Forms and Visions: Convergences in Transitory Development Vol.3Contemporary Art Chronicle
Independent contemporary art gallery and digital platform. Contemporary Art Chronicle is an independent contemporary art gallery with a particular focus in abstract and minimalistic painting. CAC brings together a curated gallery of artists with a particular focus on in abstract and minimalist painting. Our goal is to make a record of today's international contemporary art and promote emerging artists with art enthusiasts. CAC programme is dedicated to showcase contemporary art from around the world and publishing a print and digital exhibtion catalog distributed worldwide throughout our online shop and cultural art locations. |
The Power of Infinity14 February - 18 May 2023
Presented by Alfa Gallery Press Release The Power of Infinity, highlights the work of gallery artists, exploring their astounding range of styles and individual approaches to the guiding principles of abstraction: colour, space, light, material and process. This exhibition centres on the idea of multi-disciplinarity as a means of exploring abstraction. This exhibition creates dialogues between sculpture, paintings, textiles, works on paper, photography and installations. View Exhibition on Artsy here Open studio Hypha Studios x Mason & FifthIf you'd like to see what Katya has been working on during the Hypha Studios x Mason & Fifth Artist Residency message directly via Instagram or email to arrange a studio visit and more info, prices and availability of works.
15.12.22 - 05.01.23 Visits by appointment katyaderksen@gmail.com 4 - 6 St Mark's Square, London NW1 7TN
Sugarcube IISugarcube II is a 3 week exhibition showcasing smaller original affordable new work by The Lido Stores gallery artists.
PV: 2 December 2022 7 - 9 PM Exhibition: 30 November - 23 December 2022 The Lido Stores 2 Ethelbert Terrace Margate CT9 1RX Women in Abstraction7 November 2022 - 11 January 2023
Presented by Alfa Gallery Statement Alfa Gallery is pleased to present, "Women in Abstraction", a group exhibition of new works by 45 artists. Press Release In their latest exhibition, Alfa Gallery aims to celebrate the complexities of abstraction. In not only its physical manifestation; but through its meaning, history, and energy, as well as, the artists who create it through their own unique lenses. As a result of the lasting appeal of the Abstraction Movement, there is now an increased desire to uncover and recognise the women of the many periods of Abstraction throughout history. Vanguards like Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler - who's groundbreaking was largely misunderstood - have paved the way for the abstract artists of the past century. In 2022, being an abstract painter holds a highly dynamic and diverse set of meanings - especially when compared to the pioneers of the previous century. Each artist approaches material, shape, colour, and space in the ways that uniquely reflect their own cultivated experiences and ideas. View Exhibition on Artsy here Hypha Studios x Mason & Fifth live in residencyMason & Fifth
5 - 8 St Mark's Square London, NW1 7TN 23/10/22 - 05/01/23 Katya has been selected by Hypha Studios in collaboration with Mason & Fifth for the Primrose Hill live in residency program. About Mason & Fifth is a community living project that is providing fully furnished flats and studio spaces to eight artists for two months at their site in Primrose Hill. They partnered with Hypha Studios for the selection process. The live-in residencies are offered in exchange for donating a work made during the two months to Mason & Fifth, who will display the work in one of their future buildings and in an exhibition in early 2023. Hypha Studios match artists with free space to remove the financial barriers to creativity. A condition of giving the space for free to the artists is that they deliver a public programme that is of interest to the local community. Hypha Studios invite a local cultural institution to be part of the committee to ensure the selected candidate is most beneficial and interesting to the local community. View more here Inclusion in Rise Art 'weekly picks collection'Adjacent 01 is included in the Rise Art 'Weekly Picks Collection' curated by Verity Babbs.
View here The Mindful Editions Charity Art FairKatya will be participating in The Mindful Editions who are hosting a charity art fair at MKII in Clapton in October. All tickets sales will be donated to Wonder Foundation, an organisation working to provide food, shelter and support to Ukrainians seeking refuge in Poland.
11 AM - 5 PM 08 - 09/10/2022 MKII, 71 Powerscroft Road, Lower Clapton, E6 0PT 
Flow17 September - 31 December 2022
Presented by Alfa Gallery Statement The new group show at Alfa Gallery in Miami, presents a diverse collection of abstract paintings that has been liberated from the motif, and presents forms that devoid of any object, appearing in a graphic nature combined with colourful compositions and geometric elements. Press Release Abstract art is one of the most important currents in the 20th century, it developed when a change was made to an objectless painting. Instead, the abstract stye uses artist values that are the culmination of the reduction of artist language, including colour, shape, texture, outline and composition. This exhibition showcases a number of contemporary artists from the gallery. Artists with different styles, ideas and themes resulted in a vibrant exhibition. The artists take the abstraction to a whole individual place and draw together a wide spectrum of techniques and approaches. View Exhibition on Artsy here Statements In Blue + Yellow and Red + WhiteGroup exhibition dedicated to solidarity with Ukraine and the Belarusian freedom movement initiated by Galerie SEHR.
1 - 31 July 2022 Tuesday - Saturday 2 - 7 PM Casinostrabe 44 56069 Koblenz Germany 'We, the members of the Koblenz art association Mehrkunst , have been planning an art campaign for the summer of 2022 as part of the Rhineland-Palatinate cultural summer for a long time. This year's motto is "Compass Europe: East Wind" and invites you to take a look east, beyond the borders of the European Union. Inspired by the numerous peaceful protests in Belarus last year, we originally had the idea of launching an appeal and creating a total work of art from many contributions, in the colors red and white as a symbol for a free Belarus. Now events have escalated, Ukraine has been invaded, war is raging. Despite the feeling of helplessness and powerlessness, we wanted to react and changed our original concept: let's set an example together for freedom and self-determination, with a jointly created work of art in yellow + blue and red + white. Our project is currently being presented as a pop-up exhibition in downtown Koblenz.' The proceeds go to the people of Ukraine and the Belarusian freedom movement. View works for sale/auction here Photo: Ellen Ross, Co-founder of Galerie SEHR 
PANAl
6 June - 31 August 2022
Presented by Alfa Gallery Statement Alfa Gallery is please to present "PANAL", a celebration of abstract art that includes paintings, installations and sculptures. This exhibition is a selection of artists working with the abstract mode in its many manifestations. Press Release While some artists investigate the purity of abstract form, others take inspiration from images or conceptual and social theories from the real world. All ultimately speak in the language of abstraction in its multiplicity of forms. The variety, strength and originality of these many approaches result in works that remain fresh and vibrant, continuing to move art into uncharted and inspiringly beautiful territory. View Exhibition on Artsy here Abstract in Action
1 April - 31 May 2022
Presented by Alfa Gallery Statement Alfa Gallery is pleased to present: "Abstraction in Action", a group show, exhibiting new artworks by internationally known artists, from Europe, US and South America. Press Release The specific dynamic approach to art developed by these artists, that use geometric shapes and a renewed inspiration from the “abstract geometry” movement to create advanced and up to date creative compositions that will throw the visitor in a timeless universe of organized vibrancy, thanks to balanced, pattern-like figures, enhanced by a strong dose of refreshing energy. All the artists, even if with different visual accomplishments, share a similar theoretical approach and background that strongly influence their artistic procedure View Exhibition on Artsy here Untitled Miami
29 January - 17 May 2022
Presented by Alfa Gallery Statement Alfa Gallery is pleased to present the group survey exhibition Untitled Miami, which highlights one work each by 104 international artists, all stemming from our deep inventory. View Exhibition on Artsy here RepresenationKatya is now represented by Alfa Gallery on Artsy.
Alfa is an artist-run contemporary art space. Since its establishment more than a decade ago, Alfa has identified and cultivated the careers of an international roster of visionary and emerging artists. Our mission is to support artists by providing a platform to showcase their work and dedicate to creativity and experimentation, as well as collaborate with venues on the national and international levels, presenting museum-quality solo and group exhibitions. Alfa online exhibitions offer rich contextual lenses through which to engage with our artists' work and exhibitions. We represent an incomparable array of groundbreaking national and international artists working across visual arts media. Since 2003 its history has been recognised as one of the pioneer art spaces that were established in Wynwood and Miami Design District. Later on, it relocated to North Miami, next to the Museum of Contemporary Art at the Moca Plaza, becoming an integral part of the emerging Miami Art Scene. Alfa Gallery relocated from the Brickell Historic Financial District to Space 0, a loft style building with another spectacular bay view. In 2022, Alfa will celebrate its 20th Anniversary and open a new office team in Chelsea, New York. Alfa is bringing a new vision and a new artist-run concept. View Artsy page here |
Connect Solo ExhibitionOpening
24 November 2021 6 - 8 PM Thursday - Saturday 1 - 6 PM 24.11.21 - 04.12.21 Factory 49, 49 Shepherd St Marrickville Sydney NSW 2204 
Parallel Solo ExhibitionPV: 30.09.2021/ 6 - 8 PM
Exhibition: Thursday to Monday 10 AM - 5 PM The Lido Stores 2 Ethelbert Terrace, Margate, CT9 1RX Pop Up shop - The Margate School
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Paintings Screen Prints Textiles 14. - 21.09.2021/ 10 AM - 6 PM The Margate School 31 - 33 High St Margate CT9 1DX Tactile Sublime3 - 29 June 2021
www.dodomugallery.com 'Dodomu is a Brooklyn, NY based contemporary gallery that focuses on showcasing emerging artists through online group exhibitions. We represent artists working in a variety of media such as painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media with emphasis on abstraction. This online curated show focus's on sublime abstraction, which is translated through texture, grit and physicality of materials.' View here The Viewing RoomThe Viewing Room x Outpost Gallery
Curated by Lois Harkin 22/04/2021 The Viewing Room is an exiting new project driven by the virtual exhibition platform, Stay Connected. The project aims to engage with contemporary galleries by working with them to replicate their physical space and expand what is can look like in a virtual environment, free of physical restrictions. The new reality asks galleries to question the physicality of their spaces. In what new ways can connect and inspire the public? The national lockdown closed the doors for galleries, leaving the artwork inside hidden from the public. The Viewing Room offers a stay-open approach, a continuation of inspiring the public with international group exhibitions. Shape In All Its FormsJuried by Hunter Drohojowska-Philip
Shape In All Its Forms Online Exhibition Site:Brooklyn 280 21st Street Brooklyn, NY 11215 United States 15 April - 17 May 2021 In art, shape is both elusive and omnipresent. It structures our optical world but is often forgotten. Focus on it is often neglected in favour of colour, concept, tactility and subject. This show aims to bring shape to the forefront to highlight its presence and dynamic interaction with subject matter and other formal considerations. Exhibiting Artists Rita Bard, Amy Bassin, Julia Bloom, Dustyn Bork, Ryan J.Brady, Helena Chastel, Mike Childs, Yvette Cohen, Katya Derksen, Eric Dever, Karl Goulet, M.Benjamin Hendon, Aleya Hoerlein, Katherine Hunt, Ruin Kenzie, Stacey Lawrence, Niraja Lorenz, Kathy Lucoff Godin, Sienna Martz, Edward Mills, Shamira Nicolas, Diane Novetsky, Steve Novick, Joseph Ostraff, Ethel Poindexter, Brigitte Radecki, Steven Rahbany, Mel Reese, Annie Sailer, Jennifer Small, Frederick Smith, Gerri Spilka, Nicholas Wood For many of the artists, shape was expressed in colour. Most chosen here are painters and many were able to deliver a big punch. Shaped canvases or shapes within traditional formats - formal considerations since the dawn of Modernism - may not seem able to deliver anything new, but they did. Whether derived from the internet, Pantone charts or nature, colour bloomed. Sensorially deprived, as we all are, I responded. Paintings here may be of quite unnatural intensity or soft response whether rendered in acrylic, oil or pastel. Some are literally soft. Made by quilting or stuffing, they off rollicking pleasure combined with inviting tactility. Shapes themselves could be hard-edged geometry or voluptuous curves and often combinations or both. Every rainbow comes after a storm. Another group of works selected offer drama via the seeming neutrality of blacks, whites and greys. Using paint, college, charcoal or graphite, the artists allow texture and chiaroscuro to define shape as light reveals shadows. A few defined time, quite literally made as they were during 2020, the year of drastically changed circumstances. In the end, the simple premise of Shape became a container for a vast array of options and proof that artists will be done with examination. The deeper they dive, the more treasures they find. -Hunter Drohojowska-Philip Wall 1 - To address the issue of shape a number of artists constructed their paintings in ways that depart from a traditional orientation. "Katya Derksen drew from a conceptual palette, the colours used by Texaco, in placing stripes of coloured tape on tile to vibrate on the diamond shape used for road signs." -Hunter Drohojowska-Philip View here Art & FashionHaze Gallery | Group Exhibition | Art & Fashion | 15.05 - 28.05.2020
Art & Fashion is a new exhibition at Haze Gallery curated by Purplehaze Editor-in-Chief Irina Rusinovich, the show focuses on fashion photography as a medium which transforms fashion into a tangible art object. Since Purplehaze Magazine is devoted to both art and fashion, Haze Gallery follows this synergy concept as a sequel to the publication. To coincide with the reopening of the Berlin gallery with a new exhibition, a 3D online viewing room will launch on 14 May 2020. Art & Fashion features works by 10 visual artists from different parts of Europe in anticipation of the summer show season. Georgy IL (Russia) Alina Ross (Germany) Katya Derksen (England) Marta Braggio (Italy) Taja Spasskova (Czech Republic) Noortje Stortelder (Netherlands) Anthony Authie (France) Tatijana Yeryomenko (Russia) Adam Slwek (Poland) Letu Salvi (Germany) PV: 14 May/7 PM Bulowstrasse 11. 20783 Berlin Germany View 3D Exhibition here UnfoldUnfold is a fascinating journey into the creative mind of the artist. It reveals the creative processes that are essential to the development of their art. They allows the view a glimpse into sources of inspiration, and invite the onlooker to watch their ideas unfold, evolve and eventually develop into finished artworks. The exhibition showcases a variety of interpretations and mediums reflecting their different styles.
Patrica Bistran, Helga Borbas, Maria de Vido, Katya Derksen, Zurab Gogidze, Rebecca Hann, Fabienne Jenny Jacquet, Andy Jouan, Juliana Laulette, Jenny Nash, Rowland Phillips, Nigel Rudkin, Francesca Serra, Pierre Verluca, Stephanie Wardle Curated by Carlos de Lins Private View: 5 March 2020/6-9 PM 3-8 March 2020 Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green Rd, London E2 7DG Emergent Vision
Uncovered Collective is an arts organisation whose objective is to showcase artists and art practice. We achieve this by holding group exhibitions that transform unusual spaces into rich artistic environments.
Emergent Vision going to be one our largest shows to date, with so many different contemporary artists showing new work in the heart of Peckham. Based over two terraced derelict houses, this show is going to be a unique and challenging environment for the artists. Emergent Vision includes a wide range of media and diversity, through material and theme. Artists were given the option to respond to and create a dialogue with the environment in which the works are shown, in this case, a pair of abandoned diaplated Victorian terrace houses. PV: 1 October 2020/18:00-20:00 2 - 4 October 2020 Safehouse 1 & 2, 137/138 Copeland Road, Peckham SE15 3SN Blooom Award by Warsteiner 2019
Urban Structures is nominated for Blooom Award by Warsteiner.
Blooom Award by Warsteiner, Germany's largest open international young artist award, is open to any discipline of artistic expression. The competition is open to any discipline of artistic expression and to submissions from all around the world. As official sponsor of the Blooom Award special exhibition and, particularly, through its support of the Blooom Award by Warsteiner, the family-owned brewery will be supporting young artists once again in 2019. Catharina Cramer, owner of the Warsteiner group "We started the Blooom Award with the idea of offering young artists a platform to make their works available to a broad public. Over the past ten years, we have created a network for young artists from gallery owners, art experts and museum directors that provides long-term support to young artists in gaining a foothold in the art market. We jurors now select the five talents from more than 2,800 submissions who can shape the market through their art. The award focuses primarily on interdisciplinary works: Since 2017, we have combined our passion and commitment to art and music with the special category of music video." View nominees here Urban Structures Solo ExhibitionUrban Structures solo exhibition is supported by The Margate School and the Coastal Community Fund as part of the High Street Visualisation objective which aims to bring additional footfall to the High Street as well as linking the Margate creative community to the town centre.
Opening: 03.06.19/6 - 9 PM 04 - 28.06.19 Unit 16 The Centre, Margate, CT9 1JG .../CC01In The End, Books & Multiplied present: .../CC01 the first edition of (Carbon Copy 01). Through an open call artists who use writing in their artistic practice were invited to send in their texts and become part of a new scribal network. The selected text will be shown during the exhibition. Within this network, texts will circulate freely and readers/writers can modify, adapt, appropriate, comment, etc...
During the exhibition, the audience is invited to 'copy' the text in a method they deem fit. All copies created during the exhibition will be added to the show. .../CC01 was inspired by samizdat, an underground self-publishing network that orgination in the Soviet Eastern European countries because of censorship. GermanyThis exhibtion has been possible with the support of the District Antwerpen & Tique Art Space. Text by Carbon Copy. Opening: 6 June 2019/7PM Exhibition: 7 - 16 June 2019/ 1 - 6 PM Korte Vlierstraat 5, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium 
Elements Solo ExhibitionPrivate View: 16 October 2018
18:00 - 21:00 17 - 29 October 2018 Galerie de l'Angle 48 Rue Des Tournelles 75003 Paris 
Speelruimte Duo Exhibition'Katya Derksen and Irene van de Mheen together fill MAAS with drawings on paper, drawings in space, space transcending drawings with light, tape and found materials, focusing on the process and interaction and not so much the result.'
27.05.2017 - 13:00 - 17:00 28.05.2017 - 13:00 - 17:00 MAAS Ruimte Voor Kunst, Graafsweg 183a, 6531 ZR, Nijmegen, Netherlands MAAS Ruimte voor Kunst ResidencyKatya and Dutch artist Irene van de Mheen created site-specific work during a 1 week artist residency. They worked with found materials on site: remnants of paper, used wood and glass as well as tape and adhesive vinyl which they bought themselves. The work was created in the space which will be presented in a duo exhibition at the end of the residency at MAAS Ruimte voor Kunst in Nijmegen.
About 'MAAS-Mixed is about meeting an artist with extensive exhibition experience who has already earned their recognition and an artist who has rarely shown their work. They will both work for a short period at MAAS . Age and art discipline doesn't matter. Curiosity about each other's way of working and wanting to experience working together is what it is about. The only condition is a presentation of the work created in MAAS.' View more here External_Εξωτερικός Solo ExhibitionKatya presents 'KIOSK', created in the outdoor space of the Kimonos Center during a 3 week artist residency.
Private View: 11 November 2016 19:00 - 21:00 12 - 15 November 2016 10:00 - 18:00 Kimonos 2. 8011 Pafos Cyprus 
Kimonos Art Center ResidencyKatya created site-specific work during a 3 week artist residency at Kimonos Art Center composed of discarded boards, wood, perspex and a KIOSK sign. Katya assembled the materials to make a 'KIOSK' which will be presented in a solo exhibition.
About Located in Pafos, Cyprus, Kimonos Art Center is an independent art center that aims to gather in its space a variety of techniques and make them available to the public through workshops and art classes. "Epeiskeptes" is a residency program that welcomes artists from around the world to meet and interact, research and create new works in the unique spaces of the Center. In the past, the Center has accommodated several artists in its studios and provided professional equipment and exhibition possibilities. These artists had the opportunity to explore, create and further develop their work. "Epeiskeptes" is a continuation of this spirit, trying to bring together international artists with the local creative community. View more here Lines debut Solo Exhibition and ResidencyAt the end of the residency, Katya presents her debut solo show Lines.
PV: 22 May 2016/12 - 4 PM 
ESADHaR x UCA graduate ResidencyKatya and 2 former students at the French Art School ESADHaR have been selected to participate in a 4 month artist residency at Villa Calderón, a collaboration between ESADHaR and University for the Creative Arts (UCA) Canterbury which the artists present their works made during the residency in a group exhibition at the end.
22 February - 22 May 2016 Room for Negotiation
'Drawing influence from increasingly overlapping fields of art, architecture, technology, (etc.). and their associated practices, it explores a sense of "spatial negotiation" by looking at the exhibition as a type of medium. A diverse yet interrelated set of works ranging from paintings to sculptures, installations, architectural models and site-specific interventions occupy the gallery, having evolved through a playful curatorial process."
Room for Negotiation features works by James Collins, Katya Derksen, Hannah Weatherhead and Luke Godfrey. 26 June - 17 July 2015 Herbert Read Gallery UCA, New Dover Rd, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3AN LatenciesGraduate DNSEP exhibition Latencies at Galerie 65 in ESADHaR with University for the Creative Arts (UCA) alumna guest artists Katya Derksen and Louisa Love.
PV: 21 October - 6 PM Exhibition: 22 - 31 October 2014 Galerie 65 65 Rue Demidoff. 76600 Le Havre, France |
