Andrej Krementschouk

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​Biography

Born in Gorky, Russia, in 1973
Lives and works in Leipzig


1988-1991
Apprenticeship as restorer of icons and art objects made of metal at the School of Art and Restoration in Suzdal, Russia

1991-1995
Training as co-conductor at Vladimir Conservatory Faculty Musical Ethnology, Russia

1991-1997
Freelance activity as jeweller and restorer of icons

1999-2003
Introductory course in Slavonic Studies and Art Education at Greifswald Univerity, Germany

2003-2007
Subject change examination and degree course in Communication Design, main subject photography, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany / Diploma with professor Ute Mahler

2008 – 2012
studied at the University of Graphic and Book Art, Leipzig; diploma 2012.

Since 2012
Master’s apprentice (Meisterschüler) of Prof. Tina Bara

2007
Project support through VG Bild-Kuns

2009
Member at "Ostkreuz", photographic agency



Solo shows

2012 
»Die Zerbrechlichkeit der Zweige«, Galerie Clara Maria Sels (Düsseldorf)

2011
«No Direction Home», Blue Sky, the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland USA
»No Direction Home«, in Studio im Hochhaus - Kunst und Literaturwerkstatt, Berlin
»Zone Heimat. Chernobyl«, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, ZEPHYR - Raum für Fotografie / C4.9b, (Mannheim)
»Heimat - Chernobyl«, Galerie Clara Maria Sels (Düsseldorf)

2009
"Krementschouk Andrej, Photographie", Kunstverein Recklinghausen (Recklinghausen)
"No Direction Home", Filipp Rosbach Galerie (Leipzig); Galerie Clara Maria Sels (Düsseldorf)



Group shows

2011
"The Street of Enthusiasts", exhibition by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Morat Institute, Berlin, Kiew, Warschau, Gartow, Freiburg, Hamburg, Brussel
"The City. Becoming and Decaying", Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg

2010
F/STOP 4. Internationales Fotografiefestival, Leipzig
FotoDoks 2010 – Documentary Photofestival, Munich
"The City. Becoming and Decaying", C/O Berlin, International Forum For Visual Dialogues, Berlin; Bayrischen Versicherungskammer (Munich)

2008 
"Good prospects: Young German photography 2007—2008", Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin); Deichtorhallen (Hamburg)
"Russische Variationen", Painting and Photography. Drostei, Pinneberg bei Hamburg
"Friction and Conflict", Kalmar Konstmuseum (Kalmar)



​Awards

2012 
prize winner of the Robert Bosch Foundation (EVZ)

2010 
PDN Photo Annual 2010 — «No Direction Home»

​2009 
Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2010 silver prize winner, No Direction Home

2007-2008
No Direction Home at "Gute Aussichten – junge deutsche Fotografie" ("Good prospects: Young German photography")