Ekaterina Vanovskaya was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009 and an MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2015. Ekaterina has exhibited nationally including New York City and Chicago. She completed the Artist in the Marketplace Program at the Bronx Museum of the Arts and recently participated in the Governors Island Art Fair, New York and the AIM Biennial at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Ekaterina has received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in 2017 and 2018.
| CV EDUCATION | |
| 2015 MFA in Painting Indiana University School of Art + Design, Bloomington, IN | |
| 2009 BFA in Painting and Drawing The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| EXHIBITIONS (solo exhibitions indicated with *) |
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| 2022 Tell Us How You Really Feel, Drexel University Rincliffe Gallery, Philadelphia PA Abington Art Center Faculty Show, Jenkintown PA *Paintings by Ekaterina Vanovskaya, Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA | |
| Drexel University Provost’s Office, selection of paintings on view | |
| 2019 Transient Brevity, The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ | |
| HARP 2019 Horse and Art Research Program Exhibition, Barnag, Hungary | |
| Drexel University Proving Ground Spring Pop-Up, Pearlstein Building, Philadelphia | |
| “Things We Made in the Kitchen” Ekaterina Vanovskaya and Josey Seung-Ah Lee, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2018 | |
| Dynamic Intimacy, Howe Gallery, Kean University, NJ | |
| 19th Annual POST Philadelphia Open Studios, Herman St Studios, Philadelphia, PA | |
| HARP 2018 Group Exhibition, Barnag, Hungary | |
| Annual Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA | |
| “Art in the Apartment”, New Work from Ekaterina Vanovskaya and Josey Seung-Ah Lee, Philadelphia, PA | |
| IMMIGRATION NOW, Penn State Abington College Art Gallery, Abington, PA | |
| Drawing from Perception VIII, Wright State University Creative Arts Center, Fairborn, OH (Juror Catherine Kehoe) | |
| 2017 | |
| Blurring the Lines: CCCA Art Faculty Exhibition, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ | |
| 18th Annual POST Philadelphia Open Studios, Herman St Studios, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 10th Annual Governors Island Art Fair 2017, Governors Island, New York, NY | |
| Bronx Calling! The Fourth AIM Biennial, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY (catalog) | |
| Small Works: Harper College 40th Annual National Art Exhibition, Palatine, IL | |
| WE CREATE: Artists @ Rowan University, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, NJ | |
| The Portal Show in SOHO NYC, New York, NY | |
| 2016 | |
| 17th Annual POST Philadelphia Open Studio Tour, Herman Street Studios, Philadelphia, PA 9th Annual Governors Island Art Fair 2016, Governors Island, New York, NY Summer Exhibition, Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery at Vytlacil, Orangeburg, NY NJ Arts Annual, Noyes Arts Garage Stockton University, Atlantic City, NJ | |
| The Sketchbook Show 2016, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA | |
| Young Talent Exhibition, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT | |
| 2015 | |
| Strange Paradise, 2015 National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, NY (Juror Steven Harvey) | |
| Misconnections, The Painting Center, New York, NY *Things That Were, MFA Thesis Show, IU Art Museum, Bloomington, IN | |
| IU Painters Group Show, Blueline Gallery, Bloomington, IN | |
| National Society of Arts and Letters Bloomington, Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN | |
| 2014 | |
| Inside and Out, The Painting Center, New York NY | |
| Non-Graduating MFA Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington IN | |
| 2012 | |
| Winter Benefit Art Sale, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn NY | |
| Small Works, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn NY | |
| More Art on Found Objects, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft NJ | |
| Meetup HQ Gallery Show, Meetup Headquarters, Manhattan NY | |
| Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls NJ | |
| Annual Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft NJ | |
| Annual Juried Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury NJ | |
| 2011 Defining a Likeness, Brooklyn NY | |
| Figuratively Speaking, Brooklyn NY | |
| Red Stock, Butterfly Fine Arts, Red Bank NJ | |
| Annual Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft NJ | |
| 2010 Via 45, 45 Broad St, Red Bank NJ | |
| Inspired by Nature, CVA Gallery, Lincroft NJ | |
| Student Show, CVA Gallery, Lincroft NJ | |
| Making Marks, CVA Gallery, Lincroft NJ | |
| Annual Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft NJ | |
| 2009 | |
| Holiday Show, Guild of Creative Art, Shrewsbury NJ | |
| BFA Undergraduate Show, Sullivan Galleries, SAIC, Chicago IL | |
| AWARDS | |
| 2019 Drexel University Adjunct Faculty Development Grant | |
| Barnes Foundation Education Scholarship | |
| 2018 Second Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant | |
| Drexel University Adjunct Faculty Development Grant | |
| Barnes Foundation Education Scholarship | |
| 2017 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant | |
| 2014 Ruth Katzman Scholarship, The League Residency at VYT | |
| 2012 Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant | |
| 2010 Annual Exhibition Honorable Mention, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ | |
| 2005-09 Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago | |
PRESS | |
| 2019 “Brief Encounters With the Fleeting Await at MCCC Gallery Exhibit ‘Transient Brevity’ Through Dec.19” October 28th 2019 http://www.mccc.edu/news/2019/arts/Transient-Brevity.shtml Create! Magazine, Studio Sunday: Ekaterina Vanovskaya, September 8th, 2019 createmagazine.com/read/2019/9/6/studio-sunday-ekaterina-vanovskaya Faces & Figures, online show PxP Contemporary, pxpcontemporary.com/collections/faces-figures, September 2019 Lovas Nemzet (Horse Nation Hungary), September 2019, pg 13 2017 | |
| Dunes Review Literary Journal, Fall 2017, front and back cover image Friend of the Artist Magazine, Summer 2017 Jillian Steinhauer, “Passing Through Portal, an Unpretentious Art Fair in Soho”, Hyperallergic, May 2nd, 2017 | |
| 2016 | |
| Fields Magazine, Issue 6 Autumn/Winter 2016 KHN Residency Award, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Expose Art Magazine, Next Generation of Artists, Special Edition 2016 Paint Pulse Magazine, Issue 5, paintpulsemagazine.com/artists.html Mist Gallery, Interview with Ekaterina Vanovskaya, Jan. 2016, mistgallery.com/blog/2016/1/26/interview-with-ekaterina-vanovskaya Mist Gallery, In Good Company, mistgallery.com/ingoodcompany Quantum Art Review, Digital Exhibition #2, quantumartreview.com/2016/01/04/digital-exhibition-2 | |
| Fresh Paint Magazine, International Issue 10, Dec. 2015, curated by Danielle Krysa (The Jealous Curator) 2015 Fresh Paint Magazine, International Issue 9, Oct. 2015 MFA Catalog 2015, Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University 2014 | |
| Canvas Creative Arts Magazine, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Art at IU “IU Bloomington Graduate Painters Collaborate on New York City Exhibition”, viewpoints.iu.edu/art-at-iu/ 2010 | |
| The Hub “Celebrating a Natural Local Treasure” February, pg 26 | |
RESIDENCIES |
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| 2019 HARP Horse and Art Research Program, Barnag, Hungary 2018 HARP Horse and Art Research Program, Barnag, Hungary | |
| 2016 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of Art, New York, NY | |
| 2015 | |
| The League Residency at VYT, Sparkhill, NY | |
| Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT | |
| International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy | |
| 2012 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT | |
| 2008 International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy | |
| 2010 Drawing Marathon, New York Studio School, New York, NY | |
| 2007 Ox-bow Summer Program, Saugatuck, MI | |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| Agnes Gund Collection, New York, NY | |
| Private Collections | |
ARTIST LECTURES | |
| 2022 Cheltenham Art Center Guest Critic, Cheltenham PA Artist Lecture, Pennswood Art Gallery, Newtown, PA | |
| 2021 “Secret Geometry of Painting”, Fleisher Art Memorial, online | |
| 2020 Artist Lecture, the Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia, online | |
| 2019 “A Conversation With The Artists”, The Gallery at Mercer, West Windsor, NJ | |
| 2016 Artist Lecture and Student Critiques, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA | |
| 2012 Lecture, “When is a Painting Finished?” Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, NJ | |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |
| 2022-present Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA Color Theory | |
| 2019-present Instructor, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA Watercolor | |
| 2018-present Instructor, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA Watercolor, Drawing | |
| 2016-present Adjunct Instructor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Drawing, Figure Drawing | |
| 2019 Endless Arts in Eagles Mere, Eagles Mere, PA Watercolor Workshop | |
| Instructor, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA Watercolor | |
| 2016-2018 Adjunct Instructor, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ Painting, Art Appreciation | |
| 2014-15 Instructor of Record, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Drawing Fundamentals |