Valentine Bo

Valentine Bo (b. 1985, Lutsk)—a Ukrainian photographer. Graduated from the Architecture Institute of the Lviv National University in 2007 receiving a Master’s degree in architecture. Got interested in photography during his student years. Member of the “UPHA” (“Ukrainian Photographic Alternative” association) аnd “4in1” groups (together with Mariia Voinova, Ivan Chernychkin and Yurii Salabai). Since 2010 has been an active participant of the international and Ukrainian projects. Winner of the “Photographer of the Year” contest (2017, Kyiv, Ukraine), “FOAM Talent” (2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands), Bird in Flight Prize (2018, Kyiv, Ukraine), “The BJP International Photography Awards” (second place, Great Britain).

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The artist’s portrait—from his personal archive.

Solo exhibitions:

2011—“Tempo di Viaggio”, 5×5 gallery, Lviv, Ukraine

2015—“Страта їжі / Execution of Food”, as a part of GogolFest, Kyiv, Ukraine

2015—“Містичний потяг / Mystery Train”, Lenin gallery, Zaporizhia, Ukraine

2017—“Мифологии / Mythologies” (together with Misha Pedan and Yaroslav Solop), COME-IN art gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine

2017—“Страта їжі”, Photo Kyiv Fair, Toronto-Kyiv complex, Kyiv, Odesa//Batumi Photo Days festival, Odesa, Ukraine

2018—“Ваш наступний крок — зробити Трансмісію / Your Next Step would be to do the Transmission”, as a part of Photo Kyiv Fair, Kyiv, Ukraine

 

Group show:

2010—“Два погляди на українську фотографію / Two Views on the Ukrainian Photography”, Ra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

2011—“Главный Урок / The Key Lesson” (UPHA photographers), as a part of “Чернигов ФотоФест”, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chernihiv, Ukraine

2012—“To the Ukraine”, Diplomat gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2012—“Нове фото Києва / New Photo of Kyiv”, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

2012—“Потік / Flow” (“4in1” group show), Pavlo Gudomov’s Ya Gallery Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine

2012—“Правда / Truth”, Winzavod Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow, Russia

2012—“Cult of the Body” (show of the “UPHA”—Ukrainian Photographic Alternative), Leisure gallery, London, Great Britain (curator—Misha Pedan)

2013— “Flow” (show of “4in1” group), Municipal gallery Arsenal, Poznan, Poland, “KG52” gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

2014 — Moscow Biennale of Youth Art, Moscow, Russia

2014 — “Flow” (“4in1” group show), Winston-Salem, North Caroline, USA

2014—“Фотограф року / Photographer of the Year”, M17 Contemporary Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine

2015—“Love and War in Ukraine”, Panoptikon Fotografins hus, Stockholm, Sweden (curator—Misha Pedan)

2015—“ULICA”, Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, Russia

2017—“Фотограф року / Photographer of the Year”, M17 Contemporary Art Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine

2018—LANDSKRONA FOTO FESTIVAL, Landskrona, Sweden

2018—“Embracing Diversity”, as a part of Photo VOGUE Festival, Milano, Italy

2019—“FOAM Talent — London”, Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, London, Great Britain

2019—“FOAM Talent”, Red Hook Labs, New York, New York, USA

2019—“FOAM Next Door”, Foam Talent, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2019—“Love, Lust & Fury”, Klaipeda CCC, Klaipeda, Lithuania (curator—Darius Vaichekauskas, co-curator—Halyna Hleba)

2021—“Чутливість / Sensitivity”, “Mystetskyi Arsenal” National Cultural and Art and Museum Complex (curators— Oleksandr Solovyov, Solomia Savchuk, Maxim Gorbatskyi)

2022—“Slava Ukraini!”, Czwartek gallery, Warsaw, Poland

Bo, Valentine. Vayer. Kyiv: Niice, 2013.

British Journal of Photography, June 2019 (cover).

Hernanz, Clara. “These freaky photographs imagine a world ruled by an alien-worshipping sect”. Dazed, May 13, 2019. https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/44438/1/valentine-bo-your-next-step-would-be-to-do-the-transmission-foam-talent-london

Mars, Arthur. “‘Во время съемки с Дэвидо Линчем я видел усталость от окружающего его недоразумения и желание покурить’, — фотограф Валентин Бо”. Elle, November 1, 2018. https://elle.ua/ludi/interview/vo-vremya-semki-s-devidom-linchem-ya-videl-ustalost-ot-okruzhayushchego-ego-nedorazumeniya-i-zhelanie-pokurit–fotograf-valentin-bo/

O’Regan, Kathryn. “The Ukrainian photographer constructing grotesque sci-fi scenes to investigate modern life”. Sleek, August 21, 2019. https://www.sleek-mag.com/article/valentine-bo/

Oh!Sheet. Kyiv: Niice, 2013.

Petrov, Anton. “10 любимых фотографий Валентина Бо”. Bird in Flight, May 6, 2015. https://birdinflight.com/ru/vdohnovenie/opyt/10-lyubimyh-fotografij-valentina-bo.html.

UPHA (Ukrainian Photographic Alternative). Kyiv: Niice, 2013.

“Valentine Bo”. Foam Magazine, no. 52 (2018): 57-68.

“Валентин Бо: ‘Фотография это не сфера интимного обслуживания, нет задачи ублажать каждого’”. Skvot, n.d., 2020. https://skvot.io/ru/blog/valentin-bo-fotografiia-eto-ne-sfera-intimnogo-obsluzhivaniia-net-zadachi-ublazhit-kazhdogo.

Коношевич, Валентин. “Валентин Бо: ‘Мои снимки повергли маму в шок'”. Bird in Flight, 27 сентября 2021. https://birdinflight.com/ru/bird-in-flight-prize-21/20210927-valentin-bo.html?fbclid=IwAR1q9cz2ZQIdA4ArY4d2wfZAaObg8tXZtjuY_EJkNAY2WfqNJLw97oOZIC8.

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