Kseniia Samoilenko ( Fetisova)
Was born in Chernihiv, Ukraine in 1979, since 1983 lives in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Art photographer
Digital artist
Project manager
Graphic artist
Decorator
Journalist
Writer
Photography teacher
Graduated from Kyiv National Linguistic University in 2002.
Studied in professional photo school of the Union of Photo Artists of Ukrane in 2003 and on various master classes of art photography.
Work activity in the sphere of art:
1. Art photographer since 2006
2. Portrait photographer since 2006
3. Landscape photographer and traveller since 2010
4. Art project manager since 2011
5. Photo tour creator since 2013
6. Photo journalist since 2013 ( including the war zone of Ukraine).
7. Journalist since 2016.
8. Now working for Radio and Television of Latvia as a journalist and for the magazine "Ukrainki" also, as a journalist.
Main photo projects and exhibitions:
1. Impressions. Double exposure, art project, 2007-2009, Kyiv, Ukraine
2. "World in my eyes" - 2013, Italy, Greece, Latvia.
3. Dancers in the wild - 2015-2017, Kyiv, Ukraine
4. "Heart of Ukraine" - 2015-2022, Kyiv, Ukraine
5. Charity social photo project for the Cancer Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017
6. "Two steps away from war" - a joint exhibition together with photographer Igor Gilbo, representing two views over the social tragedy of the war in Ukraine, 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine.
7. "Ukraine. War and Peace" - photo exhibition, National Library, Riga, Latvia. 2017, with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia
8. Fotofantasy, photo project, 2017-2018, Kyiv, Ukraine
9. "Dedicated the day of embroidery( vyshivanka)" - photo exhibition with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia, Riga, Latvia, 2018
10. "Roads of the Carpathians", photo project, Ukraine, 2016-2018
11. "Lost worlds of Polesye", photo project, Ukraine, 2017-2021
12. "Ecological tragedy of the forests of the Carpathians", photo project, 2019-2020 with the support of Carpathian Biosphere Reserve
13. "Activity of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve." Photo project, Ukraine, 2019
14. "Man and nature. Non-aggression pact", project for the Chernobyl Biosphere Reserve, 2019, Ukraine, Kyiv
15. "Ukraine. War and peace. On the edge of the War", photo exhibition with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia, Riga, Latvia, 2019
16. "Unknown Latvia" - photo project, 2018-2019
17. "Discover Ukraine" - photo project, 2016-2020, pictured in different parts of Ukraine
18. "Roads of oblivion" - photo project, 2018-2021
19. "Abandoned Italy" - photo project, Italy, 2021
20. "War. Destroyed childhood", photo project, 2017-2019
21. "Sea addiction" photo project, 2018-2022
22. "The big escape"- photo exhibition in Kyiv, landscape photography, dedicated to the social problems of COVID period
23. "Treasure of the Carpathians "- photo exhibition in Kyiv, 2021
24. "Polesie. The lost world"- photo exhibition in Kyiv, 2021
25. "Tales of last romantics"- a book of stories, fairy tales , illustrated also by Ksenia Fetisova
26. "Runaway train", 2022 an illustrated collection of stories, connected with the tragic impression of the war in Ukraine.
Since 2018 is fond of graphic art and combines graphic art with the photography( using mixed techniques).
Since 2017 in writing prose: short novels, stories and fairy tales and poetry, also making illustrations for poetry and prose.
Was making photo and art projects with the support and collaboration with the Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia, also with Carpathian, Polissya, Chernobyl Biosphere Reserves of Ukraine.
