A series of allegories on the theme of neo-renaissance. On the one
hand, humanity is now losing the power of faith in the Divine - the
world has become absurdly material. On the other hand, spiritually
deprived life of modern men leads everyone to instinctive
behavior. Human instincts drive us to pass life on to future
generations. The unbroken chain of life on earth is essential.
Seemingly brutish instincts serve as a trigger and eventually lead
humanity to each new round of civilization. The material growth is
impossible without spiritual. Our faith in higher forces and
predestination is such a vital need of our psyche that people look
for its new incarnations or try to transform the existing ones. And
since these searches occur from time to time in our history, this
cyclicity takes us to each new level.
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Early on Katerina Belkina knew about her exceptional talent to see the world through different eyes. Born in Samara in the southeast of European Russia, she was brought up in an creative atmosphere by her mother, a visual artist. Her education as painter at the Art Academy and from 2000 at the school for Photography of Michael Musorin in Samara gave her the tools to visualize her ideas. Exhibitions of her sublime, mystic self-portraits ensued in Moscow and Paris. In 2007 Katerina Belkina was nominated for the prestigious Kandinsky Prize. Recently she got the Hasselblad Masters Prize.
Awards Awards
2016
Hasselblad Masters 2016, Winner in the section Art, Göteborg/Schweden
2015
Moscow International Foto Awards, 1st place in 2 categories, Moscow/Russia
International Lucas-Cranach-Prize, 1st place, Lutherstadt Wittenberg+Kronach/Germany
2014
Moscow International Foto Awards, 1st place in category Fine Art, Moscow/Russia
2012
IPA International Photography Awards, 1st place in 3 categories, Los Angeles/USA
2010
Px3 Photo Competition, 1st place in portrait’s category, Paris/France
2008
Art Interview, 14th International Online Artist Competition, 1st place, Berlin/Germany
Px3 Photo Competition, 2nd place in subcategory for Not a Man’s World series, Paris/France
Art4.ru Museum Awards, Moscow/Russia
IPA International Photography Awards, 1st place in subcategory, Los Angeles/USA
2007
Nominee of Kandinsky Prize, Russian artist of the Year Moscow/Russia
IPA International Photography Awards, 2nd place in subcategory, Los Angeles/USA
