Bio

Anna Korbut (b. 1989) is a visual artist from Ukraine working with photography and mixed media, currently based in Switzerland. She explores the relationships between humans and nature and deeply engages with Anthropocene issues, starting a dialogue with science at a time of advanced climate change. Anna also delves into the individual’s inner world and interpersonal connections. She experiments with digital and analogue techniques, drawing inspiration from mountains’ beauty, Augusto Giacometti’s and Helen Frankenthaler’s vivid colours, Auguste Rodin’s sculptures, and Erich Fromm’s texts.

Anna studied Contemporary Photography at Poznan Academy of Arts (PL) and holds an MA in Journalism from Karazin National University (UA). She is a member of the International Association of Professional Artists (IAA) and Visarte Schweiz. In 2020, she wrote a scientific paper titled «Anthropocene Problems in Contemporary Photography» and held lectures on this topic at Polish and Ukrainian universities. She also teaches at the Swiss Photo Club.

In 2023-2025, Anna held eight personal shows in Switzerland. She is selected for the Earth Photo 2024 (UK) exhibition by the Royal Geographical Society, London. Longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2024 and 2025 (UK) and won the Silver Award at the Tokyo Foto Awards 2023 (JP). She received an Honourable Mention in the ND Awards (UK) and has been featured in Women United Art Magazine (CZ) and ArtDoc Magazine (NL). Her works have been exhibited since 2012 in Italy, Sweden, Greece, and Ukraine, and they are held in corporate and private collections in the Netherlands, Australia, Switzerland, and Ukraine.

Solo exhibitions

«Dreaming about You and Mountains», Dynamo, 5-14 Mar 2026, Zürich, Switzerland «Blue-Green Biodiversity», Reberhaus Bolligen, 24 Feb 2025, Bern, Switzerland

«Blue-Green biodiversity» Eawag — The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology — 18 Sep-30 Nov 2024, Dubendorf, Switzerland

«Blue-Green biodiversity» Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 6- 27 Nov 2024, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

«Blue-Green biodiversity», Eawag Kastanienbaum, 28 Nov — 20 Dec, Luzern, Switzerland «Blue-Green biodiversity», InfoTag Eawag, 3 Sep, Zurich, Switzerland

«Disappearing», 23-26 Feb 2024, Literaturhaus Zurich, Switzerland

«Changing Landscapes», Art House Zurich Gallery, 8-23 Sep 2023, Zurich, Switzerland «Connections», Villa Straeuli, 4-8 Mar 2024, Winterthur, Switzerland

Selected group exhibitions

2025

«The exhibition of Seven» Ukrainian Diaspora Museum, 16 Apr — 18 May 2025, Kyiv, Ukraine «Rebirth. Tales of Ukrainian Renaissance», Galerie Cinéma, 25-27 Apr 2025, Paris, France

«23rd and 24th Julia Margaret Cameron Award», Valid Foto Gallery, 3-17 Jul 2025, Barcelona, Spain «Einsichten», 22 Aug-6 Sep, Kupper Modern, Zürich, Switzerland

«Earth Rising», Irish Museum of Modern Arts IMMA 11-13 Sep 2025, Dublin, Ireland

«Aesthetica Art Prize 2025», York Art Gallery, 19 Sep 2025- 25 Jan 2026, York, United Kingdom «I promessi sposi», Ex Tintostamperia, 5-20 Dec 2025, Como, Italy

2024

«Earth Rising», Group show, 20-22 Sep 2024 Irish Museum of Modern Art IMMA (IE) «Earth Photo 2024» Royal Geographical Society, 18 Jun-21 Aug, London, United Kingdom

«Earth Photo 2024» travelling exhibition at 15 National Trust and Forestry England locations Jun 2024 — Mar 2025, United Kingdom «Aesthetica Art Prize 2024», group show, 16 Feb-21 Apr 2024, York Art Gallery, United Kingdom

Awards

Aesthetica Art Prize 2026 (UK)

Aargauer Kuratorium Freiraum 2026 (CH) Aesthetica Art Prize 2025 (UK)

Earth Photo 2024, Royal Geographical Society, London (UK) Bronze Prix de la Photographie, Paris (FR)

23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards (ES) Aesthetica Art Prize 2024 (UK)

Silver Tokyo Photo Awards, Science-Environment, 2023 (JP) Natural Density Awards Honourable mention, 2023 (UK) Artlink Residence grant, 2023 (CH)

Lane Kirkland Scholarship, 2019-2020 (PL) Finalist of HIPA contest «The Moment», 2018 (AE)

Memberships / Associations

Visarte Schweiz

International Association of Professional Artists (IAA) Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP)

Selected lectures

«Anthropocene in contemporary photography», Karazin National University, Sept 2023, Kharkiv (UA) «Anthropocene in contemporary photography», 2022, Poznan (PL)

Publications

Practice-based research paper «Anthropocene issues in society and contemporary photography» University of Arts, Poznan, Poland, 2020 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18379645

Photo book «Behind the glass», self-published, 2020

Featured in

Book «100 Contemporary Ukrainian Photographers», Form editions, Paris, 2024 The Times magazine, «Earth Photo 2024» 13.05.2024

Euronews, «30 nature-loving photographers», 14.05.2024

Foto Nostrum, Special Edition 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards winners, professionals, May 2024 Der Greif, Guest Room: Renée Mussai & Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński 01.05.2024

Women United Art magazine, winter 2023

ArtDoc Photography magazine, Healing Nature, 2023 Mandry magazine, 2018, 2016, 2015

Photographer magazine, 2011

Artist statement

I aim to create a positive change in society and the environment through my artistic endeavours. I think a lot about the fragility of the natural environment and vulnerable interpersonal connections. I experiment with digital and analogue techniques drawing inspiration from the mountains’ beauty, Augusto Giacometti’s vivid colours and Rodin’s sculptures.

In my work, I explore the relationships between humans and nature, and between people and their connection with their inner selves. I deeply engage with the topic of nature, climate change, and Anthropocene problems. Bringing awareness to Anthropocene problems through art and discussion is a form of education. Nude and portrait photography is a way for me to show people my inner processes. I aim to capture each person’s most human and authentic expression using light.

Education

2022-2023
Kyiv School of Photography, Ukraine (remote) Contemporary Photography, Colouristics I and II

2019–2020
University of the Arts Poznań, Poland
Contemporary Photography, Non-degree postgraduate program, Lane Kirkland Scholarship

2006–2011
N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine BA and MA in Visual Journalism, with honours Final grade: 91/100 (GPA 3.7)

Solo exhibitions in Switzerland

«Dreaming about You and Mountains», Dynamo, 5-14 Mar 2026, Zürich, Switzerland

«Blue-Green Biodiversity», Reberhaus Bolligen, 24 Feb 2025, Bern, Switzerland

«Blue-Green biodiversity» Eawag — The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology — 18 Sep-30 Nov 2024, Dubendorf, Switzerland «Blue-Green biodiversity» Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 6- 27 Nov 2024, Birmensdorf, Switzerland «Blue-Green biodiversity», Eawag Kastanienbaum, 28 Nov — 20 Dec, Luzern, Switzerland

«Blue-Green biodiversity», InfoTag Eawag, 3 Sep, Zurich, Switzerland «Disappearing», 23-26 Feb 2024, Literaturhaus Zurich, Switzerland «Changing Landscapes», Art House Zurich Gallery, 8-23 Sep 2023, Zurich, Switzerland

«Connections», Villa Straeuli, 4-8 Mar 2024, Winterthur, Switzerland

Group exhibitions (last 5 years) 2025

«The exhibition of Seven» Ukrainian Diaspora Museum, 16 Apr — 18 May 2025, Kyiv, Ukraine

«Rebirth. Tales of Ukrainian Renaissance», Galerie Cinéma, 25-27 Apr 2025, Paris, France

«23rd and 24th Julia Margaret Cameron Award», Valid Foto Gallery, 3-17 Jul 2025, Barcelona, Spain

«Einsichten», 22 Aug-6 Sep, Kupper Modern, Zürich, Switzerland «Earth Rising», Irish Museum of Modern Arts IMMA 11-13 Sep 2025, Dublin, Ireland

«Aesthetica Art Prize 2025», York Art Gallery, 19 Sep 2025- 25 Jan 2026, York, United Kingdom

«I promessi sposi», Ex Tintostamperia, 5-20 Dec 2025, Como, Italy 2024

«Earth Rising», Group show, 20-22 Sep 2024 Irish Museum of Modern Art IMMA (IE)

«Earth Photo 2024» Royal Geographical Society, 18 Jun-21 Aug, London, United Kingdom

«Earth Photo 2024» travelling exhibition at 15 National Trust and Forestry England locations Jun 2024 — Mar 2025, United Kingdom

«Aesthetica Art Prize 2024», group show, 16 Feb-21 Apr 2024, York Art Gallery, United Kingdom 2023

«Healing Nature» ArtDoc Magazine, 23 Oct 2023-ongoing, online 2020

«The Man and the Machine», group show, gallery Millepiani, 10 Nov- 3 Dec 2020, Roma, Italy 2019

«Maydan. 5 years after», 19 Jan-2 Feb 2019, Stromsund, Sweden 2018

«Surfaces», group show, gallery Millepiani, 5 Dec 2018 -2 Jan 2019, Roma, Italy

«Abandoned buildings», Blank Wall Gallery, 26 Oct-7 Nov, Athens, Greece «Travellers», group show, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece

CIP festival, Centre of the Mediterranean Architecture, 28 Aug-5 Sep 2018, Chania, Greece

Awards

Aesthetica Art Prize 2025 (UK)

Earth Photo 2024, Royal Geographical Society, London (UK) Bronze Prix de la Photographie, Paris (FR)

23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards (ES) Aesthetica Art Prize 2024 (UK)

Silver Tokyo Photo Awards, Science-Environment, 2023 (JP) Natural Density Awards Honourable mention, 2023 (UK) Artlink Residence grant, 2023 (CH)

Lane Kirkland Scholarship, 2019-2020 (PL) Finalist of HIPA contest «The Moment», 2018 (AE)

Memberships / Associations

Visarte Schweiz

International Association of Professional Artists (IAA) Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP)

Selected lectures

«Anthropocene in contemporary photography», Karazin National University, Sept 2023, Kharkiv (UA)

«Anthropocene in contemporary photography», 2022, Poznan (PL)

Publications

Practice-based research paper «Anthropocene issues in society and contemporary photography» University of Arts, Poznan, Poland, 2020 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18379645

Photo book «Behind the glass», self-published, 2020

Featured in

Book «100 Contemporary Ukrainian Photographers», Form editions, Paris, 2024

The Times magazine, «Earth Photo 2024″ 13.05.2024 Euronews, «30 nature-loving photographers», 14.05.2024

Foto Nostrum, Special Edition 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards winners, professionals, May 2024

Der Greif, Guest Room: Renée Mussai & Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński 01.05.2024

Women United Art magazine, winter 2023

ArtDoc Photography magazine, Healing Nature, 2023 Mandry magazine, 2018, 2016, 2015

Photographer magazine, 2011

Professional experience

Freelance photographer, 2010-present, annakorbut.com

In Switzerland worked with Bern Film, Artlink, Weiter Schreiben, Zurcher Film, EP Climbing, Men Tantra and other companies.

Swiss Photo Club, 2022-now, swissphotoclub.com

Bern film, 2021, bernfuerdenfilm.ch, Light&Camera Assistant

Publishing house Corporate Media, 2014-2019, c-media.com.ua Chief photographer and journalist

All-Ukrainian informational agency UNIAN, 2011-2019 | unian.net Ukraine Crisis Media Centre 2013-2014, uacrisis.org

Magazine Mandry, 2012-2019, mandry.ua

SPB Media-School, teacher, 2012-2014, spbschool.com Newspaper Kyiv Post, photographer, 2011-2013, kyivpost.com Klitschko Brothers Foundation, 2010-2011, klitschkofoundation.org