Andrei Liankevich, Pagan tradition report 5

digital print, paper, 34 x 34 cm

The stuffed silhouette of a squirrel is on display at the historical museum in Grodno. The work is part of the "Pagan" project.

BIOGRAM: Andrei Liankevich's works have been exhibited in more than 70 exhibitions in Europe and the United States, in Europe, Asia and the USA, e.g. group exhibitions such as "She Has a Woman's Name" was presented at the Museum of Modern Art (MUMOK) in Vienna (Austria) and the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw (Poland). The artist has also participated in exhibitions at Noorderlicht Gallery, Leica Galerie (Vienna), FOTOHOF (Salzburg) and others.

His work has been published in international magazines such as The New York Times, Le Figaro, Newsweek, Die Zeit, Spiegel, GEO, Vanity Fair, Readers Didest and International Herald Tribune.

In 2010. Andrei Liankevich published his first book "Pagan," a book about Belarusian pagan traditions.
From 2006 to 2018, he gave photo journalism classes at the European Humanities University, Belarusian University in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 2005-2010 he worked with the "European Press Photo Agency" (EPA), in 2007 -2012 he worked with the "Anzenberger agency". And in 2008 he joined the collective of photographers "SPUTNIK".

In 2001 -2008 he collaborated with the independent Belarusian newspaper "Nasha Niva".
In 2012 Andrei Liankevich was recognized as one of the 15 most influential artists of Belarus in 2000-2010. Later that year, he received the Grand Prix of the "Kaunas Photo Star" portfolio review.

In 2014, he founded Month of Photography in Minsk, an annual photography festival that brings together 20 cultural institutions and 25 exhibitions.

In 2015-2016, he was the artistic director of the TCEH space. Later that year, he received the Grand Prix at the "Salon d'Automne" (Minsk, Belarus) for his collages from the "Good bye, Motherland" project.

In 2017, he won the Grand Prix at the "Warsaw Photo Days" photography festival (Warsaw, Poland) for his project "Good bye, Motherland."

In 2020 he won the "Gender Photography competition" (London) with a photo from the project "Traditional interiors."