*1976
Europe
Grom
Alena
3181
Artist ID:
Exhibition & Shows
2024 | France, Paris, International Women in Photo, Fish Eye Gallery, Exhibition;
2024 | England, Leicester, FORMAT24, Exhibition;
2024 | National Roman Museum - Palazzo Massimo, Italy, Rome, I AM I AM, Exhibition;
2023 | UBIENNALE: AWAKENING, Museum of the History of the City, Kyiv, Ukraine, Exhibition;
2023 | Warchive и CFF – Centrum för fotografi, Sweden, Under attack with the Ukrainian Archive, Exhibition;
2023 | Verwalter Haus, Berlin, TruthTrustTrees, Exhibition;
2023 | University Museum of Fine Artsс, State Florida, Women at War, Exhibition;
2023 | Mattatoio di Roma, Contemporary art museum, Berlin, Odesa Photo Days, “Contra Spem Spero, Stories from Ukraine”, Exhibition;
2023 | Stanford, Washington, Women at War, Washington Gallery, Exhibition;
2023 | Sweden, Rikstolvan Gallery, It’s a Mad, Mad World, Personal exhibition;
2023 | Berlin, You know that you are a person, MOMENTUM, Berlin, Exhibition;
2023 | Moldova, Kishinev, Culture Square, Exhibition;
2022 | Eastern Connecticut State, Art Gallery of the University, Exhibition «Women at War»
2022 | Fridman Gallery New York, Women at War, Exhibition;
2022 | USA, Atlanta, «Ukraine on my mind», Exhibition;
2022 | Southern Utah Museum of Art, «Reclaiming Agency: Ukrainian Women Photographers Today», Exhibition;
2022 | Philadelphia, Gallery Print Center, Ukrainian Photography Today, Exhibition;
2022 | Berlin Zionskirche, «You Know That You Are Human», Exhibition;
2022 | Ukrainian House, Kyiv, «Flash, Ukrainian photography today», Exhibition;
2022 | UKRAINE, eastFOTO gallery, Gruenewald, Germany, Exhibition;
2022 | Moments among the ruins, Documentary photos from Ukraine, Exhibition
2021 | Mystetskyi Arsenal, Sensitivity, Modern Ukrainian photography, Exhibition
2019 | UPHA Made in Ukraine, Exhibition
2019 | Media addiction, Ukrainian version, National Center «Ukrainian House», Exhibition
2018 | YICCA International Contest of Contemporary Art, Exhibition;
2018 | Bronx Documentary Center USA, Exhibition;
2017 | Bogotà, at Jorge Jurado Gallery, Colombi, Exhibition;
2017 | ANIMA MUNDI festival, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Exhibition;
2016 | Pavlovka Gallery, Personal exhibition;
Prizes and awards
2024 | Fine Art Photography Award, 1st Place, Title: Photographer of the Year
2024 | Xposure International Photography Awards, Festival's main winner
2024 | KLPA International Portrait Photography Prize, Finalist
2024 | The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Second place;
2024 | LensCulture Portrait Awards 2024, Finalist
2023 | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN PHOTO AWARD, Finalist
2023 | World Photo Annual by reFocus Awards, Bronze
2023 | Photometria Awards, Judged by Martin Parr, 1st place, Finalist
2023 | LensCulture Portrait Awards United Kingdom, Finalist
2022 | London International Creative Competition, Finalist
2022 | GOMMA PHOTOGRAPHY Grant, Finalist
2022 | Tokyo International Photo Awards, Prize Gold
2022 | International Photography Awards “Best of Show 2022” by this year’s curator, Dr. Mark Sealy, New York
2022 | International Photography Awards, 1st Place, Editorial
2022 | Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3), Gold in Portraiture
2020 | COCA2020, Center on Contemporary Art, Finalist
2018 | The Tokyo International Photo Awards, Silver
2018 | International Photographer Of The Year USA, Second place;
2018 | Kaunas Photo Star Lithuania, Finalist
2018 | LensCulture Portrait Awards United Kingdom, Finalist
2018 | Slovak Press Photo, Finalistс
2018 | International Photography Awards USA, Honorary Award;
2016 | PHOTOGRAPHY SALOON «STROM», Silver medal, The Royal Photographic Society
Brief Biography
Ukrainian artist and documentary photographer Alena Grom was born 1976 in Donetsk. In April 2014 she was forced to leave her hometown due to military events in Eastern Ukraine. Since 2017 she has lived in Bucha, a town outside of Kyiv.
As a result of the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, Grom and her family became refugees for the second time, but returned after the de-occupation of Bucha.
These events largely affected her artistic practice. Photography became a salvation for Alena and a way to deal with the traumatic reality of war. Since 2016 Alena Grom’s work focuses on places affected by military aggression. Her lens captures victims of the war, migrants and refugees, and war-torn Ukraine in large. However, her photographs are not illustrations of pity or grief. Life in spite of everything is one of the main themes of the artist.Alena Grom’s projects were exhibited extensively in Ukraine and internationally; and recognised by a number of international photography awards.
Brief Biography
Ukrainian artist and documentary photographer Alena Grom was born 1976 in Donetsk. In April 2014 she was forced to leave her hometown due to military events in Eastern Ukraine. Since 2017 she has lived in Bucha, a town outside of Kyiv.
As a result of the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, Grom and her family became refugees for the second time, but returned after the de-occupation of Bucha.
These events largely affected her artistic practice. Photography became a salvation for Alena and a way to deal with the traumatic reality of war. Since 2016 Alena Grom’s work focuses on places affected by military aggression. Her lens captures victims of the war, migrants and refugees, and war-torn Ukraine in large. However, her photographs are not illustrations of pity or grief. Life in spite of everything is one of the main themes of the artist.Alena Grom’s projects were exhibited extensively in Ukraine and internationally; and recognised by a number of international photography awards.
Women in Art
Alyona
1744
Art ID
2022
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100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
20000
$
Alena
Grom
Women in Art
Diana
1743
Art ID
2023
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100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
25000
$
Alena
Grom
Women in Art
Tamara with her brother
1745
Art ID
2018
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100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
18000
$
Alena
Grom
Women in Art
Mother and daughter
1746
Art ID
2018
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100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
12000
$
Alena
Grom
Women in Art
Maria, Ukraine
1747
Art ID
2017
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100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
9000
$
Alena
Grom
Women in Art
Schoolboy
1748
Art ID
2017
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100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
9000
$
Alena
Grom
Women in Art
The patient is in yellow
1749
Art ID
2022
|
100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
8000
$
Alena
Grom
Women in Art
Stranger
1750
Art ID
2024
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100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
19000
$
Alena
Grom
Women in Art
Petroglyph
1751
Art ID
2018
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100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
8500
$
Alena
Grom
Women in Art
Alena
1752
Art ID
2022
|
100 x 150 cm
Archival pigment print on museum grade paper
8500
$
Alena
Grom
Further Works of This Artist
Our Mission and Actions
At THE ART HUB, our mission is initially focused on addressing a profound imbalance within the art world, specifically catering to women artists. In the current landscape, a mere 5% to 15% of artworks traded at auctions are created by women, starkly contrasted by the overwhelming 85% to 95% of works by male artists. This disparity is not only confined to auctions but is also prevalent in exhibitions, where male-created art significantly overshadows that of their female counterparts.
By concentrating our efforts on female artists, THE ART HUB aims to counteract this imbalance and champion women within the art community. This initiative is designed to amplify the visibility of women artists, making their creations more accessible to a wider audience, and ultimately striving for a more balanced representation of genders within art auctions and exhibitions. By prioritizing women in art, our platform boldly advocates for equality and diversity within the art sector, signaling a commitment to reshaping and enriching the cultural landscape.
Artistic Journey | Statement
I work at the intersection of conceptual photography and social reporting. Artists and war – these words’ combination evokes pictures sketched by the masters of a battle painting. The protagonist of such a genre is a soldier, a creator of victory. As a rule, society learns about a war from the perspective of a male about how to heroically fight, die and triumph. I narrate the war through subjective experience related to cultural memory, through the creative re-evaluation of my own life and as documented evidence for the events.
The idea of my work prevails over the form. The aesthetics in my work is secondary: though being not completely eliminated, it does not constitute the major to me. The aesthetics in the name of a pure form converts things into being useless, and the reality into a dead one.
I take a variety of approaches: from reportage to associations play, video, collages, using other people’s photography and archives. All these help me to express the idea and the feelings more deeply.
I sincerely believe that art is a power that can encourage people to participate in public dialogue. I create my projects partly in protest against the indifference. I feel responsible to myself and to those who fell victim to the war. An artist holds a responsibility. Together we are constructing a new political reality and an idea for the future. Art always sounds in tune with what is happening around.
Exhibition & Shows
2024 | France, Paris, International Women in Photo, Fish Eye Gallery, Exhibition;
2024 | England, Leicester, FORMAT24, Exhibition;
2024 | National Roman Museum - Palazzo Massimo, Italy, Rome, I AM I AM, Exhibition;
2023 | UBIENNALE: AWAKENING, Museum of the History of the City, Kyiv, Ukraine, Exhibition;
2023 | Warchive и CFF – Centrum för fotografi, Sweden, Under attack with the Ukrainian Archive, Exhibition;
2023 | Verwalter Haus, Berlin, TruthTrustTrees, Exhibition;
2023 | University Museum of Fine Artsс, State Florida, Women at War, Exhibition;
2023 | Mattatoio di Roma, Contemporary art museum, Berlin, Odesa Photo Days, “Contra Spem Spero, Stories from Ukraine”, Exhibition;
2023 | Stanford, Washington, Women at War, Washington Gallery, Exhibition;
2023 | Sweden, Rikstolvan Gallery, It’s a Mad, Mad World, Personal exhibition;
2023 | Berlin, You know that you are a person, MOMENTUM, Berlin, Exhibition;
2023 | Moldova, Kishinev, Culture Square, Exhibition;
2022 | Eastern Connecticut State, Art Gallery of the University, Exhibition «Women at War»
2022 | Fridman Gallery New York, Women at War, Exhibition;
2022 | USA, Atlanta, «Ukraine on my mind», Exhibition;
2022 | Southern Utah Museum of Art, «Reclaiming Agency: Ukrainian Women Photographers Today», Exhibition;
2022 | Philadelphia, Gallery Print Center, Ukrainian Photography Today, Exhibition;
2022 | Berlin Zionskirche, «You Know That You Are Human», Exhibition;
2022 | Ukrainian House, Kyiv, «Flash, Ukrainian photography today», Exhibition;
2022 | UKRAINE, eastFOTO gallery, Gruenewald, Germany, Exhibition;
2022 | Moments among the ruins, Documentary photos from Ukraine, Exhibition
2021 | Mystetskyi Arsenal, Sensitivity, Modern Ukrainian photography, Exhibition
2019 | UPHA Made in Ukraine, Exhibition
2019 | Media addiction, Ukrainian version, National Center «Ukrainian House», Exhibition
2018 | YICCA International Contest of Contemporary Art, Exhibition;
2018 | Bronx Documentary Center USA, Exhibition;
2017 | Bogotà, at Jorge Jurado Gallery, Colombi, Exhibition;
2017 | ANIMA MUNDI festival, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Exhibition;
2016 | Pavlovka Gallery, Personal exhibition;
Prizes and awards
2024 | Fine Art Photography Award, 1st Place, Title: Photographer of the Year
2024 | Xposure International Photography Awards, Festival's main winner
2024 | KLPA International Portrait Photography Prize, Finalist
2024 | The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Second place;
2024 | LensCulture Portrait Awards 2024, Finalist
2023 | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN PHOTO AWARD, Finalist
2023 | World Photo Annual by reFocus Awards, Bronze
2023 | Photometria Awards, Judged by Martin Parr, 1st place, Finalist
2023 | LensCulture Portrait Awards United Kingdom, Finalist
2022 | London International Creative Competition, Finalist
2022 | GOMMA PHOTOGRAPHY Grant, Finalist
2022 | Tokyo International Photo Awards, Prize Gold
2022 | International Photography Awards “Best of Show 2022” by this year’s curator, Dr. Mark Sealy, New York
2022 | International Photography Awards, 1st Place, Editorial
2022 | Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3), Gold in Portraiture
2020 | COCA2020, Center on Contemporary Art, Finalist
2018 | The Tokyo International Photo Awards, Silver
2018 | International Photographer Of The Year USA, Second place;
2018 | Kaunas Photo Star Lithuania, Finalist
2018 | LensCulture Portrait Awards United Kingdom, Finalist
2018 | Slovak Press Photo, Finalistс
2018 | International Photography Awards USA, Honorary Award;
2016 | PHOTOGRAPHY SALOON «STROM», Silver medal, The Royal Photographic Society
