Designer, architect, entrepreneur and of Master's degree, ITMO University (St. Petersburg, Russia) of the international Art&Science program.
Artistic and research interests are focused on the study of human perception, emotions, memory and behavior when interacting with the environment – human and non-human agents, sounds, light and space, especially the space of the urban environment.
In 2003, Ekaterina graduated from the St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television with a degree in engineering from the Faculty of Photography and Recording Materials Technology and further developed as a graphic and web designer, and in 2008 she created her own team and design studio Niretak. And in 2024 finished her Master's degree.
Her creative and scientific path as an artist of scientific art began when she was a student at the Tallinn University Summer School in 2018, where she studied performative practices, technical aspects of creating interactive visualization of brain activity using neural interfaces.
EXHIBITIONS and FESTIVALS
2025
Historical Museum complex "Russia is my history" (Saint Peterburg), Immersive multimedia exhibition "EYES", art direction, multimedia content production
2024
2023
EDUCATION
2022-2024
ITMO University (St. Petersburg) /
Art&Science Master’s International Program
1998-2003
St. Petersburg University ofFilm andTelevision /
Engineer in technology of digital photography
LABORATORIES and RESIDENCES
2024
2023
2022
Interactive media design (Contented)
2021
Master class on the New stage of the Alexandrinsky Theater / "Stravinsky's Spring” / Interaction of live music andtechnical agents (robot, manipulator, light and sound)
2018
Facilitation of Group Creativity (St. Petersburg Association of Facilitators)
2017-2018
EFC Russia 2018 (Embodied Facilitator Course)
2018
Experimental Interaction Design (Tallinn University)
COMMERCIAL PROJECTS OF NIRETAK TEAM
2023
Designing a 1000 sq.m park in the Riga Mall shopping center, Moscow
Development of installation interfaces for the Book Salon Festival, St. Petersburg
Development of installation interfaces for VK FEST, Saint Petersburg
Development of interfaces and design of installations for the Forum of Russia for Vk at VDNH, Moscow
2020
Fast and Furious / Outdoor Theme Park / Sochi
2020
Blastertag / Theme Park / Moscow, CDM shopping center on Lubyanka, Moscow
2019
Blastertag / Theme Park / Moscow, Riviera shopping center, Moscow
and many other projects in the field of graphic and web design, as well as 3D, animation and design, which are presented on the studio's website niretak.ru