Ekaterina Sotina

My name is Ekaterina Sotina. I was born in St. Petersburg. In 2019 I moved to Switzerland and my life changed completely. I was changed, I began to feel everything deeper and I wanted to come back into painting. Since then I have never parted with canvas and paints, constantly developing and perfecting my techniques.

Drawing is my passion. This is the best rest and a source of energy, strength and inspiration for me. It is free creativity that gives a flight of imagination and erases all boundaries of thinking. I always use expressive strokes and voluminous pieces of paint that convey more emotions and feelings.

I am inspired by the theme of human passion and love. Sometimes in real life this is something that is lacking and you want to express emotions on the canvas and live them. I draw what I feel and turn off my head to convey what is inside me at the moment.

About my creation: I am fond of psychology, beauty of body, the theme of personal growth and the theme of the relationship between a man and a woman. In my works, I build a dialogue with the viewer by transferring visual meanings, associations and energy. Most often I talk about psychological states, relationships, human behaviour, about our consciousness, ...

Children's art school 1998 - 2001

Children's art school 2005 - 2009

Faculty of Arts in Saint Petersburg State University 2012-2016

- Bulthaup Gallary "Christmas tree", Saint-Petersburg

- New Museum (painting), Saint-Petersburg

- Museum of V.V. Nabokov's illustration "Children's Book", Saint-Petersburg

- Bulthaup Gallary painting , Saint-Petersburg

- Art Talents, Zurich 2021

- World without borders, Zurich 2022