Lazareva Ekaterina (1995) is an artist, animation director, and founder of the Center for Contemporary Art “Ogon’.” She lives and works in Kamchatka and Siberia.
In her work, she combines elements of nature, ancient knowledge, and personal mythology. Her study of Ayurveda and icon painting has had a profound influence on her artistic language, where the sacred merges with the everyday.
In addition to visual art, Ekaterina directs animation and, since 2021, has been working on an unpublished project titled Amur, mon Amour!, which explores inner worlds and cycles of transformation triggered by the loss of a loved one.
She was born and raised in Irkutsk, where she also graduated from an art college with a degree in painting. She worked as an educational specialist at the V. P. Sukachev Regional Art Museum, where she developed programs for people with developmental disabilities.
With the support of a patron, she initiated the creation of the Center for Contemporary Art “Ogon’” in Irkutsk — featuring a contemporary art library, lecture hall, studios, and exhibition space.
After launching the project and establishing the institution, Ekaterina handed over leadership to the team and moved to Kamchatka to focus on her own artistic practice and to observe the isolated life on the remote peninsula.
Selected Exhibitions
2025 (upcoming) EcoArt: Art and (Non-)Human Agents, Museum of Nonconformist Art, Saint Petersburg
• 2024 Frozen Matters, Siggeruds Gallery, Bodø, Norway
• 2023 Big Water, Krugami Gallery, Irkutsk
• 2023 Helplessness, street courtyard, Irkutsk
• 2023 A Meeting of Two Centuries: City, Forest, Human, V. Bronstein Gallery, Irkutsk
• 2022 Personally About the Material, Center for Contemporary Art “Ogon’, ” Irkutsk
• 2022 Carte Blanche, Street Art and Guerrilla Festival, Bratsk
• 2022 Sincerity Festival, Irkutsk
• 2022 19th Regional Youth Exhibition-Competition, V. P. Sukachev Regional Art Museum, Irkutsk
• 2021 18th Regional Youth Exhibition-Competition, V. P. Sukachev Regional Art Museum, Irkutsk
• 2020 Women’s, Museum of Local History, Irkutsk
• 2020 17th Regional Youth Exhibition-Competition, V. P. Sukachev Regional Art Museum, Irkutsk
• 2016 Le fabuleux village des Flottins, Wooden Sculpture Festival, Évian, France
Residencies, Curatorial & Professional Activity
• 2025 Peredelkino Individual Artist Residency Participant
• 2024 Workshop Leader: Monotype Printing, “Zvuk Vokrug” Festival, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
• 2023 Curator of the permanent exhibition Beringia: History of Dog Sled Races, Esso village, Kamchatka Peninsula
• 2023 Participant, 2nd All-Russian Scientific-Practical Conference “Siberian Contemporary Art”, Ploshchad Mira, Krasnoyarsk
• 2023 Participant, Ustye Art Residency
• 2022 Participant, Summit of Contemporary Art Institutions by the Garage Museum, Nizhny Novgorod
• 2021–2022 Founder and Director, Center for Contemporary Art “Ogon’, ” Irkutsk
Education & Courses
2025 Gesture, Facial Expression, Gait — Animation Course by Invisible Friends, Yerevan, Armenia
• 2025 Animated Time — Directing in Animation, taught by Vasily Chirkov, Bolshaya Animation School, Moscow
• 2021–2022 Art Management and Curatorial Practices, Sreda Obucheniya, Moscow
• 2015–2017 2D Animation: Classical Techniques, taught by Irina Sagatelian, Canada
• 2013–2017 Irkutsk Art College named after I. L. Kopylov, Department of Painting, Irkutsk