"Masai" Drawing

Kateryna Piatakova was born in Kiev, Ukraine.
Kateryna Piatakova is an artist, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Journeyer Member of Pastel Guild of Europe, Pastel Guild of Ukraine, International Association of Pastel Societies (Master Circle), Member of the Ukrainian Association for Feminist Researches in Arts, laureate and winner of many
exhibitions and contests. She has more than 60 collective and personal exhibitions.
      Kateryna Piatakova was represented at TOP100 of the best artists from 42 countries of the world at the PALETAFEST International Festival in Croatia. Also her artwork took part in the VI International Biennale of Pastels in Poland and her artwork participated at the International Biennial of Arts in Rome, Italy.
    Kateryna Piatakova is an author of more than 100 classes of the Art history for children, drawing and painting lessons. Also she works as a volunteer teacher of arts with special needs children at the Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation for more than 10 years. She has the Honorary Award for social work.
   Kateryna Piatakova is co-founder of the social volunteer project “My Talent to You, Ukraine!” which was created to support artists with disabilities.
    Kateryna Piatakova`s artworks are in the private collections in Ukraine, USA, Europe, Australia.
   Covers of poetry books in USA and New Zealand are decorated with artworks by Kateryna Piatakova, as well as artworks of the artist are used as illustrations of the fine arts textbook.

“I believe that there should be as many different trends in art as possible. Life is too multifaceted and emotional. I see my role in conveying to the viewer my inner joy and enjoyment by the fact of the existence of life. I want people to break away from problems and look at the sky, the sun, the waves and each other. I have a firm conviction that art is inextricably linked with the emotional state of people and it can be reflected via depicting the state of the elements and the phenomena of nature. I work with pastels and I find and use different materials, textures with it for deep emotional effects. Every artwork has its own history and its own emotional aspect. I feel the problem of contemporary people who stay very far from nature. I create my works to draw people's attention to the miracle of existence and the beauty of nature.” Kateryna Piatakova