Andrej Krementschouk

Andrej Krementschouk (Russian: Андрей Кременчук, Andrei Krementschuk; born 2 May 1973 in Gorki, Soviet Union) is a photographer who is based in Leipzig. His first book, No Direction Home, received several awards and international attention.

Works

• 2008–2011 Zone Chernobyl
• 2005–2007 No Direction Home
• 2006–2010 Come Bury Me

Bibliography

Books by Krementschouk

• No Direction Home. Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2009. ISBN 978-3-86828-056-2. With text by Krementschouk and Boris Mikhailov. (German)(English)(Russian)
• Come Bury Me. Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2010. ISBN 978-3-86828-120-0. (English)
• Chernobyl Zone I, Kehrer, 2011. ISBN 978-3-86828-200-9
• Chernobyl Zone II, Author: Wolfgang Kil, Esther Ruelfs, Andrej Krementschouk, Kehrer Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-86828-210-8 (German)(English)

Books with contributions by Krementschouk

• Die Stadt. Vom Werden und Vergehen / The City. Becoming and Decaying. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3-7757-2659-7. (German)(English)

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 2009 — "No Direction Home", Filipp Rosbach Galerie (Leipzig); Galerie Clara Maria Sels (Düsseldorf)
• 2009 — "Krementschouk Andrej, Photographie", Kunstverein Recklinghausen (Recklinghausen)^[1]
• 2011 — »Heimat - Chernobyl«, Galerie Clara Maria Sels (Düsseldorf)
• 2011 — »Zone Heimat. Chernobyl«, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, ZEPHYR - Raum für Fotografie / C4.9b, (Mannheim)
• 2011 — »No Direction Home«, in Studio im Hochhaus - Kunst und Literaturwerkstatt, Berlin
• 2011 — «No Direction Home», Blue Sky, the Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland USA

Group exhibitions

• 2008 — "Friction and Conflict", Kalmar Konstmuseum (Kalmar)
• 2008 — "Russische Variationen", Painting and Photography. Drostei, Pinneberg bei Hamburg
• 2008 — "Good prospects: Young German photography 2007—2008", Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin); Deichtorhallen (Hamburg)
• 2010 — "The City. Becoming and Decaying", C/O Berlin, International Forum For Visual Dialogues, Berlin; Bayrischen Versicherungskammer (Munich)
• 2010 — FotoDoks 2010 – Documentary Photofestival, Munich
• 2010 — F/STOP 4. Internationales Fotografiefestival, Leipzig
• 2011 — "The City. Becoming and Decaying", Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg
• 2011 — "The Street of Enthusiasts", exhibition by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Morat Institute, Berlin, Kiew, Warschau, Gartow, Freiburg, Hamburg, Brussel

Awards / Grants

• 2010 PDN Photo Annual 2010 — «No Direction Home»
• 2009 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2010 silver prize winner, No Direction Home^[2]
• 2007-2008 No Direction Home at "Gute Aussichten – junge deutsche Fotografie" ("Good prospects: Young German photography") 2007–2008^[1]

References

1. "Andrej Krementschouk 'No direction home'", artnews.org. Accessed 23 November 2010.
2. "Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2010", Photo Presse, 21 November 2009. Accessed 23 November 2010.

External links

• Dana Jennings, Pastorals of the Atomic Age
• Joerg Colberg, review of Chernobyl Zone (I)
• Joerg Colberg, review of No Direction Home
• Douglas Stockdale, review of No Direction Home