VITALIY GERASYMENKO





b. 1993, Ukraine.
Lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.

A Ukrainian visual artist and photographer. Drawing on a background in film and linguistics, his broader practice explores the destabilization of human perception and the psychological mapping of spaces under pressure. 


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Exhibitions
MYPH Photo Festival
Group exhibition
Ukrainian-Danish Youth House, Mykolaiv, Ukraine
2026

Atlas of Danger
Group exhibition
Kryvyi Rih Cultural Center, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
2026

Krakow Photomonth, ShowOFF section
Solo exhibition
Piana Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2026


AwardsCulture Helps Solidarity
Grant recipient
European Culture Foundation
2026

Erasmus Mundus
Scholarship recipient
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Philosophy School
Thessaloniki, Greece
2014


Education
MA, Filmmaking
Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
2023

Conceptual photography
MYPH Photography School
Ukraine
2021

BA/MA, Classics
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Lviv, Ukraine
2015



BooksThe Black Pearl of Beijing
Self-published zine
Edition of 60
148x210mm, 49 pages, 20 images


            


Last Updated 24.06.2026
INDEX






1. Heat Signatures

a photography series
shot between 2024-2026
12 images, 3x2/2x3
presented at Krakow Photomonth, KRCC ‘Atlas of Danger’, MYPH Photo Festival
In the digital void of our existential war,the only reality left is the heat of the person standing next to you.




2. The Black Pearl of Beijing

a photography series, self-published zine
shot between 2020-2022
edition of 60, 148x210mm, 49 pages
20 images, 16x9/9x16
 A long time ago, on the banks of the Wuding River, which was later renamed Yongding by the emperor Kangxi, there lived an old and melancholic dragon. This proud creature was sad and lonely, and when it cried, its tears would become the most beautiful pearls...



3. A foreigner has arrived, a foreigner has left

a photography series, diary
shot between 2020-2021
19 images, 16x9/9x16
Inspired by a viral T-shirt, this series contrasts the loud public messaging of propaganda red banners with the quiet melancholy, conformism, and deep longing for home while stranded in a temporary world.



4. Intervals

a photography series
shot between 2020-2023
22 images, 2x3
 “Space is the product of interrelations; as constituted through interactions, it is always in the process of being made”.

— Doreen Massey, For Space (2005)






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