Katerina Kotsala (b.1982, Thessaloniki) lives and works in Athens. She holds an MFA from Athens School of Fine Arts (2015) and a BFA from the School of Fine Arts AUTh (2013). She studied Byzantine Iconography (2004-2006) and Art Conservation & Restoration (2003). In 2010, Kotsala began her long-time research on nature and prehistoric rock art in collaboration with an international team of archeologists, presenting her artistic practice in conferences and exhibitions, while her land art installations continue to exist or reappearance as earth constellations in the natural settings.

After receiving her MFA in 2015 she moved to Berlin and started a collaboration with the studio of Peter Linde Busk at the mosaic department. Since 2023 Peter Linde Busk and Katerina Kotsala are the artist duo Busk & Kotsala. She was part of documenta 14 team as Coordinator Conservator-Art Handler in Athens. She has been awarded by ARTWORKS in the 1st Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Program (2018); She represented Greece in the 16th Young Artist Biennial in Ancona, Italy (2013); and in Post-Biennale of Young Artists at the DA2 Museum of Contemporary Art in Salamanca, Spain (2013); She has presented her work in conferences, solo and group exhibitions in museums, institutes, galleries and art spaces, selected exhibitions includes: Moving A Mountain, AK38, Athens, 2023; Sisyphus, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, 2018; Grønningen 2023, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023-2024.

Katerina Kotsala’s practice explores the complex and often fraught relationship between humans and nature, delving into universal themes of birth, death, and coexistence between human and non-human life. Her work challenges the notion of harmony in nature, highlighting how modern landscapes are consumed rather than truly experienced, striving to capture the essence of things beyond the visual through endangered ecosystems. Kotsala, embodies in her work emotions, sensations, mental states — ecological grief, deep sorrow and mourning but also a desire for freedom and self-care.