Yehor Lemzyakoff
In his work, he sees art as an endless journey of self-discovery and exploration, in search of elusive answers to questions about the meaning of existence. He believes that reality is merely a matter of perception, and that true art speaks for itself, requiring no lengthy explanations or interpretations.
He has received numerous prestigious accolades, including the title of Analog/Film Photographer of the Year at the 2025 IPA Awards, a Gaude Polonia scholarship in 2025, an award in the SHOW OFF section in 2024, and recognition in the Wystaw się w CSW competition in Toruń in 2022. His project RGB received, among other distinctions, first prize from the President of Ukraine in 2014. His work, including Documentary Fashion, Portrait for Coffee and the award-winning Cinematographic Landscape, has been presented in solo exhibitions at venues such as ZPAF Gallery, Szara Kamienica and B&B Gallery, as well as in numerous group exhibitions across Europe. These include ImageNation in Paris and Milan, the Foto Art Festival, Kyiv Photo Week, the Białe Noce festival and Gogolfest in Kyiv. In 2022, he also took part in the ARprogram artist residency in Luxembourg.
He studied at the Kyiv School of Photography (2008) and the Academy of Photography in Kraków (2022). He also has a background in sociology, having earned a bachelor’s degree from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 2011 and a master’s degree from the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University in 2012. Since 2024, he has been studying at the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava, Czech Republic.
Artist Statement
What is art? Throughout our lives, in one way or another, we strive to discover the meaning of our existence, satisfy our curiosity and find fulfilment through our achievements. It is our own inevitable limitations and inhibitions that frustrate these efforts, but they can also drive people with an artistic spirit to create beyond their comfort zone and, in some extreme cases, even lead to their destruction. I would like my art to be an unbounded journey of self-discovery and exploration, in search of elusive answers to these and other questions that are often harder to understand than they are to answer.
