Katerina is an artist, illustrator, and creative director who sees her mission in inspiring positive change through art.
She formerly worked as a UI designer and art director with brands like eBay, Kijiji, Disney, Hasbro, Lego, 500px, BMO and many others, before starting her own studio “Oddbee” in 2014.
In 2017, she co-authored and published a book “Dating Vandalized”, based on her social experiment of outsourcing online dating routine to a hired stranger. The experiment and the book has been covered by Toronto Star, Metro, Global News, CBC and Buzzfeed. She was selected as City Mogul 2017 among Toronto most innovative and newsworthy entrepreneurs and influencers. In 2018 her illustration work was featured at Yonge and Dundas Square in Toronto.
Originally from Siberia, Russia, Kat now lives in Canada, where she balances her time between commercial work, personal projects, and running Toronto chapter of “Draw By Night” with her team – a collaborative drawing event that brings together designers, illustrators, students, and all sorts of art enthusiasts.