Country: Germany
About me
Artist statement
I love to observe flowers, to see how the sunlight hits the petals. I have learnt this skill of seeing what others miss from my mom as a child.
I have come to botanical art through an academic career after working in oil in portrait, landscape and still life genres. Art education and career have taught me to value participation in plein air painting, exchange of experience and collaborations above all. Such creative interactions have taught me much more than the formal education and convinced me that it is the environment that forms an artist.
That is why during the first lockdown I have created an online “School of Botanical Art ” where I have united women from different countries. I believe that art has healing powers. And by practicing art people can gain peace and experience joy of creative discoveries despite living in the stone jungles of big cities. For me botanical watercolour is a about constant exploring of the materials’ possibilities and ways of artistic expression. I aim to join botanical precision and metaphoric expression, science and art.
Curriculum Vitae
Katerina Spirtus, born 1983 in Simferopol, Crimea/Ukraine
since March 2022 lives and works in Hannover, Germany
Education
1997 - 2002 Samokish Art College, Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine
2002 - 2009 National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kyiv, Ukraine
since 2021 Member of American Society of Botanical Artists
since 2022. Member of Society of Botanical Artists, UK
since 2024 Member of German Botanical Society
Awards
2019 Grishka-Award 2nd place, Botanical Gardens Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 Winner of the Jean Emmons People´s Choice Award, American Society of Botanical Artists, New York, USA
Selection of recent Exhibitions
2016 Two angles, Gallery N2N, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (S)
2017 Botanical Watercolor Art, Embassy of Ukraine, The Hague, Netherlands (S)
2018 Botanical Watercolor Art, Halom Jewish Community Center, Kyiv, Ukraine (S)
2018 Botanical Watercolor, Gallery N2N, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (S)
2019 Exhibition of Botanical Art, Kyiv Botanical Garden, Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 Dare to be Square, American Society of Botanical Artists, New York, USA
2021 Botanical Stories, National Center of Ukrainian Culture and Art, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator)
2022 Zinnober Hannover, Gallery Villa Sprengel, Hannover, Germany
2023 Winter online exhibition, Society of Botanical Artists, UK
2023 Plantae 2023, Society of Botanical Artists, UK , Mall Galleries, London SW1
2024 Combined with watercolor, Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa, Ukraine
2024 Plantae 2024, Society of Botanical Artists, UK , online exhibition
2024 Ein Klostergarten, Society of Botanical Artists, Germany RegioMuseum, Seligenstadt
2025 Honigschleuder, Lichtschutzbunker, Hannover, Germany
2025 Zinnober Hannover, Gallery Villa Sprengel, Hannover, Germany
