Katia Kolovea

About Katia Kolovea

Katia Kolovea is a lighting designer, communication strategist, and advocate of the lighting design profession. Her passion for light, people, and the creation of engaging and immersive experiences led her to start her business, 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗳𝗼𝘀. Katia has been involved in a variety of international projects, from architectural lighting, to event lighting, to stage lighting design, private parties, high-end brand presentations, product lighting, and public art installations, to mention a few.
When she is not designing interactive and immersive lighting experiences, Katia collaborates with businesses in the lighting industry to support them in communicating their brand and services in a meaningful, innovative, and personalized way, online and offline.

Her work as a designer has been awarded a “Darc Award” and was honored with the prestigious Founder 40 Lighting Design Award. Katia has been involved in various community-based and educational projects in the lighting industry, like the 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 and the 𝗩𝗟𝗗.𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. She loves storytelling, public speaking, and bringing the right people together.
Katia is the founder of 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲, an educational platform with the mission to raise awareness about the importance of the right light to the general public. She is a team member of the global 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 Community managing all social media communications, a Judge of the 𝗟𝗜𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀, and an elected council member of the 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

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