Bio
Katerina Korshun was born in 1982 in Kazakhstan.She began her artistic journey by attending a five-year fine arts school in her hometown. Later, she chose fashion design as her profession, earning a degree from Vitebsk State Technological University in Belarus, where she studied painting, drawing, composition, and the history of art and costume.After several years working as a fashion designer for companies specializing in women's clothing, she left the fashion industry in search of creative fulfillment.A turning point came in 2009 when she moved to Prague, where her passion for textiles found new expression through the discovery of the wool felting technique. She focused on reinterpreting this traditional craft artistically and experimenting with natural materials.Combining her discoveries in felting with her experience in fashion design, she created unique, one-of-a-kind clothing and accessories.Since 2012, she has been dedicated to teaching, conducting numerous workshops across Europe, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. In 2014, she founded the Online School of Contemporary Felting, developing dozens of video courses and training around four thousand students worldwide.She has participated in group exhibitions in China, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy. In 2013, she presented a solo exhibition in Prague.Her works are part of private collections in USA, Italy, France, Greece, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and Slovakia.Since 2021, she has lived and worked in Italy, continuing her artistic practice. She uses felting as a visual language in contemporary art, exploring the expressive potential of textiles and natural materials. CV
Education2024-2025 — Art Communication School by Julia Sysalova at the Institute of Mediterranean Culture, Athens, Greece2004 —Master's degree in Fashion Design, Vitebsk State University, Vitebsk, Belarus1994–1999 — Art School, Aktau, KazakhstanSolo exhibition2013 – Touch of Tuscany, Galleria Scarabeus, Prague, Czech RepublicSelected group exhibitions2026 — YouNique Boutique Art Fair, Lugano, Switzerland2026 — Prima Materia 0.2, Palazzo Sforza-Cesarini, Genzano di Roma, Italy2025-2026 — 13th International Fiber Art Biennale "From Lausanne to Beijing", Beijing A.C. Art Museum, Beijing, Cina2025 — 11th Silk Road International Art Exhibition, Shaanxi Museum of Fine Arts, Xi'An, Cina2025 — Natura in equilibrio, Museo di Storia Naturale, Cremona, Italy2025 — Salon des refusés, Gare 82 Gallery, Brescia, Italy2025 — Babele, Spazio Muza, Turin, Italy2025 -— Organic form, Arti<>sta, Associazione Culturale, Monza, Italy2024 — Prima Materia 0.1, Palazzo Sforza-Cesarini, Genzano di Roma, Italy2016–2017 — Soul of Felt, Siegburg (Germany), Almere (Netherlands), Prato (Italy)2014 — Prague Patchwork Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic2011 – Artextil Prague, Prague, Czech Republic