Katya Granova

Katya Granova (b. 1988, St Petersburg) is an artist based in London. She holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (2021), an MA in Art and Space from Kingston University (2013), and a Certificate in Fine Art from the Paris College of Art (2015). In 2017, she completed the New Artistic Strategies programme at ICA Moscow.Recent exhibitions include Voices from a Suitcase (Shtager Gallery, 2023), When My Babushka Joined the Reich (Barbican Art Group Trust, 2022), and A Song of Unrequited Love for Britain (RuptureXIBIT, 2024). Her recent residencies include Barbican Art Group Trust (2022), Aschersleben Sommeratelier (2022), and Pilotenkueche (2024).Granova is a recipient of the Bath Open Art Prize (2023), Art Works Open (2021), and the Signature Art Prize (2020). She has been shortlisted or longlisted for numerous awards, including the John Moores Painting Prize and the Contemporary British Painting Prize. In 2020, she collaborated with Burberry UK, and her work entered the Royal College of Art’s permanent collection in 2021.