About
Team
Contacts
Works
Jobs
CREATE
AS YOU
ART
ART
being truly yourself
is where real art begins
Masterpiece
Form
Substance
psychological and spiritual support on your path to authenticity, freedom & living meaning in art
FOR ARTISTS, CREATORS & AUTHORS
COACHING
this space offers four ways to engage: one-on-one, in community, with your project in focus, or through self-guided exploration.
Whether you’re just beginning, deep in a creative process, seeking (re)connection or simply needing time alone with your work -
You can start where you are — and move between them as your process unfolds.
..FORMATS
Tools for artistic self-discovery and reflection
Self-Guided Work
WorkBook
Pre-recorded course "Create As You Are"
Pre-recorded course "Create As You Are"
04
Alongside creators - from first spark to final form and beyond
Project support
Online
03
Method-based group programs for creative risk, reflection, and growth
Group training
Online & On stage
02
From one-time session to long-term creative mentoring
Personal coaching
Avignon, France
& Online
& Online
01
CREATE AS YOU ARE •
CREATE AS •
CREATE AS YOU ARE •
CREATE AS YOU ARE •
CREATE AS YOU ARE •
CREATE AS YOU ARE •
CREATE AS YOU ARE
CREATE
MY WORK IS ROOTED IN 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY AND LIVE PERFORMANCE
I HOLD A DEGREE IN SOCIAL WORK, ALONG WITH PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY, COACHING, AND THEATRE DIRECTING.
SINCE 2010, I RUN School of Improvisation and Performance, The Art of Being, WHERE I LEAD SELF-EXPRESSION GROUPS, SUPPORT ARTISTIC PROCESSES, AND MENTOR PROFESSIONALS ON THEIR CREATIVE PATHS.
I'AM ALSO A PRACTICING ARTIST, COMMITTED TO EXPLORING REALITY THROUGH EMBODIED, CREATIVE WORK: my latest solo performance was presented at the Festival OFF in Avignon in 2024.
This year, I’m developing a hybrid documentary film that weaves together real-life stories, historical research, emotional depth, and performative language.
OUTSIDE OF WORK, I’m a 40-year-old Russian living in the south of France (Avignon) since 2019 - and a mom of two awesome, trilingual kids.
Divorced. Honest. Pacifist. Full of ideas. Curious. And yes... cool
I BRING ALL OF THIS INTO MY COACHING - HELPING ARTISTS CONNECT WITH THEIR TRUTH, EXPRESS BOLDLY, AND CREATE FROM WHO THEY TRULY ARE.
KATRINA GRIDINA
Professional coach for artist and performers
READ
MORE
MORE
ABOUT ME
THERE ARE NO NEW DIRECTIONS IN ART. THERE IS ONE:
FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN
FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN
Remember
WHAT CLIENTS SAY ABOUT ME
Personal authors coaching
May 2025
"Katrina, thank you. I’m touched by your light, your wisdom, and the depth of your work.
I could feel both our shared process and the message within it.
I’m in awe, a little disoriented, and very grateful… You are so vast. And so subtle. Looking forward to continue.”
— Olga, performance artist
I could feel both our shared process and the message within it.
I’m in awe, a little disoriented, and very grateful… You are so vast. And so subtle. Looking forward to continue.”
— Olga, performance artist
Project support. Long-term
March 2025
“Your feedback always struck at the heart of the process. Clear, grounded, inspiring and full of care — it helps me hold the complexity of this project with more confidence and depth - without pressure, but with real expansion.”
— Michail, producer
— Michail, producer
Group Training
August 2016
Group Training
September 2024
“What surprised me most was discovering how much energy lives inside me: strong, diverse, inspiring.
And strangely, the most valuable part of the course turned out to be the gentle non-interference of the facilitators. They didn’t push - they simply stayed present, and that gave me the space to be.”
— Lyudmila Beryuleva, graduate of the 11th Basic Course Art Of Being
And strangely, the most valuable part of the course turned out to be the gentle non-interference of the facilitators. They didn’t push - they simply stayed present, and that gave me the space to be.”
— Lyudmila Beryuleva, graduate of the 11th Basic Course Art Of Being
“It’s so deeply my space, my angle, my view of art… I feel at home, mama.”
— Yana Ostas, singer & poet, graduate of the Online Course Art Of Being
— Yana Ostas, singer & poet, graduate of the Online Course Art Of Being
Performance Audience
July 2024
"Your performance placed me deep inside myself. I wanted to stay there, quietly, looking at the treasures in my own chest.
Something shifted when you changed direction mid-performance - it felt like a raw wound opened and became part of the show.
It disturbed my soul in the best way and left me with questions I don’t know yet how to answer.”
— viewer, Avignon Festival OFF
Something shifted when you changed direction mid-performance - it felt like a raw wound opened and became part of the show.
It disturbed my soul in the best way and left me with questions I don’t know yet how to answer.”
— viewer, Avignon Festival OFF
Group Training
November 2016
"I came in wearing a ‘mask’ - a version of myself made for this kind of group.
But then something broke open. And by the final day, I was fully carried away.
Now I keep returning to myself - to the part that moves from the center. I trust it will take me where I truly want to go.”
— Daria Trukshina, participant of the intro training “To Be Visible”
But then something broke open. And by the final day, I was fully carried away.
Now I keep returning to myself - to the part that moves from the center. I trust it will take me where I truly want to go.”
— Daria Trukshina, participant of the intro training “To Be Visible”
Group Training
September 2015
“At the time I joined, everything felt meaningless. I was indifferent to what was happening around me.
But on the course, I felt excitement again. Even trembling.
Honesty became the red thread of the whole approach — honesty with myself and others.
And I realized: these tools don’t only work on stage — they work in life.”
— Vitaly, photographer
But on the course, I felt excitement again. Even trembling.
Honesty became the red thread of the whole approach — honesty with myself and others.
And I realized: these tools don’t only work on stage — they work in life.”
— Vitaly, photographer
Group training, project support
December 2020
"Katrina, thank you for your invisible yet powerful support - it was with me through months of growth.
With your guidance, I directed my first solo performance - fully mine, from idea to stage.
I danced, improvised, spoke freely, played with the audience and with my costume. Two painful themes - personal & professional - came together in a raw, truthful act.
The insights are still unfolding. Thank you.”
— Irina Tishchenko, performer, participant of the “Anonymous Geniuses Club”
With your guidance, I directed my first solo performance - fully mine, from idea to stage.
I danced, improvised, spoke freely, played with the audience and with my costume. Two painful themes - personal & professional - came together in a raw, truthful act.
The insights are still unfolding. Thank you.”
— Irina Tishchenko, performer, participant of the “Anonymous Geniuses Club”
"TO TELL YOURSELF THE TRUTH
IS AN ACT OF LOVE"
FIND
YOUR DEEPEST INSPIRATION
I AM HERE
TO HELP YOU TO
TO HELP YOU TO
AUTHENTICITY IS WHERE IT BEGINS
- NOT WHERE IT ENDS
KGRIDINA@GMAIL.COM •
KGRIDINA@GMAIL.COM •
IT CAN BEGIN
FROM HERE
FROM HERE
CREATE
AS YOU ARE
let it mean...
