Katia Pugach, born Crimea USSR, 1981. Currently residing in Rome, Italy.

Katia began her life long study of arts in Crimea although once freedom of movement was established, she lived and studied in Paris, LA and Moscow. Her life today is divided between Rome, Moscow and Crimea. 

Katia’s artistic principle is to make a gesture and to leave a sign as a reminder of her life’s past experiences. She continues to develop her art in different forms, that include paintings, installations, bio art, conceptual photo projects, balance performing and sculptures. In more recent years she has spent increased time focusing on paintings and experiments with new techniques and materials.

Katia's most recent important works are based on technique of the application of volcanic black sand on surface. This body of work, "Instinct or aspiration to symmetry", is a series of works where, by revelation of a natural image, the artist uses the black sand of Ostia, Italy , (known for its high iron content), as the main material. This work has been created intuitively, generalised and inspired by the sea and the blood vessels of our  own human body’s. It is a search for symmetries in the vast fields of biomorphic forms. At the basis of the work is a classical concept of forms which are created by the forces of nature itself.  It is a type of visual metaphor, in which  nature encourages the human desire to achieve order, balance, unity and symmetry.

Works of Katia Pugach are presented in the permanent collection of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Petrovka 25), Moscow Multimeia Art Museum.

Main exhibitions
2022 — ISTINTO O ASPIRAZIONE ALLA SIMMETRIA - BAGNI MISTERIOSI - SBA Sporting Beach Arte, curated by Contemporary Cluster, Ostia, Roma, Italy
2022 — SENZA NOME - CLONING AI PROMPTER - Collaboration with artificial intelligence, Rome, Italy
2022 — DEEP IN BLUE - THE MILKY WAY - VERA - Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome, Italy
2022 — MAYAKOVSKY CODE - SIMPLE  FORMS - The Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
2021 — LAVORO INFINITO - MATERIA NOVA - Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale
2019 — MARE MAGNETICO - CABINE D’ARTISTA - ABBI CURA - SBA Sporting Beach Arte, Ostia, Roma, Italy 
2019 — AB OVO 2019 - Black Room - MACRO Asilo, Roma, Italy
2019 — AXIS MUNDI - Project Room - MACRO Asilo, Roma, Italy
2017 — ACAPPELLA - “Rukova Vremeni” , Moscow, Russia
2016 — ABOUT TIME - “The Ark”, Parallel project to the 5th Biennale of Young Art -  Moscow, Russia 
2015 — ABOUT TIME - Castello di Rivara, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea - Torino, Italy
2015 — LUNA 16 - Ex Convento in San Francesco Della Scarpa - Bari, Italy
2014 — PROPAGANDA or GLOBAL TRASH - OSTRALE ART FAIR, Dresden, Germany
2014 — LUNA 16 - PLAY ON, Extra Ordinary Day - Rebirth day by M. Pistoletto, MAAM, Roma, Italy 
2014 — PHILOSOPHER’S STONE - 4th Biennale of Young Art - Moscow, Russia
2013 — DEJAVU - Castello di Rivara, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea - Torino, Italy
2012 — BEZ NAZVANIYA - NO NAME - DA BUDET SVET, Brusov Art Lab - Moscow, Russia
2011 — AB OVO - SPACE ODYSSEY - Kiev, Ucraine
2010 — MOSCOW SPA - Galerya na Vspolnom - Moscow, Russia
2010 — KAMNESAD - STONE GARDEN - Residency of Spanish ambassador in Moscow, Russia
2010 — KAMNESAD - STONE GARDEN - “Artraum”- Moscow, Russia
2010 — LIGHTNING - The 1st “Ural Industrial Biennale of contemporary art” - Ural, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2010 — FAVOUR OF NATURE - 2nd international Biennale for Young Art “Qui Vive?” - Moscow, Russia
2009 — AB OVO - Twente Biennale - Enschede, Netherlands
2009 — SPACE GARDEN - “Gogbot” Festival 2009 - Enschede, Netherlands
2009 — FOGGY FORREST - Winner of a “Silver Wreath” prize - Moscow, Russia
2009 — MAYAKOVSKY CODE - FROM A STUDY TO AN ART OBJECT, Momma, Moscow, Russia
2006 — ALPHABET OF A SINGLE STONE - “Golden Bee", Central house of Artists - Mosca, Russia 
2002 — FAREWELL WITH XX CENTURY - The Gallery Tochka, Studio 50 A - Moscow, Russia