Work

  1. Daily Lives
  2. Daliy Lives of the Displaced
  3. 100 Days of War
  4. Leaving Home
  5. NA4JOPM8
  6. Sleep

Books

  1. NA4JOPM8
  2. Mayor’s Funeral

Commisions

  1. Fashion Week
  2. National Theatre
  3. Victors
  4. Portraits

About
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Igor Chekachkov began his career in 2008 as a photojournalist, covering a wide range of cultural, mass, and sporting events. This foundation eventually led him toward art photography, where he continues to explore the boundaries between public and private spaces, as well as the impact of digital technologies and algorithms on the image. Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, his focus shifted toward themes of Ukrainian identity and the concept of home. 

His work has been published in Forbes, National Geographic, The Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, The Economist, among others. Chekachkov’s photographs have been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions, including at Mystetskyi Arsenal (Kyiv), the Ukrainian Museum (New York), Odesa Photo Days, Photo Elysée, Fisheye Gallery, Open Eye Gallery, Stills Gallery, and many others. 

Chekachkov holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Kharkiv State University of Radio Electronics and an M.A. in Art History from Kharkiv State Academy of Arts and Design. In 2022, he was awarded a Chevening Scholarship to pursue an M.A. in Photography: The Image and Electronic Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is currently based.




     

Selected Exhibitions:

08.2025 — Ukrainian House, Kyiv

07.2025 — Bradford City of Culture, Bradford

04.2025 — Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool

02.2025 — The Parliament of the UK, London

02.2025 — French Institute, Berlin

10.2024 — Turnpike Gallery, Wigan

09.2024 — Solo exhibition during Interphoto Festival, Bialystok

08.2024 — Stills Gallery, Edinburgh

05.2023 — Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool

02.2023 — Fish Eye Gallery, Paris

11.2022 — Photo Élysée, Lausanne

09.2022 — Ukrainian House, Kyiv

08.2022 — Galeria w Zajeździe, Dworek Kultury Białoprądnick,Krakow

07.2022 — Maison de la Photographie, Lille

11.2021 — Klaipeda Gallery, Klaipeda

09.2021 — Interphoto Festival, Bialystok

07.2021 — Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv

01.2020 — Closer, Kyiv

12.2019 — Klaipeda Gallery, Klaipeda

11.2019 — Dongsung Market Art Project, Daegu, South Korea

09.2019 — Solo exhibition during HYBRID Art Festival, Madrid

07.2019 — Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa

06.2019 — Akt Art Space, Kyiv

05.2019 — Tbilisi Art Fair, Tbilisi

04.2019 — Metaculture, Kyiv

02.2019 — CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

12.2018 — Jour et Nuit Culture, Paris

12.2018 — Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv

11.2018 — Lovaas, Munich

10.2018 — EEP Berlin, Berlin

08.2018 — Festival Donaube Dialogs, Novi Sad

07.2018 — Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv

05.2018 — Art Area DK, Kharkiv

05.2018 — Solo exhibition during Sloboda Kult Festival, Uzhhorod

05.2018 — Solo exhibition at Come In Art Gallery, Kharkiv

04.2018 — Eyes on Main Street Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, USA

09.2017 — Solo exhibition, Art Area DK, Kharkiv

04.2017 — Selection for the main exhibition, Odesa Photo Days

08.2016 — Yermilov Centre, Kharkiv

06.2016 — Municipal Gallery (Night of Museums), Kharkiv

04.2016 — Lavra Gallery, Kyiv

03.2016 — French Institute of Alexandria, Egypt

01.2016 — Solo exhibition, Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv

11.2015 — COME IN Gallery, Kharkiv

10.2015 — Ukrainian Museum, New York

09.2015 — Ukrainian Cultural Center, Los Angeles

07.2015 — Solo exhibition, Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris

02.2015 — Short film for festival “Bring Us Your Woman”, USA

12.2014 — Solo exhibition at COME IN Gallery, Kharkiv

11.2014 — Festival of Contemporary Art “Terra Futura”, Kherson

10.2014 — La Quatrième Image, Paris

07.2014 — Tea Factory Gallery, Odesa Selected Awards:

2025 Photoworks/Ampersand shortlist

2023  Dummy Award Shortlist

2023  The Photographers' Gallery: The New Talent

2022  Chevening Scholarship

2021  Interphoto Grand Prix

Books:

2025 Igor Chekachkov "The Mayor’s Funeral", MOKSOP

2024 "Spalah: Ukrainian Photography 2022-2023"

2021 Igor Chekachkov “NA4JOPM8”, ist publishing

2021 Ukrainian Photographic Alternative, Booksha Publishing

2021 "Independent: The History of Ukraine in Photographs"

2018 Ukrainian Erotic Photography, Osnovy Publishing 


Selected publications:

02.2023 Fish Eye Magazine

11.2022 FOAM Magazine

03.2022 British Journal of Photography

2020 Bird In Flight

11.2019 SupportYourArt

2016 VASA Project

06.2015 P3, Portugal

11.2014 5.6 magazine

10.2014 Opera magazine, Germany


Selected talks:

  • 2025 Peckham24, London

  • 2024 Tate Modern, London

  • 2024 St. Andrews University, St. Andrews

  • 2024 De Haagse Hogeshool, Hague

  • 2022 Paris Photo, Paris


Selected trainings:

2025-2026 Reflextions Masterclass

2025 Light&Ink: Photography and Writing workshop by Laura Larson

2023-2024 Mentrorship with Peter van Agtmael

2017 Workshop with Rafal Milach and Adam Pancuk

2017 Mentorship with Kevin Lee, Invisible Photographer Asia


















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