Ekaterina Lych

I am a visual artist born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and I have lived and worked in Montenegro since 2016. I began my formal art education at GHSH, Saint Petersburg’s historic watercolor school, and later graduated in Design, Decorative and Applied Arts from Herzen State Pedagogical University.

My professional background includes design, book illustration, mural painting, and art education. I also contributed to the creation of an interactive museum for children at the Childhood Foundation and taught painting to young artists.

My artistic practice has developed through continuous exploration of watercolor, pastel, oil pastel, and experimental techniques. In 2013, my watercolor “Plyos, Before the Storm” received First Prize in the Watercolor Avant-Garde category at Art Week in Italy in Venice, as well as an award at St. Petersburg Art Week.

After moving to Montenegro, I developed the series “Montenegro on Black,” creating expressive coastal landscapes in pastel and oil pastel on black paper. The series was presented in solo exhibitions at City Gallery Kotor in 2021, the Museum and Gallery of Tivat in 2022, and the Cultural Center “Nikola Đurković” in Kotor in 2022, accompanied by a concert by composer Vitaly Bliznyuk.

In my re...

Herzen University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Design and Applied Arts

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 — “Window into the Courtyard,” Cultural Center “Nenad Rakočević,” Mojkovac, Montenegro

2025 — “Window into the Courtyard,” Cultural Center “Vojislav Bulatović Strunjo,” Bijelo Polje, Montenegro

2022 — “Montenegro on Black,” Cultural Center “Nikola Đurković,” Kotor, Montenegro

2022 — “Montenegro on Black,” Museum and Gallery Tivat, Tivat, Montenegro

2021 — “Montenegro on Black,” City Gallery Kotor, Kotor, Montenegro

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 — NoConcept, Nikšić, Montenegro

2025 — Second Watercolor Biennial, Novi Sad, Serbia

2025 — Second Tivat Art Salon “Pean–Sindik,” Museums and Galleries of Tivat, Tivat, Montenegro

2025 — Exhibition of Candidates for the “Ilija Šobajić” Fine Art Award, Museums and Galleries of Nikšić, Nikšić, Montenegro

2024 — “Homage,” International Watercolor Exhibition, IWS Globe / IWS Serbia, Serbia

2024 — 6th International Biennial of the Nude “Marko Krstov Gregović,” Budva, Montenegro

2023 — Exhibition of Candidates for the “Ilija Šobajić” Fine Art Award, Nikšić, Montenegro

2023 — First Watercolor Biennial, Novi Sad, Serbia — shortlisted for the Biennial’s First Prize