Katya Muromtseva
Katya Muromtseva
To Gulbana. 2023

Katya Muromtseva is a visual artist with a background in philosophy and stage design, whose lyrical-conceptual work investigates personal and collective memory through imaginative forms of documentation. She has had solo exhibitions at the M HKA Museum, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, XL Gallery, Art Front Gallery, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial among others. She was a resident at WHW Academy in Zagreb and at Garage Studios & Art Residencies Moscow. She was a winner of the Present Continuous program of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (M HKA). She has received the “Innovation” contemporary art prize in 2020 and Fulbright fellowship in 2020-2022. She was listed in Forbes Russia "30 under 30" in 2020. Her exhibitions and individual works were covered by ArtForum, The Economist, The New York Times, The World, TokyoArtBeat among others. Currently she is teaching at VCU Arts School in the US.

Works

To Sarah. 2023

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
318 x 200 cm

To Gulbana. 2023

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
318 x 200 cm

To Anda.2023

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
318 x 200 cm

To Christina. 2023

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
318 x 200 cm

To Maya. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
530x200 cm

Over the Slopes of Speech, act 1. 2024

Watercolor, paper
200 x 113 cm

Over the Slopes of Speech, act 2. 2024

Watercolor, paper
200 x 113 cm

Shadow Conversations. Pearl, act 1. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150 x 106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Pearl, act 2. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150 x 106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Deepa, act 1. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150 x 106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Deepa, act 2.2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150 x 106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Sophiya. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150 x 106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Nadine. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150x106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Yana, act 1. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150x106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Yana, act 2. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150 x 106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Jenya, act 1. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150 x 106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Jenya, act 2. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150 x 106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Varvara, act 1. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150x106 cm

Shadow Conversations. Varvara, act 2. 2024

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paper
150 x 106 cm

Press

Books

Artist Biography

Katya Muromtseva

Katya Muromtseva

Katya Muromtseva is a visual artist with a background in philosophy and stage design, whose lyrical-conceptual work investigates personal and collective memory through imaginative forms of documentation. She has had solo exhibitions at the M HKA Museum, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, XL Gallery, Art Front Gallery, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial among others. She was a resident at WHW Academy in Zagreb and at Garage Studios & Art Residencies Moscow. She was a winner of the Present Continuous program of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp (M HKA). She has received the “Innovation” contemporary art prize in 2020 and Fulbright fellowship in 2020-2022. She was listed in Forbes Russia "30 under 30" in 2020. Her exhibitions and individual works were covered by ArtForum, The Economist, The New York Times, The World, TokyoArtBeat among others. Currently she is teaching at VCU Arts School in the US.


Through her artistic practice Muromtseva explores new forms of existence within the hierarchical social and cultural systems of society. She is interested in the narrative where scholarly and artistic imagination overlap, envisioning the possibility of revitalizing historical narratives, reconfiguring methods of exhibition display, to share the means of production with other artists, and the possibility of actual solidarity.

Muromtseva grapples with the question of how to navigate political artistry under authoritarian regimes without resorting to direct aggression, instead employing social empathy expressed through painterly and sculptural forms. Her primary focus lies in large-scale paintings, videos, and shadow installations, all rooted in historical contradictions.The interviews with representatives of various social groups are the starting point for most of the works.