Andrei Liankevich, Untitled from the series Traditional Interiors, 2018

digital print, paper, 40 x 60 cm

"More than a decade ago, when I was working on the project and the book Pagan, I watched the Belarusian visual bond disappear: the colors of the houses and interiors, daily life, family photos previously filling the walls - disappear. In all homes there was an iconostasis with photos of all relatives, embroidered icons or handmade towels and paintings, damask or painted carpets - this culture began to disappear before our eyes with the disappearance of the previous generation. When a grandmother dies - the children or grandchildren throw almost everything out of the house. Or the opposite happens - children and grandchildren change their taste as the old aesthetics deteriorate. As a photographer, I realized that no one in Belarus is touching this subject. So the huge archipelago of traditional visual culture is about to disappear. It seemed very important to me to document the interiors of traditional houses." Andrei Liankevich
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 at 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 Digest and International Herald Tribune.
In 2010. Andrei Liankevich published his first book "Pagan," a book about Belarusian pagan traditions.
From 2006 to 2018, he taught photo journalism at the European Humanities University, Belarusian University in Vilnius. From 2005 to 2010 he worked with the "European Press Photo Agency" (EPA); from 2007 -2012 he worked with the "Anzenberger agency". In 2008 he joined the collective of photographers "SPUTNIK". From 2001 to 2008 he worked 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, and that same year he was awarded 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 exhibitors.

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

In 2017, he received 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."