Alina Prisich

/ BIO

Alina Prisich (b. 1998, Luhansk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian photographer and filmmaker based in KyivShe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Photography from the Institute of Film and Television at Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (2019), where she studied under Yurii Harmash.
Prisich also works in film as a director and cinematographer. In 2025, she made her solo directorial debut with Svitlo by FujiMoodji, and in 2026 she co-directed and served as cinematographer for Clark by FujiMoodji. She is the co-founder and former Art Director of FLAT2233, a multidisciplinary art space in Kyiv.
In 2025, Prisich won the FUTURESPECTIVE Award (Discovery of the Year) by Vogue Ukraine and PhotoVogue, received a special mention from Brett Lloyd, and completed a commissioned project for Vogue Ukraine. Her work has been exhibited at the PhotoVogue Festival in Milan, Saatchi Gallery in London, M17 Contemporary Art Center in Kyiv, and in exhibitions in Vienna, Liverpool and Kyiv.

/ ARTIST STATEMENT

My practice exists at the intersection of documentary and artistic photography, focusing on human presence in states of transition — between urban and rural environments, tradition and modernity, vulnerability and resilience.
I explore how identity is continuously shaped through everyday gestures, spatial relationships and lived environments, particularly within the context of contemporary Ukrainian youth. Working with both observational and constructed approaches, I move between documentation and interpretation, allowing reality to unfold while simultaneously reframing it. Rather than creating fixed narratives, I am interested in images that remain open — holding tension, ambiguity and emotional density. My work seeks to capture not only what is visible, but what is felt: the atmosphere of a moment, the rhythm of time and the subtle shifts that define lived experience.

Landscape plays a significant role in my practice, especially rural territories and natural environments, where the relationship between people and place becomes more exposed. Here, I observe how traditions persist, transform or dissolve under contemporary conditions, and how individuals negotiate their presence within changing contexts.

Growing up in Ukraine and experiencing displacement has deeply informed my sensitivity to instability and transformation. This perspective shapes my attention to fragile, transitional states — both personal and collective — that often remain unnoticed or undocumented. Photography, for me, is not only a tool of observation, but also a way of holding onto something that is in the process of disappearing.

Through my work, I seek to create a visual language that reflects a time marked by uncertainty while remaining grounded in human presence and emotional reality.

/IN RESIDENCE
During the residency programme, I am developing Before It Disappears (working title), a photographic project about motherhood, memory, and the fragility of everyday moments. Made while living with my young daughter between temporary places in Finland, Estonia, and Germany, it also reflects on how displacement has changed my understanding of home.