BIO/CV

Kate Butorina is a visual artist and an animation artist. Born in 1999, based in St. Petersburg, Russia. In her work she combines an experimental style, balancing between fact and fiction, directing and drawing. Participant of collective photography and photo book festivals in Russia, as well as exhibitions.

FILM FESTIVAL:

• 2025 Funduk short-list, audience award «Now doesn't happen twice» (Moscow)

EXHIBITIONS:

• 2024 Exhibitions «Solution of one problem related to position geometry» in Сathedral (Kaliningrad)

• 2024 Zin festival «Nizina» with diploma project «Looking for» (Saint Petersburg)

• 2024 Zin festival «Grand fest» with diploma project «Looking for» (Moscow)

• 2024 Exhibitions «In progress» with project «The herb of oblivion» (Kirov)

• 2024 Zin festival «Jerdela» with diploma project «Looking for» (Rostov-on-Don)

• 2024 Exhibitions «Outside of time» in photo gallery 2/17 (Saint Petersburg)

• 2024 Zin exhibitions «The clean slate» with diploma project «Looking for» (Saint Petersburg)

• 2023 Photo Festival «FotON» with an animation and photo book about bridges in Kaliningrad (Kaliningrad)

• 2022 Curator exhibition «VLADA» in Saint Petersburg State University of Culture (Saint Petersburg)

• 2021 Curator exhibition «VLADA» in Lermontov Library (Saint Petersburg)

• 2021 University exhibition in Saint Petersburg State University of Culture «My Petersburg» (Saint Petersburg)

• 2020 Russian exhibition «IMPRINT» (Saint Petersburg)

EDUCATION:

• 2019-2024 Saint Petersburg State University of Culturе, Directing of Studios for Cinema, Photography, and Video Production

• 2023 Book workshop in Kaliningrad «FotON»

• 2024 Zin laboratory in Saint-Petersburg «Zinichka»

• 2024 Media art laboratory in Vyksa (animation+ Ai art)

• 2024 Hybrid pop-up project about the modern art «Proyavochnaya» in Kirov

PUBLICATIONS:

• 2024 Griffin Museum's Polaroid Extravaganza (LENSLIBERATION) (password: InstantEros)

• 2022 student's magazin by Denis Belousov «Periphery»

• 2019 magazin «OK»