ABOUT Olga - INGURAZIA

Olga Ingurazova is a directing visual artist, producer and camerawoman born in Russia in 1985.

She began her carrier as a photojournalist documenting post-conflict recovery and the aftermath of separatist movements. In 2015 she was named to the shortlist of Magnum Photo’s "30 under 30" emerging documentary photographers, and was listed as one of Photo Boite’s “30 under 30 women photographers” to watch.

Pursuit of Olga in her autonomous work is to explore social and environmental issues through the prism of her interest in human self-identity and cultural setting. Becoming a subject of her own researches on a par with the characters of her stories.

Today Olga contributes editorial work to broadcast media worldwide. But her genuine interests lie in the fields where the audience meets and adapt the actual manifestations of the art’s industry.
She strives to collaborate more in transmedia art projects, where artists and the public become a united community, that reveals possibility for new social and cultural coherences.

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

High School of Film and Television Ostankino | Television director and producer | Moscow, Russia || 2006 - 2008
Lomonosov Moscow State University | Photojournalism | Moscow, Russia || 2010 - 2012

WORKED IN FOLLOWING COUNTRIES

PUBLICATIONS

Articles and photos published in following magazines, newspapers & websites:
National Geographic (United States), Smithsonian magazine (United States), Russian Reporter magazine (Russia), Io Donna (Italy), Internazionale (Italy), Courrier international (France), FK Magazine (Latvia), Kommersant (Russia), Ogoniok magazine (Russia), Le Courrier de Russie magazine (France) etc.

Book
War is Only Half the Story. Volume VIII | The Aftermath Project, United States, 2015

AWARDS | HONORS

Women Photograph + ONA Grant. | Finalist. 2017
International Sittcomm Award. | Winner. 2016
ViewFind Visual Storytelling Grant. | Finalist. 2016
International photography Direct Look | Finalist. 2016
PhotogrVphy Grant | Nominee Award (United Kingdom). 2016
International photography festival Organ Vida | Commended Entry. 2016
Lucie Foundation Scholarship Award. | Short-listed artist. 2015
FotoVisura Grant for Outstanding Personal Project. | Honorable Mention. 2015
Magnum ’30 under 30’ list of emerging documentary photographers to watch. | Finalist. 2015
Emaho Foundation’s Emerging Asian Photography Grant. | Finalist. 2015
Forward Thinking Museum JGS Photography Contest. | Winner. 2015
IAFOR Documentary Photography Award. | Commended Entry. 2015
Palm Springs Photo Festival Slide Show Contest. | Finalist. 2015
PhotoTales Multimedia Projects Award. | 2015
’30 under 30 women photographers to watch’ by Photo Boite. | 2015
Invisible Photographer Asia (IPA) Mentorship Program Scholarship Grant. | Winner. 2015
Aftermath Project Grant. | Finalist. 2014
Lucie Foundation Scholarship Award. | Short-listed artist. 2014
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Grant. | Short-listed artist. 2014
Efremov Report Photography Competition. | 3rd place. 2014

EXHIBITIONS | FESTIVALS | SCREENINGS

Cultural center: Akademia Odkryć Fotograficznych | ‘Scars of Independence’ exhibition and artist talk. 2017, Lublin, Poland
Festival Pil'Ours of Women Photography | ‘Wolf’ solo exhibition. 2017, Nantes, France
International photography festival Organ Vida | ‘Scars of Independence’ screening. 2016, Zagreb, Croatia
Documentary Photography Days in Istanbul | ‘Scars of Independence’ screening. 2016, Istanbul, Turkey
Athens Photo Festival 2016 | ‘Scars of Independence’ screening. Athens, Greece.
Palm Springs Photo Festival | ‘Scars of Independence’ screening. 2015, Palm Springs, US
Latvian Museum of Photography | ‘Scars of Independence’ solo exhibition. 2015, Riga, Latvia
‘Fotografia’ International Festival of Rome | ‘Scars of Independence’ multimedia. 2015, Rome, Italy
Magnum photo agency and Photography Show |"30 under 30" emerging documentary photographers to watch. 2015, London
Photo Boite Exhibition | ‘30 under 30 women photographers to watch’. 2015
Photo Kathmandu Festival | ‘Scars of Independence’ multimedia. 2015, Nepal, Kathmandu
International Photography Festival GuatePhoto | Group exhibition. 2015, Guatemala, Guatemala city
International Festival of contemporary photography ‘Bitume Photofest’ | 2015, Lecce, Italy
XII International Biennale of Photography of Tenerife | Group exhibition ‘Scars of Independence’. 2015, Canary Islands, Spain
VI International Festival of Photography PhotoVisa | ‘Scars of Independence’ solo exhibition. 2014, Krasnodar, Russia
Slideluck slideshows | ‘Scars of Independence’ screening. 2014, Bologna, Italy
Encontros da Imagem Festival | ‘Scars of Independence’ multimedia. 2014, Braga, Portugal
International photography festival Organ Vida | ‘Scars of Independence’ screening. 2014, Zagreb, Croatia
Efremov Report Photography Competition | Group exhibition ‘Aftermath Postcards’. 2014, Tobolsk, Russia
Piter Photo Fest. | Group exhibition ‘Aftermath Postcards’. 2014, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival | Group exhibition ‘Aftermath Postcards’. 2014, Tbilisi, Georgia
V International Festival of Photography PhotoVisa | Group exhibition ‘Forsaken Land’. 2013 Krasnodar, Russia
Kuldīga Town library | Exhibition ‘Family Values’. 2013, Kuldiga, Latvia
Volga Biennale | Exhibition ‘Forsaken Land’, 2013, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2nd Biennale of Modern Russian Photography | 2013, Saint Petersburg, Russia
International Perm Biennale of Photography | 2011, Perm, Russia
Kaunas Photo Star international photo festival | ’Forsaken Land’ screening. 2011, Kaunas, Lithuania
Young Photographers of Russia. Russian young photo journalism festival | Exhibition ‘Forsaken Land’. 2011, Kazan, Russia

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