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