Bio

Ukrainian photographer. Born in 1985 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Started the career in 2009, in sports reportage. Worked with the foreign and Ukrainian media. 2012-2016 - FC Metalist Kharkiv staff photographer. Became the best photographer of Ukrainian Football Premier League three times in a row (2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15). The winner of Ukrainian sports photography competition under the aegis of the National Olympic Committee (2015, 2017). Also worked as a freelancer for UEFA, FIBA and well-known Ukrainian sports clubs, in particular FC "Shakhtar" (Donetsk). Freelancer as of 2016. Expanded field of activity in reportage photography and photojournalism highlighting social events, arts, the Russia's war against Ukraine. Worked as a stringer for Reuters, EPA. Became internationally known in March 2022 with video series "In the streets of Kharkiv", series of performances of cellist Denys Karachevtsev playing Bach in the ruined streets of Kharkiv. The project received huge coverage in social media and TV. The video has been presented on the "Late Show with David Letterman" by CBS. Participant of the number of collective exhibitions dedicated to the war in Ukraine. Personal awards & recognitions: 2024 - Silver Award. Budapest International Foto Awards; 2024 - Bronze Award. Budapest International Foto Awards; 2024 - 2 x Honorable Mention. ND Awards; 2024 - 3rd Place. International Photography Awards; 2024 - Honorable mention. International Photography Awards; 2024 - 4 x Official selection. International Photography Awards; 2024 - Nominee. The reFocus Awards; 2024 - 2 x "Bronze" award. PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris; 2024 - 3 x Honorable Mention. PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris; 2024 - Monochromatic Awards finalist. Dodho Magazine; 2024 - "Platinum Winner". London Photography Awards; 2024 - "Gold Winner". London Photography Awards; 2024 - Honorable mention. The reFocus Awards; 2024 - Nominee in Photojournalism. Fine Art Photography Awards 2023/2024; 2023 - Honorable mention. International Photography Awards; 2015, 2017 - First place. National Olympic Committee competition: the best sports photo of the year. 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 - The best photographer of the Ukrainian Football Premier League. Personal exhibitions: 2024 • “Kharkiv: (non)relocated culture (22-24)” — Kyiv Academic Drama Theater on Podil. Kyiv, Ukraine; • “Kharkiv: (non)relocated culture (22-24)” — Frankivsk National Drama Theatre. Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine; • “Shelter for Science” — LAPP. Annecy, France; • “Shelter for Science” — CERN. Meren, Geneva, Switzerland. 2023 • “Shelter for Science” — Lab DESY. Hamburg, Germany; • “Shelter for Science” — EPS-HEP. Hamburg, Germany; • “Kharkiv|Culture|War” — Art Area DK. Kharkiv, Ukraine. Collective exhibitions: 2024 • Pop-up exhibition — Center of New Culture "Some People". Kharkiv, Ukraine; • “Safety as Collective Practice” — REVOLUTIONALE Festival & Leipzig Festival of Lights, Ringcafé Roßplatz. Leipzig, Germany; • “Let me show you something beautiful” — Exhibition in front of the Parliament of Georgia. Tbilisi, Georgia; • “Feel yours: Genius loci” — Kharkiv Media Hub Gallery. Kharkiv, Ukraine; • Pop-up exhibition — Municipal Gallery. Kharkiv, Ukraine; • “Homeward” — Mykola Yaroshenko Poltava Art Museum. Poltava, Ukraine; • Pop-up exhibition — “Tvorche Nezhit” gallery. Kharkiv, Ukraine; • “Art of Freedom: Theatre ‘Nafta’” — Kharkiv Media Hub Gallery. Kharkiv, Ukraine. 2023 • “Cities of Ukraine” — Tummelplatz. Graz, Austria; • “Cities of Ukraine” — Universität Graz. Graz, Austria; • “Cities of Ukraine” — Center of Austrian-Ukrainian Cultural Studies. Graz, Austria. 2022 • “RE: Warchitecture. The City at War” — The Hague City Hall. The Hague, Netherlands; • “InSight of U” — TAITH Contemporary. Vienna, Austria.