Artur Abramiv is an artist, documentary photographer, researcher, and journalist hailing from Western Ukraine. The area of interest of the artist includes the creation of new styles, the search for new forms of art, and the creation of conceptual and research projects. He started his early artistic activity in 2005. He started exhibiting in 2010. In 2021, Abramiv became the Laureate of the Kuindzhi International Prize for his innovative artistic achievements, particularly for his groundbreaking style "A Thousands Shades of White," which was presented at a solo exhibition in 2019.
He began his photography career in 2011 and has since honed his craft in documentary storytelling. Since 2020, Abramiv has covered the ethno-culture of remote Carpathian peoples, national food and drink, animal rights, and their protection, working as a regular contributor to National Geographic Traveller. Also, he covers human rights violations by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. In 2022, Abramiv photographed the war in Ukraine for National Geographic Traveller, and later as a contract photographer for Zuma Press and Getty Images for The Guardian, The Telegraph, Der Spiegel, Bild, DW, ORF, MSNBC News, Business Insider, Handelsblatt, Europa Press, DPA, Verdens Gang, Le Temps, Berliner Morgenpost, 20 Minuten, The Journal, La Stampa and other media.
His images has been featured in various publications, including National Geographic, Bloomberg, BBC, Vogue, Popsugar, Bustle, Madamenoire, Popular Mechanics, New York Post, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Der Standard, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Times.
Abramiv's works have garnered awards, including from National Geographic Award, PhotoFest Award, CMIFF Award, Frankfurt Zoological Society Grand Prize, TIPA World Photography Award.
He began his photography career in 2011 and has since honed his craft in documentary storytelling. Since 2020, Abramiv has covered the ethno-culture of remote Carpathian peoples, national food and drink, animal rights, and their protection, working as a regular contributor to National Geographic Traveller. Also, he covers human rights violations by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. In 2022, Abramiv photographed the war in Ukraine for National Geographic Traveller, and later as a contract photographer for Zuma Press and Getty Images for The Guardian, The Telegraph, Der Spiegel, Bild, DW, ORF, MSNBC News, Business Insider, Handelsblatt, Europa Press, DPA, Verdens Gang, Le Temps, Berliner Morgenpost, 20 Minuten, The Journal, La Stampa and other media.
His images has been featured in various publications, including National Geographic, Bloomberg, BBC, Vogue, Popsugar, Bustle, Madamenoire, Popular Mechanics, New York Post, Newsweek, The Atlantic, Der Standard, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Times.
Abramiv's works have garnered awards, including from National Geographic Award, PhotoFest Award, CMIFF Award, Frankfurt Zoological Society Grand Prize, TIPA World Photography Award.
AWARDS
• 2024 TIPA World Photography Award - "Picture This"
• 2023 Frankfurt Zoological Society Grand Prize - "People of the Carpathians"
• 2022 CMIFF Award -"Nature Heals"
• 2021 Kuindzhi Laureate International Prize
• 2020 National Geographic Traveller, Best Story of the Year - "Ukraine’s Untouched Mountain Village"
• 2020 National Geographic Traveller, 1st Prize - "World Public Transport"
• 2019 National Geographic Georgia, Top 20 - "Planet or Plastic?"
• 2019 PhotoFest Award - "A Planet in Balance"
• 2019 National Geographic Award - "A Planet in Balance"
• 2011 Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 1st Prize at the regional stage in the category "Painting" of the All-Ukrainian competition "Let's unite my brothers"
PERSONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
• 2021 "Under the Pressure of the Totalitarian Regime", Zlata Plaza, Rivne, Ukraine
• 2021 "70 Years after. Forgotten Lessons of Repression for Faith. Operation ‘North’", Museum of the History of Religion, Lviv, Ukraine
• 2021 "Under the Pressure of the Totalitarian Regime", International Photography Exhibition in Interactive 3D Gallery, the research photo project is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the secret operation "North" - the largest religious repression in the USSR.
• 2019 National Geographic "Planet or Plastic?", Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, Georgia
• 2019 National Geographic & PhotoFest "A Planet in Balance", PhotoFest Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
• 2019 "Thousands shades of white or Predator. White Day", Palyarnya Chehovych Art Location, Lviv, Ukraine
• 2018 "Portrait of Ivan Marchuk", art presentation in National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery", Kyiv, Ukraine
• 2013 "Show the Soul", Yevhen Petrushevich Palace, Lviv, Ukraine
• 2011 Finalist of the All-Ukrainian competition "Let's unite my brothers", Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv
• 2010 "Reflection of God's Beauty in Art", Novyi Rozdil, Ukraine
ART REVIEWS
“ Abramiv's pictures show his unique gift from Jehovah, the Greatest Artist! He has a lot of imagination and I enjoyed seeing it! ”
- Margaret KEANE, a genius American artist, one of the most influential artists of the 20th-21st century, the creator of the "KEANE EYES" style, which today is one of the most common styles in popular culture.
“ I consider Abramiv's works to be interesting and extraordinary. I like his experiments. I believe in his successful creative prospects. ”
- Ivan MARCHUK, a genius Ukrainian artist, recognized as one of the 100 geniuses of the world, and creator of the "Pliontanism" style.
“ Abramiv paintings are something very unusual! I highly recommend seeing it live! ”
- Lyubomyr MELNYK, a genius composer and the fastest pianist in history, creator of the "Continuous Music".
“ He will truly make a breakthrough! ”
- Andriy YERMOLENKO, Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize, pioneer of the zhlob-art style.
“ These stunning landscape images by Artur Abramiv taken on the Hasselblad got us thinking ”
- Hasselblad
“ This kind of thoughtful nuance is what sets photographers apart from visual storytellers. The subtle details that carry a greater meaning beyond what we simply see is what distinguishes a good photograph from a great one.”
- National Geographic