Yuriy Dyachyshyn.
Born in 1980, Lviv, Ukraine.
Took up photography in 2002.
2004-2007 – press photographer for the “Express” newspaper (Lviv).
Since 2007 – independent photographer (freelancer)
Member of the National Union of Photographers in Ukraine.
Lives and works in Lviv.
Genres: documentary photography, photojournalism, daily life.
Solo exhibitions:
”Life is Beautiful”, ”Dzyga” Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine, 2006.
“Neither Alive, Nor Dead”, Greek Culture Centre, Odesa, Ukraine 2006.
Solo exhibitions, OST KLUB, Vienna, Austria, 2007.
“Light Inside of You”, “FilArt” Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine, 2007.
“Lviv-Life”, Museum of Arts, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, 2008.
"Benches", within the frames of the project « L ² » Lublin, Poland, 2009.
"Benches", within the frames of the project "Lviv day in Krakov". Krakov, Poland, 2009.
"Carpathian shepherds ". “Galeria Rynek 6”, Jarosław, Poland. 2009.
”Life is Beautiful”, PhotoClub “5x5”, Lviv, Ukraine, 2010.
”Bonjour Paris!”, Alliance Française, Lviv, Ukraine, 2010.
”His dreams”, ”Dzyga” Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine, 2010.
Participant of more than 150 collective exhibitions in Ukraine and Europe.
Main awards:
2004
1-st Place in “Country” category and a Bronze Medal from the Photoclub of the Republic of Poland at the International Photography Contest “Over the borders”, Krosno, Poland.
2005
Grand Prix at the “Kyiv Photo Salon”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
1-st Place Marshalek Reward Lodz Voyevodstvo and a Gold Medal from the Photoclub of the Republic of Poland at the International Photography Contest “Man in Landscape”, Radomsko, Poland.
2006
1-st Place at the International Press Photographers Contest “Euroasia. Social Portrait”, Moskov, Russia.
Gold Medal FIAP, “31th ZAGREB SALON” Zagreb, Croatia.
2007
1-st Place at the All Ukrainian Photo Contest “PhotoVintage”, Odesa, Ukraine.
Grand Prix at the Biennial of Artistic Photography “Windows: Eyes of Homes”, Lviv, Ukraine.
2008
Silver Medal at the International Photo Contest “Adana Rotary Club”, Adana, Turkey.
1-st Grade Diploma at the All Ukrainian Photo Contest “Ukraine, my Ukraine” Kyiv, Ukraine.
2-nd Place at the International Photo Contest “ZESTAV”, Svidnica, Poland.
Grand Prix at the All Ukrainian Photo Contest “A Ukraine for Everyone”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2009
SilverMedalfrom the Photoclub of the Republic of Polandat the International Photography Contest ”The I International Festival of the Photography of the Youth”, Jarosław, Poland.
1-st Place at the International Photo Contest “ZESTAV”, Svidnica, Poland.
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10.10.2009.
