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), 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.
ARTIST 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
- DongGang International Photo Festival, Korea, Finalist, 2025
- CutOut Contemporary Collage Festival, Kyiv-Paris-Tokyo, Winner, 2025
- Kamira Photo Award, France, Finalist, 2025
- Black & White International Awards, Grand Winner (category Conceptual / Hybrid), Special Mention Award, 2025
- 11th Edition of Fine Art Photography Awards, Nominee (category Experimental, professional), 2025
- London International Creative Awards, Shortlisted, 2024
- Tokyo International Foto Awards - 1 Gold, 2 Bronze, 3 Honorable Mentions, 2024
- Budapest International Foto Awards, 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze, 2 Honorable Mentions, 2024
- 1st FotoNostrum Choice Awards, Honorable Mention, 2024
- Chromatic Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 2024
- Urban Photo Awards, Selected photographer (Projects & Portfolios Section), 2024
- The 23d Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Honorable Mention, 2024
- London International Creative Awards, Official Selection, 2024
- Tokyo International Foto Awards, Silver, Jury Top-5 selection, 4 Honorable Mentions, 2023
- Budapest International Foto Awards, 5 Honorable Mentions, 2023
- Chromatic Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 2023
- Kyiv Photography School, Photo contest winner, Audience choice, 2023
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
-National Museum of Ceramics and Arts of Gonzalez Marti, Valencia, Spain, “Cultures in Contact. Spain and Ukraine”, Feb 25 - Jun, 29 2025
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
-Talmart Gallery, Paris /Kamira Photo Award/, November 2025
-DongGang Museum of Photography, Korea /DongGang International Photo Festival/, June - Sept 2025
-Valid Foto Gallery BCN, Barcelona, Spain /23rd & 24th JMCA Awards/, June 2025
-Sklad №5, Cherkasy, Ukraine /MYPH na Skladi 2.0/, May - June 2025
-LENSCRATCH, Fine art photography daily /Growth/, online exhibition, May 25
-National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome, Italy /I AM IO SONO/, Apr - May 2025
-ABYSS ARTSPACE gallery, Valencia, Spain /Echoes of the Body/, Jan - Feb 2025
-ABYSS ARTSPACE gallery, Valencia, Spain /Memories/, Dec - Jan 2025
-Trieste Photo Festival, Trieste, Italy /Urban Photo Awards/, Oct - Nov 2025
-ARTDOC Photography Magazine /Expressive Nature/, online exhibition, Aug 2024
-The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, UK /Movement/, May 2024
-Carignano Palace, Turin, Italy /Dreaming Architectures/, May 2024
-PhotoAlicante International Photography Festival , Alicante /Llum al Mur/, May - June 2024
-Artist 360 Feria de Arte, Madrid, Feb - Mar 2024
-CREARTE gallery, Valencia, Spain /My Fantastic Child/, Jan 2024
-The Chateau Gallery (TCG), online exhibition /Abstract Image/, 2024
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS:
2025:
· WOMO, Ukraine 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