Katia Motylova is a visual artist and a researcher, born in Luhansk, Ukraine and based in The Hague, Netherlands. 
In her practice, she works with analogue photography, archives and books. She explores themes of injustice and the struggle to reconcile with reality, often reflecting on the loss of control over one's destiny. Currently, Katia is working on a project about technologies that ultimately destroy the world that created them.

Education
2018-2022 Royal Academy of Art, the Hague (BA)

Exhibitions
2020 — Fresh eyes photo fair, Westergas, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2022 — Bratislava Off festival, Slovakia, Dom Kultury Dunaj
2022 — Rotlicht Festival, Vienna, Semper Depot
2023 — Whispers & Shouts: Voices of Ukrainian Women Photographers, Fotodok, the Netherlands
2024 — “Her Presence” (Womanhood in Ukraine), Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver, Canada
2025 — «Shared Home.Shared Fight», Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2025 — «Taken roots», KUT artist-run space,  Kyiv, Ukraine

Awards/Grants
2022 Blurring the lines award 2022
2022 Aperture Paris Photo Book Award shortlisted
2023 Letterfonds Steunfonds Oekraiense Maker Grant
2023 Kassel Dummy Award shortlisted
2023 DuPho Student Award
2025 Scattered communities/Asortymentna kimnata/Robert Bosch Stiftung, Goethe-Institut, 2025

photo@katemotyleva.com
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