Statement. Ekaterina Belukhina: Multidisciplinary artist


My art practice contains diverse elements from painting, photography, video art to installations and is aimed at exploring gender questions such as inequality and violence, questions of power, complexity of how we see women and what we can know by seeing them  using semi-biographical video works combined into  installations.  

I use real life stories captured throughout the interviews with fictional inner reflection of the situation so fictionalising documentary stories. As a woman and migrant I touch stories of women being labelled and discriminated at work, labelled as bad or not good enough because of  their origin one hand and on the other phenomena of womanhood. Additionally other social issues such as influence of propaganda, media and world conflicts by live audience engaging performances, perception of a person through the prism of his country of origin. I react to what is happening in the country I live in, its political context quickly and make works that reflect the moment in a form of performance, video art and installation. 

I also work with contemporary art theories and exploitation of art image (persona) by big corporations for marketing and reputational purposes. I use Manifesto as a form of art as well as memes not just reflecting the situation but instruct into the world of art for it to be more inclusive and non manipulative.

My art practice brings together diverse elements from painting, photography, video art and objects, and explores wider cultural conversations around inequality, power, and the way that contemporary society views women. Additionally, I examine the harmful image of gender binaries portrayed in the media, which can have a profound impact on self-perception.