Kate Hrynko

Kate Hrynko is an award-winning visual artist, born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1989. She has an academic background in management and holds a PhD in international economic relations. Kate's group exhibitions include M17 Contemporary Art Center (UA), M|I|MO – Museum of Moving Image (PT), Fresh Eyes Talent 2023 Haute Photographie (NL), Saarland Museum Moderne Galerie (DE), Mediterranean House of Photography (ES), York Art Gallery (UK).

Awards include finalist in the 2025  Aesthetica Art Prize (UK), 2023 GUP Magazine Fresh Eyes International Talent award (NL), winner at the 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2024 (ES), 2nd place winner in 2022 International Photography Awards (USA), 2nd place Silver winner in Neutral Density Photography Awards 2024. 

Hrynko’s artworks are in corporate and public collections internationally, including MidEuropa company in London, and M17 Contemporary Art Center in Kyiv.

2016-2021 Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, Ukraine (Ph.D. in international economic relations)
2007-2012 University Clermont-Ferrand 1 Auvergne, France (MSc in Management of SME)

COURSES & PROGRAMMES

2025-2026 Black Mountains College & British Council, UK  (Online, Climate Adaptation for Creatives programme)
2023-2024 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (Online, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialisation Certificate)
2021-2023 Kyiv School of Photography (Certificates: Contemporary photography, colour, projects)

2025 Finalists Exhibition of Aesthetica Art Prize (artworks from the series "Faded Ice"), York Art Gallery, York, UK
2025 Group exhibition "When the chestnuts bloom in Kyiv" (artwork "Ukrainian spring"),  Mykhailo Hrushevskyi Historical Museum-Memorial, Kyiv, Ukraine
2025 Exhibition of the Seven (series "Faded Ice"), Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora, Kyiv, Ukraine
2024-2025 The 8th Biennale of Photography (project "Midnight Express"), FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
2024-2025 Resilience Formula Exhibition (series "Faded Ice"), M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2024 Fotografar Palavras Exhibition, M|I|MO – Museu da Imagem em Movimento (museum of Moving Image, photo "Sister" from "Midnight Express" project), Leiria, Portugal
2023 Fresh Eyes Talent 2023 group exhibition (project "Primogenitors)", Haute Photographie, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2023 Pair exhibition with Vlad Hrynko, Serhiy Pavlovych Korolyov National Museum of Cosmonautics, Zhytomyr, Ukraine
2023 Group exhibition "Within reach" (project "Primogenitors"), Saarland Museum Moderne Galerie, Saarbrucken, Germany
2023 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Exhibition (project "Primogenitors"), FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, B...