Emy Kat
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Emy Kat (Mohamed Alkhatib) | |
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| Born | 17 August 1959 |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, photographer |
| Spouse | Natalya Kasyanova |
| Children | Kanaan and Asmani |
| Parent | 'father' Kanaan Alkhatib |
| Website | emykat |
Muhammed Alkhatib (born 17 August 1959), known by his stage name Emy Kat, is a researcher, visual artist, and photographer. He specializes in contemporary art and fine photography.
Life
[edit]Emy Kat was born in 1959 and is of Middle Eastern descent.[citation needed]
His spouse is named Natalya Kasyanova and his children are Kanaan and Asmani. His father is Kanaan Alkhatib.
Career
[edit]Previously, he has worked in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Dubai. He currently lives in Paris, where his studio is located.
He became qualified as a photographer from obtaining his graduate degree in photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, U.S. in 1997.
Kat began his career in fashion photography, portraits, and commercial advertising.
Ten years after graduating photography school, in 2009, he specialized in Contemporary Art and Fine-art photography.
In 2013, he created a new technique in Contemporary Art called a "digital collage". He calls it "Mental Spaces." A collage is a photo taken or space used with many other images taken in many different angles to create one big image. [1][2]
Kat participated in a number of local and international shows in 2014. He participated in Jeddah Arts 21,39 inaugural exhibition Moallaqat (2014),[3] Art Dubai (2014)[4][5] and Paris Photo (2014).[6]
Other specialties
[edit]Although major of Kat's is digital imaging.
In 2008, he used a top-of-the-line LEAF digital camera back system. However, for most of his fine art, he still uses photographic film with a large format view camera and medium format camera.
Notable artwork
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1999/2000 artwork
- Nude studies of women on platinum (Etudes Nus femme) Archived and collected by the BNF Bibliothèque nationale de France (2000). Reference number Ep-4001-Boîte pet. fol.(Collection Publiques)[7][8]
His iconography studies on the subject "Femme" describing her superiority (Nude studies on Platinum) is a permanent collection at BNF Bibliothèque nationale de France. The collection is under Reference number Ep-4001-Boîte pet. fol.(Collection Publiques).[9]
- La Pass Murraille – series of 5 images – edition 3 – (1999)
2009 artwork
- Souls on the streets (Ames Dans les Rues) – (2009) [10]
2012/2013 artwork
- The Everlasting Now – (2012–2013) solo exhibition
- 21,39 Moallaqat Exhibition 1st edition (2013)
2015 artwork
Book contributions
[edit]Kat's photographs have been included in several books published by Graphis Inc.
- (2007) "Photography Annual" ISBN 1-932026-39-8
- (2006) "Photography Annual" ISBN 1-931241-46-5
- (2000) "Nude 3" ISBN 1-888001-66-6
- (1998) "Photography Annual" ISBN 1-888001-46-1
- (1997) Annual Design ISBN 1-888001-24-0
References
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- ^ "Saudi Gazette/ Home Page". Archived from the original on 26 April 2014.
- ^ "The Everlasting Now – Emy Kat Solo Exhibition". Athrart.com. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Moallaqat Exhibition | Athr Gallery".
- ^ "Art Dubai 2014 | Athr Gallery".
- ^ "Athr".
- ^ "Athr Gallery at Paris Photo | Athr Gallery".
- ^ "Recueil. Photographies originales. Oeuvre de Emy Kat".
- ^ "Permanent Collection at BNF Bibliotheque National de France - Paris Reference number Ep-4001-Boîte pet. Fol.(Collection Publiques)".
- ^ "Recueil. Photographies originales. Oeuvre de Emy Kat".
- ^ "The Contemporary Orientalism" (PDF). Operagallery.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ^ "Emy Kat – Biennale des Photographes du Monde Arabe contemporain". 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Première biennale des photographes du monde arabe contemporain". 24 March 2016.
