Igor Chekachkov, b. 1989 in Kharkiv, Ukraine
Started as a photojournalist in 2008, Igor Chekachkov covered a wide range of cultural, mass and sports events. This experience led the author to the field of art photography which he still explores these days. The boundaries between public and intimate spaces, as well as modern digital algorithms and their influence on the image are the main focus for the author today.
His work has been published in Forbes, National Geographic, The Guardian (UK), Le Monde (France), WirtschaftsWoche (Germany), Forbes (Ukraine) and others. He also continues to exhibit his prints internationally in both solo and group exhibitions, including work in the Quatrième Image, Paris (2014), Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris (2015), Ukrainian Museum, New York (2015), Ukrainian Cultural Center, Los Angeles (2015), Odessa // Batumi festival (2017) and many others.
Member of UPHA (Ukrainian Photographic Alternative) and UAPF (Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers) group, National Society of Photo Artists of Ukraine.
Selected Exhibitions:
01.2014 solo exhibition at the gallery Dziga, Lviv
06.2014 exhibition at Eleven Gallery, Rennes, France
07.2014 exhibition at Tea Factory Gallery, Odesa
10.2014 exhibition at La Quatrième Image, Paris
11.2014 exhibition at the Festival of Contemporary Art “Terra Futura”, Kherson
12.2014 solo exhibition at COME IN gallery, Kharkiv
02.2015 short movie for festival “Bring Us Your Woman” in USA
07.2015 solo exhibition at Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris
09.2015 exhibition at Ukrainian Cultural Center, Los Angeles
10. 2015 exhibition at Ukrainian Museum, New York
11.2015 exhibition at COME IN gallery, Kharkiv
01.2016 solo exhibition in Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv
03.2016 exhibition in French Institute of Alexandria, Egypt
04.2016 exhibition in Lavra gallery, Kyiv
06.2016 exhibition in Municipal Gallery during night if museums, Kharkiv
08.2016 exhibition in Yermilov Centre, Kharkiv
04.2017 Selection for main exhibition in festival Odesa // Batumi
09.2017 Art Area DK, Kharkiv
04.2018 Eyes on Main Street Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, USA
05.2018 solo exhibition in Come In art gallery, Kharkiv
05.2018 exhibition during Sloboda Kult Festival, Uzgorod
05.2018 exhibition in Art Area DK, Kharkiv
07.2018 exhibition in Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
08.2018 festival Donaube Dialogs, Novi Sad
10.2018 exhibition in EEP Berlin, Berlin
11.2018 exhibition in Lovaas, Munich
12.2018 exhibition in Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv
12.2018 exhibition in Jour et Nuit Culture, Paris
02.2019 CEPA gallery, Buffalo, New York
04.2019 Metaculture, Kyiv
05.2019 Tbilisi Art Fair, Tbilisi
06.2019 Akt Art Space, Kyiv
07.2019 exhibition in Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa
09.2019 solo exhibition during HYBRID art festival, Madrid
11.2019 Dongsung Market Art Project in Daegu, South Korea
12.2019 Klaipeda gallery, Klaipeda
01.2020 Closer, Kyiv
07.2021 Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
09.2021 Interphoto Festival, Bialystok
11.2021 Klaipeda gallery, Klaipeda
07.2022 Maison de la Photographie, Lille
08.2022 Galeria w Zajeździe, Dworek Kultury Białoprądnick, Krakow
09.2022 Ukrainian House, Kyiv
11.2022 Photo Elysee, Lausanne
Selected publications:
10.2014 Opera magazine, Germany
11.2014 5.6 magazine, Ukraine
04.2015 P3, Portugal
06.2015 P3, Portugal
2016 VASA Project
2018 Bird In Flight
2019 SuppotyYourArt
2020 Bird In Flight
2022 British Journal of Photography
2022 FOAM Magazine
Books:
2018 Ukrainian Erotic Photography, Osnovy Publishing
2021 Ukrainian Photographic Alternative, Booksha publishing
2021 Igor Chekachkov “NA4JOPM8”, ist publishing
igor.chekachkov@gmail.com