Katya Grokhovsky was born in Ukraine, lives and works in NYC. She is an artist, educator and a Founding Director of The Immigrant Artist Biennial (TIAB). Grokhovsky is the recipient of numerous residencies and fellowships including 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 AIR, Sculpture Space AIR, STAR Residency at Tiger Strikes Asteroid NYC, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program, School of Visual Arts MFA Art Practice Artist in Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Artist in Residence The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) Studios Program Residency, Muhlenberg College Visiting Artist in Residence, BRICworkspace Residency, Ox-BOW School of Art Residency, Wassaic Artist Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Studios at MASS MoCA, BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, NARS (New York Residency and Studio Foundation) AIR, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency, Watermill Center International Summer Residency, and more.
She has been awarded the Brooklyn Arts Council Grants, FST StudioProjects Fund, New American Fellowship, NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship, ArtSlant Prize, Asylum Arts Grant, Dame Joan Sutherland Fund, Australia Council for the Arts ArtStart Grant, NYFA Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, Freedman Traveling Scholarship for Emerging Artists, Australia and others. Her work has been exhibited in venues such as Brooklyn Museum, Ceysson & Bénétière Gallery, Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, A.I.R Gallery Biennial, NADA East Broadway, Kendall College of Art and Design, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Smack Mellon, MAD Museum, Queens Museum, Artists' Television Access, Tiger Strikes Asteroid NYC, BRIC Biennial, 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 among others. Grokhovsky has taught courses at SVA, UC Davis, CUNY City College and has taught workshops and lectured as a Visiting Artist at Grand Valley State University, University of Arkansas, Fort Smith, Bucknell University, CalArts, Hunter College, University of Virginia, SAIC, Muhlenberg College, Kutztown University, University of Central Florida and more.
She is a Founding Artistic Director of The Immigrant Artist Biennial, the second edition of which took place in NYC in the Fall of 2023, presenting over 50 artists across 9 venues. In 2020, Grokhovsky launched and curated the premier edition of the project at Brooklyn Museum, EFA Project Space, The Green-Wood Cemetery and online. Her other curatorial projects include events and exhibitions at Springbreak Art Show, Whitebox, Grace Exhibition space, Border Project Space, Art in Odd Places: BODY, a Public Art Festival and Exhibition at Westbeth Gallery, Lesley Heller Workspace, NARS Foundation, Kunstraum, VOX Populi, Chashama and more.
Grokhovsky’s work has been featured in New York Times, Brooklyn Rail, BOMB, Hyperallergic, The Art Newspaper, Artnet, Artnews, Observer, HuffPost, LA weekly, Bedford + Bowery, Autre, Artillery Magazine, Mission Magazine, Artist Profile, Art New England, Bad at Sports, WNYC Radio and many more. Bibliography includes Doing Feminism by Anne Marsh (2021), Bound by Creativity by Hannah Wohl (2021), Female Body Image in Contemporary Art by Emily L.Newman (2018), The Vassar Review, Issue 3, Flesh and Form, (2018) and more.
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.