BIOAnna Zhukova is a conceptual and art photographer, collage artist from Kyiv UA. She started photography in 2018. Member of the MYPH collective, resident of Cutout festival. The source of inspiration for Anna is the process of contemplating processes and phenomena, how the certainty of what is seen flows into uncertainty and vice versa, as well as how images are layered on top of each other, creating different levels of perception. Anna participated in group exhibitions in Ukraine, USA and Europe.
ParticipationGroup exhibitions:2024 «Under the Surface», Layer House, Kranj, Slovenia2024 "Looking into ourselves", collective exhibition of CUTOUT COLLAGE residents specially for World Collage Day 2024 «Depths of the Psyche», Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art Korsakiv, Lutsk, Ukraine2024 “Shared Body: Mykolaiv Young Photography”, Ukraine House in Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark2023 World Biennial of Student Photography, Gallery of the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, Serbia2023 "Crossing the Line", Norfolk Center for the Arts, USA2023 "MYPH in storage", Warehouse Gallery No. 5, Cherkasy, Ukraine2023 UKRAINE. RESIDENCE OF FREEDOM, Riga dome. Riga, Latvia2023 "Rozgostitsa", Motanka festival, Berlin, Germany2023 "5 years anniversary MYPH" virtual platform Baroque 2023 Video presentation of the project "Fairy Tale" Department gallery, Oslo, Norway 2022 "Crossing the Line", Walker Gallery, Kearney, USA 2022 "Celebration Life" at the Institute of Contemporary Art Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, UkraineFairs:2022 Tbilisi Art Fair 2022 Tbilisi, GeorgiaBooks:2022 Collection of MYPH authors.Publications:2024 F-Stop Magazine, the Open Theme 2024 Issue https://www.fstopmagazine.com/groupexhibition.html#gallery-46Collaborations:2024 Edition of art capsules for champagne François Oudard, France
Sleepy Diary 2024
The series "Sleepy Diary" explores the state of transition from wakefulness to sleep, the point where the real transforms into the surreal. The body becomes heavier, the heart begins to beat more slowly, and the breath becomes steadier and deeper. Memories are released, some of them crystal clear, while others take on surreal qualities. This is a state where reality loses its solidity, dissolving into a sea of abstract images, unfinished thoughts, and unexpected visions. Here, time stretches and bends, and the boundaries between the inner and outer worlds blur. Each photograph captures a moment when the mind begins to dance on the edge of two worlds.
Irreversible Changes 2022- 2023
The "Irreversible Changes" series, which was created between March and June 2022, is the first reflection on a full-scale invasion, an exploration of the feelings of horror and despair, the losses that have occurred and the anticipation of new losses. The usual reality melts, ancient Greek tragic masks are etched on the faces, the choir sings about the irreversibility of changes.
Fairytale 2022- 2023
The "Fairytale" project, which was created during the blackouts, explores the change in perception of the surrounding reality, the acquisition of new meanings of the surrounding, and the creation of fairy-tale plots. When there is no opportunity to see the world around, the perception of reality changes somewhat, the gaze sinks inward and creates and comes to life with fairy-tale plots and characters.