Andrea Zvadova

Andrea Zvadova is a freelance photographer born and raised in Slovakia, now based in London. Her photography focuses on beauty, portrait and still life.

Andrea has a special sense for detail and balance in her photography.
Her close up studies of human features transform skin and hair into abstract landscapes and imaginary worlds.
Andrea’s work marries great sensitivity and minimalism. She celebrates unusual beauty, diversity and uniqueness opposed to the standard perceptions of beauty.

Andrea has won several awards and gained attention in many competitions. She was the winner of the Portrait of Britain awards for two years in a row in 2017 & 2018, the 1st place Winner in the Body category of Photography Grant 2018, a Royal Photographic Society award 2017 finalist, and the 1st place winner in PDN LOOK’s 2017 Fine Art category.
In April 2019 Andrea was a part of the exhibited artists at ‘Month of Photography Los Angeles’. In 2021 Hasselblad selected her to be part of their Hasselblad Heroines.

Andrea works with both digital and analogue photography including old alternative photography techniques. She primarily uses medium format cameras for her studio work.

In her floral series she focuses on the use of colours, and creat...

Science Museum London 2022 – exhibition OPPO workshop
Woolwich Contemporary Print Festival 2020

Woolwich Contemporary Print Festival 2019

Month of Photography Los Angeles 2019 – Analogue Portrait Project – Group Show
London Brockley Open Studios 2019 – group exhibition 

Solo Exhibition London 2019 – Summer walks – Embassy of Slovak Republic
Solo Exhibition Bratislava 2018 – Summer walks – Slavica
Portrait of Britain 2018
Royal Photographic Society award 2017 finalist
 - group exhibition
Portrait of Britain 2017
Exposure Award Louvre Paris 13th July 2015 – displayed in Fashion and Art Photography Collection

Selected photographs from Cannes Photo Mode Festival - January 2015 - Mall of Emirates, Dubai

Solo Exhibition London 2014 – Cyanotype works – Taylor St Baristas Mayfair

Solo Exhibition London October 2014 – SYSTEMS/LAYERS – Cue B gallery

Festival Photo Mode Cannes 2014 – Finalist de la photographie de Beauté

Solo Exhibition London 2014 – Multi exposures & Oil prints – Taylor St Baristas Bank
Festival photo Mode Cannes 2013 – Finalist de la photographie de Beauté


Photokina 2012 Cologne, Germany

Photo of the Year Slovakia 2011