Katrina Majkut is an American Ukrainian artist working in New York. Majkut works in cross stitch, paint and other media to create artwork with a strong feminist voice and message. Her work includes images of objects used in obstetrics, sex education, and often depicts sports figures and early female explorers.
In my practice, I also seek to democratize embroidery, make it more widely accessible, and an intersectional platform for diverse expression, subjects, and narratives. I believe this way it can be a unique platform for education, empathy, and listening. My goal is to modernize time-honored rituals so that they support and represent modern lifestyles, values, and feminist goals. I hope modernizing certain rituals and customs will also inspire activism and empowerment in its viewers. By exploring historically repressive social folk art, traditions and rituals, my artwork endeavors to graduate it beyond its domestic stereotypes, limited narratives, and exclusionary practices. It aims to examine the nature of our customs, their affect, and create a productive conversation surrounding identity politics and the hidden social influences that hold society back.
-- Katrina Majkut (excerpted from artist statement), 2025
