Maxim Dondyuk Explained

Maxim Dondyuk
Birth Place:	Slavuta, Ukrainian SSR
Nationality:	Soviet, Ukrainian
Occupation:	Photographer, documentary photographer.
Awards:	W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, International Photographer of the Year Lucie Awards (IPA), finalist in Prix Pictet 'Disorder' award

Maxim Dondyuk (Ukrainian: Максим Дондюк; born 1983)^[1] is a Ukrainian photographer and visual artist, who combines photography, video, text, and archival material in his work. He explores issues of history, memory, conflicts, and their consequences.

Dondyuk's work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions, at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris, Somerset House in London, and MAXXI in Rome. In 2016 he was awarded an artist residency Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.

Life and work

Dondyuk was born in the Ukrainian SSR. His projects include TB epidemic in Ukraine (2010–2012), a two-year work that investigates the problem of tuberculosis in Ukraine; Crimea Sich (2010–2013), a series of photographs and a short documentary film, which tells about a military upbringing of children in the secret camp in the Crimea Mountains; Between Life and Death (2017), a personal reflection on the aftermath of wars through the ruins and devastated landscapes; Culture of Confrontation (2013–2014), dedicated to the events of the Ukrainian Revolution 2013/14, which in 2019 resulted in the book of the same name; Untitled Project from Chornobyl (2016–ongoing), where Dondyuk works with found photographs in the restricted areas of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

His work has been published in magazines such as Time, Der Spiegel, Stern, Paris Match, Rolling Stone, Photo District News, Bloomberg Businessweek, Russian Reporter, Libération, Polka, 6Mois and Esquire. He also works with international organizations, such as International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Health Organization.

Publications

• Culture of Confrontation. Self-published, 2019.^[2]

Films

• Crimea Sich (2013) – short film
• Culture of Confrontation – video installation

Awards

• 2012: Grand Prix Best Global Health Story of Becton Dickinson (BD)'s Hope for a Healthy World Photo Competition^[3]
• 2012: Finalist for a grant of The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film^[4]
• 2013: Shortlist in the Portraiture category of Sony World Photography Awards^[5]
• 2013: Finalist of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography from W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund^[6]
• 2014: Magnum Photos competition '30 under 30' for emerging documentary photographers^[7]
• 2014: Winner of the Ville de Perpignan Remi Ochlik Award^[8]
• 2015: Winner of the Photo District News Photo Annual 2015 in documentary category^[9]
• 2015: Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Press War Category, 1st Prize^[10]
• 2015: Prix Pictet Photography Prize is Disorder, Shortlist^[11]
• 2015: 1st place in Editorial: General News category, 13th Annual Lucie Awards (IPA)^[12]
• 2015: Editorial Photographer of the Year, Lucie Awards (IPA)
• 2015: International Photographer of the Year, Lucie Awards (IPA)^[13]
• 2016: LensCulture Exposure Awards, 3rd Prize Series^[14]
• 2016: Magnum Photography Awards, Finalist^[15]
• 2017: W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography, Finalist
• 2021: Ukrainian Cultural Fund, Grant recipient^[16]
• 2022: Polka Award for Photographer of the Year^[17]
• 2022: Recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund for Ukraine 2014/22^[18]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 2011: Tuberculosis, Center of Documentary Photography «Fotodoc», Moscow^[19]
• 2012: TB epidemic in Ukraine, Donetsk;^[20] Zaporizhzhia;^[21] Uzhhorod; Vinnytsia; Dnipro, Ukraine
• 2013: Uman, Rosh Hashanah, Gallery Camera, Kyiv, Ukraine^[22]
• 2013: Culture of Confrontation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
• 2018: Past. Present. Future., M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine^[23]
• 2019: Culture of Confrontation, Municipal Museum im Kornhouse, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany; Municipal Gallery Ehingen, Germany^[24]
• 2021: Untitled project from Chornobyl, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine^[25]
• 2022: Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the House of Lucie, Budapest, Hungary^[26]
• 2022: Modern Ukrainian landscape, Ya Gallery Center, Lviv, Ukraine^[27]
• 2022: Fight back / Відсіч, Dukat gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine^[28]
• 2023: Ukraine 2014/22, Municipal Gallery Ehingen, Germany

Group exhibitions

• 2014: Road to Freedom, Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Berlin^[29]
• 2014: Apocalypse of the 20th Century, Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II, Kyiv, Ukraine
• 2014: Culture of Confrontation, Visa pour l'image, Perpignan, France^[30]
• 2015–2017: Culture of Confrontation as a part of Prix Pictet Disorder finalists: Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris;^[31] CAB Art Center, Brussels, Belgium;^[32] Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany;^[33] International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva, Switzerland;^[34] LUMA Westbau – Löwenbräukunst, Zurich, Switzerland;^[35] MAXXI, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy;^[36] The Old Municipal Gallery, Athens, Greece;^[37] Somerset House, London; Bank Gallery, Tokyo;^[38] Dublin Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland; Palau Robert, Barcelona, Spain;^[39] Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA^[40]
• 2020: Untitled Project from Chornobyl, Vintage Photo Festival, Bydgoszcz, Poland^[41]
• 2020: Dealing with Memory, Frappant Gallery, Hamburg, Germany^[42]
• 2023: Between Life and Death, Le Carré d'Art, Chartres de Bretagne, France^[43]
• 2023: Ukraine 2014/22, Fondazione Imago Mundi, Gallerie delle Prigioni, Treviso, Italy^[44]
• 2023: War. Ukraine 2022, Le bleu du ciel, Lyon, France^[45]

Screenings

• Crimea Sich, American Independence Film Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2013^[46]
• Culture of Confrontation video installation, The Church of Saint-Merri, Paris, 2015; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA, 2017; Ukraine 2022, PHOTO ELYSÉE, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2023

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-07-08. Maxim Dondyuk - ZKM. zkm.de.
2. Web site: 20 December 2019. Maxim Dondyuk: Culture of the Confrontation. 20 December 2019. British Journal of Photography.
3. Web site: BD Social Responsibility – Awareness Programs. bd.com. 11 October 2015.
4. Web site: Maxim Dondyuk The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film. 5 August 2015.
5. Web site: Portraiture – World Photography Organisation. World Photography Organisation. 11 October 2015.
6. Web site: W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, INC. – The W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography is presented annually to a photographer whose past work and proposed project, as judged by a panel of experts. smithfund.org.
7. Web site: Magnum Photos Blog. magnumphotos.com.
8. Web site: Ville de Perpignan Rémi Ochlik Award. visapourlimage.com. 21 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140914204513/http://www.visapourlimage.com/young_reporter_award.do. 14 September 2014. dead.
9. Web site: PDN Photo Annual 2015. PDN 2015 Photo Annual. . 7 May 2015.
10. Web site: Maxim Dondyuk. px3.fr. 5 August 2015.
11. Web site: Maxim Dondyuk . www.prixpictet.com. 5 August 2015.
12. Web site: Winners. photoawards.com. 1 December 2015.
13. Web site: Maxim Dondyuk – International Photography Awards™. International Photography Awards™. 1 December 2015.
14. Web site: LensCulture Exposure Awards 2015. LensCulture. 13 February 2016.
15. News: Magnum Photography Awards 2016. LensCulture. 18 November 2016.
16. Web site: Український культурний фонд . 2023-05-13 . ucf.in.ua . uk.
17. Web site: 2022-12-19 . Maxim Dondyuk, lauréat du Prix Polka du photographe de l'année 2022 . 2023-05-03 . Polka Magazine . fr-FR.
18. Web site: Maxim Dondyuk Receives 43rd Annual W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for “Ukraine 2014/22,” Documenting Country's Battle for Independence . 2022-12-21 . W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund.
19. Web site: Открытие выставки Максима Дондюка "Туберкулез" :: Выставки :: События ::. sakharov-center.ru. 5 August 2015.
20. Web site: Беспрецедентная фотовыставка украинского фотографа Максима Дондюка "Остановим туберкулез в Украине". АртДонбасс – художественно-выставочный центр . 5 August 2015 . artdonbass.com.ua.
21. Web site: Фотограф-документалист Максим Дондюк: "Туберкулез страшен, но человеческое безразличие и отношение к больным страшнее" – ПОРОГИ – Новости СМИ. Запорожье. Городской портал . 12 August 2015 . misto.zp.ua.
22. Web site: text . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208071937/http://www.fotogaidai.org/313.html . 8 December 2015 . 12 August 2015 . fotogaidai.org.
23. Web site: 2018-02-01 . У Києві відкривається виставка про життя переселенців . 2023-05-03 . hromadske.ua . uk.
24. Web site: Stadt Ehingen (Donau) . 2023-05-03 . www.ehingen.de.
25. Web site: Фотовиставку до 35-х роковин Чорнобильської катастрофи відкрили у МЗС . 2023-05-03 . www.ukrinform.ua . uk.
26. Web site: 2022-07-07 . Maxim Dondyuk: Russian invasion of Ukraine & UkraineMoments Exhibition . 2023-05-03 . House of Lucie . en.
27. Web site: Максим Дондюк. Сучасний український ландшафт . 2023-05-03 . Я Галерея . uk.
28. Web site: 2022-09-01 . Проєкт Максима Дондюка "Відсіч". . 2023-05-03 . МіТЄЦ . en.
29. Web site: Mauermuseum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie. Facebook.
30. Web site: Visa pour l'image: Perpignan photojournalism festival 2014 .
31. Web site: Disorder Finalists' Exhibition, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris . . 4 December 2015.
32. Web site: CAB Art Center. CAB.
33. Web site: Prix Pictet – Kunstverein in Hamburg . 2023-05-05 . www.kunstverein.de.
34. News: Disorder . International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum. 18 November 2016.
35. News: Prix Pictet: Disorder. 15 March 2016. Westbau. 18 November 2016.
36. Web site: 2016-01-25 . Disorder MAXXI . 2023-05-05 . www.maxxi.art . en-US.
37. Web site: Disorder, The Municipal Gallery of Athens. 18 November 2016 . prixpictet.com.
38. Web site: Disorder, Bank Gallery, Tokyo . 18 November 2016 . prixpictet.com.
39. Web site: Disorder at Palau Robert, Barcelona . 2023-05-05 . Prix Pictet . en.
40. Web site: Prix Pictet: Disorder . 2023-05-05 . Museum of Photographic Arts . en-US.
41. Web site: Maxim Dondyuk "UNTITLED PROJECT from Chernobyl" . 2023-05-20 . www.vintagephotofestival.com.
42. Web site: 2020-08-21 . Dealing with Memory Exhibition with OSTLOOK at FRAPPANT Hamburg . 2023-05-20 . EEP Berlin . en.
43. Web site: Photographie . L'Œil de la . 2023-01-19 . Carré d’Art : Parle-leur de batailles, de météores et de caviar d’aubergine . 2023-05-20 . L'Œil de la Photographie Magazine . fr-FR.
44. Web site: Fondazione Imago Mundi - Maxim Dondyuk . 2023-05-20 . Fondazione Imago Mundi . en-GB.
45. Web site: bienvenue au bleu du ciel . 2023-05-20 . Le bleu du ciel . fr-FR.
46. Web site: AIFF 2013 . 12 August 2015 . American Independent Film Festival.