Kat Elagina

Kat Elagina was born in Russia, but is currently based out of Miami. She travels around the globe to get new insights and inspirations from different cultures. As a trained philologist and psychologist, she perceives art as a universal language with which to communicate her ideas and feelings. Elagina receives her inspiration in the traditional mythology of various religions as well as in pop-culture, and works to reveal bridges between them. She picks up motives from our everyday life, mostly from social media and from scenes she observes, and redesigns these motives in order to place them on a symbolic level. Her artwork seems to decipher the reality.
Kat Elagina prefers to paint her many different styles with acrylic. Her paintings vary from nearly realistic, naive, or neo-impressionistic. In melting different styles and techniques together she casts her own style, which involves the viewer in a very direct and sincere way. No artistic formalities are important, only the emotions and the idea her artwork inspires. She has developed a unique artistic and metaphorical language in her artwork. It is recognizable in any art style she chooses. Kat Elagina is focused on the divinity of our existence and on the magic inherent in every...

M.S., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, 2018-present
FIU B.A., Psychology, 2018
Gemological Institute of America, Diamonds and Diamond Grading, Gem Identification, , 2007-2008
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Examination and Valuations of Jewels, 2007-2008
Academy of Professional Retraining, Art Studies, Antique Examination, Art Criticism, Moscow, Russia, 2006-2007
B.A., Spanish Philology, Teaching, Volgograd State Pedagogical University, Volgograd, Russia

IDENTITY, group show September –November, 2017
Artlivingroom Gallery, Miami Beach, USA

Wynwood Juried Show July 14 - 19, 2016
Curator's Voice Art Projects Gallery, Miami, USA

CONTINUUM West Palm Beach Arts, USA January 21 – 30, 2016. West Palm Beach, FL, USA

Metropolis Kino November 27, 2015 – December 6, 2015. Hamburg, Germany

Art Festival "Hamburg zeigt Kunst" March 2015, Hamburg, Germany

Jewelers International Showcase (JIS) January 24-26, 2015. Miami Convention Center, Miami, FL, USA

The International Group Show "Animal House" May 27 –June 09, 2014. 03 gallery Oxford, UK

The International Show "With the fjords in the eyes" March 16 - April 12, 2014, Mu.MA Museum of the Sea
Genova, Italy

Vienna Showcase October 25-26, 2014
Palais Schönborn, the Museum of Young Art
Vienna, Austria

The Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition August 2013. New York, USA

Art Deco Weekend January 2013. Art Deco Welcome Centre, Miami Beach, FL, USA

Red Dot Art Fair December 2012. Miami Beach, FL, USA