Katya Tsareva

Katya Tsareva is a UK-based multidisciplinary artist currently living and working in London. Born in 1984 in Krasnodar, Russia, she earned an MA in Architecture and Design from Kuban State University (2006) and completed the Chelsea Open Studio Short Course at Chelsea College of Arts, London (April–May 2024).

In 2012, Katya held her inaugural solo exhibition and participated in the Moscow International Biennale of Young Art. Recognized as one of the Top 100 Young Russian Artists by In Art in 2017, she went on to present a solo exhibition at the Udmurt Republican Art Museum in 2018. In 2022, she contributed to a group exhibition supported by Voices of Culture at the Basel Art Center, Switzerland.

In 2024, she participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, as well as international biennales, including her two-part solo show The Fleeting Light on Your Folds in London, UK, and at Voskhod Gallery in Basel, Switzerland; the duo exhibition Dawn on Your Skin in London, UK; the Limburg Biennale at Marres, Maastricht, Netherlands; and the 1st Ground Biennale Textile in Contemporary Art at Ground Solyanka, Moscow, Russia.

Her works have been featured in various international contemporary art publications and are held in the collection of the Udmurt Republican Museum of Fine Arts, as well as in private collections in London, New York, Basel, Moscow, and other cities worldwide.