Olia Koval

Born in 2001, Chernihiv, Ukraine. Started photography in 2018.

Now studying at the Cinematography Faculty of the Karpenko-Kary.

In 2019 completed the third MYPH course from Sergey Melnitchenko and the concept photography course from Roman Pyatkovka in 2020. Worked in online media Zaborona. Member of the MYPH team.

Since 2020, works are represented by the gallery ArtEast Berlin. In 2022 was in Menu Zona Residency, Klaipeda by Darius Vaicekauskas.

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Olia's photo projects

Dunes

Dunes - the series of works was created on the dunes in Klaipeda, Lithuania.

The formes of the naked female body are especially intresting in combination with burning sun and balls for ping pong. Digital print on parchment, 2022

Fine art

These three photo-experiments were made in 2021, but they all have a different visual approach to photo-fixation. The search for a visual language led me to use a whole range of tools: film, digital media, aniline.

Jumps

These photos were taken in May 2021. High jumps this is one of my not big series of wirks where I used the principles of collage, combining spring flowers with the naked parts of my friend.

Non-violent changes (2019-2020)

Everything around us is a result of a causal relationships that tie hands and create an illusion of free will. We can't choose where to be born, out habits and character is formed by the environment we live in. Going with the flow of life we create ourselves. This series is about the enslavement we are born with and about the desire to be free, to get rid of the consequences that come with misunderstanding our genuine "I".

Single works

This series of works were take in peaceful Kyiv and Chernihiv, in 2020. These works border on different emotional categories: from a strong feeling of love to the experience of separation. The time in which these images were created binds and gives historical significance. The works are made in a non-standard documentary form with a strong contrast between black and white and a high grain, which gives the image a playful form.

blue room (2020)

Three days in blue room.

Body in open space (2020)

Body in open space like signs of zodiac, a kaleidoscope of images, where one part of the body intertwines with another, creating stable pairs like constellations.