About
Artist Bio
Maryna Brodovska is an artist from Ukraine. She was born in Mykolaiv and lives and works in Kyiv.
Maryna uses photography, digital collages and texts as a medium and focuses on visual storytelling. Her works are driven by the purpose of providing a visual reflection on modern social and political situations, which the artist encounters.
The artist has published 2 photobooks. The photo book “My dear Vira” self-published in 2020 was shortlisted in Aperture Photobook Awards, Kassel Dummy Awards and IPA. Maryna's photographic projects are featured in the publications of “Bird in Flight Magazine”, “Camera Austria”, "Photo Evidence", "Untitled", "5,6" and many others.
Brodovska has taken part in Ukrainian and international exhibitions since 2008, her works are in public and private collections.
She is a Ukrainian Woman Photographers Organization member and a tutor at a MYPH School.
Maryna Brodovska is an artist from Ukraine. She was born in Mykolaiv and lives and works in Kyiv.
Maryna uses photography, digital collages and texts as a medium and focuses on visual storytelling. Her works are driven by the purpose of providing a visual reflection on modern social and political situations, which the artist encounters.
The artist has published 2 photobooks. The photo book “My dear Vira” self-published in 2020 was shortlisted in Aperture Photobook Awards, Kassel Dummy Awards and IPA. Maryna's photographic projects are featured in the publications of “Bird in Flight Magazine”, “Camera Austria”, "Photo Evidence", "Untitled", "5,6" and many others.
Brodovska has taken part in Ukrainian and international exhibitions since 2008, her works are in public and private collections.
She is a Ukrainian Woman Photographers Organization member and a tutor at a MYPH School.
Education
2019 - Curlurology & Arts management, Dragomanova University of Kyiv (MA)
2016 - Bird in Flight photo school, Kyiv
2015 - Conceptual photography, PhotoCULT, Kyiv
2008 - Victor Maruschenko Photo school, Kyiv
2019 - Curlurology & Arts management, Dragomanova University of Kyiv (MA)
2016 - Bird in Flight photo school, Kyiv
2015 - Conceptual photography, PhotoCULT, Kyiv
2008 - Victor Maruschenko Photo school, Kyiv
Selected exhibitions
2024 – «Circulations festival», CENTQUATRE-PARIS, FR
2024 – «Subconscious», Porokhova Vezha Lviv, UA
2023 – «Visual history of Mykolaiv», ArtPier, Mykolaiv, UA
2023 – «Mimesis», Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2023 – «Greifbar», Galerie Moderne Saarbrücken, Germany
2023 – «Art a powerful tool», Maryna Brodovska & Oleg Chernykh, Irok Gallery, NL
2023 – «War diary» Castello di san Michele Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
2023 – «Whispers and shouts - voices of Ukrainian woman photographers», Fotodok, NL
2023 – «Freedom redefined» Rotterdam Photo, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022 – «Reclaiming Agency: Ukrainian Women Photographers Today», SUMA, USA
2022 – «Ukraine, I miss you. The magnificent 12», Rheged, Cumbria, UK
2022 – «You can call it love», Photolux Festival, Lucca, Italy
2022 – «In the name of freedom», UWPO, CHAUSSE 36, Berlin, Germany
2022 – «Collages», Kreis Galerie Nürnberg, Germany
2020 – Paris Photo—Aperture Foundation Finalists Photobook Exhibition, Delpire&Co, Paris
2018 – Solo Exhibition «Context», Izone, Kyiv
2018 – «Synoptic» Akt, Kyiv
2017 – «Fetish X0» Akt, Kyiv
2016 – «Territory/Space», Odessa/Batumi Photo Days
2015 – «Ukraine. Art», Institute of Contemporary Arts
2015 – «Simulation», Gogol Fest, Kyiv
2010 – «Confidence» ( II place in the photographic contest ) Kyiv
2008 – «Journey through the body», «Ra - Photo» Gallery, Kyiv
2024 – «Circulations festival», CENTQUATRE-PARIS, FR
2024 – «Subconscious», Porokhova Vezha Lviv, UA
2023 – «Visual history of Mykolaiv», ArtPier, Mykolaiv, UA
2023 – «Mimesis», Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2023 – «Greifbar», Galerie Moderne Saarbrücken, Germany
2023 – «Art a powerful tool», Maryna Brodovska & Oleg Chernykh, Irok Gallery, NL
2023 – «War diary» Castello di san Michele Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
2023 – «Whispers and shouts - voices of Ukrainian woman photographers», Fotodok, NL
2023 – «Freedom redefined» Rotterdam Photo, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022 – «Reclaiming Agency: Ukrainian Women Photographers Today», SUMA, USA
2022 – «Ukraine, I miss you. The magnificent 12», Rheged, Cumbria, UK
2022 – «You can call it love», Photolux Festival, Lucca, Italy
2022 – «In the name of freedom», UWPO, CHAUSSE 36, Berlin, Germany
2022 – «Collages», Kreis Galerie Nürnberg, Germany
2020 – Paris Photo—Aperture Foundation Finalists Photobook Exhibition, Delpire&Co, Paris
2018 – Solo Exhibition «Context», Izone, Kyiv
2018 – «Synoptic» Akt, Kyiv
2017 – «Fetish X0» Akt, Kyiv
2016 – «Territory/Space», Odessa/Batumi Photo Days
2015 – «Ukraine. Art», Institute of Contemporary Arts
2015 – «Simulation», Gogol Fest, Kyiv
2010 – «Confidence» ( II place in the photographic contest ) Kyiv
2008 – «Journey through the body», «Ra - Photo» Gallery, Kyiv
Books
2020 - Photobook "My dear Vira". Self-published. Kyiv
2021 - Photobook Who will you become when you grow up? Self-published. Kyiv
2020 - Photobook "My dear Vira". Self-published. Kyiv
2021 - Photobook Who will you become when you grow up? Self-published. Kyiv
Awards
Photobook "My dear Vira"
2020 – Aperture Photobook Awards Shortlist
2020 – Kassel Photobook Festival Shortlist
2020 – IPA Honorable Mention
Photobook "My dear Vira"
2020 – Aperture Photobook Awards Shortlist
2020 – Kassel Photobook Festival Shortlist
2020 – IPA Honorable Mention
Residences
2023 - ISSP residency, Riga, Latvia
2022 - Rikstolvan, Sweden
2022 - Bergman`s Center. Sweden
2022 - AQ Tusheti, Wilderness as an archive. Georgia
2019 - La Guarimba Cinema Ambulante. Italy
2023 - ISSP residency, Riga, Latvia
2022 - Rikstolvan, Sweden
2022 - Bergman`s Center. Sweden
2022 - AQ Tusheti, Wilderness as an archive. Georgia
2019 - La Guarimba Cinema Ambulante. Italy
Publications
2023 - About "I joke therefore I am"
https://birdinflight.com/en/inspiration/ya-zhartuyu-otzhe-ya-isnuyu.html
About "I travel in my sleep"
https://zaborona.com/ya-mandruyu-uvi-sni-maryny-brodovskoyi-v-rivni-czenzury/
https://birdinflight.com/nathnennya-2/project-uk/i-travel-in-my-sleep.html
2021 - About "Who will you become when you grow up"
https://www.untitled.in.ua/post/grow-up-maryna-brodovska
https://www.prostranstvo.media/uk/yak-ya-doroslishala-fotoknyga-yak-shhodennyk/
https://birdinflight.com/uk/plitka-uk/20210921-brodovska-growing-up.html
2020 – About "My Dear Vira"
https://delpireandco.com/en/article-detail/maryna-...
https://birdinflight.com/ru/vdohnovenie/fotoproect...
https://www.untitled.in.ua/post/my-dear-vira-maryn...
2018 – About project "Context"
https://cutt.ly/whSajsL
2023 - About "I joke therefore I am"
https://birdinflight.com/en/inspiration/ya-zhartuyu-otzhe-ya-isnuyu.html
About "I travel in my sleep"
https://zaborona.com/ya-mandruyu-uvi-sni-maryny-brodovskoyi-v-rivni-czenzury/
https://birdinflight.com/nathnennya-2/project-uk/i-travel-in-my-sleep.html
2021 - About "Who will you become when you grow up"
https://www.untitled.in.ua/post/grow-up-maryna-brodovska
https://www.prostranstvo.media/uk/yak-ya-doroslishala-fotoknyga-yak-shhodennyk/
https://birdinflight.com/uk/plitka-uk/20210921-brodovska-growing-up.html
2020 – About "My Dear Vira"
https://delpireandco.com/en/article-detail/maryna-...
https://birdinflight.com/ru/vdohnovenie/fotoproect...
https://www.untitled.in.ua/post/my-dear-vira-maryn...
2018 – About project "Context"
https://cutt.ly/whSajsL
