Kate Hrynko
Visual Artist based in Kyiv, Ukraine
Education
2016-2021 Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, Ukraine (Ph.D. in international economic relations)
2007-2012 University Clermont-Ferrand 1 Auvergne, France (MSc in Management of SME)
COURSES & PROGRAMmES
2025-2026 Black Mountains College & British Council, UK (Online, Climate Adaptation for Creatives programme)
2023-2024 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (Online, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialisation Certificate)
2021-2023 Kyiv School of Photography (Certificates: Contemporary photography, colour, projects)
Selected GROUP Exhibitions
2025 Finalists Exhibition of Aesthetica Art Prize (artworks from the series "Faded Ice"), York Art Gallery, York, UK
2025 Group exhibition "When the chestnuts bloom in Kyiv" (artwork "Ukrainian spring"), Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Historical Museum-Memorial, Kyiv, Ukraine
2025 Exhibition of the Seven (series "Faded Ice"), Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora, Kyiv, Ukraine
2024-2025 The 8th Biennale of Photography (project "Midnight Express"), FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
2024-2025 Resilience Formula Exhibition (series "Faded Ice"), M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2024 Fotografar Palavras Exhibition, M|I|MO – Museu da Imagem em Movimento (museum of Moving Image, photo "Sister" from "Midnight Express" project), Leiria, Portugal
2023 Fresh Eyes Talent 2023 group exhibition (project "Primogenitors)", Haute Photographie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands2023 Pair exhibition with Vlad Hrynko, Serhiy Pavlovych Korolyov National Museum of Cosmonautics, Zhytomyr, Ukraine
2023 Group exhibition "Within reach" (project "Primogenitors"), Saarland Museum Moderne Galerie, Saarbrucken, Germany
2023 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Exhibition (project "Primogenitors"), FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
2022 MidEuropa corporate exhibition (artwork "Ukrainian Spring"), London, UK
ARTIST TALKS
19 September 2025 - York Art Gallery, York, UK
08 February 2025 - M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
22 November 2024 - FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
07 November 2024 - 24b Galerie Paris, France
MENTORSHIP
2025 Coordinator of the Photo Club at Ukrainian-Danish Youth House in Kyiv
AWARDS & MENTIONS
Aesthetica Art Prize 2025, Finalist, Category: Photography, series "Faded Ice"
Neutral Density Awards 2024, 2nd Place winner (Silver star - two awards), projects: "Faded Ice"; "Midnight Express"
Prix de la Photographie 2024, Paris, Silver prize, Professional category, series "Faded Ice"
IWPA & TAF Photography Challenge 2024 for Women Photographers, Preselected with project "Midnight Express"
22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2024, Category Winner, Documentary & Reportage - Series Pro Selection, project "Midnight Express"
Aesthetica Art Prize 2024, Longlisted Artist, Category: Mixed Media
FRESH EYES International Talent 2023 in the category Portrait, GUP Magazine, project "Primogenitors"
Aesthetica Art Prize 2023, Longlisted Artist, Category: Photography, series "RGB (Red Green Blue): study of colours"
LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2022, Editors' selection
International Photo Awards 2022, 2nd place prize, Professional category, series "Between the Air Sirens"
COLLECTIONS
2025 Public collection of M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine (Artworks from the series "Faded Ice")
2023 Corporate collection of MidEuropa, London, UK (Artwork "Ukrainian Spring")
Artbooks
Midnight Express, 2024 (self-published)
Faded Ice, 2024 (self-published)
Publications & PRESS
Jornal de Leiria, Portugal, February 8, 2024, page 29
FRAMES Magazine THE FEMALE GAZE: Girl Gaze #4