Iva Sidash (b. 1995, Ukraine, she/her) is an independent photographer based in Ukraine. She is a member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers and the National Society of Photo Artists of Ukraine. Sidash studied Documentary Practices and Visual Journalism at the International Center of Photography in New York. She is a 2024 Women Photograph fellow.
Since the onset of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Sidash has dedicated her work to documenting the conflict, with a particular focus on the experiences of wounded Ukrainian soldiers and civilians in frontline villages and cities.
Her work has been published in INSIDER, The Financial Times, The Fisheye Magazine, Der Spiegel, Forbes, and more.
Member of Exhibitions
July - August 2024 – three-person exhibition "Through Her Eyes" Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
May - September 2024 – Group exhibition "Shared Spaces", International Center of Photography, New York, USA
April 2024 – Solo exhibition "The Wall: Witness to the War in Ukraine", Luxe Gallery, San Diego, USA
September 2023 – Solo exhibition "The Wall: Witness to the War in Ukraine", Roberta's Art Gallery, Whitewater, USA
September 2023 – Group exhibition "Side By Side", Curzon Soho, London, UK
March 2023 – Group exhibition “Ukraine”, Hémisphères Paris Paris, France
March 2023 – Group exhibition “Nostalgia De Una Rutina Interrumpida”, Taller 131 Barcelona, Spain
February 2023 – Group exhibition “Invasion”, Centrum för fotografi: CFF - Stockholm, Sweden
January 2023– Group exhibition “Alarming Beauty”, Fisheye Gallery, Paris, France
2022, 2023 – Group exhibition “Ukraine. Resilience", Zimmer 48, Berlin, Germany
2022 – Group exhibition “Ukraine: Portraits Of Courage”, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, United States
2022 – Group exhibition "Flash. Ukrainian photography today", The International Convention Center "Ukrainian House", Kyiv, Ukraine
2022 – Group exhibition “Chorna Rillya Izorana”, Lviv Historical Museum, Lviv, Ukraine
2021 – Group exhibition “Street Dialogues 2.0”, Lviv Municipal Art Center, Lviv, Ukraine
2021 – Group exhibition “Street dialogues”, Odesa Photo Days Festival, Odesa, Ukraine
Publications
Business Insider – A night inside a strip club near Ukraine’s front lines
Financial Times – How Ukrainian photographers captured a year of conflict
Fisheyemagazine.fr – Ukraine, l’année où tout a basculé vue par les photographes d’Alarming Beauty
Göteborgs-Posten – Ukrainska fotografer visar kriget inifrån
Bird In Flight – I have no home
Reporters.media – Young people with disabilities go to the Carpathians.
The Village Ukraine – Surveillance camera. The contrasting "cocktail" of Lviv in the photo of Yana Sidash
Bird In Flight – Cafe "Cafe": Popping a glass at the Lviv railway station
Bird In Flight– Fresh catch: Yana Sidach's street photography