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
