BIO

Ksenia Ivanova is a documentary photographer based in Berlin, Germany. Her work focuses on themes of trauma and human connection, explored through long-term storytelling. She was a finalist for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (2024) and the Picture of the Year, Online Storytelling (2021), and won the Lucie Foundation Documentary Award (2023).

Ksenia's projects have been featured in The Washington Post, Courrier International, XXI Revue, and Der Spiegel. She has also contributed to The New York Times, Zeit Online, Le Monde, Libération, and GEO France, among others.

Her work has been exhibited across Europe, including in Germany, Italy, and Lithuania. She is a member of Women Photograph and has taken part in both the Hamburg Portfolio Review and The New York Portfolio Review.

Selected Awards & Grants

2025 - PrixPictet nominee, France.
2025 - FUTURES Photography Talent by Triennial of Photography | Deichtorhallen, Germany.
2024 - The Leica Oskar Barnack Award, Finalist.
2024 - Hamburg Portfolio Review
2024 - Women Photograph Project Grant, Finalist
2024 - The New York Portfolio Review
2023 - Lucie Foundation Documentary Professional Scholarship, Winner.
2022 - Gomma Grant, Documentary category, Finalist.
2021 - Grand Prix from Leica, the Young Photographers of Russia.
2021 - Pictures of the Year Asia, Issue Reporting Picture Story, 3 Place.
2021 - Pictures of the Year International, Online Storytelling project of the year, finalist.
2021 - Nominee of The Leica Oscar Barnack Award.
2021 - The Leica Grand Prix in Young photographers of Russia, Winner.
2020 - 30 Under 30 Women Photographers.
2020 - Direct look, Russia, 1st place, Compromise category.
2020 - Nominee of the Joop Swart Masterclass.
2020 - Young photographers of Russia, Winner.
2020 - Vilnius Photo Circle, Lithuania, Finalist.
2016 - Vilnius Photo Circle, Winner, Youth category.
2015 - College Photographer of the Year, Award of Excellence.
2015 - Direct look, Russia, 2nd place, Problems category.
2015 - Young photographers of Russia, Winner.

Solo Exhibitions

2021 - "The Land of Soul" project at Leica Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 - "Between The Trees", Leica Gallery, Wetzlar, Germany.
2024 - "Silence in Between", Kunstverein Hildesheim, Germany.
2023 - "Silence in Between", Galerie im Laubengang, Hannover, Germany.
2023 - "Silence in Between", PhEST, Festival Internazionale di Fotografia e Arte, Monopoli, Italy.
2023 - "Silence in Between", Hannover Central Train Station, Germany.
2021 - "The Land of Soul" project at Young photographers of Russia festival, Kaluga, Russia.
2021 - "Dr. Pavlenko" project at Direct Look exhibition, Sakharov Center, Moscow, Russia.
2021 - "Dr. Pavlenko" at Vilnius Photo Circle festival, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2020 - 30 Under 30 Women Photographers (online).
2019 - "Dr. Pavlenko"at Young photographers of Russia festival, Kaluga, Russia.
2016 - "On the Verge" project at Vilnius Photo Circle festival, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2015 - "On the Verge" at Direct look in The Sakharov Center, Russia.
2015 - "On the Verge" at Young photographers of Russia, Kaluga, Russia.

Interviews

Takie Dela - project Dr.Pavlenko, in Russian - Link
Der Spiegel - project On the Verge, in German - Link
Bird in Flight - project On the Verge, in Russian - Link

Artist talks

2024 - VII Academy, online.
2023 - Academy of documentary photography Fotografika, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2021 - DocDocDoc School of Photography, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2021 - Leica Gallery, Moscow, Russia.