Ekaterina Vasileva (art historian)

Ekaterina Vasileva (July 29, 1972, Leningrad) is a Russian art critic, specialist in the history and theory of photography,fashion, design and contemporary art.

Candidate of Sciences, Associate Professor at Saint Petersburg State University.

Member of the Union of Artists of Russia, member of the Union of Photographers of Russia, member of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA, UNESCO), member of the Union of Journalists of Russia.

The works of Ekaterina Vasilyeva are in the collections of the largest Russian libraries, as well as in the collections of the Library of Congress (Washington), the Warburg Library (London), the Cini Foundation Library (Venice), etc.

In 1994 she graduated from the Faculty of History of Saint Petersburg State University.

In 2005, under the guidance of Tatyana Gorbunova, she defended her doctoral dissertation “The Image of the City in Artistic Photography of France in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries” (official opponents: T.E. Shekhter and G.N. Gabriel).

Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Saint Petersburg State University.

Teaches the theory of contemporary art, design, photography and fashion at Saint Petersburg State University, European University at Saint Petersburg, Higher School of Economics (Moscow), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Moscow), etc. Author of numerous studies on photography theory, fashion and contemporary art.

She has taken part in educational and research meetings at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Uffizi Gallery Library (Florence) and the Querini Stampaglia Foundation (Venice).

Analyst of the Venice Biennale, Venice Biennale of Architecture and exhibition projects of the Cini Foundation.

Member of the Fulbright program and research projects of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice.

Laureate and participant of state grants in the field of culture.

One of the leading experts in the field of fashion theory and photography.

Ekaterina Vasilyeva is the author of normative theories devoted to the study of photography as an analytical discipline.

The principles mentioned in the book «Photography and Non-Logical Form» form the basic concepts in the field of photography.

The author's analytical program connects the forms of modern culture with the circumstances of archaic consciousness and illogical thinking.

Scientific interests: linguistic phenomenon, value theory, fashion concepts, theory of photography, theory of design.

Author of research concepts on the study of photography and language, photography and the phenomenon of time, photography and illogical form, problems of character and personality in photography, the study of the traditional component in the fashion system.

Ekaterina Vasilyeva is one of the few experts who considers fashion an analytical discipline.

Author of the monograph “Fashion Theory”.

Myth, Consumerism and Value System, as well as numerous articles on the history and theory of costume.

Ekaterina Vasilyeva's research is related to the systematic study of the history and theory of fashion.

In his works he touches on a wide range of problems related to the dynamics of social systems, the theory of social action, the culture of everyday life, the study of the ideological program of fashion, the study of the value system, the study of fashion as a linguistic system, the phenomenology of the body, the mythological program of fashion, the concept of novelty and the dichotomy of traditional culture.

Author of extensive lecture projects on the history of fashion of the twentieth century.

Author of formative theories on the history and theory of design, general theory of fashion, general theory of photography and the theory of artistic modernism (international style).

She views design as a subject of academic study.

Ekaterina Vasilyeva's works are related to the general theory of design, and are also dedicated to different periods and directions of design.

In particular, areas such as Scandinavian design, Swiss style, international style, International Typographic Style, etc. It considers design from the point of view of the problem of the thing, the system of language and the problem of the ideal.

Author of main concepts in the field of graphic and object design.

Author of formative theories and research in the fields of international modernity, minimalism, Swiss style and Scandinavian design traditions.

Works as an assistant professor at Saint Petersburg State University.

Over the years, she was invited to give lectures at educational institutions such as Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, Higher School of Economics (Moscow), European University (St. Petersburg), St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design (St. Petersburg), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Moscow), Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Uppsala University (Sweden), Leipzig University (Germany).[2]

Specialist in the field of fashion theory and the history of costume of the twentieth century.

She views fashion as an analytical system.

Author of normative concepts in the field of fashion theory.

Author of a number of articles and lecture projects on the theory of fashion and the history of fashion design of the twentieth century.

Analyst and regular contributor to magazine «Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture».

Consultant and translator for fashion houses: Hermès, Chaumet, Salvatore Ferragamo, Sonia Rykiel, John Lobb, Wolford, Luciano Barbera, Luigi Borrelli, Borsalino, Faliero Sarti, Bosco di Ciliegi and others.

Expert in fashion journalism.