Alexander Chekmenev was born on 1st of April, 1969 in Lugansk, Ukraine.
1990 graduated from the Department of Newspaper Photography of Moscow State University,in absentia.
1993 member of the Photographers’ Union of Russia, located in Moscow.
The same year he became a member of the Photographers’ Union of the Ukraine located in Kiev.
1994 1st prize in the competition "Ukrpressphoto" held in Kiev, Ukraine, in the category "New Names".
Untill 1997 had worked as a free-lance photographer.
1997 received an offer to work as a photographer for the "Vseukrainskiye Vedomosti" , a Ukrainian daily newspaper, Kiev.
1998 the authorities closed the newspaper stating that it was “too oppositional” and “too yellow”.
2000 European Competition of Photojournalism in VeVey, Switzerland, for his photo series named "Ukrainian
Passport".
2000 1st personal exhibition of Alexander Chekmenev was held on the initiative of the "Photography" magazine and the editorial office of "Vedomosti Vzhesinskiye", Vzhesnia, Poland .
2000 personal exhibition in Poprad photo gallery, Poprad, Slovakia, series "Ukrainian Passport" and "Lilies".
2001 personal photo exhibition, photo gallery "ZAMEK", Poznan, Poland, series "Ukrainian Passport", "Lilies", "The Blind", "Easter", "Portraits" and "Miners".
2001 personal photo exhibition, photo gallery in Zelena Gura, Poland, series "Ukrainian Passport", "Lilies", "The Blind", "Easter", "Portraits", "Miners".
2001 personal photo exhibition in Zurich, Switzerland, series "Ukrainian Passport".
2001 personal photo exhibition photo gallery in Olstyn, Poland. Series: "Ukrainian Passport", "Lilies", "The Blind", "Easter", "Portraits", "Miners".
2007 personal photo exhibition , Kiev, gallery “Iren”, presenting series “The Winners”.
2007 personal photo exhibition, Kiev, “ Yagallery”, series “Black and White Photography”.
2008 personal photo exhibition, Kiev, “ Yagallery”, series “The Street Portraits, color."
2008 “4 x 4, Contemporary Ukrainian photography”, Collective Exhibition, the House of Photography, Vilnius.
2010 Russia, Perm,Museum of Contemporary Art, personal photo exhibition, series "Miners".
2010 Poland, Poznan-Warshava, 3rd Photodokument festival, exhibition: " NO REVOLUTION ", series "DONBASS".
2008 "Black and white photographs," publisher "Artbuk", Ukraine, Ua/Eng