Emy Kat
| Emy Kat | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 17, 1959 |
| Occupation | Artist Photographer |
| Spouse(s) | Natalya Kasyanova |
| Children | Kanaan and Asmani |
Emy Kat is a visual artist and photographer working in contemporary art and fine art photography.
 Woman in motion depicts good vs evil fantôme de bordures |
Career and life
Emy Kat was born in 1959, of a Middle Eastern descent.
He is contemporary photographer whose large body of work has been built over several decades. Developing a love for the medium at an early age, he started photography when his father gave him his first camera at age 12. He went on to refine his craft in USA and received a graduate degree in 1997 from the Brooks Institute of photography[1] in Santa Barbara, California, (USA) with exceptional academic achievements and honors along with awards in Advertising and Creative Excellence.[2]
Kat began his career in fashion photography, portraits, commercial advertising and has shifted in 2009 to Contemporary Art and Fine-art photography.
A Researcher and a photographer, Kat is best known for his explorations of culture and heritage as well as landscape and spiritual transformations.
In 2013, the artist has introduced a new technique in contemporary Art classified as a Post medium condition, It is a type of “digital Collage” Kat calls it "Mental Spaces", The art work deals with capturing a given space and connects several images taken from various angles to create one image, offering the viewer a chance to experience a given space from multiple angles in one gaze. "This technique allows me to cover several dimensions of a space and to effectively sum up all the facts into a single visual".[3][4] a sample of "Mental Spaces" by Emy Kat titled "Indoors" 2013 [3][5]
The artist is included in a number of private collections and his iconography work (Nude studies on Platinum - Etudes Nu femme), describing the superiority of the woman in her creation, is a permanent collection[6][7] and is archived by the BNF Bibliothèque nationale de France (2000). The collection is under Reference number Ep-4001-Boîte pet. fol.(Collection Publiques).[6][8]
Film vs digital
Although the artist majored in digital imaging, Emy Kat chose to work and mostly use photographic film. This is due to limitations in digital photography. In 2008, he started using a high end digital camera back system by LEAF. However, most of his fine art work, Kat continues to use photographic film with large format view camera and medium format (film) camera.[9]
Notable artwork
- Nude studies of women on platinum (Etudes Nus femme) Archived and collected by the BNF Bibliothèque nationale de France (2000). Reference number Ep-4001-Boîte pet. fol.(Collection Publiques) [8]
- La Pass Murraille - series of 5 images - edition 3 - (1999)
- Souls on the streets (Ames Dans les Rues) - (2009) [10]
- The Everlasting Now - (2012-2013) solo exhibition, Athr Gallery [2014] [11] 21,39 Moallaqat Exhibition 1st edition [2013] [12] Art Dubai [2014] [13][14] Solo Exhibition, Bin Mattar House [2014] [15] Paris Photo [2014] [16][17] 1er Biennale des photographes du mond Arabe - Institute du Mond Arabe - Paris [2015] [18]
Book contributions
Kat's photographs have been included in several books published by Graphis Inc..
- (2007) "Photography Annual" ISBN 1-932026-39-8
- (2006) "Photography Annual" ISBN 1-931241-46-5
- (2000) "Nude 3" ISBN 1-888001-66-6
- (1998) "Photography Annual" ISBN 1-888001-46-1
- (1997) Annual Design ISBN 1-888001-24-0
References
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- ↑ "Academic and Career References - PDF". Emykat.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "Academic and Career References - PDF". Emykat.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- 1 2 Saudi Gazette. "Emy Kat's cry to save Jeddah's heritage". Saudigazette.com.sa. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Everlasting Now - Emy Kat Solo Exhibition". Athrart.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Everlasting Now - Emy Kat Solo Exhibition". Athrart.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Search results". Bnf.fr. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "Permanent Collection at BNF Bibliotheque National de France - Paris Reference number Ep-4001-Boîte pet. fol.(Collection Publiques)". Emykat.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- 1 2 "BnF catalogue général - Recherche simple". Catalogue.bnf.fr. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ Archived April 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "The Contemporary Orientalism" (PDF). Operagallery.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Everlasting Now - Emy Kat Solo Exhibition". Athart.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "Moallaqat Exhibition". Athart.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ http://artdubai.ae/galleries/contemporary/2014/Athr-Gallery
- ↑ http://www.athrart.com/exhibition/77/exhibition_works/list/
- ↑ "Upcoming Events - The Everlasting Now - Shaikh Ebrahim Center". Shaikhebrahimcenter.org. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "Emy Kat - Paris Photo Grand Palais". Parisphoto.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "Athr Gallery at Paris Photo". Athart.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ http://www.imarabe.org/sites/default/files/plan_biennale_photographes_monde-arabe.pdf