My artwork is almost exclusively process oriented. The molding actions being similar to working with clay: I roll the fiber into shapes before inserting them into the nylon stalkings, tying off each new node with string. It's an addition process that subverts a synthetic, man-made material like nylon back into an organic form. The piece becomes an object that looks otherworldly, yet familiar––a thing that feels as if it it could have grown and replicated on its own. A soft cocoon, a warm plant seed pod. Cells, atoms, eggs, bacteria, cancerous growths or fungi.
The conversation I am having is about body, about femininity, and the tension between heart and head, biology and technology. These soft sculptures embody and elicit fear, self loathing, love, acceptance––all of it processed through the actions of making.
News
I am so please to announce that I will be in the upcoming issue (7) of FULL BLEDE magazine published by Sacha Baumann. The issue will launch at noysky projects in Hollywood, in conjunction with the opening reception of the exhibition CONTINUANT on January 13, 2019, 1-5p!
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Also I have a piece in a three-month long SOFT. CORE. curated show at The Riveter. Opening reception is on Friday, January 25th from 6-9 pm.
katya [dot] usvitsky at gmail
Contact
Press
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Aug 2015
Oct 2012
Dec 2009
Easy to Bare, Noysky Projects
Polymorph, The One Well
Recent Works, Assemble Gallery & Studio
Los Angeles, CA
Brooklyn, NY
Seattle, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Aug 2018
Jan 2018
Dec 2017
Nov 2017
Oct 2017
Oct 2017
Oct 2015
Feb 2015
Jan 2015
Jan 2014
May 2013
Mar 2013
Jun 2012
Apr 2012
Mar 2012
Nov 2011
May 2011
Jan 2011
May 2010
Jun 2009
Jan 2009
About a Box, Shoebox Projects
​Formless and Fragile, SOFT. CORE., guest curator Alexis Hyde
Off the Wall, Small Works Show, Shoebox Projects
Plus one, SOFT. CORE., The Museum of Broken Relationships
Stepping into the Radiant Future, LAST Projects
A Narrow Passage, Noysky Projects
Women’s Work, San Diego Art Institute
MAS Attack 8, San Diego Art Institute
Locally Sourced, Transformer Gallery
Repetition & Ritual, Minnesota Museum of American Art
Material Matters, North Charleston Arts Festival
Repetition & Ritual, Hudgens Center
Small Stories, Urban Alchemist
POW: Pop Now, TNC Gallery
Knot Your Average Knit, City Without Walls Gallery
Moving Forward, SET Gallery
Play, Textile Arts Center
This Will Be Our Year, Assemble Gallery & Studio
Lost at Sea, Hanahou Gallery
Fiber Arctic, Schmancy Gallery
Stitch Spectacular, Dimensions Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA
Washington, DC
St. Paul, MN
N. Charleston, SC
Atlanta, GA
Brooklyn, NY
New York, NY
Newark, NJ
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Seattle, WA
New York, NY
Seattle, WA
Savannah, GA
HONORS, AWARDS AND GRANTS
2011
2003
2003
2003
Greater NY Arts Development Fund of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
Charles Logan Smith Award for Excellence in Design
School of Art Research Grant
The Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fund
ARTICLES
2018
2013
Gipe, Larry. “Fresh Faces in Art.” Fabrik Issue 39. 2018: 82-83. Print.
DiNoto, Andrea. “Bubble Wrap.” American Craft 16 Sep. 2013: 18-19. Print.
EDUCATION
2005
NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY
Gallery Management, Business of Art for Artists
2003
OHIO UNIVERSITY
BFA: Graphic Design
2002
STUDIO ART CENTER INTERNATIONAL
Summer Study Abroad Program: Interior Design, Art History
New York, NY
Athens, OH
Florence, Italy
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
2014 - now
2013 - 2014
Noysky Projects, Gallery Director
David Levinthal, Studio Manager
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY