Bogdan Gulyay

Live in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Practice art photography since 2010.
Member of Ukrainian Photography Alternative and Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers.

I shoot on film. Work mostly in different analog techniques (classical black and white gelatin silver prints, lith-prints, hand-painted prints etc). Work with a subjective photography, study the phenomenon of memory and its physical and symbolic influence on emotional and historical perception of events and objects. Explore the subjects of human and nature, body and sexuality, examine the city life, reflect upon a war in Ukraine and its long-term impact.

An important part of my practice is making handmade artbooks of my photo series. I consider it important to make objects with the presence of the "hand of the author", which are unique and unreproducible.

Was exhibited and published in the USA, Great Britain, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Sweden etc.

Solo exhibitions:
2022, Astoria, USA, "Lightbox gallery" - "My sexy Chernihiv"
2019, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Municipal Gallery - "Scratchy days"
2017, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Contemporary Art Museum “Plast Art” – "The morning dew"
2014, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Municipal Gallery – “My Sexy Chernihiv” (with Olga Aboronok)
2012, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Chernihiv Fine Art Museum – Bare Nature
2012, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Contemporary Art Museum “Plast Art” – Reflections of the provincial photographer

Chosen group exhibitions:
2024, Ya-gallery, Lviv, Ukraine  - Love and Caress
2022, Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine - Flash. Ukrainian photography now.
2022, Ya-gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine - Amputated spring
2020, Klaipeda, Lithuania - Love, Lust & Fury
2019, Kyiv, Ukraine - UPHA, Made in Ukraine. AkT art space.
2013, Sevastopol, Ukraine – The first Sevastopol international photo festival
2013, Kyiv, Ukraine. M17 Contemporary Art Center – Golden Camera Award shortlist exhibition
2012, Odesa, Ukraine - 1st International Art Festival
2011, Chernihiv, Ukraine – ChernihivPhotoFest – 2011
2010, Kyiv, Ukraine. Ra Gallery — Two views at Ukrainian photography;
2010, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Contemporary Art Museum “Plast Art” – ChernihivPhotoFest – 2010
2010, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Contemporary Art Museum “Plast Art” — The Territory of Art Underground;
2009, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Contemporary Art Museum “Plast Art” — Cross-roads.

Works are present in the collections of:
Museum of Kharkiv school of photography MOKSOP
Odesa Fine art Museum

Prizes:
2022 - Vintage Photo Festival, Honourable mention, the series "Monuments of Kyiv during the war".
2021 - Bird in flight, Readers` Choice Award.
2013 – 2nd place of Golden Camera Award, “Fine Art” category.

Books:

Flash. Ukrainian photography 2022-2023 - Ukrainian House, 2024
Ukraine: A war crime - FotoEvidence, 2023
#memoryofwar, 89books, Palermo, Italy, 2023
"The Rite / My sexy Chernihiv", 89books, Palermo, Italy, 2021
"UPHA Made in Ukraine", BOOKSHA publishing, Kyiv, 2021
"Scratchy days", RedZet publishing, Kyiv, 2019
"Ukrainian Erotic Photography", Osnovy publishing, Kyiv, 2017

Chosen publications:

Bird in flight - August, 2023
Fotobookmonthly, Fotobook #12/2021
Bird in flight - June, 2020
Fotobookmonthly, Fotobook #6/2020
PHROOM magazine - February 2019
PHROOM magazine - May 2016
beanalogic.com - December, 2015
MONOVISIONS Magazine - November, 2015
Bird in flight, Ukraine - August, 2015
Eden. Volume One, Portugal - May, 2015
Witty Magazine – March, 2015
f-stop magazine #66 – July, 2014
L’Oeil de la Photographie, France – June, 2014
Landscape Stories – August, 2013
f-stop magazine #59 – June, 2013
Primapersona, Italy – May, 2013
Urbanautica – March, 2013
REVS magazine, Helsinki, Finland – February, 2013
One Giant Arm, Bristol, UK – January, 2013