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Ekaterina Ermilkina

Ekaterina Ermilkina


Born in 1975 in Saratov, Russia, oil painter Ekaterina Ermilkina grew up in Crimea on the North coast of the Black Sea. In 1992, Ermilkina moved to Saint Petersburg, Russia where in 1998 she received her MFA from the State Art and Industry Academy. In 2005, Ermilkina moved to the U.S. and is now living in New Jersey. The unique beauty and rich culture of the cities she lived in inspired her to paint cityscapes.

Ermilkina's dynamic artworks vibrate with color and motion, casting a candied haze across the cityscape. Her paintings reflect our desires for beauty, poetics, and perfection. Ermilkina’s original abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspirations are the expressionistic magic skylines of big cities filled with colorful skyscrapers. The urban scenic views are abstracted and rich with vivid and textured layers. Ermilkina’s emotional architectural patchwork and mosaic cityscapes radiate a life of balance and positive energy.

Ermilkina's works have been featured in exhibitions in international galleries and art fairs and have been collected throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, and UAE. Notable collectors include Kelly Clarkson, Los Angeles, CA.

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Ekaterina Ermilkina drew inspiration from the unique beauty and rich culture of the city, leading her to paint cityscapes. In 1992, Ermilkina had her first encounter with fine art in Yalta, and she later relocated to Saint-Petersburg, Russia. She achieved her MFA from the State Art and Industry Academy in 1998. Born in 1975 in Saratov, Russia, Ekaterina Ermilkina, an oil painter, spent her formative years in the enchanting city of Yalta on the North coast of the Black Sea.

Ermilkina’s dynamic artworks vibrate with color and motion, casting a candied haze across the cityscape.   “I have focused on art all my life. It makes me optimistic, full of energy, and happy. The vivid colors of Crimea where I grew up, and the beautiful marine of the Black Sea, inspired me to paint for the rest of my life. I believe that paintings can reflect our desires for beauty, poetics, and perfection.”

Ermilkina’s original abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspirations are the expressionistic magic skylines of big cities like Manhattan, Philadelphia, and Chicago filled with colorful skyscrapers.   The urban scenic views are abstracted and rich with vivid and textured layers. Ermilkina’s emotional architectural patchwork and mosaic cityscapes radiate a life of balance and positive energy.

In 2005, Ermilkina moved to the U.S., and her works have been featured in various solo and group exhibitions in international galleries and art fairs and have been collected throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, UAE, and Russia. Notable collectors include Kelly Clarkson, Los Angeles, CA.
Ekaterina Ermilkina drew inspiration from the unique beauty and rich culture of the city, leading her to paint cityscapes. In 1992, Ermilkina had her first encounter with fine art in Yalta, and she later relocated to Saint-Petersburg, Russia. She achieved her MFA from the State Art and Industry Academy in 1998. Born in 1975 in Saratov, Russia, Ekaterina Ermilkina, an oil painter, spent her formative years in the enchanting city of Yalta on the North coast of the Black Sea.

Ermilkina’s dynamic artworks vibrate with color and motion, casting a candied haze across the cityscape.   “I have focused on art all my life. It makes me optimistic, full of energy, and happy. The vivid colors of Crimea where I grew up, and the beautiful marine of the Black Sea, inspired me to paint for the rest of my life. I believe that paintings can reflect our desires for beauty, poetics, and perfection.”

Ermilkina’s original abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspirations are the expressionistic magic skylines of big cities like Manhattan, Philadelphia, and Chicago filled with colorful skyscrapers.   The urban scenic views are abstracted and rich with vivid and textured layers. Ermilkina’s emotional architectural patchwork and mosaic cityscapes radiate a life of balance and positive energy.

In 2005, Ermilkina moved to the U.S., and her works have been featured in various solo and group exhibitions in international galleries and art fairs and have been collected throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, UAE, and Russia. Notable collectors include Kelly Clarkson, Los Angeles, CA.

EXHIBITIONS

2024       Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY

                Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA

2023 “Urban Ecologies: Cities Are Built for Art”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ

             Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY

           Alcheringa, IIT Guwahati, India

2021       Affordable Art Fair New York

Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY

“The Real Presence”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA

2020       High Point Market, North Carolina

Hamptons Virtual Art Fair

Six Summit Gallery, Westbrook CT

2019       Affordable Art Fair New York, NY

                Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA

                Leo House, Chelsea, New York City, NY

                David Parker Gallery, New York City, NY

                High Point Market, NC

2018       Six Summit Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida

                The Hunter Museum of American Art, TN

                The New York Museum of Contemporary Art, NY

                High Point Market, North Carolina

                Affordable Art Fair New York, NY

                aMuse, Philadelphia PA

                Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong

“Everything is Assimilation,” Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA

                Gallery 104, New York, NY

                Discovery in the Details, SMI, Montclair NJ

                Windows, SMI, Montclair NJ

                State of the Art, Montclair NJ

                Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                Art Leaders Gallery, Michigan

                RFA Decor, Boca Raton, Florida

2017       Affordable Art Fair New York, NY

                Kölner Liste Contemporary Art Fair, Köln, Germany

                New York Fashion Week, NY

2016       Affordable Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands

                Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong

                AAF New York, NY

                Kunstwarenhaus Zurich, Switzerland

ART & LEF Gallery, Groningen, Netherlands

                Love Park, Philadelphia, PA

                Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA

                Art Leaders Gallery, MI

2015       Affordable Art Fair Singapore

                Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA             Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                Art Leaders Gallery, MI

                Art Design Consultants Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

                Dorma Design Center New York City, NY

                Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

                Love Art Fair Toronto, Canada

                Affordable Art Fair New York, NY

                Berkshire Real Estate Art Gallery, Livingston, NJ

                ACL Gallery, Livingston NJ

2014       Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                The Barn Theatre, Montville, NJ

                Spectrum Art Fair, Miami, FL

                Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA

2013       Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                Saatchi Screen Project, London, UK

2012       Artexpo, New York, NY

                Paintbox Soho Gallery, New York, NY

                The Barn Theatre, Montville, NJ

2011       Studio Montclair Block Gallery, Montclair, NJ

                Summer Salon 13th Anniversary, Montclair, NJ

2010       Chekhov House & Museum, Yalta, Ukraine

2006       Fine Arts Society of the Southern Tier, Binghamton, NY

PUBLICATIONS

2012       Art for the People: A Collector's Journal by Michael Corbin

2012       New Art International. Anniversary Edition

2011       Montclair Times “Townscape” Cover Page


FILM & TV

American Gigolo, Showtime

Better Things, FX

The Laundromat, Netflix