Katya Grokhovsky was born and raised in Odesa, Ukraine, lives and works in NYC. She is an artist, educator and a Founding Director of The Immigrant Artist Biennial (TIAB). Grokhovsky holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a BFA from Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne University, Australia and a BA (Honors) in Fashion from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.
Grokhovsky is the recipient of numerous residencies and fellowships including The Stuart B. and Barbara Padnos Distinguished Artist-In-Residence at GVSU (Grand Valley State University, MI), Ekard Artist in Residence at Bucknell University, PA, Windgate Artist in Residence at UAFS (University of Arkansas Fort Smith), The California Studio: Manetti Shrem Visiting Artist in Residence at UC Davis, CA, Stove Works, Sculpture Space, STAR Residency at Tiger Strikes Asteroid NYC, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) Studio Program (2020-current), School of Visual Arts (SVA) MFA Art Practice Artist in Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Artist in Residence The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) Studios Program Residency, Muhlenberg College Visiting Artist in Residence, BRICworkspace Residency, Ox-BOW School of Art Residency, Wassaic Artist Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Studios at MASS MoCA, BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, NARS (New York Residency and Studio Foundation) Fellowship AIR, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency Scholraship, Watermill Center International Summer Residency, and more.
She has been awarded the FST StudioProjects Fund (2022), Brooklyn Arts Council Grants (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019), New American Fellowship (2022), NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship (2018-current), ArtSlant Prize (2018), Asylum Arts Grant (2016), Dame Joan Sutherland Fund (2013), Australia Council for the Arts ArtStart Grant (2013), NYFA Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists (2012), Freedman Traveling Scholarship for Emerging Artists (2007), Australia and others. Her work has been exhibited in venues such as Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Smack Mellon, MAD Museum, Queens Museum, Artist’s Television Access, The Situation Room, Tiger Strikes Asteroid (TSA NY), BRIC Biennial, Equity Gallery, FLUX Factory, Eastern Connecticut State University, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, EFA Project Space, Hudson Valley MOCA, HERE Arts Center, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY College, Watermill Center, NY among others.
Grokhovsky has recently taught Graduate and Undergraduate courses as a Visiting Professor in Art Studio (The Manetti Shrem California Studio) at University of California, Davis (Fall 2023). She has also taught at CUNY, The City College of New York in the MFA Studio Art Department and served as a Mentor at SVA MFA Art Practice program, where she was a Visiting AIR Faculty in 2020/21. She has been a visiting artist and lectured at CalArts, SVA, Hunter College, University of Virginia, SAIC, Muhlenberg College, Kutztown University, University of Central Florida and more. In 2020, she launched and curated the premier edition of The Immigrant Artist Biennial in venues across NYC, including Brooklyn Museum, EFA Project Space, The Green-Wood Cemetery and online. Her past curatorial projects include events and exhibitions at Whitebox, Grace Exhibition space, Border Project Space, Art in Odd Places: BODY, a Public Art Festival and Exhibition at Westbeth Gallery, Lesley Heller Workspace, NARS Foundation, Kunstraum, VOX Populi, Chashama and more. Grokhovsky’s work has been featured in New York Times, Brooklyn Rail, BOMB, Hyperallergic, The Art Newspaper, Artnet, Artnews, Observer, HuffPost, LA weekly, Bedford + Bowery, Autre, Artillery Magazine, Mission Magazine, Artist Profile, Art New England, Bad at Sports, WNYC Radio and many more. Bibliography includes Doing Feminism by Anne Marsh (2021), Bound by Creativity by Hannah Wohl (2021), Female Body Image in Contemporary Art by Emily L.Newman (2018), The Vassar Review, Issue 3, Flesh and Form, (2018) and more.