Tanya Sharapova is a Berlin-based artist working with documentary, archive, and art photography. Tanya began her career as a Photo editor and later as a Travel photographer and writer for the magazines such as National Geographic Russia, Conde Nast Traveler Russia, GQ Travel Russia, Asian Geographic, and Lonely Planet.
Over time she expanded her interests from travel stories to documentary stories, focusing on the relationship between individual and society, collective memory, and issues of territorial isolation. She works in Germany and Russia.
Awards
2024 - Otto-Steinert Preis, DGPh Förderpreis für Fotografie - Finalist - Kolsky
2023 - VG Bild-Kunst / Kulturwerk Foundation Grant - Winner - Kolsky
2023 - Belfast Photo Festival - Shortlisted - Kolsky
2023 - Revela'T Festival - Finalist - Kolsky
2022 - Cortona On The Move | PhMuseum 2022 Photography Grant - Winner - Kolsky
2022 - Hamburg Portfolio Review
2021 - OpenWalls Arles - single picture, Should.Would.Could - Winner
2020 - Pandemic Healing grant, Berlin - Winner
2019 - Tokyo International Foto Awards - Bronze Winner - People - Inked
2018 - ND Awards - Gold Winner - People - Inked
2018 - The Independent Photographer - Travel - Finalist
2017 - IPOTY, People: Travel (Professional) - Honorable mention
2017 - Smithsonian, Finalist
2017 - Hipa, Finalist
2017 - Felix Photoaward, Shortlisted
2015 - CGAP Photo Contest - Winner, 2 pictures
2015 - Portrait Salon - Winner
2015 - Best of Russia 2015, Winner in Nature category
Exhibitions
2023 - "East from Where", Studio Hanniball, Berlin, DE
2023 - "Entlang der Oder", Schloss Neuhardenberg, DE
2023 - "Entlang der Oder", Pader Kultour for Kulturamt Paderborn, DE
2023 - "Drängende Gegenwart", European Month of Photography Berlin, DE
2022 - "Entlang der Oder", Kurpark Bad Saarow, DE
2022 - "Strangers", solo show at ORi Space, Berlin, DE
2022 - "Ukraine Moments", House of Lucie Gallery, Budapest, HU
2021 - "Then & Now", OpenWalls Arles, Galerie Huit, FR
Education
2021- 2024 - Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin, DE
2022 - Noor–Nikon Advanced Storytelling Workshop, Düsseldorf, DE
2022 - International Summer Academy for Art und Design Pentiment, Hamburg, DE
2021 - Filmworkshop „Portrait of a Protagonist" by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski, Berlin, DE
2021 - Canon Student Program of Visa Pour L'Image (Online)
2019 - ASX+Void Laboratory with Mark Power in Athens, GR
2006 - Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, RU
Over time she expanded her interests from travel stories to documentary stories, focusing on the relationship between individual and society, collective memory, and issues of territorial isolation. She works in Germany and Russia.
Awards
2024 - Otto-Steinert Preis, DGPh Förderpreis für Fotografie - Finalist - Kolsky
2023 - VG Bild-Kunst / Kulturwerk Foundation Grant - Winner - Kolsky
2023 - Belfast Photo Festival - Shortlisted - Kolsky
2023 - Revela'T Festival - Finalist - Kolsky
2022 - Cortona On The Move | PhMuseum 2022 Photography Grant - Winner - Kolsky
2022 - Hamburg Portfolio Review
2021 - OpenWalls Arles - single picture, Should.Would.Could - Winner
2020 - Pandemic Healing grant, Berlin - Winner
2019 - Tokyo International Foto Awards - Bronze Winner - People - Inked
2018 - ND Awards - Gold Winner - People - Inked
2018 - The Independent Photographer - Travel - Finalist
2017 - IPOTY, People: Travel (Professional) - Honorable mention
2017 - Smithsonian, Finalist
2017 - Hipa, Finalist
2017 - Felix Photoaward, Shortlisted
2015 - CGAP Photo Contest - Winner, 2 pictures
2015 - Portrait Salon - Winner
2015 - Best of Russia 2015, Winner in Nature category
Exhibitions
2023 - "East from Where", Studio Hanniball, Berlin, DE
2023 - "Entlang der Oder", Schloss Neuhardenberg, DE
2023 - "Entlang der Oder", Pader Kultour for Kulturamt Paderborn, DE
2023 - "Drängende Gegenwart", European Month of Photography Berlin, DE
2022 - "Entlang der Oder", Kurpark Bad Saarow, DE
2022 - "Strangers", solo show at ORi Space, Berlin, DE
2022 - "Ukraine Moments", House of Lucie Gallery, Budapest, HU
2021 - "Then & Now", OpenWalls Arles, Galerie Huit, FR
Education
2021- 2024 - Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin, DE
2022 - Noor–Nikon Advanced Storytelling Workshop, Düsseldorf, DE
2022 - International Summer Academy for Art und Design Pentiment, Hamburg, DE
2021 - Filmworkshop „Portrait of a Protagonist" by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski, Berlin, DE
2021 - Canon Student Program of Visa Pour L'Image (Online)
2019 - ASX+Void Laboratory with Mark Power in Athens, GR
2006 - Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, RU