Iana Zholud

Iana Zholud is a Ukrainian-born, award-winning visual artist, cinematographer, and photographer, currently based in Germany due to the war in her homeland. Her multidisciplinary work spans photography, performance, and mixed media, exploring urgent themes such as propaganda, urban transformation, and the human impact on nature. With exhibitions across Europe, Asia, and the U.S.—including the Venice Biennale and Praxis Gallery—Zholud creates powerful visual narratives that merge political reflection with poetic abstraction.

The Humanitarian Institute of TV and Radio Broadcasting
Specialty: Director of Photography

SELECTED AWARDS/HONORS
2022, Souspilnist foundation, Poster "Anti-propaganda", 1st place.
2022, Tokyo International Foto Awards, Category Fine Art-Collage «Human Impact On The Environment», Category Nature-Landscapes «Dawn», Nominated.
2023, SUGi x NAVA Photo Contest, Second Place for the Conceptual category
2023, Prix de la Photographie de Paris «Autumn», Bronze
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS.
2014, Ukrainian house, Revolution in Ukraine, performance PERFORMANCE «ARTIST-FIGHTER”» (Ukraine, Kyiv)
2015, Dovzhenko Film Studios, DIYA «THE EYES OF A BLUE DOG» (Ukraine, Kyiv)
2016, Art Factory Platforma , in the Exhibition Centre Act , the draft «Separation» . (Ukraine, Kyiv)
2017, «Nude» in the Pavlovka ArtGallery. (Ukraine, Kyiv)
2017, Climate change at the Docudays UA festival «Girl on a bicycle» (Ukraine, Kyiv)
2018, Reclaim photography festival, Project «Urbanization. Transformation» (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
2018, Art Factory Platforma, in the Exhibition Centre Act, «Propaganda templates» (Ukraine, South Korea)
2018, The 19th International Architecture & Urban Digital Photo Competition «Osokorki village» (South Korea)
2019, 58th Venice Biennale, Ukrainian Pavilion, «The Shadow of Dream* cast upon Giardini della Biennale» ...