Russian Digital Artist Katya Havok Creates Pop-Surreal Still Lifes for Major Publications

Ekaterina Chebotareva, known professionally as Katya Havok, is a Russian digital artist and photographer specializing in pop and surreal aesthetics. Her work features minimal compositions where isolated elements on monochrome, saturated backgrounds create micro-narratives that blur reality and artifice. While visually aligned with commercial photography codes, her still lifes offer ironic variations by combining everyday food and objects with bizarre, out-of-context elements. Havok holds a master's degree from the South-Russian Humanitarian Institute. She collaborates as a photographer with major stock art platforms including Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Depositphotos, iStock by Getty Images, and Canva. Her images have appeared in publications such as Cosmopolitan, Rolling Stone, and BuzzFeed.