Maryna Shtanko, b. 1992 in Poltava, Ukraine.
Currently based in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany.
Currently based in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany.
Education:
2017-2019 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:
2023 Von Zuhause, Wo lang?, Altenburg, (DE) // group exhibition
2023 Art is Home, Galerie K55, Heilbronn (DE) // group exhibition
2023 Ukrainian Perspectives: Photography from the 1940s-now, ChaShaMa, New York (US) // group exhibition
2023 Relationships, Im Raum, Vienna (AT) // group exhibition
2022 rûm Issue °V, Oag Kulturraum, Graz (AT) // group exhibition
2022 We No Longer Feel the Future, MUZA - Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (IL) // group exhibition
2022 Heidelberger Fotopreis 2022, Stadtbücherei, Heidelberg (DE) // group exhibition
2022 razom together, Fluc, Vienna (AT) // group exhibition
2022 Breathing Houses, Verzasca Foto Festival, Gordola (CH) // group exhibition
2022 reStart’22, Prospekto Gallery, Vilnius (LT) // group exhibition
2022 Days of Photography, iManaLab, Nova Gorica (SI) // group exhibition
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 exhibition
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
Awards, scholarships:
2023 FRESH EYES Talent by GUP Magazine (NL) // shortlist
2023 Urbanautica Institute Awards 2022 (US) // special mention
2022 Heather B. Mattera Opportunity Scholarship, StrudelmediaLive (US) // scholarship
2022 Heidelberger Fotopreis 2022, Heidelberg (DE) // shortlist
2022 reStart’22, Lithuanian Photographers Association, Vilnius (LT) // shortlist
2022 Athens Photo Festival, Athens (GR) // shortlist
2021 Female Ukrainian Photographers, Odesa Photo Days (UA) // finalist
Residencies:
2023 Wo lang?. Altenburg (DE) // scholarship, residence
2022 pARTner Residenz, Feldkirch (AT) // residence
2022 Verzasca Foto Festival, Frasco (CH) // residence
Selected publications:
British Journal of Photography, Float Magazine, The Space In Between, Fast Forward,
Conceptual Projects, F-Stop Magazine, Aint Bad, Incandescent Zine (Issue 19),
rûm (issue °V), Pearl Press, Artdoc Photography Magazine, Kiosk of Democracy,
Don’t Take Pictures, Outlast Journal, DECALOGUE Magazine, The Luna Collective