{"id":20,"date":"2016-04-15T07:28:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T04:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photogaidai.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2024-09-14T07:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T04:57:46","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/photogaidai.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Igor Gaidai, Photographer<\/h1>\n

Photographer, founder and co-owner of \u201cGAIDAI STUDIO\u201d and \u201cCAMERA\u201d Gallery, author of 3 photobooks \u2013 \u201cUkrainians. Beginning of the Third Millennium \u201c(1996-2003),\u201d 9 months + 3 days \u00bb(2006-2008),\u201d RAZOM.UA \u201c(2004-2011).<\/p>\n

In 1985 he graduated with major in \u201cCameraman\u201d from the Cinema Department of the Kyiv I.K.karpenko-Kary Theatre Institute (currently Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University) . Diploma work \u201cDragon\u201d with Nikolai Grinko in the title role, director \u2013 Antonis Papadopoulos (Greece) on the eponymous short story by Ray Bradbury, was awarded at the festival \u201cYouth\u201d (1984), \u201cWORLD FESTIVAL of Film School\u201d and others.<\/p>\n

As member of the initiative group participated in the creation of the Union of Photographers of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

1984 \u2013 1986- Lecturer at the Department of Film Directing in Karpenko-Kary KNTCTU (photo lighting and composition).
\n1987 \u2013 1991 \u2013 the photographer-artist, Dovzhenko film studio , Kyiv, Ukraine.
\n1991 \u2013 set up his own studio, which was the first private photo-studio in the country.
\nFrom 1995 to present \u2013 founder, co-owner and art director of \u201cGaidai Studio\u201d.<\/p>\n

15 years of experience with the world\u2019s leading advertising agencies as an independent photographer.<\/p>\n

Since 2002, he left the job in advertising and devoted his time to creating and producing his own author photo projects and promoting of world photography in Ukraine and Ukrainian photo \u2013 in Europe, where repeatedly exhibited his projects since 1991.<\/p>\n

Part of his studio assined for the gallery ( \u201cCAMERA\u201d), which exhibits the work of Ukrainian and foreign photographers.<\/p>\n

EXHIBITIONS:<\/h2>\n

2023<\/strong>
\n\u201cIdentity – Coexistence\u201d, “Nothburga” gallery, Innsbruck, Austria\u00a0(collective exhibition)
\nrepresented photographs from the series “Cosseted Identity”<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong>
\n\u201cGmunden.Photo 2022\u201d festival, Gmunden, Austria (collective Austrian-Ukrainian exhibition)
\nrepresented photographs from the series “\u0420\u0410\u0417\u041e\u041c.UA”<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong>
\n\u201cPower of Less\u201d, “Nothburga” gallery, Innsbruck, Austria (collective exhibition)
\nrepresented photographs from the series \u201cUniverse of Ukrainian Bread\u201d and \u201cPhotocopies. Fruits of the Earth\u201d<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong>
\n\u201cIdentities. Aspects of Contemporary Photography in Ukraine” in Art gallery “Apollonia”, Strasbourg, France
\nrepresented photographs from the series \u201cUniverse of Ukrainian Bread\u201d and \u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d (\u201cTOGETHER.UA\u201d)<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong>
\n\u201cKARAVAN Art Forum\u201d in Kutaisi, Georgia
\nrepresented photographs from the series \u201cUniverse of Ukrainian Bread\u201d and \u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d (\u201cTOGETHER.UA\u201d)<\/p>\n

2021<\/strong>
\n\u201cVerum-in-grano\u201d Odesa Fine Arts Museum<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong>
\n\u201cEARTH-ERDE\u201d Innsbruck, Austria (collective exhibition)<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong>
\n\u201cVerum in grano\u201d Kyiv, gallery \u201cCamera\u201d, Ministry of Agriculture, Kyiv<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong>
\n\u201d Kerala meditations\u201d Kyiv, gallery \u201cCamera\u201d<\/p>\n

2015<\/strong>
\n\u201cPhotocopies. Fruits of the Earth”, the gallery \u201dTriptych Art\u201c, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201d Visages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Frankfurt \/ Oder, Germany
\n\u201cSaman\u201d, Gallery \u00abEastfoto\u00bb, Grunewald, Germany
\n\u201d Visages of Freedom. Maidan \u00bb,\u00ab Speak together \u00bb, the Hofburg, Innsbruck, Austria
\n\u201d Visages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong>
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Lviv, Ukraine
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Chernigiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cThe Universe of Ukrainian bread\u00bb, ART-KYIV Contemporary, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, USA
\n\u00abNu\u00bb, Museum of new Art, Parnu, Estonia
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, London, England
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Berlin, Germany
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Cultural center\u00ab Master Klass \u00bb, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u201c, Gallery\u201d CAMERA \u201c, Kyiv, Festival\u201d Docudays \u201d
\n\u201cVisages of Freedom. Maidan \u00bb,\u00ab M17 \u00bb, (part.) Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong>
\n\u00abSTREETSTOP\u00bb, \u00abART KYIV 2013\u00bb, (part.) \u00abMystetskyi Arsenal\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u00abSTREETSTOP\u00bb, \u00abART MOSCOW 2013\u00bb, (part.) Moscow, Russia
\n\u00abSTREETSTOP\u00bb, \u00abGOGOLFEST`2013\u00bb, (part.) Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u00bb (TOGETHER), ART MOSCOW 2013, (part.) Karavan Gallery, Paris, France
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u00bb (TOGETHER), (part.) The National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u00abSTREETSTOP\u00bb, Metz, France<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong>
\n\u201cRoofs\u00bb, Garna Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u00abSTREETSTOP\u00bb, GOGOLFEST\u20192012, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u00bb, ARSENALE 2012 (parallel program), Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d Exhibition Complex \u201cLviv Palace of Arts\u201d, Lviv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2011<\/strong>
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d, presentation of the book, bookstore \u00abYe\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d National cultural and art art museum complex \u201clMystetskyi Arsenal\u201d
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d Festival \u201cAccroche Coeurs\u201d, Angers, France
\n\u201cRelated\u201d, Festival \u201cFEPN 2011\u201d gallery \u201cLa Cure\u201d, Arles, France
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d Festival \u201cPassage\u201d art, Metz, France
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d Festival \u201cPassage\u201d art, Metz, France
\n\u201cSaman\u201d, Festival of Arts \u201cPassage\u201d, Metz, France
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d headquarters EBRD, London, UK
\n\u201cHalf of life ago,\u201d gallery \u201cFund\u201d and the gallery \u201cCAMERA\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cMetamorphoses. Mongolia. 2010 \u201cCSR\u201d Soviart \u201c, Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>
\n\u201cRelated\u201d Gallery \u201cCAMERA\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cRelated\u201d, the German Embassy in Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d, Ukrainian Cultural Center, Paris, France
\n\u201cSaman\u201d, Festival \u00abFEPN 2010\u2033 gallery \u201cof Baume\u201d, Arles, France
\n\u201cBread\u201d, \u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d, \u201c9 + 3\u201d, the gallery \u201cPanorama\u201d, Minsk, Belarus<\/p>\n

2009<\/strong>
\n\u201c9 months + 3 days\u00bb, Vienna, Austria
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d Film Festival \u201cYouth\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d Gallery \u201c5 + 5\u201d, Lviv, Ukraine
\n\u201cSaman\u201d, \u201c9 months + 3 days\u00bb, gallery \u201cKairos\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cSaman\u201d, GOGOLFEST\u20192009, Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cSAMAN\u00bb, \u00abFine Art\u00bb Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201c9 months + 3 days\u00bb, gallery \u201cPRIMUS\u201d, Lviv, Ukraine
\n\u201cUkrainian Family\u201d, House of Cinema, Gallery \u201cCAMERA\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201c9 months + 3 days\u00bb, gallery Book Center \u201cYea\u201d, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong>
\n\u201c9 months + 3 days\u00bb, gallery \u201cBottega\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201c9 months + 3 days\u00bb, the book edition
\n\u201c9 months + 3 days\u00bb, Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d, the Hofburg, Innsbruck, Austria
\n\u201cOn the road\u201d s time Jean B\u0454londradom, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d, \u201cMedia Center\u201d, Toulouse, France
\n\u201cThe Universe of Ukrainian bread \u201d GOGOLFEST\u20192008, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cOn the road\u201d with Jean B\u0454londradom, Donetsk, Ukraine
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d (TOGETHER), Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong>
\na series of \u201cSaman\u201d, GOGOLFEST\u20192007, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cOn the road\u201d together with Jean Belondradom Gallery of Art Development Fund, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cRAZOM.UA\u201d, Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cAQUA\u201d gallery \u201cCamera\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d Palace \u201cportion\u201d, Vienna, Austria
\n\u201d The Universe of Ukrainian bread \u201c, Gallery of Art Development Fund, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d, Krakow, Poland
\n\u201cOne house\u201d gallery \u201cCAMERA\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong>
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d gallery \u201cthe Ferme Sarasin\u201d, Geneva, Switzerland
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d, Gallery \u00abLe Pont Neuf\u00bb, Paris, France
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d, \u201cEurovision\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201d The Universe of Ukrainian bread \u201d gallery \u201cCAMERA\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201cNude\u201d, Gallery \u201cL-Art\u201d, Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong>
\n\u201cUkrainians \u2026\u201d, Wroclaw, Poland<\/p>\n

2003<\/strong>
\nPublication of the photo book \u201cUkrainians. Beginning of the Third Millennium \u201d
\n\u201cUkrainians. Beginning of the Third Millennium. \u201d Center for Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
\n\u201d Ukrainians. Beginning of the Third Millennium \u201c,\u201d Art-East \u201c, Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong>
\n\u201d Ukrainians. Beginning of the Third Millennium.\u201d \u201cKodak\u201d office in Ukraine<\/p>\n

2001\u00a0<\/strong>participated in the exhibition BRAND \u201cUKRA\u0407NSKE\u201d, Center for Contemporary Art at NaUKMA, Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

1996\u00a0<\/strong>two solo exhibitions and publications in the photo magazine \u201cPhotoshop\u201d, Leipzig, Germany<\/p>\n

1994\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0personal exhibition at the French Cultural Center, Kyiv, Ukraine<\/p>\n

1993\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0participation in the exhibition \u00abIMAGES D\u2019UKRAINE\u00bb, gallery \u201cChateau d`Eau\u201d, Toulouse, France<\/p>\n

1991\u00a0<\/strong>Exhibition in Haynsburg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<\/p>\n

Contacts:<\/strong>
\n22 Prorizna str., Kyiv, Ukraine
\n+380 67 504 70 74
\ngaidaiua@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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