Photo exhibition 2026
Katerina Belkina
Grimms Märchen
Location
Schloss – Dachstock rechts
Guided tour
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 13.00
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 13.00
In German
Grimms Märchen
I have always been fascinated by the psychology of human relationships with each other and with the outside world; by giving shape to human emotions and by dissecting feelings such as "joy, despair, indifference, enthusiasm and envy".
My face and body are the primary instruments I choose to embody the images I desire. As a model in front of the camera, I employ the age-old theatrical practice of role-playing, which provides impetus for the development of my own narrative style. Part of my work, the photography, therefore closely resembles a theatrical performance.
My goal is to evoke emotions and feelings in the viewer.
My passion for classical art, coupled with an interest in everything new—technologies, discoveries, and experiments—led me to a kind of mixed media approach. From painting, I take the colors and create air as an element of space. I draw reality and personality from photography. My style stems from a long artistic tradition: collage.
In the next phase, I use the brush tool of a graphics program. This is a subtle and reliable tool for creating light—a weightless atmosphere similar to that of a dream. In my creative work, I don't look for cognitive themes.
They stem from everyday life and observations of the people around me. When I choose a theme for my analysis, I offer the audience a female perspective on things that concerns only me.
Undoubtedly, this view is based on feminist principles. However, the focus is not on confrontation, but on balance and harmony, in which woman is not an object, but rather one thing – pure energy.
Katerina Belkina
Katerina Belkina (born 1974 in Samara, Russia) grew up in an artistic environment. Her mother was an artist herself. In Samara, Katerina Belkina studied at the Petrov-Vodkin Academy of Arts, graduating with a diploma in 1993.
Later, from 2000 to 2002, she furthered her photography training at Michael Musorin's photography school. Since then, Belkina has exhibited her enigmatic, "painted" photographs in numerous international exhibitions.
In 2007 she was nominated for the Kandinsky Prize in Moscow (Russian equivalent of the Turner Prize).
In 2015, the artist was awarded the International Lucas Cranach Prize. She received the prestigious Hasselblad Masters Award in 2016.
Katerina Belkina lives and works in Dresden.
Website: www.belkina.art







