BIO
Irina Cheremisina is a Ukrainian mixed-media artist based in Valencia, Spain. Originally trained as an economist, she developed a passion for photography and handmade techniques from an early age, but fully embraced her artistic path in 2023 after leaving Ukraine.
Irina actively participates in international art fairs and photography festivals across Spain, Italy, Korea, the UK, and Ukraine. Her work has been exhibited in prestigious venues such as the National Museum of Ceramics and Decorative Arts of Gonzalez Martí (Valencia), the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia (Rome), Carignano Palace (Turin), and the DongGang Museum of Photography (Korea).
Over the past two years, her work has received recognition from numerous international photo competitions, including the Black & White International Awards (Grand Winner), Monovisions Awards 2025 (1-st place), Tokyo International Foto Awards (Gold), Budapest International Foto Awards (Gold), and the CUTOUT Contemporary Collage Festival (Kyiv–Paris–Tokyo, Winner).
In 2024, her work was featured in the book 100 Contemporary Ukrainian Photographers by Form.Paris.
A member of the School of Conceptual and Art Photography MYPH, Irina began her career as a mixed-media and conceptual artist in 2025.
STATEMENT
My work navigates the fragile terrain of memory and psychological states, where images become vessels for emotion and trace.
Through analogue photography, collage, installations, and art books, I engage the tactile—paper, thread, textile—as extensions of thought and touch. Materiality becomes language; lines, textures, and shapes operate as metaphors, mapping inner landscapes.
This ongoing process of layering, deconstructing, and reassembling opens space for intuitive experimentation and embodied reflection, inviting viewers to connect with the invisible emotional layers beneath the surface.
AWARDS
2025
DongGang International Photo Festival, Korea, Finalist
Monovision Awards 2025, 1-st Place in Nude (series), Honorable Mention in Conceptual (series)
FotoSlovo Awards, Honorable Mention in Experimental Photography (Series)
CutOut Contemporary Collage Festival, Kyiv-Paris-Tokyo, Winner
Kamira Photo Award, France, Finalist
Black & White International Awards, Grand Winner (category Conceptual / Hybrid), Special Mention Award
11th Edition of Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee (category Experimental, professional)
2024
London International Creative Awards, Shortlisted
Tokyo International Foto Awards - 1 Gold, 2 Bronze, 3 Honorable Mentions
Budapest International Foto Awards, 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze, 2 Honorable Mentions
1st FotoNostrum Choice Awards, Honorable Mention
Chromatic Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
Urban Photo Awards, Selected photographer (Projects & Portfolios Section)
The 23d Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Honorable Mention
London International Creative Awards, Official Selection
2023
Tokyo International Foto Awards, Silver, Jury Top-5 selection, 4 Honorable Mentions
Budapest International Foto Awards, 5 Honorable Mentions
Chromatic Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
Kyiv Photography School, Photo contest winner, Audience choice
EXHIBITIONS (including upcoming)
2025
Group exhibition "Kamira Photo Award 2025", Talmart Gallery, Paris, France
Group exhibition "LoosenArt", Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy
Group exhibition "In This Body I AM", Varsztatovnia, Warsaw, Poland
Group exhibition "CutOut International Contemporary Collage Festival 2025", Kyiv National Art Gallery, Ukraine
Group exhibition "B&W International Photo Awards 2025", Marais Gallery, Paris, France
Group exhibition "DongGang International Photo Festival", DongGang Museum of Photography, South Korea
Solo exhibition "Cultures in Contact: Spain and Ukraine", National Museum of Ceramics and Arts of Gonzalez Marti, Valencia, Spain
Group exhibition "23rd & 24th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards", Valid Foto Gallery BCN, Barcelona, Spain
ArtBooks Group exhibition "MYPH na Skladi 2.0", Sklad №5, Cherkasy, Ukraine
Online group exhibition LENSCRATCH "Growth", Fine art photography daily
Group exhibition "I AM IO SONO", National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome, Italy
Group exhibition "Echoes of the Body", ABYSS ARTSPACE gallery, Valencia, Spain
2024
Group exhibition "Memories", ABYSS ARTSPACE gallery, Valencia, Spain
Group exhibition "Urban Photo Awards", Trieste Photo Festival, Trieste, Italy
Group exhibition "Expressive Nature", ARTDOC Photography Magazine
Group exhibition "Movement", The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, UK
Group exhibition "Dreaming Architectures", Carignano Palace, Turin, Italy
Group exhibition "Llum al Mur", PhotoAlicante International Photography Festival, Alicante
Art Fair "Artist 360 Feria de Arte", Madrid, Spain
Group exhibition "My Fantastic Child", CREARTE gallery, Valencia, Spain
Group exhibition "Abstract Image", The Chateau Gallery (TCG)
MEDIA PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES:
2025:
SPECTACULUM MAGAZINE, https://spectaculum-magazine.com/2025/07/27/where-is-my-home/
WOMO, Ukraine INTERVIEW https://womo.ua/iryna-cheremisina/
SUPERPRESENT https://superpresent.org/current-issue/
RELOCATE https://relocate.to/uk/p/irina-ceremisina-pocinati-z-nulia-ce-ne-strasno-2282
ARTDOC Photography Magazine, Issue 1, “Beyond the Frame” https://www.artdoc.photo/e-magazine/issue-nr-1-2025
LEVANTE, Spain https://www.levante-emv.com/cultura/2025/02/25/espana-ucrania-dan-mano-museo-114676002.amp.html
CULTURPLAZA, Spain https://valenciaplaza.com/arte-museos-fotografia-valencia-comunitat-valenciana/el-museo-de-ceramica-conecta-el-arte-y-tradicion-de-espana-y-ucrania
VALENCIA CITY, Spain https://valenciacity.es/cultura-en-el-siglo-xxi/el-museo-nacional-de-ceramica-enlaza-ucrania-y-espana/
EUROPA PRESS, Spain https://www.europapress.es/valencia/noticia-gonzalez-marti-posa-relleu-els-llacos-culturals-espanya-ucraina-amb-artesania-imatges-20250225160548.html
FTN NEWS, Spain https://ftnnews.com/travel-news/news-from-spain/spain-and-ukraine-celebrate-cultural-heritage-in-valencias-ceramics-museum/
AGENDA URBANA VALENCIA, Spain https://au-agenda.com/evento/culturas-en-contacto-espana-y-ucrania/
VALENCIA DIARY, Spain https://valenciadiari.com/el-gonzalez-marti-posa-en-relleu-els-llacos-culturals-entre-espanya-i-ucraina-amb-artesania-i-imatges/
GENTE EN VALENCIA, Spain http://www.gentedigital.es/valencia/noticia/4011402/el-gonzalez-marti-pone-de-relieve-los-lazos-culturales-entre-espana-y-ucrania-con-artesania-e-imagenes/
PRAGMATIKA, Ukraine https://pragmatika.media/news/u-valensii-vidkrylas-vystavka-pro-kulturu-ukrainy-ta-ispanii/
WOMO, Ukraine https://womo.ua/u-valensiyi-vidkrylas-vystavka-pro-kulturu-ukrayiny-ta-ispaniyi/
BIT.UA, Ukraine https://bit.ua/2025/03/dotyky-kultur-u-valensiyi-vidkrylasya-vystavka-pro-kulturu-ukrayiny-ta-ispaniyi/
KYIVPOST, Ukraine https://www.kyivpost.com/uk/post/50025
RUBRYKA, Ukraine https://rubryka.com/2025/03/31/u-valensiyi-vidkrylas-vystavka-pro-kulturu-ukrayiny-ta-ispaniyi/
USPIH.IN.UA, Ukraine https://uspih.in.ua/nashi-za-kordonom/u-valensii-vidkrylas-vystavka-pro-kulturu-ukrainy-ta-ispanii
THEGAZE, Ukraine https://thegaze.media/news/ukraine-spain-cultural-exhibition-opens-in-valencia
ТВОЇ НОВИНИ, Ukraine https://smi.pp.ua/news/1831958-n-a.html
UKRLIVE, Ukraine https://ukr.live/newses/v-valensii-otkrilas-vistavka-o-kulture-ukraini-i-ispanii
IMPROVISATOR, Ukraine https://improvisator.com.ua/archives/15550
TYZHDEN, https://tyzhden.ua/u-valensii-zapratsiuvala-vystavka-dotyky-kultur-ispaniia-ta-ukraina/
UAZMI, Ukraine https://uazmi.org/news/post/14ee83c2b09dbbe93bece3f0b7ab8af0
2024:
BOOK “100 Contemporary Ukrainian Photographers”, by FORM.Paris
ARTDOC Photography Magazine, “Expressive Nature” https://www.artdoc.photo/e-magazine/issue-nr-4-2024:
FOTONOSTRUM online magazine (winners of “The 23d Julia Margaret Cameron Awards”) https://www.fotonostrummag.com/24th-jmca-awards
FOTONOSTRUM online magazine (winners of “The 23d Julia Margaret Cameron Awards”) https://www.fotonostrummag.com/23rd-jmca-awards
URBAN Unveils the City and its Secrets, Vol. 10 (Selected photographers of “Urban Photo Awards”, “Trieste Photo Days”)
ART HOUSE magazine, special edition “Collage”
CONUCRANIA https://conucrania.com/2024/03/03/irina-cheremisina-fotografa-artistica-ucraniana-en-espana/
EDUCATION
2024-2025 – MYPH School of Photography, Ukraine, Sergey Melnichenko
2023 – Kyiv Photography School, Ukraine, Dimitri Bogachuk
2023 – Green4.Photo Photography school, Ukraine
1998-2004 – Donetsk National University, Master of International Economics, Ukraine