Fine Art nominee

The trauma as a concept is divided into two general categories caused by external factors: physical damage and mental damage. Both are essential but the damage of mental health has a special feature: it is difficult to observe visually. The purpose of present work is to reveal this issue through photography and the main intention is to develop an artistic work from the conceptual point of view and express a visual dimension of trauma.

This work is an attempt to present certain scientific concepts by using different artistic methods e.g., examining the terms and qualities of psychological trauma, taking the theory of psychoanalysis as a basis.

A feature of this series is a constant repetition of every photo. The difference between them is in addition of a new distinctive detail in each, e.g. a red thread hanging out of the mouth. Repetition of the same image reveals the nature of psychological trauma, different details of every image help to comprehend a scientific view of this phenomenon via the psychoanalysis theory by S. Freud, Eric L. Santner, Judith L. Herman.

Kateryna Borovschi was born in 1991 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. She got classical artistic education in V.I. Surikov School of Art, Krasnoyarsk (2008-2013. After she moved to Spain, she continued her education in Polytechnic University of Valencia, Department of Fine Arts, pursuing Master’s Degree in Artistic Production. Most of the time, Kateryna works independently trying to find her own form of creation and topics that can reveal human’s nature and show something hidden beyond the visible matters and underlying within a more profound artistic plane.

Selected group exhibitions, events and festivals

2017 - Participation in Festival “PAM!17”, Spain
2016 - Participation in Festival “Benimaclet ConFusion”, Spain
2015 - Exhibition “Como el perro y la lima” UPV, Spain
2015 - Exhibition in solidarity of aid to the refugees “In action”, Spain
2014 - Participation in Festival “Die Platte”, Germany
2014 - Exhibition “KrasDam” in Potsdam, Germany
2013 - Exhibition “Young Artists of Siberia”, Russia
2012 - Exhibition of painting “The Talents of Siberia”, Russia

Solo exhibitions
2016 - “Attack”, Espacio de Luz gallery, Spain
2013 - “Emulsion”, Library M. Gorky, Russia

Prizes and awards
2017 PAM!17 Selected work by the expert committee.