BIO
Victor Kataev was born and raised in Moscow, Russia. After an exchange program with Kiel University he finished his medical studies in Germany and has lived in Kiel for more than 20 years now. Changing perspectives, in a long-term project he explores life in the hospital via the camera. His photographs focus on the everyday and offer access to the grim in the usual. His latest project Dapio is about being the father of two. For this work he received the Jury Prize of the RFLXN 07.
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Exhibitions (Selection)
2024 March, "Silence"; A curated international photography exhibition, PH21 Gallery, 55 Ráday St. Budapest, Hungary
2023 December, "Bei nahe da", Group exhibition, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin, Germany
2023 November - December, "7,2 Tage", Bookrelease and Solo Exhibition, Atelierhaus im Anscharpark, Kiel, Germany
2023 August, International group exhibition "The Family" curated by LoosenArt; Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2023 May-June, Photography group exhibition "For the love of green"; Studio Galerie Kong, Berlin, Germany
2023 February – March, "Back On the Shelf". Filter Space gallery, Photobook Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois, US
2023 January - February, Home: poetics of place, Group exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, US
2022, June - August. "RFLXN 07", Group exhibition, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
2021, November. “detour”, Group exhibition, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2021, October. “Monochrome”, Group exhibition, Galerie Umraum (Alte Mu), Kiel, Germany
2021, October. “Sequenz”, Group exhibition, Kiezkiosk in Anschar Park, Kiel, Germany
2019, August, Museumsnacht Kiel, Lochkamerabild Portraitstudio with Dominik Bednarz, AlteMu, Kiel, Germany
2015, August, “Hospital”, Solo Exhibition, Skandaloes Festival für Kunst, Musik, Kultur & Utopie, Neukirchen, Germany
2011 December, "Keine Promis", Group exhibition, BrotfabrikGalerie, Berlin, Germany
2010 November, "Gemeine Orte", Group exhibition, 4. europäischer Monat der Fotografie (EMOP), BrotfabrikGalerie, Berlin, Germany
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Awards
2024 PH21 Gallery, Silence, group exhibition - Honourable Mention
2023 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Category Book/People - Silver
2022 reFocus Awards, 2022 Black & White Photo Contest, Category Film/Analog - Gold
2022 Tokyo international foto awards, Category Book - Documentary - Gold
2022 Tokyo international foto awards, Category People - Honourable Mention
2022 RFLXN 07, Landesausstellung für Fotografie, Schlewig-Holstein - Jury Prize
2022 All About Photo, Black&White - Merit Award
2013 Mobile Photography Awards - Street Photography Category - Honourable Mentions
Publications
Private photo review, "Being in the hospital", Stories, 2023
The Family" curated by LoosenArt, catalog following the exhibition, 2023
Brief Loss Of Freedom - Edge of Humanity Magazine, 2023
Home: poetics of place, catalog following the exhibition, 2023
Private photo review, "Finding Dapio", Stories, 2023
Staring Girl "Schräg fällt das Licht" VINYL & CD, 2022
Foto Reflexionen 07, catalog following the exhibition, 2022
AAP Magazine Issue 25, Sep. 2022
Docu Magazine, Docu Book Vol 6, 2022
Staring Girl, "In einem Bild" VINYl & CD, Booklet, 2018