Alexander Chernavskiy

“Collages of Human”

Born in 1981 in Moscow, Russia, Alexander Chernavskiy is a Russian artist, his career emerged in the wake of the influence of documentary traditions and contemporary art as the fields of his main interest. He is a magister of sociology (MPSU university). In 2010 he finished his secondary education in MSU (photojournalism), in 2016 - School of Contemporary Art «Free Workshops» and is working as a freelance photographer and artist since then. He was a participant of different festivals and exhibitions in Russia, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine, USA, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Belgium. In 2015 and 2016 he was a recipient of the scholarships of the Ministry of Culture of Russia. Recent years are closely connected with art documentary projects, including his first photo book Alpha in 2015, published by Dostoevsky Publishing in Amsterdam. In 2016-2017 he produced 6 new self-published photo books. His works were published by Privatephotoreview, F-Stop, Sonder Review, Snapdragon, Stoneboat, Raven Chronicles, Dodho, The Ocotillo Review, Obra/Artefact in recent years.