ОБ АВТОРЕ
Alexander Chekmenev was born in Luhansk, the city located in
Eastern Ukraine. Alexander started his career as a photographer in a
small photo studio in his home town. On the free of work time he
photographed people on the streets and homes, who were effected the
most by economical crisis after Soviet Union collapse. HIs work give
an intimate and unique insider view on transition of coal mining
region in 90-s in Eastern Ukraine.
He moved to Kiev in 1997, where he works as photojournalist.
His work has been published in New York Times Lens blog, Time Lightbox, New Yorker Photo
Booth, MSNBC, Qwartz etc.
Exhibitions
Group exhibition Suwon, South Corea, "Suwon Photo", series "War in Donbass".
2016
Personal exhibition in Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, USA. series "Donbass" and "Passport".
Personal exhibition in gallery "Palffy Palace", Bratislava, Slovakia, series "Donbass".
Group exhibition in The Side Gallery Newcastle, UK "LEGACY: Russia,
Ukraine, Georgia, & The Caucasus» Series Warriors
Group exhibition in Vienna Künstlerhaus series Warriors
Group Exhibition in Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, UK. "Shift, Ukraine in crisis»
Series from Maidan protests
Personal exhibition in gallery "Clara Maria Sels", Duesseldorf, Germany, series "Mad World".
Grand Prix "Photographer of the Year of Ukraine 2013".
Museum "Märkisches Museum Witten", Germany, series "Donbass".
First Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art "Arsenal 2012", series "Winners".
Personal exhibition in gallery "Clara Maria Sels", Duesseldorf, Germany, series "Donbass".
group exhibition "Without a revolution, "a series of "Donbass". "3rd Festival of documentary photographs", Poznan, Warsaw, Poland.
Group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Perm series "Donbass".
Group exhibition "4on4. Ukrainian Contemporary Photography" House of Photography, Vilnius.
Personal exhibition in gallery "Yagalereya", Kiev, series "Black and White"
Personal exhibition in gallery "Zamek", Poznan, Poland, series: "Ukrainian passport", "Lilies", "Blind", "Easter", "Portraits", "Miners".
Personal exhibition in gallery in Poprad, Slovakia, series: "Ukrainian passport" and "Lilies".
Winner of the European competition of documentary photography Vevey, Switzerland for the series "Ukrainian passport".
1st prize in the competition "Ukrpressphoto" held in Kiev, Ukraine, in the category "New Names".