Andriy Lomakin (b. 1974, Pripyat, Ukraine) – Ukrainian photographer, lives and works in Kyiv. Graduated from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute in 1999. In 2001 starts collaborating with international and local news media as photojournalist and reportage photographer. Since 2014 dedicates himself to working on personal documentary and art projects focused on exploration and research of Ukraine social landscape, combining documentary shooting with archive studies.
SELECTED AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
2022 “Thin Line” (curator Kateryna Radchenko) group exhibition, “Calm Waters”, Safehouse 2 gallery, London, UK
2022 «Military Amulet», group exhibition, “Amulet”, Museum of Belarusian Culture in Vilnius, Lithuania
2022 Copenhagen Photo Festival/Odesa Photo Days, group exhibition, “Calm Waters”, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 “Calm Waters”, personal exhibition(curator Kateryna Radchenko), Town Hall of Castelnaudary, France
2022 Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles/Odesa Photo Days, screening of “Calm Waters” — parts of «With a Chance of Precipitation” Best of the Night of the Year 2022 selection, Arle, France
2019 LOVE, LUST & FURY/Contemporary Ukrainian Photography, group exhibition, «Amulet» project, KLAIPEDA CCC EXHIBITION HALL, Lithuania
2019 UPHA Made in Ukraine, group exhibition, «Amulet» project, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 “Eastern Partnership” contest winner, exhibition, «Amulet» project, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
2019 10th International «Phodar» Biennial, exhibition, «Amulet» project, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 N-Ost Reportagepreis 2018, shortlist «Amulet» project, Berlin, Germany
2017 The Alfred Fried Photography Award, group exhibition, «Calm Waters» project, Paris, France
2017 Grand Prix “Best Photographer of the Year in Ukraine”, «Amulet» project
2017 Odessa//Batumi Photo Days 2017, group exhibition, «Amulet» project, Odessa, Ukraine
2016 Photo Romania Festival, group exhibition, «Calm Waters» project, Durgau-Valea Sarata, Romania
2016 Odesa//Batumi Photo Days 2016, group exhibition, «Calm Waters» project, Batumi, Georgia
2016 IZOLYATSIA artist talk, personal exhibition «Amulet», «Forgotten Victories», «Calm Waters», Kyiv, Ukraine
2016 Photometria International Festival, group exhibition, «Calm Waters» project, Ioannina, Greece
2016 Allard Prize winner, «Maidan Revolt» project
2016 NPPA Best of Photojournalism 2st place Portrait & Personality (Single) category
2016 NPPA Best of Photojournalism Honorable mention Portrait (Series) category
2016 Chiang Mai Month of Photography, The Collective Unconscious project — screening of «May Day» project, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2015 Photo Kathmandu 2015 festival, screening of «Two lives» project, Kathmandu, Nepal
2015 2d place «Photographer of the Year in Ukraine», reportage category, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 Tbilisi Photofestival, screening of «Visitor» project, Tbilisi, Georgia
2015 Odesa/Batumi Photo Days, screening of «Maidan Revolt» project, Batumi, Georgia
2015 screening of «Visitors» project as a part of the exhibition WORLD PRESS PHOTO ’15, Kiev, Ukraine
2014 «Die Ukraine nach dem Maidan. Ein dramatischer Fr?hling», group exhibition, Hamburg, Germany
2014 «Euromaidan: The True Story», group exhibition, Kolga Photofestival, Tbilisi, Georgia
2014 «Euromaidan: The True Story», group exhibition, 8bit gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
2013 Shortlisted PHOTOVISA festival multimedia category with «Two Lives» project, Krasnodar, Russia
2013 Vizii International visual culture festival, screening of «Two lives» project, Kiev, Ukraine
2013 Tbilisi Photofestival, screening of «Luganda dreams» project, Tbilisi, Georgia
2013 3d place Photographer of the Year in Ukraine, portrait category, Kiev, Ukraine
2012 Third Eye Symposium, screening in multimedia section, Moscow, Russia
2005 «24 hours», group exhibition, Ra gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
2003 Photo bienniale in Kiev, group exhibition, Kiev, Ukraine
2003 Media Eye Ukraine, group exhibition, Kiev, Ukraine
Education
2010 Jason Eskinazi master-class «Killing the Buddha» , Kiev, Ukraine
2004 George Georgiu and Vanessa Winship master-class , Kiev, Ukraine