The work of Katya Trischuk, spans several different genres. I believe her strength lies with still life and figurative works. Her preferred media is thickly applied oils with a strong emphasis on composition and vibrant, lyrical colour. With the still life works, they are often indulgent and flamboyant with evidence of energetically applied colour. Similarly her portraits of women are often exaggerated, with elongated limbs and softened faces. The ladies are often theatrical, seeming to want to reach out of the space, letting the viewer know that this is a performance, not just a painting.

Indira Roy Choudhury

Director, Trias Gallery

Katy's figurative works for instance, with the very feminine subjects reflect sensuality, innocence, mischievousness, and even humour. These paintings, combining soft continuing tones with bold textured surfaces, seem to challenge the viewer to look deeper into things and see more then the immediate.  However, no matter what the subject, the luminosity of Katya's paintings is what gives them a distinction and makes them uniquely hers. 

Garo Altinian

Director ArtFolio.ca

"The latest paintings by Ukraine's Katya Trischuk are wonderful renditions of beautiful flowers that are rich in bright colours and lush with texture. They look so gentle; it's as if a single breath will blow them away. They're straight out of fairy tale or a dream."

Editor's profile

from www.toronto.com

Solo Exhibitions:

2008 Aug. 7-17 Kohl Gallery. 282 Eglinton Ave. East. Toronto

2008 Jun 1- Jul 14 - Bisogno Espresso Bar, 61 Sherbourne St, Toronto.

2007 May - Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation. KUMF Gallery. Toronto. Canada

2007 February - Gladstone Hotel Art Bar. Toronto. Canada

2007 February - Toast Restaurant. 993 Queen Street East. Toronto. Canada

2006 November - Visual Arts Ontario Gallery. Toronto. Canada.

2006 March - Hosted by Tom and Melissa Hawkett. Toronto. Canada

2005 June - "Celebration of Summer" Hosted by Tom and Melissa Hawkett. Toronto.

2000 April - Ukrainian National Museum of Literature. Kiev. Ukraine

Group Exhibitions:

2009 September - Queen West Art Crawl. Queen Street West. Toronto

2009 August - The 7th Annual Original SQUARE FOOT Show. AWOL Gallery, 78 Ossington Ave., Toronto

2009 July - "Cool Off..." Hang Man Gallery. 756 Queen Street East. Toronto

2009 June- RAW-2009, Reverdale Art Walk, Carlaw Ave Studios. Toronto

2009 June- "Beautiful Mother Earth" Luc Sculpture School and Studios. 663 Greenwood Ave. Toronto

2009 May- Art by Designers. Denison Gallery, Toronto.on

2009 April - U8 Event Sopa Fine Art. 2934 South Pandosy St. Kelowna. BC. Canada

2008 November -General Showcasing. Klimantiris Gallery. Montreal. Canada

2008 Nov. 13-16 Touched By Fire. 1214 Queen Street West. Gladstone Hotel. Toronto

2008 September 18 Modern Weave, 160 King Street East, Toronto

2008 September 12-14 "Do It At The Gladstone" Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St.W. Toronto.

2008 September - ArtRIE Gallery, Seoul , Korea

2008 May 15-24 Kohl Gallery of Arts. 282 Eglinton Ave. East. Toronto.

2007 Dec 11-22- Hang Man Gallery. 756 Queen Street East. "Art is Better Than Underpants"

2007 Dec14-27- Praxis Gallery. 1614 Queen Street West. Toronto. Art Affordeble

2007 Nov.-17- Little Art Show. Organized by Riverdale Artist's network @ BMW

2007 Nov. 15-20 Touched By Fire. 1214 Queen Street West. Gladstone Hotel. Toronto.

2007 Nov-ongoing Kohl Gallery of Arts. 282 Eglinton Ave. West. Toronto

2007 September Thera Gallery. 575 Mount Pleasant Rd. Toronto.

2007 Sep. 7-20- Praxis Gallery. 1614 Queen Street West. Toronto. Still Life Art Show

2007.August -14 Hang Man Gallery. 756 Queen Street East. Wet Paint Show.

2007 July - Masterpiece Gallery. 2158A Queen Street East. Toronto

2007 April-May- Masterpiece Gallery. 2158A Queen Street East. Toronto

2006 June - Covent Garden Gallery. Wellington. Ontario. Canada

2005 - Cumberland Theater. Selected Trias gallery Artists

2005-General Showcasin - Trias Gallery. Toronto. Canada

2005 February - Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery. Toronto. Canada

2004 / 2005 - Showcased. Printziples Fine Art Gallery. Toronto. Canada.

About Artist

Born in the Ukraine, Katya Trischuk discovered her artistic ability at an early age and was often in trouble at school for drawing in her books or spending her lunch money on art supplies. In spite of this, she often won prizes for the best drawings in school and went on to study at The Art School for Children and later tutored with the famous Ukrainian painter/realist Leonid Ivanovich Maximov.

In the mid 90's Katya turned to painting with oil on canvas and for 3 years had her own art atelier in Kiev. Her talents were recognized in the arts community and with private collectors. During this time, Katya traveled extensively throughout Europe where she visited museums and learned more about art, history and architecture.

In April 2000 Katya was invited to exhibit her work at The Museum of Ukrainian Literature in Kiev, where her work was acclaimed by art critics and received positive reviews in the national press. This solo exhibition lasted for two weeks and on opening day it attracted 185 visitors breaking a four- year record for daily ticket sales.

In the summer of 2000 Katya returned to Toronto to complete her degree in Interior Design at Ryerson University. Today Katya continues her passion for painting. She considers herself a "process-oriented" artist and uses a palette knife for layering, dry-brush techniques, cloths and even her hands to create paintings that are rich in vibrant colours and lush with texture. This gives her work a distinctive quality. Katya's work can be seen at any number of Toronto art galleries and has been showcased at The Toronto International Art Fairs.