Maria Bykova

Maria Bykova

Born 1976, lives and works in Kyiv.

Held a camera in her hands for the first time at the age of five.

In 2001 graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Faculty of History), in 2004 - from Victor Marushchenko's Photo School in Kyiv.

Worked as a photographer in "Telegraaf Magazines Ukraine" publishing house - for magazines "What's On", "Domus Design", "Glance", "Panorama", "Liubimaya".

The photographer's favorite objects are architecture and interiors, "the wondrous places where beautiful or horrible things are born with the help of people - sculpture, shoes, paintings, stools, etchings, pots, toys..."

Main Exhibitions

2014

MOSS, together with Andrij Dudchenko, Yurij and Volodymyr Denisenkov, UKU Gallery, Lviv, curated by Pavlo Gudimov

2012

Context, with Igor Yanovych, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv, curated by Pavlo Gudimov

2011

The Ground, Cherkasy Art Museum, curated by Pavlo Gudimov

Context, with Igor Yanovych, Titanikas Exhibition Halls, Vilnius Academy of Arts, curated by Pavlo Gudimov

Context, within the project "Independent. New Art of the New Country 1991-2011", Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv

2009

Street, Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv

Context, with Igor Yanovych, within The Week of Contemporary Art 7, Primus Gallery, Lviv, curated by Pavlo Gudimov

2008

Mix, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv, curated by Pavlo Gudimov

Sucharch (Modern Architecture), in Curator Cartel project, within International Contemporary Art Festival GOGOLFEST, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv

Catastrophe 22, Ya Gallery art center, Kyiv

2007

Elite-Glamour, Month of Photography in Kyiv, Irena Gallery

2005

24 Hours of Life in Kyiv, art gallery Ra-photo, Kyiv

Catalog of the author's works
06.02.2024 – 24.03.2024
Exhibition Lviv Cathedral Square 9
01.12.2023 – 04.02.2024
Exhibition Lviv Cathedral Square 9
30.11.2023 – 11.02.2024
Exhibition Lviv Ya Gallery
12.09.2023 – 04.11.2023
Exhibition Lviv Sensoteka, Ulas Samchuk Street, 22
20.09.2023 – 11.10.2023
18.08.2023 – 18.08.2024
Exhibition Lviv Stryiskyi park
08.08.2023 – 24.09.2023
Exhibition Lviv Ya Gallery
26.07.2023 – 17.09.2023
Exhibition Kyiv Ya Gallery
17.06.2023 – 06.08.2023
Exhibition Lviv Soborna Square 9
01.06.2023 – 01.09.2023
Exhibition Lviv Ya Gallery
08.06.2023 – 17.09.2023
Exhibition Lviv Ya Gallery
30.03.2023 – 05.06.2023
Exhibition Lviv Ya Gallery
15.03.2023 – 21.05.2023
Exhibition Kyiv Ya Gallery
24.02.2023 – 21.05.2023
Exhibition Copenhagen Ukraine House in Denmark