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Katya Quel

@quelish

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Installation / sculpture / world-building
Curator @erratum_projects
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I’m loosing my favorite games 2024. Latex, vinyl, heat transfère, acrylique paint, trees.
On duo show ‘Eternal Quest’ with @margherita_mezzetti at @culterimgallery
Photo @viktor_nikishov_ taken in Berlin, Germany by @quelish

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3 years ago

Little Green Man on show at BIG CITY DREAMERS — a duo exhibition with @lou_jelenski at @kulup__26 . My silicone guy is posted up on the moped of Maxim Tur’s @whitegauna sculpture WATCH ME FUCK IT UP, a permanent piece in the kulüp space. During the show, my video BIG CITY MIDSUMMER DREAM played on the screens of the installation 💖🐸🌸 taken in Torstraße by @quelish

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a year ago

Last weekend to see ‘The Land Of Cockaigne’
Finissage 28/03
Exhibition views by @viktor_nikishov_ by @quelish

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3 years ago

SUCCESS MACHINE #2
For Jackpot 🎰
@erratum_projects
2026
Mixed media, cardboard, silver leaf, epoxy resin, moulded and printed objects. by @quelish

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3 days ago

SUCCESS MACHINE #1
For Jackpot
@erratum_projects
2026
Mixed media, cardboard, golden leaf, epoxy resin, moulded and printed objects. by @quelish

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8 days ago

JACKPOT 🎰❤️

A huge thank you to everyone who was there and everyone who made this exhibition possible - all the artists, hosts, visitors, friends, collaborators, supporters, and everyone who came to see, celebrate, help, install, party and experience JACKPOT with us in Marseille.

What an intense and beautiful adventure. I’m still processing everything we did together, but I already feel incredibly grateful and proud of this group and of what we managed to create.

I’ll be starting to share the exhibition documentation by @viktor_nikishov_ very soon 📸

More to come!

Bisous,
Katya taken in Marseille, France by @quelish

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a month ago

JACKPOT — J-7 🎰

Dans une semaine, JACKPOT ouvre ses portes à Marseille.

Une exposition internationale réunissant 45 artistes autour du hasard, du désir, de la valeur, du risque et des mécanismes du monde de l’art contemporain.

Maison de la Société des Architectes
130 avenue du Prado, Marseille

Preview VIP — jeudi 27 août
sur invitation

Vernissage public — vendredi 28 août, 19h–00h

Exposition ouverte
29–31 août, 12h–18h
et sur rendez-vous.

JACKPOT
27–31 août 2026
Marseille

Alissa Abolentseva — @sskskaw9psdi
Alvise Pi — @alvisepi
Amelia Woroszyl — @ameliaworoszyl
André Baierl — @fakonde8
Anna Alexanina — @perodine
Antoine Traineau — @this.is.atn
Babette Robertson — @babetterobertson
Brandon Tong — @__m1ami
Charlotte Hennion — @charlottehennion
Daria Galeeva — @im.battt
Ekaterina Costa — @ekcosta
Eva Pracca — @eva.pracca
Federico Niccolai — @fedenikko
Frans van Hoek — @franslucent
Gaia Vincensini — @naturalgaea
Guilhem Prat — @yemgi
Hugo Langlade — @complexe.sportif
Inês Farah — @fazfariafarah
Italia Bruno — @impazzita.jpeg
Ivanna Heredia Torres — @ivheredia
Julia Bonich — @yulialavia
Jules Cartier — @julescarting
Katya Quel — @quelish
Lara Rocho — @rhodeeo
Léon Heitz Zambo — @leonhtzam
Linda Denkert — @lindadenkert
Lisa Perrot — @42infinity
Luna Fernández — @lunizednan
Lyne Caroff — @lyne_caroff
Maël Dupraz Nayak — @choose______life
Miha Majes — @majesmiha
Natasha Batby — @_natbat
Nika Lenz — @akin_berlin
Nicolas Vallat — @nikolasvallat
Paul Betti — @glycnecomestible
Philip Berg — @philip_k_berg
Shai Datauker — @shaimans
Soline Morin — @so_so_leil
Thibault Cliquet — @tea.stonecarving
Adèle Vivet — @adelevivet
Ivy Vo — @vovynam
Djoana Weimann — @dj.oana_mfw
Josie Overton — @josieoverton
Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard — @maybeellinor
Zayne Armstrong — @zaynearmstong
#artorama #artorama_marseille #artorama2026 taken in Marseille, France by @quelish

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2 months ago

A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK UNTIL JACKPOT — AND IT’S TIME TO INTRODUCE THE PEOPLE BEHIND IT. 🎰

JACKPOT is an artist-led exhibition organised by ERRATUM Projects, initiated and curated by Katya Quel @quelish , artist and curator whose practice focuses on building new worlds, drawing from post-internet aesthetics, fantasy, contemporary myths and modern fables.

Can’t wait to see you!

One more thing — 26 August is Katya’s birthday, so naturally, the timing feels right. Come to Marseille, see JACKPOT, and let’s celebrate together. 🥂🎰

JACKPOT
Art-O-Rama Off @artorama_marseille
27–31 August 2026
Maison de la Société des Architectes
130 Avenue du Prado, Marseille

VIP Preview — 27 August
Public Opening — 28 August, 19:00–00:00

Lara Rocho @rhodeeo — Exhibition Coordinator
Lara Rocho’s artistic practice explores themes of intimacy and identity, loneliness and obsession, attraction and repulsion. Her work is rooted in the interplay of textile and tactile structures, materials, and fragments, intertwined with narrative and nostalgic moments that blur the boundaries between reality and fantasy.

The exhibition is made possible by a small team working behind the scenes:

Katya Quel @quelish — Artist & Curator
Lara Rocho @rhodeeo — Exhibition Coordinator
André Baierl @fakonde8 — Production
Virgile Bettan @virgile_bettan — Production, Beverage & Transport Support

We are extremely grateful to Maison de la Société des Architectes @societe_des_architectes for giving us the space to bring this project to life.

And to everyone coming to Marseille: we can’t wait to see you. taken in Marseille, France by @quelish

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2 months ago

‘The Sun Is Always Softly Baking In Our Sweet Land’
(Acrylic paint, airbrush)

Throwback to my solo show ‘Milky Rivers, Jelly Banks: The Land of Cockaigne’ at @number1mainroad in 2024.

Never posted this wall painting. Since it was painted directly onto the wall, it’s forever gone - but today I was thinking about it and decided to give it another momentum :)

The Land of Cockaigne is a medieval dream of abundance: a mystical place where houses are made of sugar, streets are paved with pastry, and everything is available for free. In the exhibition, this fantasy becomes a pink, acid-rained mini-utopia — a place of excessive pleasure, seductive illusions, endless consumption, intoxication, winnings and sweet escapes.

Inspired by the 13th-century French poem ‘The Land of Cockaigne’ and its Russian folklore counterpart, ‘The Kingdom of Milk Rivers and Jelly Shores’, the exhibition played with our contemporary fantasies of abundance and luxury — when we already have everything, yet are constantly seduced into wanting more.

A little lost piece of Cockaigne, resurfacing from 2024 taken in Number 1 Main Road by @quelish

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2 months ago

Thanks a lot to @time____stamp , who visited my studio for the interview, and thanks to everyone who watched my artist interview! I’ve received so much lovely feedback from all around the world, and I’m very touched!

Keep up the great work, everyone. Here is a little guy that I painted during the interview. He became a witness. He’s still hanging in my studio in Paris, and you are all welcome to visit. 🌞🫶🏻 taken in Paris 11eme by @quelish

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This piece is called “Perestroika Elf Girl.” It was the first painting I made in my new studio in Paris on Avenue de la République. The painting portrays an elfin girl during the Perestroika era—after working at a Soviet factory, she’s drinking Coca-Cola, like many who wanted a taste of America. She’s a bit of a hippie, waiting for freedom, and at that time Coke felt cooler than beer. There’s a toxic rain falling, and the sky is a swirl of colors. Her expression is ambiguous—whether she’s happy, thoughtful, or a bit sarcastic is hard to tell. The whole scene, with its surreal rain and multicolored sky, hints that we’re looking back from the future—uncertain whether those changes led to something positive or negative. taken in Paris 11eme by @quelish

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