NATALIA, KAREN AND ARTEM WITH A PROJECTION OF THE BOMBED-OUT MYKOLAIV ADMIRALTY (MYKOLAIV, 2024)

Born in 1991 in Mykolayiv, Ukraine. In 2005 – master of sports of the international class in ballroom dances. 2008-2014 – graduated from the National Shipbuilding University named after Admiral Makarov with a specialization — computer systems engineer.

Started photography in 2009.

The first Ukrainian photographer to win the international award “Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer 2017” (Berlin, Germany).

In 2018, at the age of 26, he founded the school of conceptual and art photography “MYPH”.

Member of UPHA – Ukrainian Photo Alternative.

Member of UAPP – Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers.

Participant of more than 200 personal and group exhibitions, fairs and festivals around the world and published 11 books.

Organizer and curator of more than 50 projects and exhibitions with the works of students of the school “MYPH” around the world over the past 6 years.

Winner of national and international competitions and awards, including “Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer” in 2017 (Berlin), “Photographer of the Year” in 2012, 2013 and 2016 (Kyiv, Ukraine), “Golden Camera” in 2012 (Kyiv, Ukraine). Finalist of “Krakow Photomonth”, “Pinchuk Art Center Prize”, “Off_Festival Bratislava 2014”, “DEBUTS 2018”, “Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award”, “Batumi Photodays”, etc.

Participated in “Paris Photo”, “Volta Art Fair”, “Photo L.A.”, «Photo Basel», «Unseen» fairs etc.

Nominated for the “Foam Paul Huf Award” in 2020 and 2023.

Since 2022, two series of works have been included to the "Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung» foundation collection, among whose collection are works of such world famous photographers as Robert Rauschenberg, Ai Weiwei, Nan Goldin, Ren Hang, Thomas Struth, Sebastiao Salgado, Nadav Kander, Luo Yang, Pixie Liao and others.

Selected to participate in the European platform for photographers "FUTURES" in 2022, nominated by ISSP Gallery (Riga, Latvia).

Since 2024, the series "Tattoos of war" has become a part of the permanent collection of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan - K*MоPA.

Sergey’s works are in private and public collections in the USA, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany, Belgium, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, China etc.