Xenia Petrovska (b. 1988) is a Ukrainian photographer based in Germany. She studied at both the MYPH art school and the Kyiv School of Photography. Petrovska has participated in numerous group exhibitions across Ukraine and Europe; she was selected as a Fresh Eyes European Talent by GUP Magazine in 2021 and for the Futures Photography platform in 2022. She is a member of the Ukrainian Women Photographers Organisation.
Xenia’s works are rooted in the mysterious and surreal atmospheres established by light and color. In her project At the origins she establishes a dreamlike depiction of her native village, examining concepts of home and belonging in the process. The work presented an opportunity to portray the meaning of homeland as a peculiar microcosm of a human being; a homeland as a place in consciousness rather than a physical territory.
Group Exhibitions
2024
“Shared Body: Mykolaiv Young Photography”, Ukraine House in Denmark, Copengagen
2023
The Ukrainian Issue, Vaslisouza Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Alarming Beauty, Fisheye Gallery, Paris, France
Whispers and shouts, Fotodok, Utrecht, Netherlands
Diary, 8 Diari fotografici in tempo di guerra, Castello di San Michele, Italy
PEP - Photographic Exploration Project "A sense of place", Berlin
New MYPHologies, Yermilov Centre, Kharkiv, Ukraine
“Visual history of Mykolaiv”. Mykolaiv, Ukraine
“Light in the dark” ART PRIZE. Grand Rapids, USA
2022
The Foreboding Landscape, La Chambre Gallerie, Strasbourg
Soli-Prints und Buchpräsentation, Phoxxi, Hamburg
MYPH. Mykolaiv Young Photography, Dymchuk Gallerie, Kyiv
On The Edge Fest, Okapi gallery, Tallinn
Women Street Photographers group exhibition, New York
Sune Jonsson Centrum för dokumentärfotografi, Umeå
In the name of Freedom, Chaussee 36 Gallery, Berlin
2021
Fresh eyes group exhibition, Rotterdam
100 women, Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv
Ознаки життя, Українська вулична фотографія, Ternopil
2020
Women Street Photographers group exhibition, New York
Нове Покоління, Nu Art Gallery, Kyiv
2019
Ознаки життя. Українська вулична фотографія, Ivano Frankivsk
Політичне, як персональне. Персональне, як публічне, Mykolaiv
Засіб впливу, Lavra Gallery, Kyiv
Estate Fotografia, Siracusa
Festivals and Fairs
Budapest Art Market, Tbilisi Art Fair, Photo Basel, Lodz Fotofestival, Photo Kyiv Fair, Trieste Photo Days
Awards
Finalist of the Italian Street Photo Festival contest 2020,
Finalist WSP (Women Street Photographers) Trieste Photo Days 2020
Finalist Female Ukrainian Photography, Odesa Photo Days 2021
Fresh Eyes Talent 2021
Futures Photography Nominee 2022
Publications
Niklife, Estate Fotografia 2019 #3, Reporters, The Village Ukraine, Phroom magazine, The British Journal of photography, Fresh Eyes Talent edition 2021, GUP Magazine, revueEPIC, Fisheye Magazine, L’Essenziale Studio, FK Magazine