Katerina Kaya
Born in 1984 in a small town in Kazakhstan, Katerina Kaya started art school along with primary school at the age of seven. In 1996, despite moving to Russia with her family, she continued to study painting at her school. In 2004 she entered Nizhnevartovsk State University and graduated in 2010 with a degree in painting with honour and a gold medal. During her education, she took part in many national and international exhibitions.
At the beginning of her career, the artist, who included Siberian motifs in her paintings, started to get inspired by Turkish culture over time. Kaya usually uses oil and acrylic paints in her works, and in her paintings she depicts important monuments of Istanbul, nature and flowers, female figures and whirling dervishes.
Exhibitions
2008 Nizhnevartovsk Seasons-Spring, Gallery August, Nizhnevartovsk-Russia
2009 Arhiperspektiva 10th Interregional Competition, Ural State Academy of
Architecture and Art, Yekaterinburg-Russia
2009 Visualis 2009, Omsk State University, Omsk-Russia
2009 Nizhnevartovsk Seasons-Autumn, Gallery August, Nizhnevartovsk-Russia
2010 Interregional Exhibition of Artistic Endeavour, Khanty, Mansiysk-Russia
2010 Arhiperspektiva 11th Interregional Competition, Ural State Academy of
Architecture and Art, Yekaterinburg-Russia
2010 Starry Tyumen 3rd All-Russian Exhibition, Tyumen-Russia
2011 1st All-Russian Youth Graphic Exhibition, Tyumen-Russia
2013 Russian Painters Group Exhibition, Istanbul-Türkiye
2017 The Heart of Istanbul, Galata Art, Istanbul-Türkiye
2017 Clean Nature, Akatlar Cultural Centre, Istanbul-Türkiye
2018 Women, Flowers, Spring International Painting Exhibition, Tennis Club,
Istanbul-Türkiye
2018 Different Colours of Art, Galata Art, Istanbul-Türkiye
2018 Mixed Works Exhibition, Galata Art, Istanbul-Türkiye
2021 8 March International Women's Day Exhibition, Martı Sanat, Istanbul-Türkiye
2021 11th Autumn, Galata Art, Istanbul-Türkiye