Alena Grom

Ukrainian artist, photodocumentist Alena Grom was born in Donetsk in 1976. In April 2014 she was forced to leave her home and hometown due to military events in Donbass.However, even after physically leaving her hometown, she did not leave it emotionally. In such conditions photography has become a salvation for Ms. Grom and a way to escape from a traumatic reality.Since 2017 she has lived in Bucha. As a result of the full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Grom and her family became refugees for the second time. After the de-occupation, Grom returned home and now lives in Bucha. Since 2015 the artist has studied in photography schools: she graduated from Bird In Flight School, the Victor Marushchenko Photography School, Art business school.  Alena Grom works on her own topics in the military and de-occupied zone since 2016.  War-torn Ukraine, victims of the war, migrants and refugees in the lens of her camera. However, her photographs are not illustrations of pity or grief. Life in spite of everything is one of the main themes of the artist. Alena's photos were evaluated at various photo contests: LensCulture Portrait Awards 2023/ Finalist; 2022 Tokyo International Foto Awards / Prize Gold ; International Photography Awards “Best of Show 2022” by this year’s curator; Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) / Gold in Portraiture; International Photographer Of The Year USA 2018 / Silver medal; LensCulture Portrait Awards United Kingdom 2018 / Finalist ; International Photography Awards USA 2018 / Honorary Award; Photography Salon «Strom» 2016 / Silver medal The Royal Photographic Society.Photos, video installations, documentaries, multimedia projects of Alyona Grom were exhibited at international exhibitions:2023 Sweden. Rikstolvan Gallery. " It’s a Mad, Mad World ". Personal exhibition; 2023 Stanford, Washington. Washington Gallery " Women at War"; 2023 Berlin. MOMENTUM.Berlin "You know that you are a person"; 2022 USA Atlanta. «Ukraine on my mind»; 2022 Southern Utah Museum of Art. «Reclaiming Agency: Ukrainian Women Photographers Today»; 2022 Ukrainian House. Kyiv. «Flash. Ukrainian photography today»; 2022 Philadelphia/ Gallery Print Center/ Ukrainian Photography Today ; 2022 Kranj Foto Fest. Slovenia «How Are You, Living In a War-Torn Country?»; 2022 Eastern Connecticut State. Art Gallery of the Univeristy «Women at War»; 2022 New York. Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program; 2022 Poland. Państwowa Galeria Sztuki in Sopot . "Stan wyjątkowy"; 2022 Fridman Gallery New York. "Women at War"; 2022 House of Lucie Budapest Gallery. "Ukraine Moments"; 2022 Warsaw. Czapski Palace. Academy of Fine Arts «Today dreams smell like heat»; 2022 Gruenewald . Germany. eastFOTO gallery. Palestine — Ukraine; 2022 Graz. Austria. Moments among the ruins. Documentary photos from Ukraine; 2021 Kyiv. Ukraine Mystetskyi Arsenal. "Sensitivity. Modern Ukrainian photography"; 2019 Kiev.Ukraine. Institute of Problem Contemporary Art. "Alchemy of motivation"; 2019 Kyiv. Ukraine. Media addiction. Ukrainian version; National Center «Ukrainian House». 2018 Gallery Black Box Portland USA; 2018 Bronx Documentary Center USA; 2017 Fairmount Ave Art Philadelphia, USA; 2017 Venice. Italy. ANIMA MUNDI festival Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi.