Valentyn Odnoviun. Ukrainian living in Vilnius, Lithuania.
During the last few years researches has been mostly linked with historical or socially engaged events and problems through the “abstract”-looking image, working with the imagination of the viewer to create more concrete communication with the help of interpretation and conceptual thinking.
Photographs in latest projects call into question the relation between what we see and what we perceive in advance of the act of recognition. These photographs as patterns and traces emphasize the borders not only of human perception, but the border where the consequences of human action meet reason.
Member of the Association of Lithuanian Art Photographers
EDUCATION
2017 – Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Visual Arts (Erasmus scholarship exchange program)
2014-2016 – Vilnius Academy of Arts, MA in Photography and Media Arts
2015 – Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Visual Arts (Erasmus scholarship exchange program)
2005-2010 – Kharkiv National Pedagogic University, MA in Teacher of English and World Literature
AWARDS & GRANTS
GRAND PRIX Award - Interphoto Grand Prix 2017, Bialystok, Poland, 2017
1st place - Krakow Photomonth Portfolio Review, Krakow, Poland, 2018
1st place - World Biennial of Student Photography, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2017
1st place - Debiutas 2016 award for Emerging Art Photographers, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2016
Winner - DEBUTS 2018, Warsaw, Poland, 2018
Public Choice Award – “MyEstonia?” Competition, Tallinn, Estonia, 2018
2018: - Artist Scholarship Gaude Polonia by National Centre for Culture, Warsaw, Poland
- Shortlist - Kolga Photo Award 2018, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Shortlist - Galerie Fotografic Open Call 2018-19, Prague, Czech Republic
- Honorary Mention - PIC Förderpreis SELECTED 2018, Neuss, Germany
2017: - Nominee - Riga Photography Biennial Awards 2018, Riga, Latvia
- Nominee - Warsaw Photo Days Grand Prix, Warsaw, Poland
- Nominee - Different Worlds 2017, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Nominee - Photogrvphy Grant London, United Kingdom
- Nominee - Walter Koschatzky Art Award 2017, Vienna, Austria
2016: - Shortlist - Baltic Young Artist Award 2016, Riga, Latvia
2014: - Full scholarship from Education Exchanges Support Foundation of Lithuania for Masters studies at Vilnius Academy of Arts
EXHIBITIONS
PERSONAL (selected)
2018: - The Process, Flandernbunker Museum, curated by Not Vice Versa art concepts. Kiel, Germany
2017: - Surveillance, Blütengasse 9 gallery, curated by Not Vice Versa art concepts Vienna, Austria
- Surveillance, Cesis New Castle Exhibition Hall, Cesis, Latvia
- Surveillance, The gallery of the Lithuanian Photographers Association, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016: - Traces of Memory, Art gallery Akademija, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Traces of Memory, Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Poland
COLLECTIVE (selected)
2018: - “Tam Gdzie Teraz,” project “Horizons,” Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, Poland
- MyEstonia? Competition, exposition of selected works, ArtVilnius'18 Contemporary Art Fair, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Exhibition of the DEBUTS 2018 winners, Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland
- “The Vivid Unknown,” - Refugee Week Berlin, project Traces of Memory, Berlin, Germany
- Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2018, project Surveillance, Tbilisi, Georgia
- “Different Worlds,” project Surveillance, Photon Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- Pavlovka Pinhole Fest, exposition of selected works, Kyiv, Ukraine
2017: - World Biennial of Student Photography, project Surveillance, Museum of Contemporary Arts of Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
- Warsaw Photo Days, project Surveillance, Warsaw, Poland
- Different Worlds 2017, Young Contemporary Photography, project Surveillance, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- INTERPHOTO Grand Prix 2017 Festival, project Surveillance, Bialystok, Poland
- Auckland Festival of Photography, project Traces of Memory, New Zealand
- Walter Koschatzky Art Award 2017, project Surveillance. Exhibition of the finalists at the
HOFSTALLUNGEN, by Rotary Club Albertina, Vienna, Austria
- Kaunas Gallery Weekend 2017, project Traces of Memory, Kaunas, Lithuania
2016: - Debiutas 2016, projects Surveillance, Warsaw 1944, photo gallery Prospekto, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Meno Celės, project Investigation, Art gallery Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
- On-Time, exhibition of contemporary young artists, Parliament of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- In the Same Boat, project Investigation, Academy of Arts, Lodz, Poland
RESIDENCIES
2016 - 2017 - Artist-in-Residence, RUCKA Artist Residency, Cesis, Latvia
PUBLIC PERFORMING
2018: - Artist Talk - Pix.House Photography Gallery, Poznan, Poland
- Artist Talk - Department of Photography, University of Arts, Poznan, Poland
2017: - Artist Talk - Warsaw Photo Days, Warsaw, Poland
- Artist Talk - Nida Photography Symposium 2017, 40th Anniversary, Nida, Lithuania
- Lecture Post-Documentary - National Academy of Arts, Lviv, Ukraine
CATALOGS
2018: - DEBUTS 2018 photo book, Project: “Surveillance” Publisher: “Blow Up Press,” Warsaw, Poland
- Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2018, p 294-295, ISBN 978-9941-27-9164, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Agnė Narušytė (Author): „A Single Viewer's Observation,“ DOC! Magazine, No8 (43),
March 19, 2018, Warsaw, Poland
2017: - Natalia Arlauskaitė (Author): „Repression Astronomy: A Monitoring of Distance,“
Fotografija magazine, No2 (34), p16-17, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Alvydas Lukys (Editor): Lithuanian Photography'17 – II Almanac,
Lithuanian Photographers Association Foundation, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Jasna Jernejšek (Editor): Different Worlds, fifth edition catalog, p26-27, Photon – Centre for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Natalia Arlauskaitė (Author): „Repression Astronomy: A Monitoring of Distance,“
Literatura ir Menas, magazine No23 (3619), Back cover, p3, 20, 22, 31
- Agnė Narušytė (Author): „Violence Observatory,“ 7md art newspaper, Vilnius, Lithuania
- ANDERS Studio E.U., Walter Koschatzky Art Award 2017, p39-41 Vienna, Austria
2016: - Debiutas 2016 catalog, Project: “Surveillance” Publisher: Lithuanian Photographers Association, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Jurij Dobriakov (Editor): Meno Celės catalog, p66-67, Vilnius Academy of Arts Publishing House, Vilnius, Lithuania