A Ukrainian photographer, a native of Kyiv, Ukraine, born in 1966. He shoots on large-format film, both in the studio and en plein air. He is a master of the visual language of antique bronze lenses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Andrii Kotliarchuk's works are represented in many private collections around the world, as well as in the collection of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Spain. He has exhibited projects in all national art museums of Ukraine.
His passion for creativity began in early childhood with drawing landscapes and still lifes in pencil. Later, under the influence of the prominent photographer Mykola Kozlovskyi, he began to explore beauty in the mundane, delve into genre photography, and paint with light. With a large-format film camera, Andrii Kotliarchuk explored the rhythms of war during the defense of Mariupol and found inspiration among the pagans of the Ukrainian Polissia.
Andrii Kotliarchuk received his art education in 2006 at the National Academy of Culture and Arts Management. Since 2021, he has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, and since 2023, he has been a postgraduate student in the Department of Fine Arts at NACCSM.
His main life thesis is: "Since God gave me talent, my service to the Lord and to people is through refining this gift."
He is the author of two photo albums: "Volunteers. An Era of Heroes" (2019, Mystetstvo Publishing) and "Liberated Kyiv Region" (2024, Mystetstvo Publishing).
Exhibitions:
Art Project "Polissia Magic" (Art-proyekt "Mahiia Polissia"). March 2025. Spain, Madrid. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Art Project "Art-A-Art" (Art-proyekt "Art-A-Art"). May 2024. Ukraine, Kyiv. Institute of Contemporary Art Problems of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine
Art Project "Polissia Mysteries" (Art-proyekt "Poliski misterii"). April 2024. Ukraine, Kyiv. "Bilyi Svit" Center for Contemporary Art
III International Biennial "Ukrainian Art Photography-2023" (III Mizhnarodne biienale "Ukrainska khudozhnia fotohrafiia-2023"). December 2023. Ukraine, Kyiv. Taras Shevchenko National Museum.
Art Project "Anthology of Meanings. Ark" (Art-proyekt "Antolohiia sensiv. Kovcheh"). November 2023. Ukraine, Lviv. Andriy Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv
Art Project "Experience of Reality" (Art-proyekt "Dosvid realnosti"). September 2023. Ukraine, Kyiv. National Literary Museum of Ukraine.
Art Project "Feeling of the Present" (Art-proyekt "Vidchuttia sohodennia"). May 2023. Ukraine, Kyiv. National Museum "Kyiv Picture Gallery."
Art Project "Reflection" (Art-proyekt "Refleksiia"). March 2023. Ukraine, Kyiv. Taras Shevchenko National Museum.
Art Project "Volunteers" (Art-proyekt "Dobrovoltsi"). April 2022. Ukraine, Kyiv. National Museum "Kyiv Picture Gallery."
Art Project "Life During Changes" (Art-proyekt "Zhyttia pid chas zmin"). February 2022, Ukraine, Kyiv. National Museum Kyiv Picture Gallery.
Art Project "Metamodern. Search for Perfection" (Art-proyekt "Metamodern. Poshuk doskonalosti"). August 2019, Ukraine, Kyiv. IEC of the Museum of the History of Kyiv.
International Festival of Art Photography "Parade of Projects" (Mizhnarodnyi festyval khudozhnoi fotohrafiï "Parad proektiv"). September 2018, Ukraine, Kyiv. Taras Shevchenko National Museum.
Second Biennial "Ukrainian Art Photography" (Druhe Biienale "Ukrainska khudozhnia fotohrafiia"). February 2018, Ukraine, Kyiv. National Museum "Kyiv Picture Gallery."
Art Project "Landscape. A Modern View" (Art-proyekt "Peizazh. Suchasnyi pohliad"). June 2016, Ukraine, Kyiv. M-17 Center for Contemporary Art.
First Biennial "Ukrainian Art Photography" (Pershe Biienale "Ukrainska khudozhnia fotohrafiia"). November 2015, Ukraine, Kyiv. M-17 Center for Contemporary Art.
UAPP is an independent association of professional Ukrainian photographers, designed to protect their interests, support, develop and promote Ukrainian photography as an important element of national culture.
UAPP's activities span educational, social, research and cultural initiatives, as well as book publishing.
UAPP represents Ukrainian professional photography in the international photographic community and is an official member of the Federation of European Photographers (FEP) — an international organization representing more than 50,000 professional photographers in Europe and other countries around the world.
