Maksym Romenskyi
Born in 1971 in Ukraine. Since 2020 lives and works in PortugalStarted photography in 2000. In recent years, took part in more than 50 solo and group exhibitions, fairs and festivals around the world.In 2015, he rethought his own approach to artistic practice after communicating with Roman Piatkovka, a representative of the Kharkiv School of Photography. Studied under Georgiy Pinkhasov (MAGNUM photo agency), Roman Pyatkivka, at school of conceptual photography MYPH.Author of the series Electorate (2014 - 2018), Smoldering associations (2019 - 2020), Festa (2020 - 2024), Enchanted Forest (2020 - 2025), Sound of Venice (2020 - 2025), Slowdown (2022 - 2025) and others.He explores issues of loneliness, separation, fear and insecurity by shooting street photography, conceptual landscapes and portraits, as well as using collage techniques. Uses analog photography, old medium format cameras and archival pigment prints for most projects. This became an alter ego, a counterpoint to the second part of his professional identity (psychotherapist and coach).
2025 Exhibition "La Colectiva", Le Mur Gallery, Madrid. Spain2025 Among the winners of the competition "Loose Ends", Déréal digital Magazine2025 Online exhibition "Whispering Shadows", Float Magazine2024 Exhibition Re-count Photography Agora. Ibn-Rachiq Cultural Center in Tunis, Tunisia2024 Exhibition (RETURN) TO THE SEA, Shutter Hub. UK2024 Shortlist YEARBOOK Awards 2024 exhibition, Shutter Hub. UK2024 Photopia. Exhibition Living Light. Hastings, UK2024 Book CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY. Creative Publishing.2024 Online exhibition F-Stop Magazine The Open Theme 20242024 Shared Body. Mykolaiv Young Photography. Ukraine House in Denmark2023 Online exhibition and catalog Decagon Gallery FLASH #9 Exhibition, USA2023 Exhibition «Rozgostitsa», Germany2023 MYPH 5 YEARS ANNIVERSARY online exhibition2020 Exhibition "Revisions", Ukraine2019 2nd Kyiv Photo Book, Ukraine2018 Exhibition "Accomodation", Ukraine2017 Shortlist LensCulture Magnum Photography Awards2017 «In.visible» exhibition and book, Canada
Works are presented in private collections and and galleries in the US, Ukraine, UK, Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Germany, Lithuania, Italy, Switzerland, Canada etc