Iryna Vozniak (b.1990) is a photographer and visual artist based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She holds a master's degree in international law. She studied photography at the Kyiv School of Photography (Ukraine) and the Form Photo Academy (France).
Through her lens Iryna captures the profound beauty embedded in both the grandeur of nature and the simplicity of everyday life. Celebrating color and shape, she invites viewers to rediscover the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary, urging to pause, observe, and find art in the tapestry of life that surrounds us.
Iryna is a winner of international competitions, including the International Photo Awards, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Fresh Eyes Talent Award, Tokyo International Foto Awards, Budapest International Foto Awards and London Photography Awards. Additionally, her works have been selected by the curators of Your Daily Photograph, Artdoc Photography Magazine and Photo Vogue.
Through her lens Iryna captures the profound beauty embedded in both the grandeur of nature and the simplicity of everyday life. Celebrating color and shape, she invites viewers to rediscover the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary, urging to pause, observe, and find art in the tapestry of life that surrounds us.
Iryna is a winner of international competitions, including the International Photo Awards, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Fresh Eyes Talent Award, Tokyo International Foto Awards, Budapest International Foto Awards and London Photography Awards. Additionally, her works have been selected by the curators of Your Daily Photograph, Artdoc Photography Magazine and Photo Vogue.
This year her photos were featured in the books: "100 Ukrainian Contemporary Photographers" was published by a French publishing house and presented at PhotoBasel, and "Fresh Eyes 2024 Volume II" by the publisher Gup from the Netherlands, that was presented at Haut Photographie.
Selected exhibitions:
2024 - Px3 & State of the World 2024 Winners Exhibition, 24B Gallery, Paris;
2024 - The Unobserved (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - Fresh Eyes Talent 2024 group exhibition, Haut Photographie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - BIFA Winners Exhibition, House of Lucie Athens, Greece;
2024 - Invisible Threads (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - Shape, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2024 - BIFA Winners Exhibition, House of Lucie Budapest, Hungary;
2024 - Human Stories (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - Portrait, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2024 - Colour, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2024 - Moments of Color, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece;
2024 - Creative Photography (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - Abstract, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2023 - Human Nature, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2023 - Seasons, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2023 - Healing Nature (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2023 - Through My Lens (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2024 - Px3 & State of the World 2024 Winners Exhibition, 24B Gallery, Paris;
2024 - The Unobserved (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - Fresh Eyes Talent 2024 group exhibition, Haut Photographie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - BIFA Winners Exhibition, House of Lucie Athens, Greece;
2024 - Invisible Threads (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - Shape, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2024 - BIFA Winners Exhibition, House of Lucie Budapest, Hungary;
2024 - Human Stories (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - Portrait, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2024 - Colour, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2024 - Moments of Color, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece;
2024 - Creative Photography (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2024 - Abstract, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2023 - Human Nature, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2023 - Seasons, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, the United Kingdom;
2023 - Healing Nature (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
2023 - Through My Lens (online), ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Awards:
2024 - International Photography Awards, 3rd Place Winner, Category: Special/Special Effects;
2024 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris, 1st Place Winner, Category: Nature;
2024 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Gold Winner, Category: Nature/Underwater;
2024 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Bronze Winner, Category: Book/People;
2024 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Bronze Winner, Category: Advertising/Food;
2024 - Fresh Eyes Talent Award, Portrait category, GUP Magazine;
2024 - London Photography Awards, Platinum Winner, Category: Nature Photography/Underwater;
2023 - Budapest International Foto Awards, Gold Winner, Category: Nature/Underwater;
2023 - Budapest International Foto Awards, 1st Place Winner, Category: Nature;
2023 - Tokyo International Foto Awards, Gold Winner, Category: Nature/Underwater;
2023 - Tokyo International Foto Awards, Bronze Winner, Category: Fine Art/Still Life;
2023 - London International Creative Competition, Finalist, Category: Shoot (Photo/Video) - Non-Professional.
Publications:
ARTWORK GALLERY Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 6. New Horizons, 2024, page 14-15
YourDailyPhotograph, Emerging/Contemporary, April 20, 2024
YourDailyPhotograph, One Person, June 5, 2024
YourDailyPhotograph, Emerging/Contemporary, July 21, 2024
YourDailyPhotograph, Emerging/Contemporary, August 18, 2024
Books:
"100 contemporary ukrainian photographers", Form., France, 2024, page 72-75;
"Fresh Eyes 2024 Volume II", GUP, The Netherlands, 2024, page 192-195.
2024 - International Photography Awards, 3rd Place Winner, Category: Special/Special Effects;
2024 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris, 1st Place Winner, Category: Nature;
2024 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Gold Winner, Category: Nature/Underwater;
2024 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Bronze Winner, Category: Book/People;
2024 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Bronze Winner, Category: Advertising/Food;
2024 - Fresh Eyes Talent Award, Portrait category, GUP Magazine;
2024 - London Photography Awards, Platinum Winner, Category: Nature Photography/Underwater;
2023 - Budapest International Foto Awards, Gold Winner, Category: Nature/Underwater;
2023 - Budapest International Foto Awards, 1st Place Winner, Category: Nature;
2023 - Tokyo International Foto Awards, Gold Winner, Category: Nature/Underwater;
2023 - Tokyo International Foto Awards, Bronze Winner, Category: Fine Art/Still Life;
2023 - London International Creative Competition, Finalist, Category: Shoot (Photo/Video) - Non-Professional.
Publications:
ARTWORK GALLERY Contemporary Art Magazine, Issue 6. New Horizons, 2024, page 14-15
YourDailyPhotograph, Emerging/Contemporary, April 20, 2024
YourDailyPhotograph, One Person, June 5, 2024
YourDailyPhotograph, Emerging/Contemporary, July 21, 2024
YourDailyPhotograph, Emerging/Contemporary, August 18, 2024
Books:
"100 contemporary ukrainian photographers", Form., France, 2024, page 72-75;
"Fresh Eyes 2024 Volume II", GUP, The Netherlands, 2024, page 192-195.