He works with documentary films, photography, and animation. All these practices come down to one thing for him — shamanism. ‘ The story wants to be told. But its main thing is the air.’
Sidorenko adores digging through the discovered archives and plays the detective. He scans for interesting people in the streets and writes his dreams down. Also, in collaboration with Carolina Dutca they are reminiscing about fairy tales.
Since 2019 Valentin Sidorenko is based in Moldova.
2022.
Winner, Utopias Lahti Visual Arts Festival, Finland
Shortlist, Prix Photo Herez Corpo, France
Winner, Contemporary Photography Funding, The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Foundation, Germany
Shortlist, Vantage Point 10, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates
2021.
Winner, Fondation François Schneider, Contemporary Talents 10th, France
Winner, Prix Les Nuits Photo, Freelens, France
Winner, Documentary Film Festival Chesnok, Moldova
Winner, Reunion Calling, Festival of Photography and Arts PhEST, Italy
2020.
Winner, Grant Solidarity Fund for Independent Artists, Oberliht Association, Moldova
Shortlist, Laurel Branch Award, Russia
Winner, People in Need Grant, Czech Republic
Special mention, Urbanautica, Sacred: The experience of beyond
2019.
Shortlist, International Photography Grant
Shortlist,Festival de Photographie Les Nuits de Pierrevert, France
2018.
Winner, Point on the Map, Possibility of the Future, Russia
Shortlist,Bird in Flight Prize, Readers’ Choice Award, Ukraine
2023.
Twisted Lullabies, Matca Artspace, Cluj-Napoca | Association Maatka Phi, Atelierele Malmaison, Bucharest, Romania
Beyond Photography, The National Museum of Art of Moldova, Chisinau, MoldovaThe 2nd Quanzhou International Image Biennial, Fujian Huaguang Photographic Art Museum, Quanzhou, China
Ja Sam Ranjivost, Youth Biennale, Kalemegdan Fortress, Belgrade, Serbia
2022.
Vantage Point 10, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Contemporary Talents 10th, Fondation François Schneider, Wattwiller, France
2021.
Thinking Hands, Touching Each Other, Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Vantage Point 9, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
The World is Overflowing with Either Rubbish or Our Memories, Golubitskoe Art Foundation, Russia
Reunion Calling, Festival of Photography and Arts, PhEST, Monopoli, Italy
2020.
Dealing with Memory, Frappant Gallery, EEP Berlin, Ostlook, Hamburg, Germany
2019.
Between, OFF Bratislava, Festival of Contemporary Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
Red Stars, Sauvage Gallery, Arles, France
Detective, Center of Photography Mart, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Screenings
2023.
Annecy Lac Photo Festival, Annecy, France
2022.
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
Jakarta International Photo Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia
Promenades Photographiques, Grand Manege Rochambeau, Vendome, France
2021.
Les Nuits Photo Festival, Paris, France
2019.
Festival de Photographie Les Nuits de Pierrevert, Pierrevert, France
2021.
Batumi International Art-House Film Festival, Batumi, Georgia
Documentary Film Festival Chesnok, Chisinau, Moldova
International Documentary Film Festival Artdocfest, Latvia, Russia
WorkHorse Collective, The Darkroom Rumour, The Wrong Biennale, We The Cool Magazine, Grandmama’s print, Impermanent Earth, Scena 9, Locals, Bird in Flight, Grandmama’s print, Dodho Magazine, Такие дела, Viens Voir, EEP Berlin, Polka Magazine, Float Photo Magazine, eep Magazine, Lenscratch, Phases Magazine, The Eye of Photography, GUP Magazine, Bird in Flight
2017 — 2018. Academy of documentary and art photography Fotografika, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
valenkisidorenko@gmail.com