"There are no absolute adults, there are no absolute children. We all come from a fairy tale world, where the most vivid dreams live, where the air is saturated with dreams. The most important thing, as you grow older, is not to lose the child inside you, as you become wiser, to remain open-minded, loving and always ready to meet a fairy tale"

Katya Dudnik is a well-known Canadian-Ukrainian artist.
She was born in 1982 in the city of Izmail. And now Katya is currently living and working in Montreal, Canada. She received professional art education at the Kyiv professional art School (1997-2000) and continued her studies at National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (Kiyv, Ukraine) — Faculty of Fine Arts (2001-2007), earning a bachelor’s degree. Her first teacher was her father, and her mother inspired and support her.

Member of the art association artists in Montreal.
Member of the Izmail Union of Artists.
Member of Youth Union of Artists of Ukraine

Combining classical painting with fantasy elements, Katya creates her distinctive style, “Fairy Tale Realism,” which explores themes of existential futurism, humanity, and harmony in our technological and ruthless world. Each painting, each element is filled with meaning and questions that invite the viewer to look deep into their consciousness, their childhood, and their personal history—where our goals, dreams, and desires originate. Expanding the boundaries of reality towards something more transcendental and spiritual, transforming through her consciousness, she draws the very soul of humanity, the original state in which every person comes into this world.

Most of her paintings are executed in oil with adding elements of collage and gilding. Each artwork is unique. Some feature beads, texture, epoxy resin, acrylic, and metal. Certain elements are even 3D-printed.

2024 Montreal, Canada, Écomusée du fier monde, "Arts Visuel"

2023 Montreal, Canada, personal show "Magnifique Exposition"

2023 Montreal, Canada, La Terrasse, "L'exposition d'art ukrainien "Life""

2022 Stockerau, Austria Charity exhibition of Ukrainian artists

2022 Vicenza, Italy Charity exhibition of Ukrainian artists

2022 Vienna, Austria group exhibition

2021 Italy International Raffaello and Canova Prize

2021 Paris Exhibition of Ukrainian artists to the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence l’International Art Gallery

2021 Paris July exhibition of contemporary artists Business Art Fair

2021 Paris October exhibition of contemporary artists Business Art Fair

2021 Kyiv exhibition to the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence in the library of the Darnytsia Administration

2021 Kyiv Exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian artists museum-workshop I.P. Kavaleridze

2020 Kyiv personal exhibition Spivakovska Art:ego Culture Center

2020 Kyiv personal exhibition Art Center BRATISLAVA

2020 partner on the CIRCLE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS platform

2019 Kyiv Exhibition "Art for heart" by Spivakovska ART: EGO gallery as part of the charity evening "Christmas Impulse"

2019 Kyiv personal exhibition as part of junior fashion week

2019 Bilhorod-Dniester Museum of Local Lore personal exhibition

2019 Kyiv Personal exhibition "Unusual stories of babies and toddlers", Kyiv, Art Gallery Manufaktura

2019 Katya Dudnik is a participant in the project “The Falling Shadow of “Mriya” on the Giardini Gardens” of the Ukrainian pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale

2019 Kyiv Personal exhibition, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

2019 Kyiv Personal exhibition “We are all from childhood”, Children's club “ZkidZ” Retail Park Petrivka

2018 Kyiv Participation in the exhibition “Mother's Fairy Tale” as part of the art project of Lyka Spivakovsky “Retrospective of Childhood” and “Junior Fashion Week”, KVC “Parkovy”.

2018 Odessa, Personal exhibition “World of Dreams and Fantasies”, “VICTORY GARDENS” Luxury Gallery

2018 Zatoka (Odesa region), Personal exhibition, hotel “AKADEMIYA”

2018 Republic of Moldova, Chisinau, Participation in the exhibition of the Union of Artists of Ukraine and Moldova "Ukraine and Moldova" with the assistance of the Embassy of Ukraine, Exhibition Center of the Union of Artists "Konstantin Brinkush"

2018. Illustrations for the book "Breakfast of a Lawyer", authors Semen Khanin and Anna Khanina, "Vistka" publishing house, ISBN: 978-5-4493-4325-3

2018. Cultural and educational exhibition "Light in the Soul of a Child", Kyiv, "National Library of Ukraine for Children"

2017. Illustrations for the series of books The Best Fairy Tales of the World "The Bremen Town Musicians. Cinderella. The Golden Goose", "Makhaon-Ukraine" publishing house, ISBN: 978-617-7562-06-0

2017. Personal exhibition "Katrusina's piggy bank of fairy tales", with the support of the charitable organization Center for Culture and Arts "ZLATOUST", Kamianske (Dniprodzerzhynsk), Museum of the History of the City of Kamianske

2017. Personal exhibition "Katrusina's piggy bank of fairy tales", Kropyvnytskyi (Kirovograd), Gallery "Yelisavetgrad"

2017. Personal exhibition "Katrusina's piggy bank of fairy tales", Odessa, "VICTORY GARDENS" Luxury Gallery

2017. Participation in the project "Ukrainian Fashion Week — 20 years", Kyiv, "Mystetskyi Arsenal"

2017. Participation in the exhibition "Magic Artists of Kyiv and Ukraine", Kyiv, Center for Ukrainian Culture and Art

2017. Creation of the mural "House where love lives", Kyiv, Bogdanivska St., 3 (near the railway station)

2016. Personal exhibition, with the support of the charitable organization Center for Culture and Arts "ZLATOUST", Kamianske (Dniprodzerzhynsk), Kamianske City History Museum

2016. Personal exhibition "ART MIX FASHION" — an exhibition of new paintings and a presentation of author's T-shirts, Kyiv, Monacostyle beautyroom

2016. Participation in the All-Ukrainian project "374 Artists", Kyiv

2016. Personal exhibition, Chernihiv, Galagan Regional Museum

2016. Personal exhibition, Kyiv, Taras Shevchenko National Museum

2015. Personal exhibition, Kyiv, Spivakovskaya ART EGO

2014. Christmas exhibition, Kyiv, Spivakovskaya ART EGO

2013 Personal exhibition, Kyiv, Parsuna Gallery

2013 Personal exhibition, Donetsk, Paduan Arte Gallery

2013 Personal exhibition, Kyiv, Parsuna Gallery

2012 Personal exhibition, Dnepropetrovsk, Pastoral district

2012 Charity auction in favor of the Orphanage at the Nikolo-Perervinskaya Monastery, Moscow

2012 Illustrations for the book by A. Lingrend "Children from Gamirny" ("We are all from Byllerby"), publishing house "Makhaon-Ukraine", ISBN: 978-617-526-584-0

2012 Charity auction "Artists for children", Kyiv

2012 Personal exhibition Moscow, Arden Gallery

2012 Personal exhibition "Keep the child in you", Kyiv, Belgravia Business Club

2011 Personal exhibition "Where fairy tales live", Izmail, Izmail Art Gallery

2011 International project "Ukraine-Georgia, two hearts — one soul" Tbilisi

2011 Exhibition of Illustrators in Lviv, International Children's Festival

2011 Illustrations for the book "Gelsomino in the Land of Liars" by Gianni Rodari, Mahaon-Ukraine Publishing House, ISBN: 978-617-526-330-3

2011 Izmail, Christmas exhibition, Art-bat Gallery

2010. Odesa, Bulgarian Center, personal exhibition "Just like that"

2009. Kyiv, "Ukrainian House", personal exhibition "Tales for Mom".

2009. Georgia, under the patronage of "ProCreditBank" and the Embassy of Georgia in Ukraine, exhibition "From Ukraine with ProCreditArt".

2009. Odesa, exhibition "Dialogue about Truth", Museum of Western and Eastern Art.

2009. Izmail, exhibition "Dialogue Continues", Izmail Art Gallery

2009. Kyiv, art exhibition "Fine Art — 2009".

2009. Kyiv, "Ceramics in the Tower", personal exhibition

2008. Kyiv, exhibition — fair of contemporary painting "ART-Kyiv 2008"

2008. Izmail, Autumn Exhibition

2008 Kyiv, "ProCredit Bank", personal exhibition with the participation of the "Arts Development Promotion Fund"

2008 Izmail, report exhibition of the "Union of Artists of Izmail"

2006 Kyiv, Charity Foundation "Sofia", personal exhibition

2004 Kyiv, "Women's Exhibition until March 8"

2004 Izmail, "Budzhak's Youth"

2001 Ivano-Frankivsk, "Picturesque Ukraine"

2000 Odesa, exhibition dedicated to the "2000th Anniversary of Christmas