Artem Humilevskyi | GIANT

Artem Humilevskyi (b. 1986, Mykolaiv) is a Ukrainian visual artist whose practice is rooted in radical physicality, conceptual photography, and the direct experience of war. Entering the art world after 20 years in agricultural management, he brings a brutal, grounded reality to his work. He does not simply document; he uses his massive physical form to confront isolation, historical memory, and collective trauma. He gained international acclaim with Giant (2020–2022), earning the Global Peace Photo Award (2022) with an exhibition at the Austrian Parliament. Amid the Russian invasion, his focus shifted to collective survival and the physical and ecological destruction of his native land (Roots, Hands That Smell Like Bread).

His institutional recognition includes solo exhibitions at the Odesa National Fine Arts Museum (2023) and Bibliothèque Claude Lévi-Strauss in Paris (2025). His works are held in the permanent collections of ONFAM, the Museum of the Kharkiv School of Photography (MOKSOP), and the Korsakiv Museum.

A 2022 PinchukArtCentre Prize nominee, Humilevskyi has participated in over 80 exhibitions worldwide, including Circulation(s), VOLTA NY, Miami Art Basel, and the upcoming Photo Basel (2026). In 2025, he swept top honors at the Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, Pismo Photo Award, and Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award.

AWARDS

• 2025 | Winner, Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards

• 2025 | Winner, Pismo Photo Award (FOTOFESTIVAL)

• 2025 | Winner, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award, GE

• 2025 | Winner, Rovinj Photodays Award, HR

• 2024 | Finalist, Circulation(s) Festival, Paris, FR

• 2023 | Finalist, ROTLICH Festival, Vienna, AT

• 2023 | Second Place, Rovinj Photo Days Award, HR

• 2023 | Short-List, Photometria Awards, GR

• 2023 | BarTur Photo Award, London, UK

• 2023 | Short-List, Vincent Van Gogh Award, NL

• 2023 | Second Place, Nida OFF, LT

• 2022 | Winner, Global Peace Photo Award, AT

• 2022 | Nominee, PinchukArtCentre Prize, UA

• 2022 | Short-List, GUP New Talent, NL

• 2021 | Short-List, Nida OFF, LT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2025 | ROOTS, Bibliothèque Claude Lévi-Strauss,

Paris, FR

• 2024 | NEW RELIGION, ArtPidval, Kharkiv, UA

• 2023 | GIANT/ROOTS, Odesa National Fine Arts

Museum, Odesa, UA

• 2023 | GIANT/ROOTS, SCLAD#5 Gallery, Cherkasy,

UA

MUSEUM & INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS

• The Odesa National Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, UA

• Korsakiv Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art, Lutsk, UA

• Museum of Kharkiv School of Photography

Collection, Kharkiv, UA

• Grynyov Art Foundation Collection, Kyiv, UA

• Ukrainian House, Kyiv, UA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (from over 80

total)

• 2025 | Circulation(s) Festival, Centquatre-Paris,

Paris, FR

• 2024 | The World in My Hand, The Alexander Tutsek-

Stiftung, Munich, DE

• 2024 | Common Body, Ukrainian House in Denmark,

Copenhagen, DK

• 2024 | VOLTA Art Fair, New York, US

• 2023 | Krieg, Vitrine, Mainz, DE

• 2023 | The Ukrainian Issue, Vasli Souza, Oslo, NO

• 2023 | NORDIC LIGHTS Festival, Kristiansund, NO

• 2023 | MIMESIS, Millepiani, Rome, IT

• 2022 | United, PinchukArtCentre Prize Exhibition,

Kyiv, UA

• 2022 | Oil Blood Liberty, Kunsthalle Hannover,

Hannover, DE

• 2022 | Helsinki Photo Festival, Helsinki, FI

• 2022 | Miami Art Basel, Miami, US

• 2022 | umso Stärker Schlägt Mein Herz, Kunstraum

Kreuzlingen, Kreuzlingen, CH