Emy Kat

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Emy Kat (Mohamed Alkhatib)
Born (1959-08-17) 17 August 1959 (age 65)
Occupation(s)Artist, photographer
SpouseNatalya Kasyanova
ChildrenKanaan and Asmani
Parent'father' Kanaan Alkhatib
Website emykat.com

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.

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Life

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

Previously, he has worked in Los Angeles, New York, London and Dubai. He currently lives in Paris, where his studio is located.

From the project The Everlasting Now (2012-2015) Philby No 1 - 2015 - Lambda Print - 90 x 67 cm - Ed of 6. A narrow view of the outside of a room of a dilapidated house, viewing an armchair within the room. Associated with Harry St John Bridger Philby - British Museum 2017 Philby No 1 - 2015 - Lambda Print - 90x67 cm - Ed of 6.jpg
From the project The Everlasting Now (2012–2015) Philby No 1 – 2015 – Lambda Print – 90 × 67 cm – Ed of 6. A narrow view of the outside of a room of a dilapidated house, viewing an armchair within the room. Associated with Harry St John Bridger Philby – British Museum 2017

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

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

Ames Dans Les Rues No 12. EmyKat Ames No 12.jpg
Ames Dans Les Rues No 12.

1999/2000 artwork

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]

2009 artwork

2012/2013 artwork

2015 artwork

Book contributions

Kat's photographs have been included in several books published by Graphis Inc.

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References

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  12. "Première biennale des photographes du monde arabe contemporain". 24 March 2016.