Katinka Huang

ABOUT

Katinka Huang (b.1998, Shanghai, China) moved to England from China at a young age - not with her family - but on her own. She attended an all girls school where Western ideologies about gender and propriety conflicted with the Eastern ideology of femininity that she was brought up with in China. Katinka's upbringing at a female dominated boarding school in the UK ignited her interest in examining the female psyche. In response to the artist's confusion and alienation, she created alter egos as means of dissociation, which have now become the mold in which she creates. Katinka re-imagines these alter egos into stories of absurdity; she transforms a tempestuous personal diary into tales full of fantastical characters, depicting people and places as monstrous or saccharine creatures: as antagonists and protagonists. The cast of self-referential characters functions as recurring motifs which unabashedly reveals a mutilated female psyche.

WORKS

Something Devouring, Something, 2022
Acrylic, ink, & pastel on canvas
36 x 48 in.

Katinka has exhibited in numerous group shows both nationally and internationally, including Salon Beyond Lobotomy, in Paris (2019), General Expenses, in Mexico City (2022), Lux Feminae in Long Island City, NY (2022), Echo Box and After Eden at LatchKey Gallery in NY (2023), Earthquake Relief Benefit Auction at Ethan Cohen Gallery in NY (2023), Really From at NYC Culture Club, NY (2023), Genesis at Chambers Fine Art in upstate NY (2023), A Happy Beginning at Latitude Gallery in NY (2023), Heart of a Tiger, a benefit for Planned Parenthood in NY ( 2023). Katinka Participated in the Spring Break Art Fair 2023. In 2019 Katinka was invited to create a mural by Chelsfield Ltd, for a retail location on Rue Marbeuf, Paris. Katinka grew up in London, England, where she attended Central Saint Martin and studied graphic design. She later moved to Paris and earned her Bachelor’s of Fine Arts at Paris College of Art. Most recently she has attained her Master’s of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

This May Leave a Scar, 2022
Ink, acrylic, pastel and charcoal on Canvas
48 x 30 in.

Have A Wander Before Dinner Time, 2023
Ink, acrylic, charcoal, pastel on canvas
36 x 36 in.

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