light and Heavy. Dimension in cm: 120 x 100 cm. Edition: 6 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/6. Archival Pigment Print, Dibond mount. Framed. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »

Katerina Belkina - Tram Stop
Technique: Photography. Year: 2014. Year of Print: need to produce. Series: Light and Heavy. Dimension in cm: 100 x 130 cm. Edition: 6 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 1/6. Archival Pigment Print, Dibond mount. Framed. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »



Paint, 2006 – 2008


I came to “Paint” following my human instincts, both brutish and sublime (the instincts of the viewer and the artist and a need for esthetic pleasure). All my love for the art of the 19th / early 20th centuries accumulated here. My choice of the inspiring artists was determined by long-standing affection for their creations. Then I became interested in the sources of inspiration from both sides – the artist and the model, intertwining, opposing, conflicting and working for each other. Immersing into scrutiny of the artist-model interaction, you unexpectedly get new information about yourself. You unpack your inner demons. It is amazing to observe the transformation of your creative, exploratory energy into sexual and vice versa. I allowed myself to undress in front of the camera for the first time. Or, to be more precise - I allowed my characters to do that, and through them - myself. When it comes to art, natural emancipation replaces social shyness. The secret desire for exposure in public comes to light. And it’s not just physical nudity. This is the release of locked sexual energy. The image of the nude has an ability to penetrate into the subconscious of the viewer when besides the body itself the author shows all the passions, desires and fears of that body. Finally, my quest led me to the topic of the shy artist’s hidden sexuality, expressed through his model. The artist is often shy and bashful, only art allows him to open up. At the same time, it was interesting to combine two techniques, two kinds of art - photography and painting. I used color in order to represent the depth, intimacy and eroticism of the relationship between the artist and the model. There is a lot of color in this series and it plays one of the main roles.



Left: Katerina Belkina - For Petrov-Vodkin; Right: Katerina Belkina - For Modigliani


Katerina Belkina - For Petrov-Vodkin
Technique: Photography. Year: 2007. Series: Paint. Dimension: 120 x 84 cm. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Print: Archival. Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Museum Etching included. Framing: Dibond mount, museum glass, framing. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »

Katerina Belkina - For Modigliani
Technique: Photography. Year: 2007. Year of Print: 2020 / 02. Series: Paint. Dimension in cm: 120 x 84 cm. Dimension in inch: 47 1/4 x 33 1/8 in. White space around the artwork 7 cm. Edition: 8 + 2 Artist Proof. Edition number 2/8. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle Museum Etching. Dibond Mount. See Price on Lot-Art Gallery »

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