Katia Repina is a documentary photographer, filmmaker and visual artist. In 2009 Katia moved to Barcelona where she studied photojournalism and documentary photography and video. Based in NYC since 2016, Katia focuses her documentary projects on intimate stories and spotlight the issues of gender, identity, human relationships and sexuality. Her images can be found in publications like The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, Stern.de and Vogue.
Her projects and short films were screened and exhibited in Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Canada, Cambodia, Germany, France, Malaysia, Italy, Spain, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, UK, and The U.S.
She is a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and Women Photograph Group.
Currently based in NYC.
Education/Workshops:
- 2015 - Angkor Workshop (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
- 2015 - Eddie Adams Workshop (NYC)
- 2014 - Workshop with Adrian Kelterborn "Multimedia Storytelling" (Kuldiga, Latvia)
- 2013 - 2014 - GrisArt Scholarship. Master in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism. (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2013 - Yuri Kozyrev & Andrei Polikanov Workshop: "Follow your Conviction. Working with the Media". ISSP. (Kuldiga, Latvia)
- 2012 - 2013 - Escuela Francesca Bonnemaison. Annual Course: Documentary video and gender (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2010 - 2011 - Master in Marketing (INSA, Barcelona)
- 2005 - 2009 - State University - Higher School of Economics. Management Faculty.
Awards:
- 2024 - Nominated for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass (Amsterdam)
- 2021 - Finalist Prix Levallois (Paris, France)
- 2021 - Winner - Helsinki Photo Festival (Helsinki, Finland)
- 2021 - Finalist “This Is Gender” by Global Health 50/50
- 2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" won Lolly Award at the 13th XPOSED International Queer Film Festival Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
- 2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" is a Runner-Up for Jury Award for the Best Short Film at the TIGLFF Film Festival (US)
- 2018 - 30 Under 30 Women Photographers of 2018 selected by Photo Boite, on Artpil.
- 2016 - Part of Dostoevsky List 2016 (50 most interesting contemporary photographers of Russia and Ukraine)
Solo Exhibitions:
- 2020 - “My Own Wings” exhibition in Kyiv History Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine)
- 2016 - "I Don´t Need To Know You" photo and video Installation in Fundació Lluís Coromina (Banyoles, Spain)
- 2015 - "Bivalino" exhibited during the FineArt Igualada Festival (Igualada, Spain)
- 2014 - "Llámame Marta" exhibited during the DOC Field Barcelona (Documentary Photography Festival)
Group exhibitions & screenings:
- 2021 - Short film "My Own Wings" Official Selection at QueerX Music, Film, and Culture Festival ( The U.S.)
- 2021 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at Dor Dor Gallery (NYC)
-2020 - Group exhibition “Far Away, So Close” at Gallatin Galleries at NYU (NYC)
-2020 - Group exhibition “Come Together, Right Now!” at the Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, The U.S.)
-2020 -Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the Festival D'un Bord à l'autre (Paris, France)
-2019 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at The University of California Davis, “Cultural Awareness Film Festival” (the U.S.)
-2019 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at &PROUD Film Festival (Myanmar)
-2018 - "I Don't Need To Know You" screening at the Luststreifen Film Festival Basel (Switzerland)
-2018 - "My Own Wings" being a part of exhibition “Embracing Diversity” at the Photo Vogue Festival (Milan, Italy)
-2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the Panoramic Festival (Granollers, Spain)
-2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the InShort Film Festival (London, UK)
-2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, NYC (US)
-2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the Frameline42: San Francisco International LGTBQ Film Festival
-2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the 13th XPOSED International Queer Film Festival Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
-2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival (Seattle, US)
-2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the 6th LUMIX Festival for Young Photojournalism (Hannover, Germany)
-2018 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the Queer Screen's 25th Mardi Gras Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
-2017 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan (NYC)
-2017 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the TransNation Film Festival 2017 at the Silent Movie Theater, West Hollywood, LA
-2017 - Short film "My Own Wings" screening at the Munich Queer Film Festival 2017 (Munich, Germany)
-2017 - Short film "I Don't Need To Know You" screening at the 59th edition of Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain)
-2017 - "I Don't Need To Know You" screening at the Angkor Photo Festival&Workshops (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
-2017 - Short film "I Don't Need To Know You" screening at the Festival Panoramic Granollers of Cinema, Photography and new media (Granollers, Spain)
-2017 - "My Own Wings" screening during the In/Out Transylvania Photo Festival (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
-2017 - Selected to exhibit at the Women Photograph Insider/Outsider container at Photoville Festival (NYC)
-2017 - "Into The Porn" screening during the Obscura Festival of Photography (George Town, Malaysia)
- 2017 - Short movie "I Don't Need To Know You" screening during Slideluck Vancouver IV (Vancouver, Canada)
- 2017 - Multimedia "Llámame Marta" screening during the Open Show NYC (NYC)
- 2015 - Ongoing joint project “I don´t need to know you” by Katia Repina and Luca Aimi exposed during the FotoNoviembre XIII Bienal Internacional de Fotografía de Tenerife (Tenerife, Spain)
- 2015 - Multimedia "Llámame Marta" screening during The Month of Photography in Minsk (Minsk, Belarus)
- 2015 - "Llámame Marta" exposed during The Fence Photoville Festival in the Narratively exhibition container (NYC)
- 2015 - A teaser of ongoing joint project “I don´t need to know you” by Katia Repina and Luca Aimi (in collaboration with Karine Versluis) screened during DocField Festival Barcelona (Documentary Photography Festival)
- 2015 - "Llámame Marta" exposed during JEEP Les Journées Européennes des Ecoles de Photographie (Paris, France)
- 2014 - Multimedia “Llámame Marta” screening during the 6 Bienal Argentina de Fotografía Documental (San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina)
- 2014 - Multimedia “Llámame Marta” screening during the Festival Visa Off (Perpignan, France)
- 2014 - Multimedia “Llámame Marta” screening during the Embarrat, Festival of Contemporary Creation (Lleida, Spain)
- 2014 - Multimedia “Llámame Marta” screening during the Photón Festival (Photojournalist Festival in Valencia, Spain)
- 2013 - Screening "What´s your number, Baby?" at Botanical Gardens (Riga, Latvia)
- 2013 - Exhibition "What´s your number, Baby?" at Kuldīga Town library (Kuldiga, Latvia)
- 2011 - Finalist of project “Brangulí estuvo aquí. ¿Y tú?” of CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona). (Barcelona, Spain)
- 2011 - Project “Bivalino” was selected at Clic’11 Fotoperiodisme Jove for the group exhibition during the Festival Visa Off (Perpignan, France)
Publications: The New York Times (USA), The Washington Post (USA), Wordt Vervolgd - Amnesty International Netherland´s magazine (NL), De Volkskrant (The Netherland), Photo District News (PDN) (USA), ARA Diumenge (Spain), BonArt Magazine (Spain), Interviú (Spain), Barcelona Metrópolis (Spain), LIB (Spain), Primera Hora (Puerto Rico), StayinArt Magazine (Austria).
Publications Online: The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, Forbes, The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Stern.de, Vogue.it, VICE Spain, P3 Publico Portugal, Women in the World (In association with The New York Times), Daily Mail, Playboy Mexico, Tages-Anzeiger, Clarin, The Post Internazionale, Dazed and Confused Magazine, British Journal of Photography, Topic (First Look Media), Burn Magazine, Feature Shoot, Narratively, Open Society Foundation NYC, Roads & Kingdoms, Catraca Livre (Brasil), La Lettre de la Photographie, GUP Magazine, Primera Hora (Puerto Rico), Bird In Flight, Life Force Magazine, Ph Museum, L'Oeil de la Photographie, Jiemian.com, Lamono Magazine, Drome Magazine, Positive Magazine, PH Magazine, QueSabesDe.com, FK Magazine (Latvia), Brooklyn Magazine, Blind Magazine.
Work in collection:
- Museo de la Pell d´Igualada i Comarcal de l´Anoia (Igualada, Spain)
- Fundación Foto Colectania (Barcelona, Spain)