Ekaterina Samutsevic had experience at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute and a defense enterprise behind her, when she decided to study art.  Joining the actionist current in autumn 2011, she was a core co-founder of Pussy Riot. Of the three members of Pussy Riot prosecuted for their action Mother of God, Drive Putin Out, she is the only one to escape a jail sentence, although she is still prohibited from leaving the country.

/////////////////////////////////

Ekaterina Samutsevitch wrote:

“I was born in Moscow on August 9, 1982. After completing secondary school in 1999, I entered the Moscow Power Engineering Institute from which I graduated in 2005. I worked at a defense enterprise for two years when I gave up my job and enrolled in the Rodchenko School of Photography and Multimedia (Moscow). I finished my studies in 2009. Going into art practice, I was mainly in the current of actionism. In autumn 2011, I became a co-author and one of founders of Pussy Riot,  the idea of which already appeared in 2010.”