BIO:
I'm a visual artist based in Kyiv (b. 1976)
Since I first picked up the camera, I realized that contemporary photography is not about a quality camera, not about shutter speed or aperture, not about expensive lenses… Not even about a gold section or gold hours…
For me, photography is understanding, experience, discovery. It is the reflection of the Universe in photographs and the revelation of oneself not only to the whole world, but to oneself. New people in my life, new feelings, support and help. This is a constant learning but not about the sharpness of the picture or the blurring of the background. About immersion in myself, about dreams, about hopes, about plans, about achievements. Acceptance, loss….
I am discovering a small part of this Universe here.
I work with still life and love the result of this work. But I'm also fascinated by the picture I can create with the person in the lead role.
My photographs have appeared in at the Duncan Miller Gallery, online Gallery Street photography. Ukraine, Ukrainian On-Line Photo Gallery, my portfolio on Vogue Italia.
Member of the National Union of Photographic Artists of Ukraine
Education:
Studied at:
Kiev School Photography 2019
Advanced course at Chekachkov Photo Academy 2020
Author's courses by Dimitri Bogachuk (Fine Art, Kyiv School Photography) Kyiv, Ukraine. 2020
Sergey Melnitchenko MYPH School 2021
Awards & Nominations:
ND awards 2023 edition
3rd place bronze star award
Winner of the competition "Genesis of being" from Cutout Collage Festival, Lviv Ukraine, 2023
Named to “YourDailyPhotograph.com Hot 100 of 2022”
Winner of the PHOTO IS:RAEL #photoagenda competition on the theme: E-MOTION.
Silver awards Shades of blue 2022 . Camelback Gallery Scottsdale, Arizona
I became part of the new Rotterdam Photo 2022 XL edition (THE HUMAN BLUEPRINT theme) single image photographer for the official program of Rotterdam Photo Festival 2022 XL, during Art Rotterdam Week from 10th to 13th February 2022 at Willemsplein, Rotterdam (NL)
Awarded in the ND Awards 2021 international photography contest (Series, Professional) id 21/47910 - Honorable Mention in Special: Open Theme category
The winner of the competition I SEE PHOTO Awards Ukraine, 2021
Finalist at PHOTO IS:RAEL’s First International Photomarathon, 2021
Annual international art fair PHOTO KYIV 2020 online
Diploma winner of the international online photo contest "ABSTRACT ART PHOTO 2020"! (Ukraine) Kyivphotos-Hall 2012 Art Association
Diploma winner of the online photo contes «Concept Art Photo 2020» Kyivphotos-Hall 2012 Art Association
Exhibitions
Grope collage Exgibition "Genesis of being" from Cutout Collage Festival, Lviv Ukraine, 2023
Shades of blue 2022 international
visual arts EXHIBITION . Camelback Gallery Scottsdale, Arizona based virtual art gallery, founded in 2017
Participant of the 9th International Photography Festival PHOTO IS:RAEL, November 2021
Group exhibition of the contest winners I SEE PHOTO Awards Ukraine, October 2021
Participant of exhibition "NEW EYE" @GalereysNuArt September 2021
Participatory project #чутливість_фотографії within the exhibition "Sensitivity. Modern Ukrainian photography» September 2021
London Street Photograph Festival, August 29 2021
August - September 2021 the group exhibition "Surrealism in Ukraine", Gallery Portal 11, Kiyv
Personal exhibition "Self-portraits", May, 2021.
The exposition is organized with the assistance of the National Union of Photographers of Ukraine Art Association "KYIVPHOTOS-HALL 2012" and the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine on the exhibition space and a series of exhibitions of cinematographers and photographers in the Central House of Cinema
Personal exhibition "Fragments" at Lavra Studio, 2020 (Kyiv, Ukraine);
Participant of exhibition International Salon of Art Photography Kyivphotos-Hall 2012 Art Association "THE BEST 2019" Kyiv, 2020
Participant of exhibition International Salon of Art Photography Kyivphotos-Hall 2012 Art Association "WOMAN forever" Kyiv, 2020