Vsevolod KazarinBio
CV
Vsevolod Kazarin (he/him) is a Kyiv-based researcher, photographer, and publisher.
His practice combines photographic creation with research into visual practices and their role in constructing daily reality, from frontline mobile imagery to late Soviet visual culture, war, and masculinity. Working at the intersection of publishing, technology, and experimental humanities, he investigates social and political structures shaped by conflict and political transformation.
In 2022, Kazarin co-founded Solomiya print magazine, which has since evolved into a broader platform encompassing publishing, research, and curatorial practices. Operating between Kyiv, Berlin, and other cities, the Solomiya art collective focuses on underrepresented discourses, organizing public programs and exhibitions across the continent.
Type
ProjectYear
Performance
Pilgrimages Diary: Performing the Camera Roll2026
Writing
Sixty Seconds to Swallow 2026
Writing
Beyond Representation:
Why Should We Have A Closer Look At Military Mobile Snapshots?2026
Visual Research
Starman2025
Photography
Article 65
2024
Photography
Unstable Equilibrium 2023
PhotographySurviving Bucha 2022
Photography
Portraits from Kyiv2022
Publication
Year
Solomiya No. 6 State of the Nation2026
Solomiya No. 5 After Now
2025
Solomiya No. 4 The Environmental Issue
2025
Solomiya No. 3 The Last Issue?
2024
Solomiya No. 2 The Means of Resistance
2023
Solomiya No. 1 War but Art
2022
Education
Currently a Ph.D student in History | Kyiv School of Economics
M.A. in Memory Studies and Public History | Kyiv School of Economics
B.A. in Photography | Kyiv University of Culture
Exhibitions & Book Fairs
GHMP Art Book Fair
Prague
2026
Indiecon
Hamburg
2026
Kyiv Art Book Fair
2026
Kyiv Art Book Fair
2025
Indiecon
Hamburg
2023
Group Exhibition,
23 Young People Photographed in Kyiv, Portraits Hellerau Photography Award Finalists Exhibition,
Museum of Science and Technology,
Dresden
2023
Group Exhibition,
Solomiya no. 1,
Galerie Springer,
Berlin
2022
Group Exhibition,
Solomiya no. 1,
Feldfünf Projekträume,
Berlin
2022
CuratingSolomiya Pop-Up Exhibition
R100 Project Space / Neue Zukunft
Berlin
2026
Solomiya No. 5 Launch
Otel’ Club
Kyiv
2025
Solomiya Studio
KVOST - Kunstverein Ost
Berlin
2025
AwardsGrant Prix
Art Directors Club
Germany
2025
Gold
Art Directors Club
Germany
2024
Gold
Art Directors Club
Europe
2024
German Peace Prize for Photography
Osnabrück
2023
Portraits Hellerau Photography Award
Dresden
2023
Gold
Art Directors Club
Germany
2023
Bronze
Art Directors Club
Europe
2023
Press
Stack Magazines:
“Solomiya magazine on publishing and war”
2025
WePresent:
“Soлomiya The Ukrainian magazine helping artists to reckon with life at war”
2025
Kitchen Conversations, podcast:
“From Berlin to Kyiv: A Magazine Journey — with Sebastian Wells”
2025
Stack Magazines:
“Solomiya contemplates the end”
2024
Guardian:
“‘We created our own weapon’: the anti-invasion magazines defying Putin in Ukraine”
2023
Stack Magazines, podcast:
“War in Ukraine, as seen by Solomiya magazine”
2023
Imprint
Vsevolod Kazarin 2022-2026