Katerina Krotenko
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About
| First name | Katerina |
| Last Name | Krotenko |
| Username | katerinakrotenko |
| Studio Name | Katerina Krotenko |
| City | Helsinki |
| Country | Finland |
| Biography | Katerina is a multicultural designer in vocation to work with heritage contexts. She is keen on metaphysical materiality and believes in soulful objects that inspire the sense of beauty and embody memories & stories. Katerina works with colours, shapes, and materials to delight the senses. The medium she feels the most for is glass, because of its whimsical character that allows for highly intuitive and beautifully spontaneous work. Katerina lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Her art works have been exhibited in Helsinki (Designmuseo, Lokal, Helsinki Design Week), Milan (Milan Design Week, Salone del Mobile, Castello Sforzesco, Museo delle Arti Decorative), Venice (The Italian Glass Weeks, Venice HUB Under35, Palazzo Giustinian Lolin), St.Petersburg (Palaty), Moscow (Decorative Art Museum). Katerina received 4 international awards for her work with glass. Her works are published in design magazines like AD Architectural Digest, Interni, ELLE Decoration, Designboom, DesignMilk, etc. |
Education
| School / Course | Master of Arts degree in Product and Spatial design / Contemporary Design — Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Helsinki, Finland |
| Graduated | 2020 |
| School / Course | International Master of Interior Architectural Design programme — Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
| Graduated | 2014 |
| School / Course | Bachelor and Master degree in Interior architecture — Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, Russia |
| Graduated | 2016 |
Solo Shows
| Show Name | Supersalone The Makers Show, Salone del Mobile, Rho Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy |
| Date | 2021 |
Group Shows
| Show Name | The Venice Glass Week, Venice HUB Under35, Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi, Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, Venice, Italy |
| Date | 2022 |
| Show Name | Helsinki Design Week |
| Date | 2022 |
| Show Name | SaloneSatellite, Salone del Mobile, Rho Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy |
| Date | 2022 |
| Show Name | MilanoVetro-35, biennial international artistic glass and design competition exhibition, Museo delle Arti Decorative, Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy |
| Date | 2022 |
| Show Name | Ornamon Teos Myynti, Salon of local artists, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland |
| Date | 2022 |
| Show Name | Ornamon Teos Myynti, Salon of local artists, Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki, Finland |
| Date | 2021 |
| Show Name | SaloneSatellite, Salone del Mobile.Milano Moscow |
| Date | 2019 |
| Show Name | All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, Moscow |
| Date | 2018 |
| Show Name | Habitare, Helsinki |
| Date | 2019 |
| Show Name | Emoveo, Helsinki Design Museum |
| Date | 2018 |
| Show Name | Bloom, Lokal gallery, Helsinki |
| Date | 2018 |
| Show Name | Helsinki Design Week |
| Date | 2017 |
Awards & Nominations
| Award name | Autonoma Residency Prize, The Italian Glass Weeks – Venice HUB Under35 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Award name | SaloneSatellite Moscow award |
| Year | 2019 |
| Award name | First prize in Design Product nomination of the competition of All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, Moscow |
| Year | 2018 |
| Award name | First prize in Product Design nomination of ADD awards, Saint-Petersburg |
| Year | 2018 |
Press & Publications
| Publication | AD Architectural Digest |
| Publication | ELLE decoration |
| Publication | INTERNI |
| Publication | Designboom |
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| Publication | Design milk |
| Link | design-milk.com/mdw22-salonesatellite-showcases-the-best-from-under-35-designers |
| Publication | AD Germany |
| Link | http://www.ad-magazin.de/article/neuheiten-helsinki-design-week |
| Publication | Salone del Mobile.Milano |
| Link | http://www.salonemilano.ru/en/manifestations/salonesatellite-moscow/salonesatellite-moscow-award |
| Publication | The Venice Glass Week — The Italian Glass Weeks |
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| Link | theitalianglassweeks.com/en/events/katerina-krotenko-shaped-by-fire |