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