As a German-Russian visual artist based in Amsterdam, I am passionate about archives and the healing power of sharing vulnerable narratives. I believe that this act not only fosters personal healing but also contributes to the healing journeys of others, breaking cycles of pain and violence.

I graduated with distinction from Fotoacademie Amsterdam in 2021 and participated in FOTODOK's Talent Development Program, "Lighthouse 2021/2022," and "Talent Embassy 2023." I was also selected for The Photography Networks Graduate Mentoring Scheme in 2021. As an active member of the online educational community "Work Show Grow" and part of "The Visual Art Collective" in Paris, I have engaged in several summer schools and artist residencies, including ISSP in Latvia,  PRAKSIS Oslo and AIR at Halsnoy Kloster in Norway.

My work has been exhibited internationally in both group and solo shows. My book, "My Grandfathers, the War and I," won the EI Photobook Award in 2020, while "Into the Blue" was shortlisted for the EI Photobook Award in 2021 and exhibited at the Athens Photo Festival in 2022. Additionally, I have contributed to publications such as "Mini Albums East Central" (2021), "United" (Work Show Grow Publication, 2021), and "Home Is..." by Julia Borissova (2020).

Solo Exhibitions

• 2025 

  Where it will lead me, Galerie Le Lac Gele, Arles, France

• 2024 

  It was snowing in Berlin a month ago, Stichting la Jetee, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• 2022 

  Why being quiet is so loud, The garden room, Berlin, Germany

Group Exhibitions

• 2024 

  Rethinking Eastern Europe, Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Art Space, England

• 2024 

  NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• 2024 

  Sunnhordland Museum's, Halsnøy, Norway

• 2024 

  Trial and Error, Work Show Grow Show, London, England

• 2024 

  Rethinking Eastern Europe, pop up bike exhibition, Arles, France

• 2024 

  All of the things, none of the time, Couriously Gallery, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, England

• 2024 

  Rethinking Eastern Europe, Photobookcafe, London, England

• 2023 

  Peacebuilding conference at Het Nutshuis, Den Haag, The Netherlands

• 2023 

  The power of play, Work Show Grow exhibition, London, England

• 2022 

  The Photobook Exhibition, Athens Photo Festival, Greece

• 2022 

  Lighthouse Open Studio on process and practice, FOTODOK Utrecht, The Netherlands

• 2022 

  Dispatch, New Forest Museum Lyndhurst, England

• 2021 

  Here we are, Loods 6, Amtsterdam, The Netherlands

• 2021 

  Photobook Exhibition, Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal

• 2021 

  Talents at Fotofestival Naarden, The Netherlands

Grants, Awards, Nominations, Residencies

• 2023 

  Sunnhordland Museum's Artist-in-Residence program, Halsnøy Kloster, Norway

• 2023 

  FOTODOK, Talent Embassy, Utrecht, The Netherlands

• 2022 

  PRAKSIS residency: Repression - Expression // Violence - Creative Resistance. Oslo

• 2022 

  FOTODOK Talent Development Program Lighthouse, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 2022 

  Redeye The Photography Network, Graduate Mentoring Scheme

• 2021 

  Dispatch Residency, Work Show Grow, Lyndhurst, England

• 2021 

  Photobook Award Encontros da Imagem, Finalist

• 2021 

  Fotofestival Naarden Talent Prijs, nominated

• 2020 

  Photobook Award Encontros da Imagem, Winner

• 2019 

  ISSP Summer school - Photography and the World, Latvia

Artist talks/ Teaching

• 2024 

  Art for grief and loss, Work Show Grow

• 2023 

  Zine workshop, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, The Netherlands

• 2023 

  Artist talk, Sunnhordland Museum, Halsnøy, Norway

• 2022 

  Artist talk, FOTODOK, Utrecht, The Netherlands

• 2021 

  Artist Salon, Work Show Grow

In Books, Publications

• 2022 

  Out Loud. Work Show Grow Publication Issue 2

• 2021 

  Mini Album Neighborhood, Album East Central

• 2021 

  United, Work Show Grow Publication Issue 1

• 2020 

  Home is..., Julia Borissova

Work in Libraries

• ISSP Library, Riga, Latvia

• PhotoBookMuseum, Cologne, Germany

• Library of Galeria da Estação - Encontros da Imagem, Portugal

Memberships

• Work Show Grow school, online

• The Visual Art Collective, Paris

• Rethinking Eastern Europe Collective

Education

• 2016- 2021 

  Fotoacademie Amsterdam (with distinction)