If you got my card at the (e)merge art fair, thank you very much for visiting my website!

I am in the process of changing it over from a blog to a simple format which will eventually live at KatyaUsvitsky.com but in the meantime I want to share some amazing news, the work shown below will be in a show in Brooklyn opening on October 14 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM at Set gallery. If you're local, please stop by!

SET gallery presents MOVING FORWARD

Ed Herman Sculpture
Jason Reyen Painting & Objects
Mandy Morrison Video
Presenting DCA 2011 Grantee Katya Usvitsky Installation

October 12 – November 27, 2011
Opening Reception October 14 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM

287 3rd Avenue, btw President & Caroll Streets, Brooklyn
setgallery@gmail.com • 718-852-7609 • setgallery.org

Here are some images I took over the weekend of my BAC grant project entitled NOthing.

Please join me and 5 other artists for a Day of Fiber Workshops this Sunday June 12th at the Textile Arts Center. I will be teaching a 'Large Scale' knitting workshop using non-traditional materials. I've got some great things in store, including giant knitting needles and various 'yarns'. In addition there will be Sculptural Crochet, Wet and Wild Felting, Telephone: Exquisite Corpse and Free-Style Embroidery, Playing with Plastics, and Needle Felting.

If you think you would like to join, please sign up. We'd like to plan the materials and stations according to the number of people coming. You can use this link to sign up for the day, it's only $20!
Tell your friends! :)
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PLAY: Day of Workshops
BROOKLYN LOCATION
code: PLAYWkshps-061211 / $20.00
1 Session(s)
Sun 1-5PM, June 12
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I will also be doing a slideshow & talk including these wonderful artists during my workshop
Environmentally conscious product designer Christien Meindertsma
Austin TX based installation knitter Magda (KNITTA PLEASE) Sayeg
Polish born, Greenpoint based performance & installation crocheter Agata (OLEK) Oleksiak
New York based extreme knitter David Cole
Danish Fashion Designer Isabel Berglund
Koren based industrial designer Kwangho Lee

I am so excited to announce that my soft sculpture will be on display at the Textile Arts Center this month!Play, curated by Joetta Maue
May 13-June 24, 2011

Opening | Friday, May 13, 8 - 11 PM
Artist Talk | Monday, June 13, 7 PM
Play workshop | Sunday, June 12, 1-5 PM

Textile Arts Center
505 Carroll St,
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Gallery hours are
Mon - Fri: 10 AM - 6 PM • Sat - Sun : 11 AM - 5 PM

NOthing 1

On display at Assemble Gallery & Studio in Seattle WA in a group show, "This Will Be Our Year (Took a Long Time to Come)." January 14th, 2011 through February 8th, 2011. NOthing 1
Nylon & fiber fil
$1,000
2010

STATEMENT: I primarily use embroidery and knitting as three-dimensional image-making tools, although other fibers play a strong part in my art as well. Fiber work is a timeless forms of human expression with a hidden history. Long seen solely as utilitarian women’s work, it is once again making inroads into the gallery world. My art seeks to build on the work of past feminists and talk about the significance of femininity, family and tradition, while re-introducing fiber arts to the contemporary art realm. In this way, THIS WILL BE our year, for fiber art!

Drawing on Louise Bourgeois’ sewn assemblage sculptures, among other sources, I made this abstract piece using nylon stockings entitled 'NOthing' - referencing a certain female body part. My hope is to inspire a dialogue about the social ideals for women. Moreover, the shape further mimics a woman's own body as vessel. This hive like creation is part womb, part nest. The feeling it evokes can perhaps tell the viewer something about their own ideas on femininity.

NARS Open Studios

This weekend was a big art whirl wind. I participated in the 3rd Annual NARS Foundation Open Studio event. I have to say I am still amazed at all the great work I saw from the other participants. Everything from metal work to weaving.

My studio space was shared with Jinkyung Chong whose work is quite similar to mine not only in subject matter but in aesthetic as well.

For everyone who stopped by, I want to extend a big thank you for your kind words and encouragement! Please add my email to your contacts and let's stay in touch.

LOST AT SEA

This May I am participating in a group show entitled Lost at Sea at gallery hanahou. If you are in New York, please check it out. The gallery in a SoHo at 611 Broadway, no. 730.

For this show, I wanted to create something that challenged the notion of plush or toy art. I made endangered species trophy heads. It's part taxidermy, part toy, but also a serious look at decorative culture and the way in which we treat other living beings on earth, especially exotic ones.

Above is a shot with my 3 pieces 'Dumbo Squid', 'Narwhal', 'Angler Fish'. You can see more images from the show at this flickr link. All the pieces are for sale online here. Lastly, here is an article about the show from splicetoday.com, feacturing a quote from me.

ASSEMBLE GALLERY & STUDIO

Check out hundred of photos from the exhibition here!!!

The final piece in the gallery!

Finished piece, shot at the studio.

Some exciting news: I have a solo show in Seattle, woo hoo! Please see the gallery website assembleshop.com for updates and sneak peek images. I'm so excited to see Seattle for the first time and have a chance to show my work. The wood works, embroideries and a brand new knitted bike sculpture will be on display.