Katharina Yakovina (also known as Ekaterina Yakovina) is an internationally recognized Ukrainian-born artist, writer, and poet.
Her work is noted for its dreamlike, expressive style that explores spiritual and philosophical themes.
Background & Education:
Early Life: Born in 1967 in Vinnitsia, Ukraine.
Residency: Lived in Saint Petersburg, Russia for over 30 years before moving abroad.
Education: Graduated from Saint Petersburg State University and attended art school in the same city.
Artistic Career:
Katharina Yakovina´s paintings and digital artworks has been exhibited globally.
Style: Characterized as dreamlike and expressive, often blending fine art with literary themes.
Selected Global Exhibitions: Katharina Yakovina paintings has been represented at the exhibitions in Municipal Art Gallery, Dax, France; Museum of Nonconformism Art. St.Petersburg, Russia; International group exhibition in the Change Room Gallery, London, England.
Katharina Yakovina is the finalist of International Digital Art Awards in 2002, Australia. Top 100 images of the world. Her artworks participated in the The Noosa gallery Queensland, Australia. It was a group exhibition of the finalists of International digital art awards (IDAA).
Paintings and poems were published in “Arlington Literary Journal”, USA.
Katharina´s illustrations to the book of poems by Aleksander Aleynik" were published in in the magazine "Artfocus" (68), Canada in 2000.
Paintings with her poems (Translated in Albanian lng was made by the poet and proffessor YZEDIN HIMA) in the newspaper “GLOB”, city Berat, Albania, 2010.
​
___________​
​
Biography
​
1997 Solo exhibition of photos and pictures. Gallery-103. St. Petersburg, Russia
1998 International group exhibition. Tubal Cain Gallery.Contemporary Arts
Foundation. Scotland, Harrogate.
1998 Group exhibition. Abraham Lubelski Gallery, 473 and Broadway Gallery, 450. New York, USA.
1999 Group exhibition. Art-Polygon Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1999 The book of poems "Only the serious people". The poems by A. Aleynik,
New York, USA. The illustrations and cover design by Katharina Yakovina.
1999 Group exhibition. Art-Polygon Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
1999 International group exhibition. Change Room Gallery, London, England.
1999 International group exhibition. Keio University, Japan.
1999 International Digital Art Exhibition. India. The Oxford Bookstore and
Art Gallery, Calcutta, India.
2000 International group exhibition. Circular Art Gallery, Nehru Center,
Worli, Mumbai, India.
2000 The group exhibition. Art Polygon Gallery. St. Petersburg, Russia
2000 Solo exhibition. Harmonia Mundi, Bayonne, 5 rue Port-Neuf. France.
2001 Exhibition of two artists. Bayonne, France.
2001 Exhibition of digital art . Museum of non-conformism art. St. Petersburg, Russia
2002 The finalist of International Digital Art Awards 2002, Australia.
Top 100 images of the world.
2001 International group exhibition for finalists of International digital art awards (IDAA) The Noosa gallery Queensland, Australia.
2002 The finalist of International Digital Art Awards 2002, Australia.
Top 100 images of the world.
2002 International group exhibition. East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hawaii, USA.
2002 International group exhibition. The Counihan Gallery. Sydney, Australia.
2002 International group exhibition. The Art for Life Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica.
2003 International group exhibition. Cork Gallery, Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. 65th Broadway, New York, USA.
2003 Participation at the World Poetry Day in March, 21, Italy.
2004 The exhibition of two artists. Municipal Art Gallery, Dax, France.
2004 The representation of the poems at the Galeria Art I Joc, Spain.
2006 The project “Written Women” by the artists Katharina Yakovina and
Pierre Bordenave. The Museum de Borda, Dax, France.
The poems and stories were published
1. Book “Poetic Voices Without Borders”, publishing Gival Press,
Arlington,Virginia, USA
2. The World Healing Book, publishing Beyond Borders, Iceland
3. “Arlington Literary Journal”, USA
4. Magazine “The Orphan Leaf Review”, England
5. The IDEA #5, India
6. Magazine “ArtFocus”, Canada
7. Newspaper “GLOB”, city Berat, Albania, 2010
(Translated in Albanian lng was made by YZEDIN HIMA)
Media Coverage:
Newspaper "Vechernyi Petersburg". St. Petersburg, 1997.
11 Channel of Russian TV: "Meeting with art", 1997.
Newspaper "Smena". Article "The four kings", St. Petersburg, Russia, 1999.
Magazine "India Today", India, 1999.
Indian interior design magazine "Outside, Inside" (February, 2000).
Star TV - Star Plus: Good Morning, India - national, includes broasting in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh.
Zee TV - top news station of India and surrounding Asian countries.
Bengali TV - broadcasting out of Hong Kong.
Newspaper "The Telegraph" - story and daily listing in cultural section (India) CCC News.
Enadu TV (Tamil).
Newspapers "ARTENOON", "MID-DAY", India.
Magazine ARTFOCUS, 2000 (Canada) ("Only the serious people" by A. Aleynik. Illustrations and cover design by Katharina Yakovina).
"THT" channel of Russian TV "The success", 2001.
Magazine "Magic of PC", St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001.
"Digital Photography Magazine", Australia, 2001.
​
The poems and stories were published by publishing Gival Press, Arlington,Virginia, USA; publishing Beyond Borders, Iceland ; Magazine “ArtFocus”, Canada; Newspaper “GLOB”, city Berat, Albania and others.
