Education
2011 MFA, Sculpture, School of The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, IL
2007 BFA, Victorian College of the Arts – Melbourne, Australia
2000 BA Fashion (Honors), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology – Melbourne, Australia
Katya Grokhovsky was born and raised in 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, and The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) Studio Program (2020-current), among others.
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.
