Olena Saponova
(b.1984) is a Ukrainian photographer. Author of photo art projects ArtistFromWithinWorkshop, FLOWERCLOUD, UnexpectedMFA, TheBigStrategy, aPlaceThatMatters.
She collaborates with cultural and artistic organizations, public organizations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and artists of contemporary art. She is fond of street art, urbanism, architecture, artists and their workshops, nature, and form.
Currently lives and works in Munich, Germany.
Selected exhibitions
2023
International Group Exhibition Night Skies and Astro Imaging, Space Millepiani, Rome, Italy
Group exhibition Save Kinburn Spit Kinburn Peninsula, Frederikshavn Kunst Museum, Læsø, Danmark
Group exhibition Save Kinburn Spit Kinburn Peninsula, Luddes Hus Gallery, Læsø, Danmark
2022
Group exhibition Save Kinburn Spit Kinburn Peninsula, Luddes Hus Gallery, Læsø, Danmark
Group exhibition Save Kinburn Spit Kinburn Peninsula, Laesoe ferry Margaret, Læsø, Danmark
Group exhibition 30 years of presence, Institute of Contemporary Art Problems, Kyiv
Group exhibition El Coloso, Uzhorod Castle, Uzhorod, Ukraine
2021
Multimedia action Ukrainian constructivism. With the participation of Ukrainian electro-folk band ONUKA, Ukrainian-Danish artist Sergii Svyatchenko and Danish choreographer Sebastian Kloborg
2020-2021
Multimedia project, exhibition Flying in the dream and reality, Alexander Dovzhenko National Center, Kyiv
2020
AfterToday, Premier Vip Lounge of Boryspil International Airport, Boryspil, Ukraine
Photo Kyiv Fair 2020, online exhibition
2019
Reforming space, M17 Contemporary Art Center Kyiv
Frozen Silence, Portal 11 Gallery, Kyiv
Contemporary Ukrainian Art of 1985 - 2015 from Private Collection, Institute for Contemporary Art Problems, Kyiv
Kyiv Photo Book, IZONE, Kyiv
2018
Unexpected MFA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv
Modern Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv
Kyiv Photo Book, IZONE, Kyiv
Photo Kyiv Fair 2018, Chicago Central House, Kyiv
2017
Artist From Within Workshop, Diplomatic Academy under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv
Photo Kyiv Fair 2017, Business Center Toronto-Kyiv, Kyiv
2016
Flower Cloud, Ukrainian House, Kyiv
2015
Living Thoughts, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
2014
OM, Ya Gallery, Kyiv