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Volha Savich was born in Minsk. Volha graduated from the faculty of Culture Studies at Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts. She came in to photography through self-education, her interest being developed since 2005. Volha also got special education in photography attending the courses of G. Rodikov and V.Parfianok (Belarus), Katarina Sieverding (Germany) and Elisabeth Schmirl (Austria). She is the winner in the nomination experimental photography (2015, The Baltic Photo Biennale, Kaliningrad, Russia ) and Gran-prix winner in the nomination art photograpy of Prafota contest (2017, Project photography contest, Minsk, Belarus).
Volha's photographs took part in exhibitions in Belarus, Russia, Austria, France, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany.
2017 Gran-prix winner. PRAFOTA (young Belarusian art/documentary photography contest within the confines of the Month of
Photography in Minsk), Minsk, Belarus
2015 winner of “The Baltic Photo Biennale. Photomania.”: Photography Category: Experimental Photography.
2014 finalist PRAFOTA (young Belarusian art/documentary photography contest within the confines of the Month of
Photography in Minsk), Minsk, Belarus
2013 prizewinner. European cultural Festival.Office for a Democratic Belarus "European Neighborhood" photo contest".
2010 finalist. II International Photography Competition PHOTOSOPHY (festival INFOCUS), Vilnius, Lithuania, publication
Exhibition history:
2022
Cities of translators. Photography exhibition as part of the translators' festival. Collegium Hungaricum Berlin. Berlin, Germany
“Minsk. Drifting Accumulation” exhibition at the Berlin Literature Colloquium, Germany
2021
Exhibition as part of the Translationale literary translation festival. Collegium Hungaricum Berlin. Berlin, Germany
2020
Triennial of contemporary art. Palace of art. Minsk. Belarus
War alphabet. National Center of contemporary arts. Minsk. Belarus
2019
Family album II. National Center of contemporary arts. Minsk. Belarus
2018
Family album. National Center of contemporary arts. Minsk. Belarus
Winners of the PRAFOTA Prize. Art gallery KH. Brest. Belarus
The World with Minox. Riga. The Latvian Museum of Photography. Riga, Latvia
2017
Vortex preview. Month of photorgaphy in Minsk. «Ў» Gallery of Contemporary Art. Minsk, Belarus
Signum function. Volha Savich and Igor Savchenko. Odesa-Batumi Photodays. Batumi, Georgia
Prix Arts a la Pointe. Arts a la pointe, Audierne, France
PRAFOTA. Gran Prix winner (young Belarusian art/documentary photography contest within the confines of the Month of Photography in Minsk).
2016
Young belarusian photography. Gallery of classic photography. Moscow. Russia
2015
Collective exhibition. Exhibition space of the Austrian Federal Chancellery. Vienna, Austria.
The Baltic Photo Biennale. Photomania. Kaliningrad, Russia. Winner, Category: Experimental Photography.
2014
PRAFOTA finalist (young Belarusian art/documentary photography contest within the confines of the Month of Photography in Minsk). Cech. Minsk, Belarus.
Collective exhibition. Summeracademy. Hohensalzburg. Salzburg, Austria.
2013
Collective exhibition. Krasnoyarsk International Media Art Festival. Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
"Time box" Solo exhibition, Museum of Modern Fine Art. Minsk, Belarus.
European cultural Festival.Office for a Democratic Belarus "European Neighborhood" photo contest". prizewinner. Minsk, Belarus.
2012
Collective media artistic project SYPEMEDA. Swiss-Byelorussian collaboration. The Republican Theatre of Belarussian Drama. Minsk, Belarus.
Collective exhibition. Gallery of visual arts NOVA. Minsk, Belarus.
2011
Collective exhibition. Atelier Archipel. Arles, France.
2010
Collective exhibition “Photosophy” (festival INFOCUS), Prospekto gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania, publication.
Solo exhibition ‘Time Box” , Atelier Archipel. Arles, France
Solo exhibition at the Festival Off des Boutographies.Central library of Emile Zola. Montpellier, France
2009
Collective exhibition “Le coffee Socks”. Arles, France.
Solo exposition “ Waiting for Godot ” in cooperation with Theatre (display of performance “Attente”), Espace Daniel Sorano. Paris, France.
“Taken in Minsk. Privat life”collective exposition and publication, gallery of visual arts NOVA. Minsk, Belarus.
Art project "Traps for the sun", Palace of trade unions. Minsk, Belarus.
2008
Collective exhibition “Taken in Minsk. Townspeople”, gallery of visual arts NOVA. Minsk, Belarus, publication.
2007
Conceptual Belarusian photography of last decades (1986-2006) « Idée fixe», Fuji film fotografijos galerija. Kaunas, Lithuania.
Personal exhibition «Traps for the sun», gallery of visual arts NOVA. Minsk, Belarus
2006
The fifteenth international festival of arts, « Artifact season». Vitebsk, Belarus.
2005
Art project «Torn», Ethnographic museum "Mill". Orsha, Belarus.
Awards:
2020 finalist PRAFOTA (young Belarusian art/documentary photography contest within the confines of the Month of Photography in Minsk), Minsk, Belarus
2017 winner PRAFOTA. Gran Prix
2015 winner of “The Baltic Photo Biennale. Photomania.”: Photography Category: Experimental Photography.
2014 finalist PRAFOTA (young Belarusian art/documentary photography contest within the confines of the Month of Photography in Minsk), Minsk, Belarus
2013 prizewinner. European cultural Festival.Office for a Democratic Belarus "European Neighborhood" photo contest".
2010 finalist. II International Photography Competition PHOTOSOPHY (festival INFOCUS), Vilnius, Lithuania, publication
Grants, Scholarships, Residencies:
2023 Residency Fundacija Tutaka. Dom twórców. Poland
2022 Residency Instytut teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego. Legnica. Poland
2015 Federal Chancellery Grant. KulturKontakt residency, Vienna, Austria
2014 Eastern Europe Grant for course at the Internationl Summer Academy of Fine Arts / Salzburg / class: Elisabeth Schmirl
2013 Eastern Europe Grant for course at the Internationl Summer Academy of Fine Arts / Salzburg / class: Katharina Sieverding
Qualification / Study:
2014 After-images - varieties of printmaking with Elisabeth Schmirl. TheSalzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts (Austria)
11.08.2014-30.08.2014
2013 Visual culture studies with Katharina Sieverding. The Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts (Austria)
12.08.2013 – 31.08.2013
workshop with Alexander Sokurov, Russian filmmaker
9.2009 - 5.2010 Victor Voronkevich's Painting Studio.Minsk. Classical drawing
10.2009 - 12.2009 - Museum of Photography. Minsk. Classical black&white photography
9.2005 - 10.2005 - Gallery of visual arts NOVA. Course "Camera Lucida" Minsk, Artistic and philosophical aspect in photography
2000-2005 – Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts
