Ekaterina Khromin
As a contemporary artist, I explore transformation, deconstruction, and reconstruction, reflecting the convergence of physical and emotional transfiguration. I blend the past and present to create new visual and emotional narratives.
Her Story
Ekaterina Khromin is a child of the nonconformist art movement that thrived quietly, defiantly, during the turbulent Soviet 1980s. She carried forward the spirit of that rebellion, yet her vision evolved — weaving a richer, more spiritual and intellectual thread into the fabric of her art.
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In the Soviet Union, nonconformist artists faced persecution not only for public acts of dissent, but even for painting and exhibiting their work privately, often in the confines of their own apartments. Threatened by repression, Ekaterina and her late husband, Viktor, made the courageous decision to leave. In 1990, they arrived in New York, where a new world unfolded before her eyes — a world of freedom, cultural shock, and exhilarating discovery.
Today, Ekaterina creates expansive, intricate multimedia canvases that defy categorization. Her method, Synergism, is a unique alchemy of materials and meaning — sculptural reliefs awakened by vibrant color, breathing life and dimension into every surface. Through Synergism, she continues the spirit of nonconformism: not only preserving it, but transforming it into a powerful, luminous language of her own.