
Maryna Shtanko, b. 1992 in Poltava, Ukraine.
Currently based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Currently based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Education:
2021 photobook creation course, Rodchenko Art School
2017-2018 Chekachkov Photo Academy, Kharkiv (UA)
2016 film criticism, Academy of Visual Arts, Kharkiv (UA)
2009-2014 School of Foreign Languages at V.N. Karazin University, Kharkiv (UA)
Exhibitions and screenings:
2022 Verzasca Foto Festival, Gordola (CH) // upcoming
2022 reStart’22, Prospekto Gallery, Vilnius (LT) // group exhibition
2022 Days of Photography, iManaLab, Nova Gorica (SI) // group exhibiton
2022 Colored Lenses: Life Among Others, Yermilov Centre, Kharkiv (UA) // online exhibition
2021 Light Conversation: Vol. 2, Small Talk Collective, Portland (US) // screening
2021 Isolation | Freedom, Kranj Foto Fest (SI) // group exhibiton
2021 Female Ukrainian Photographers, Odesa Photo Days (UA) // screening
2021 Stories, Ph21 Gallery, Budapest (HU) // group exhibition
2021 The Dreamer, LoosenArt, Rome (IT) // group exhibition
2018 Accommodation, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv (UA) // group exhibition
2018 Kharkiv, how we don`t see it, Parade-Fest, Kharkiv (UA) // group exhibition
2018 Starting point, COME IN, Kharkiv (UA) // group exhibition
Residencies:
2022 Villa Müller, Feldkirch (AT)
2022 Verzasca Foto Festival, Frasco (CH)
Awards:
2022 Athens Photo Festival (GR) // shortlist
2021 Female Ukrainian Photographers, Odesa Photo Days (UA) // finalist
Publications:
British Journal of Photography
Float Magazine
The Space In Between
F-Stop Magazine
Aint Bad
Pearl Press
Don’t Take Pictures
Artdoc Photography Magazine
Outlast Journal
The Luna Collective (printed)
Black River
DECALOGUE Magazine