Katerina Gorokhova

Ekaterina Gorokhova was born in Moscow. She graduated from Tri-Valley High-school (Nashport, Ohio, The United States). She studied Business and Finance at Touro College in Moscow, transfered the credits to go and study Graphic Design in London, U.K. Eventually she graduated from the Central St.Martin's School of Art and Design (The Byam Shaw Building) London, Great Britain, earning BA and Postgraduate Diplomas in Fine Art. She exhibited in Moscow, London, Berlin, New York, Toronto; she also curated exhibitions in London and Moscow (The Russian Academy of Arts). Gorokhova is a member of the Professional Artists' Union and the International Arts Fund. "Simple moments" series were displayed for a year in 2011 at PANAVTO, Mercedes-Benz showroom. There were articles published in such editions as "Russian gallery - the XXI century" 7-8 and PANAVTO: cars&people №6 (2011). Gorokhova taught fine art and ran an art-studio for children in Moscow area (2011-2013). 2013-15 She took an opportunity to go and study Animation and Film at UCOL (Palmerston North, New Zealand). At the moment she lives in Moscow. Katerina Gorokhova's work can be found in collections of Russia and abroad.
Екатерина Горохова (Сизова) родилась в Москве. Окончила Трай-Вел...

Katerina Gorokhova’s “Simple Moments”
The very first impressions creations by Katerina Gorokhova make remind of Pop Art traditions. Indeed, the trend, which first appeared in America in the 1960s, has given the world a most unusual art form which exists at the interface between non-figurative and material worlds. Katerina’s paintings feature photographic accuracy typical of Pop Art and slightly mannered contours of photographs filled with minimum colours. Such restrained colour arrangement prompts decorative conventionality, which makes images bright, memorable, and up-to-date. Three-dimensional volume gives place to two-dimensional volume which unfailingly makes objects plane. Such tricks combine to bring about intriguing play of stylistic meanings. On the one hand it seems natural to us that photos tend to instant perception and quick fixation of an image which is replaced by another one on a dime. Such effect is enhanced by the fact that Katerina’s creations are not based on posed shots. Instead they are based on random pictures featuring the simplest and natural life events like a boy sleeping on his father’s shoulder, family enjoying their time at the seaside and watching something that seems clear to them only, young co...

EXHIBITIONS:
2013
FEBUARY:
“Love, Create, Inspire”, group show, Gallery N, Moscow.
2012
DECEMBER:
"The Essence", personal show, Philanthrop Fund gallery, Moscow.
OCTOBER:
Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London, U.K.
AUGUST:
"Flowers and colors of summer", group show, International Arts Fund, Moscow.
JULY:
"Keys", group show, gallery "Art Deco", Moscow.
FEBUARY:
Auction at the Embassies of the World, Dinner & Ball 2012, Ambassadors' Residences, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Moscow.
JANUARY:
"ArtWeek in Berlin", Friedrichstraße 176-179, Berlin, Germany.
2011
DECEMBER:
"Time of Travel: Discovering", group show, The Central House of Artists, Moscow.
"Earth and Heaven", group show, Asa Art Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
MARCH-DECEMBER:
"Simple moments", personal exposition, PANAVTO art-gallery (Mercedes-Benz showroom), Moscow, Russia.
SEPTEMBER:
FOR/LIFE, V.Jdanov, K.Gorokhova,V.Golubev, Panoptikum INUTERO, Center of Design "ARTPLAY", Moscow, Russia.
AUGUST:
"Art Reception at Gostiniy Dvor", group show, Art-Antique Salon, Gostiniy Dvor, Moscow.
MARCH:
Group show, Ben Navaee Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
FEBUARY:
“Something springlike...”, group show, The Central House of painters, Russia, Moscow.
“ArtistSpace”, a group...