Ekaterina Gerasimenko; Yard, 2020; 100 x 75 cm; canvas, oil;

In my practice, I mostly rely on my own snapshots. I get caught up in bizarre moments or connections, that are not created artificially. They are anthropocentric compositions that were naturally formed throughout human existence. I strive to show irony and aesthetics of everyday life, the nuances of human interaction with the world around us. Thus, in my practice, I bring a special context into my photos, or do the opposite by extracting captured objects from the origins.
I use barely noticeable "interferences-breakdowns", that I inscribe into my canvases, which are calming and understandable figurative paintings. In my recent projects, I began to focus on such photo alterations as randomly occurring highlights or blurs. They refer to the original image, which is refracted multiple times during the shooting process.
An important part of my research is to analyze human behavior and interests. I represent them not through the people themselves, but through their environment — to simulate their view. At the Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, I studied at the portrait workshop, where I conveyed human behavior through facial expressions and body language. Now I'm doing the exact opposite by excluding precise images of people.
At the moment, I do not deviate from the academic manner of drawing. I follow a familiar and comfortable path that, at some point, depersonalizes and rejects the authorship. On the other hand, this is a personal challenge: I feel a negative perception of the academic school.
In my practice I refer to the tradition of realistic painting, herewith striving to crystallize the intersection of the illusory and the possible. I am interested in investigating how they both look at the universal.
CV Education:
2019 – 2021 Institute of contemporary art BAZA, Moscow, Russia
2012 – 2018 The Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Moscow, Russia
2011 – 2012 Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov at the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia
Solo shows:
2020
“Interferences”, Triumph Gallery, Parallel program of the Vll Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
Residences:
2020 – “Open Studios”, V season, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia 2019 – “Colour Mountains”, Art residence, Flacon 1170, Sochi, Russia
Selected group shows:
2021
“Aladdin Kebab”, pop-up gallery Llil Space, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
“Museum Fences”, a project in the miniature gallery FUTUROminor, art inclusion exhibition "The Art of Being Nearby", Bread House, Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno, Moscow, Russia
“Hello, world!”, Self-organized space and workshop of NII Prichastnost, NIIDAR, Moscow, Russia “Couple of blocks from here”, Gallery Victoria, Samara, Russia
2020
“Closed Fish Exhibition. Reconstruction”, special project of the VII Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Voznesensky Center, Moscow, Russia
“Adjacent spaces”, AZOT gallery, Cube, Moscow, Russia
“Walls help”, The final exhibition of residents of the Open Studios at the Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
“Support Group”, exhibition of 1st course students of the Institute BAZA, Special project of the Vll Moscow Biennale for Young Art, Cube, Moscow, Russia
Art fair Blazar, satellite Cosmoscow, Parallel program of the Vll Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
«Redrum», JART Gallery, Parallel program of the Vll Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
Site-specific project "Alternative Reality", the future shelter for the homeless "Nochlezhka", Parallel program of the Vll Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia
“This must be the place”, online exhibition, 601 Artspace NYC gallery, New York, USA
2019
SAM Fair, Street Art Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2018
Exhibition of the finalists “Untitled Prize”, All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, Moscow, Russia