Katya Shiova

Hello, dear nature art lover.
My name is Katya. I'm Ukrainian paleo, wildlife and botanical illustrator, member of UK and American Society of Botanical Artists.
I am inspired by nature in all its demonstrations - whether it is the first leaf that opens in spring or ammonite dissected from stone, which is millions of years old.

Filling up inspiration from nature, it is not surprising that the main direction of my art is a natural history illustration.
I am from Kharkiv, so my first contact with natural curiosities was in Kharkiv Natural history museum. I was a child, the “Jurassic Park” just came out, so of course I was looking for dinosaurs, but they weren't there. I asked a museum guide “where are the dinosaurs?” - “probably they didn’t live here" he replied. I thought it was sad, but it really interested me. After almost 30 years I returned to the fossils and wildlife of Ukraine and Europe as a whole. So now my paleo and entomology illustrations can soon be seen in the Ukrainian National Museum of Nature.

Entomology exhibition of that museum inspired for my first watercolor collection of moths. One of them, Apantesis virguncula, was presented at the "Unbreakable Flowers" exhibition and was awarded by Billy Showell. So I decided...

Self taught

SOLO EXHIBITION 2024
NATURAL HISTORY ILLUSTRATION by Katya Shiova, July 17 - September 15, The National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2024

• UNITED BY WATERCOLOUR, Eastern and Western Art Museum, Odessa, Ukraine
• UNITED BY WATERCOLOUR, Izmail Picture Gallery, Izmail, Ukraine
• RARE PLANTS, SUBA, The National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
• DRAMA exhibition by ABA (Association of Botanical Artists), UK
• ASBA 27th Annual International, 25.09-28.12.24, NYC, USA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023

• UNBREAKABLE FLOWERS, MYTETS Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine, Billy Showell Prize Awards
• WITH THE BRUSH THROUGH THE LIFE, Palace of Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine
• 6th FLOWER International Juried Art Competition by TERAVARNA Gallery, USA
• 7th PORTRAIT International Juied Art Competition by TERAVARNA Gallery, Talent Prize Award, USA
• ALL ANIMALS 2023 International Juried Art Exhibition, Camelback gallery, Bronze Prize Award, USA
• THE MAGIC OF LEAVES, December 2023 - May 2024, ABA (Association of Botanical Artists)
• BOTANICAL ART UKRAINE 2023, SUBA (Society of Ukrainian Botanical Artists), Best Artistic Image Award