Katia Solodka

In 2012, I graduated from the Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design in Kyiv. Since then, I have fallen in love with abstract art. It gives me the freedom to create a colorful world full of flowers and blossoms.
In my work, I explore the subtle nature of human emotions – anxiety, tenderness, memory, loss and hope. Color and floral motifs become my language – universal, gentle, able to convey what is difficult to express in words. Flowers for me are not only beauty, but also a metaphor for an inner state, a symbol of fluidity, vulnerability and strength.
The main subject in my work is abstract flowers and beautiful gardens. Because flowers are the greatest aesthetic pleasure and my inspiration, few things can be compared with the beauty of flowers and their colors. The paintings are made in my original painting technique, which makes the style recognizable and expressive. I use a palette knife to create texture and volume, as well as expressive splatter strokes to create a sense of movement and energy. It is always more important for me to convey the impression and emotion of the subject than the subject itself.
I take my inspiration from the emotions and impressions of the beauty of nature around me, which are poured ...

2008 - 2012

State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design named after Mykhailo Boychuk

2004 - 2008

Technological Professional College of Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, faculty of design

1998 -2002
Berdychiv Art School , Ukraine

2025 Solo exhibition "Garden in Blue". Vlaardingen, NL

2025 Gallery Neck Of The Woods , kunstwissel. NL

CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY Har Hensgens,
Solo exposition
2025 Vlaardingen, Netherlands

2024 -Group exhibition, KADE40,Vlaardingen

Peace Week exhibition -2024, Vlaardingen

Art Fair "Onder de Linden" 2024

Solo exhibition in " Groene Luiken" Vlaardingen 2024

Group exhibition. Retrospective. ''KADE 40''. Vlaardingen, Netherlands 2023.

Solo exhibition " Gardens of Hope'', Holy Church. Netherlands 2023

Group exhibition in a Museum Vlaardingen. Netherlands, 2023

Solo Exhibition "Garden of Hope"
Vlaardingen, Netherlands.
2023


Solo Exhibition " Stolen Spring"
Netherlands, Middelbeers
2022

Group exhibition in the destroyed Palace of Culture in Irpin with a series of works “Stolen Spring”
Irpin, Ukraine
JUL 2022


Berdychiv History Museum, group exhibition
Berdychiv, Ukraine
2015

Painting competition and publication in the catalog with work “Festival of happiness” Scan
Kyiv, Ukraine
2013

Museum of Ivan Honchar, the project “Christmas Tomorrow”
Installation “Star”
Kyiv, Ukraine
2012

Land art installation “Flowers of air” Festival “Trypillya Circle”
Rzhyshchiv, Ukraine
2011

Bulgarian rose festival Bulgarian Arts Week
Sofia, ...