Ukrainian artist, photodocumentist Alena Grom was born in Donetsk. In January 2014 she was forced to leave her home and hometown due to military events in Donbass. In such conditions photography has become a salvation for Ms. Grom and a way to escape from a traumatic reality. Since 2017 she has lived in Bucha. As a result of the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, Grom and her family became refugees for the second time. Alena Grom works at the junction of social reporting and conceptual photography. She works on her topics on the front line. However, her photos are not illustrations of pity or grief, they are an affirmation of life. Life against the odds — one of the main themes of the artist.
Alena tells about the war through a subjective experience associated with cultural memory, through a creative reassessment of her own life, as a documentary evidence of events.
Alena sincerely believes that art is a force that can encourage people to participate in a public dialogue. Art always sounds in tune with what is happening around.
The author was a laureate and winner of international photo contests.
2022 Tokyo International Foto Awards / Prize Gold ;International Photography Awards “Best of Show 2022” by this year’s curator; Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) / Gold in Portraiture; International Photographer Of The Year USA 2018 / Silver medal; LensCulture Portrait Awards United Kingdom 2018 / Finalist ; International Photography Awards USA 2018 / Honorary Award; Photography Salon «Strom» 2016 / Silver medal The Royal Photographic Society.
Photos, video installations, documentaries, multimedia projects by Alena Grom were exhibited at international exhibitions: 2023 Sweden. Rikstolvan Gallery. " It’s a Mad, Mad World ". Personal exhibition; 2023 Stanford, Washington. Washington Gallery " Women at War" ; 2023 Berlin. MOMENTUM.Berlin "You know that you are a person"; 2023 Paris. Gallery Labo. " VISIBLES MMXXIII "; 2022 USA Atlanta. «Ukraine on my mind» ; 2022 Southern Utah Museum of Art. «Reclaiming Agency: Ukrainian Women Photographers Today»; 2022 Ukrainian House. Kyiv. «Flash. Ukrainian photography today»; 2022 Philadelphia/ Gallery Print Center/ Ukrainian Photography Today ; 2022 Kranj Foto Fest. Slovenia «How Are You, Living In a War-Torn Country?»; 2022 Eastern Connecticut State. Art Gallery of the Univeristy «Women at War»; 2022 New York. Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program; 2022 Poland. Państwowa Galeria Sztuki in Sopot . "Stan wyjątkowy"; 2022 Fridman Gallery New York. "Women at War"; 2022 House of Lucie Budapest Gallery. "Ukraine Moments"; 2022 Warsaw. Czapski Palace. Academy of Fine Arts «Today dreams smell like heat»; 2022 Gruenewald . Germany. eastFOTO gallery. Palestine — Ukraine; 2022 Graz. Austria. Moments among the ruins. Documentary photos from Ukraine; 2021 Kyiv. Ukraine Mystetskyi Arsenal. "Sensitivity. Modern Ukrainian photography"; 2019 Kiev.Ukraine. Institute of Problem Contemporary Art. "Alchemy of motivation"; 2019 Kyiv. Ukraine. Media addiction. Ukrainian version; National Center «Ukrainian House». 2018 Gallery Black Box Portland USA; 2018 Bronx Documentary Center USA; 2017 Fairmount Ave Art Philadelphia, USA; 2017 Venice. Italy. ANIMA MUNDI festival Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi; 2017 Bogotà, at Jorge Jurado Gallery Colombia;
