Gera Artemova was born and based in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Member of UPHA (Ukrainian Photographic Alternative) since 2013.
Member of UWPO (Ukrainian Women Photographers Organization) since 2024.
Education and workshops:
2019 Modern Art School, Photography course with Aleksandr Liapin, Kyiv
2015 “Conceptual photography” course with Roman Pyatkovka, Kyiv
2015 Adam Mazur workshop, Odesa
2014 Gueorgui Pinkhassov workshop, Kyiv
2010 “Picture story in photojournalism” - led by photographer Sergey Maximishin, organised by “Atelier de Imagem. Instituto de fotografia de Lisboa”, Lisbon
2009 Magnum workshop - group led by photographer Chien-Chi Chang, Barcelona
2008 Photography courses (group led by Volodymyr Kukorenchuk) at Ukrainian TV, Radio broadcasting and Press institute.
1996 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”
Awards:
2025 FotoEvidence Ukraine initiative, shortlist
2024 BUP book award, shortlist
2023 Prix Pictet “Human”, shortlist
2015 Kolga Award (Georgia), shortlist
2013 2-nd place in nomination “Animals”, National Award “Photographer of the Year 2013”
2013 Critical Mass, shortlist
2010 Best Photographer 2010, shortlist
2010 Sony World Photography Awards, commended
2008 IPA (International Photo Award), Honorable Mentions
2008 Travel Photographer of the Year competition, shortlist
Exhibitions and multimedia projections:
2025 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2025 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
2025 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2025 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Fotografiska, Shanghai, China
2025 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, Italy
2024 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Circle Cite, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2024 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, United States
2024 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Pinakotek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2024 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Red Cross Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
2024 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey
2024 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, KWM ArtCenter, Beijing, China
2024 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Luma Westbau, Zurich, Switzerland
2024 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, School of the Arts Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
2024 “Contra Spem Spero. Stories from Ukraine” group exhibition, Museo Civico Bari, Bari, Italy
2023 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, TOP Museum (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum), Tokyo, Japan 2023 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Tern Gallery, Nassau, Bahamas
2023 Prix Pictet group exhibition “Human”, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
2023 “Contra Spem Spero. Stories from Ukraine” group exhibition, Letizia Battaglia International Center of Photography, Palermo, Italy
2023 “Contra Spem Spero. Stories from Ukraine” group exhibition, Palazzo Tobia Pallavicino, Genoa, Italy 2023 “Contra Spem Spero. Stories from Ukraine” group exhibition, Mattatoio Roma, Rome, Italy
2023 “DIARY – 8 wartime photo diaries" group exhibition, Center of art and culture Castello di San Michele, Sardinia, Italy
2022 “Contrapunct” group exhibition, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
2022 Festival Images Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland
2022 “Parallel Vienna” Vienna, Austria2022 screening, Vizura Zagreb Biennial, Zagreb, Croatia
2022 online exhibition in Swiss museums – Plateforme 10, Switzerland
2021 “Sensitivity” group exhibition, Mystetskyi Arsenal National Art and Culture Museum Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 “100 woman” group exhibition, Kharkiv Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2021 “Artificial pain” group exhibition, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2020 “Artificial pain” group exhibition, Center of Modern Art “Signs of Time “, Torun, Poland
2020 “Wonderland” group exhibition, Modern Art Research Institute of Ukrainian Academy of Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 “UPHA in da office“ group exhibition, StarLightMedia, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 “Between Fire and Fire: Ukrainian Art Now” group exhibition, Semperdepot, Atelierhaus at the Academy of FineArts, Vienna, Austria
2019 “UPHA. Made in Ukraine “ group exhibition, Akt gallery, Platforma ART-Factory, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 “I am a Synoptic” group exhibition, Akt gallery, Platforma ART-Factory, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 “27/7” group exhibition, Akt gallery, Platforma ART-Factory, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016 UPHA group books exhibition, Paris Photo, Polycopies, Paris, France
2016 “Around the axis” group exhibition, Platforma ART-Factory, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016 Porto Franko Gogol Fest, “Litoralis” group exhibition curated by Darya Koltsova, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
2016 The main group exhibition of the festival “Odesa//Batumi Photo Days” – Territory // Space, Odesa, Ukraine
2015 Gogolfest, “Simulation” group exhibition curated by Roman Pyatkovka, The National Complex “Expocenter ofUkraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 Personal exhibition “If I will not be here...”, Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 UPHA group exhibition “When photography became a book”, V International Arsenal Book Festival, MystetskyiArsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, USA
2014 Gogolfest, art books group exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine
2014 Group exhibition of finalists of National Award “Photographer of the Year 2013”, Centre of Contemporary Art“M17”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2013 Group exhibition of Kyiv Portfolio Review 2012 finalists, “Kyiv Fortress” museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
2013 Photomatic projection, Brussels, Belgium
2012 Рersonal exhibition “New Year and Christmas holidays in Hutsulshchyna”, “Honchar Museum”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 “Kosmach” projection, BursaPhotofest, Bursa, Turkey
2012 “Eyes of Houses” exhibition, Colorida gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2010 Collective exhibition “Monologues” in “Mykola House” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 Projection at Centre of Modern Art (CCCB), Barcelona, Spain
Selected publications:
GUP, National Geographic, Geo Lino, Bird in Flight, UPHA catalogue, “UPHA made in Ukraine” book, “XYZ” book, “Financial Times”, “The New European”
Book:
“Botanic Garden”, 2014