Alina Senchenko

Alina Senchenko is a Ukrainian born visual artist living and working in Vancouver on the unceded land of Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and the Squamish peoples. In 2015 she graduated from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, majoring in Photography. With photography as the foundation of her practice she has sought to explore the complexity of her immigrant identity, belonging and displacement within her own experience as well as globally. Additionally, her work deals with memory, diasporas, stereotypes, oral histories and reflection on recent events in Ukraine and around the world. She is especially interested in questioning historical narratives through the humble act of recording stories and bearing witness. Senchenko practice is founded in photography, with an interest in text, historical images and contemporary archives. While investigating the limitations of each medium within her work she is trying to create a layered understanding of the world around her. Recently, Senchenko developed a profound interest in the film and video work which she has been incorporating in her practice. Senchenko has exhibited locally and internationally: at CSA Space in 2019 (Vancouver), Rudolfstrasse 7 in 2018 (Germany), Art Platform in 2018 (Ukraine), Dynamo Art Association in 2017, PLAZA Projects 2016, Print Ready VII 2016, Project Space 2015, Vancouver Art/Book Fair 2015, Access Gallery 2014, and Square Project 2014 (Vancouver). In 2019, she received BC Arts Council Mentorship Grant with Sandra Semchuk, in 2018 she was honourable mention in the “Scorpion and Felix Book Award” and as well Senchenko was awarded a small run of her book by Publication Studio in Vancouver; in 2014 Senchenko was the finalist for the “AIMIA/AGO photography prize”.