Ekaterina Panikanova (St.Petersburg, 1975) lives and works in Rome.
STUDIES AND EDUCATION
Degree in Monumental Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg
Experience in the art studio headed by academician Mylnikov
Member of Russian Union of Artists since 2003
SOLO SHOWS
2019
Cosmoscow 2019, z2o Sara Zanin
Crossing my garden, curated by Marina Dacci, z2o Sara Zanin, Rome, Italy
2014
Crepuscoli, z2o Sara Zanin, Rome, Italy
Torta di ciliegie nere, curated by I. Biolchini, MIC - The International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
2013
Un, due, tre, fuoco, z2o Sara Zanin, Rome, Italy
Russian archives, Barbarian Art Gallery by Natasha Akhmerova, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
Metamorfosi Dell’Acqua, Banca Carige, Rome, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Contrappunti, z2o Sara Zanin, Rome
2023
La Biblioteca del Mondo, curated by Marcello Smarrelli, Fondazione Memmo, Rome
SHOW UP in MHKA (Museum for Contemporary Art) Onboards Biennale: Show Up/Show-off; Antwerp, Belgium
2021
Vanitas of Metamodern, NK Gallery, Antwerp
2020
Sharing Our Dreaming Room, z2o Sara Zanin, Rome
2019
Noesi 4 Art, Mariella Bettineschi, Silvia Camporesi, Ekaterina Panikanova, a project by z2o Sara Zanin, NOESI, Rome
2017
Isorropia Home Gallery, Milan, Italy
2016
Metamorphoses, Schloss Pörnbach, Pörnbach Germany
2015
Uomo e Spiritualità, Pieve di Sant’Eusebio, Gambolò, Milan, Italy
Safari Moon, Visionnaire Design Gallery, Milan, Italy
2014
Almost Human, curated by D. Tolema, Converge Gallery, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
IGNITE Pop up exhibition, Pajama, Factory, Williamsport, USA
YELL-O, C24 gallery, New York, USA
Edra, curated by C. Stolfi, Russian Center in Rome, Rome, Italy
2013
Parlons d’Elle, Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy
2012
11 allunaggi possibili, curated by M. Cavallarin, Cà Zenobio, Venice, Italy
Concordanze, Palazzo Farnese, Rome, Italy
2011
Celeste Prize Finalist Show, The Invisible Dog Art Centre, New York, USA
Russian Artist in Rome, Roman Civilization Museum, Rome, Italy
Winner of Giffoni for Art Linkolors, Giffoni Film Festival, Salerno, Italy
SYNTHESYM, curated by P. Manieri, Elsa Morante Art Centre, Rome, Italy
2010
Adrenalina 1.2., curated by F. Colloca and M. Di Veroli, Capitolini Museum, Rome, Italy
Exhibition of young artists of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Imago Amoris, Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy
2009
Memoria, Banca Carige, Rome, Italy
Artabu icone della trasgressione, 39th edition Giffoni Film Festival, Salerno, Italy
2008
Cantico dei Cantici, St. Lucia in Confalone Church, Rome, Italy
75 years of Circle of Artists of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
IV Polirealizm Art Show, St. Petersburg, Russia
Filosofy of flowers, curated by A. R. Brizzi, M. Caggiano, Il Polittico Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
For Love Art show, curated by M. Caggiano, Palazzo Incontro, Rome, Italy
Miti e Maestri, curated by S. Colantuoni, Giffoni Film Festival, Salerno, Italy
Acqua, Metamorfosi di Luce e Forme della Conoscenza, Banca Carige, Rome, Italy
2007
Polyrealism ART Show, St. Petersburg, Russia
58 Michetti Prize, curated by M. Sciaccaluga, Francavilla al Mare, Italy
2006
Exhibition in Brodskiy Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2005
Exhibition of the young artists in Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2004
Roman vacancies, Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia
2002
Exhibition of young artists of Russia, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1997-2007
St. Petersburg Union of Artists Annual Show, St. Petersburg, Russia
AWARDS
2020
Premio Faenza Finalist
2013
Combat Prize Award – Popolar Jury Prize’s winner
2011
Celeste Prize Finalist Show, The Invisible Dog Art Centre, New York, USA
2010
Celeste Prize, selected in the painting section
2003
Fellowship, Russian Union of Artists
2001
Winner in Art Competition as the best graduate in the art with an invitation by the Cooperativa Ceramica Imola (IT) for a course in ancient painting at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence
Winner of the scholarship of the Academy of Russian Art
1999
Winner in Art Competition dedicated to Russian poet Pushkin
Winner of painting contest for the realization of the frescoes in the Cathedral of St. Salvatore, Moscow
1997
Winner of scholarship named by president Eltsin