Bio

Ukrainian artist, documentary photographer Alena Grom was born in Donetsk. In January 2014, she was forced to leave her home and hometown due to the military events in the Donbass. In such conditions, photography became a salvation for Thunder and a way to escape the traumatic reality. Since 2017 lives in Bucha. As a result of the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, Grom and her family became refugees for the second time, but returned after the de-occupation of Buchi.Alena works at the intersection of social reporting and conceptual photography. He has been working on his topics in the military and de-occupied zone since 2017. However, her photographs are not an illustration of regret or grief, but a statement of life. Life, in spite of everything, is one of the main themes of the artist. Alena tells about the war through a subjective experience associated with cultural memory, through a creative reassessment of her own life as a documentary evidence of events. Grom creates an archive of photographs and videos documenting Russia's war in Ukraine. In this way, she wants to preserve the photographic heritage and the memory of the war for future generations. Grom sincerely believes that art is a force that can encourage people to participate in public dialogue. Through her photographs, Mrs. Grom is trying to convey to the world community the complexity of military everyday life, the tragedy of war and faith in peace. Photos, video installations, documentaries, multimedia projects of Alena Grom were exhibited at international exhibitions and were evaluated at many international photo contests.