About

Olga Shatokha (b. 1990, Dnipro, Ukraine) is a mixed-media and photography artist who investigates memory, home, and belonging.

 

She creates at the intersection of conceptual art and photography, using stitching, collage, and analog techniques to transform photographs into layered objects.

 

Her work is informed by her Ukrainian heritage and shaped by the cultural influences of the countries she’s lived in since 2015 – Estonia, Portugal, and the UK.

Education

2026 – 2027 Royal College of Art, Photography MA

2024 – 2025 MYPH, School of conceptual and art photography

 
Exhibitions

06.2026 – Fotofestival Lenzburg (group show), Lenzburg, Switzerland

05.2026 – Ignition by CiReine (group show), Lisbon, Portugal

12.2025 – Dublin Art Book Fair (group show), Dublin, Ireland

11.2025 – OFF Bratislava (group show), Bratislava, Slovakia

09.2025 – Hungry Eye Fair (group show), Amsterdam, Netherlands

05.2025 – Take a Seat (solo show), PBX Studio, Lisbon, Portugal

05.2025 – MYPH 2.0 (group show), Sklad #5 Art Gallery, Cherkasy, Ukraine

11.2024 – Hammer Time (group show), Zaratan Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

 
Awards 

The Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 167 – Shortlist

Kamira Institute Awards – Special Mention (2026) for the project Roots

Urbanautica Institute Awards – Special Mention (2025) for the project Lifelines

Urbanautica Institute Awards – Special Mention (2024) for the project Saudade

The Independent Photographer – Open Call 2023 Award

 
Publications

Artdoc, Issue nr. 1 2026 – Stitching Memory into Being, an interview with Olga Shatokha

FRESH EYES x Hungry Eye 2025

Cake Magazine – Rollercoaster

Schön! – The Neighbourhood

PAP – Duality

Blumenhaus – Watarai Toru’s ikebana as a way to live in harmony with the environment

Blumenhaus – Botanical Bonds: Human-Plant Interactions in Weronika Anna Rosa’s Art

C-Heads – Street Art and Azulejo of BerriBlue

C-Heads – The Disappearing Act

Teeth – Salt of the Sea: Sofia Albuquerque’s Ceramics Odyssey

Teeth – Mariana Santos Lima: Breathing New Life into Tradition

Teeth – Bugs and Beauty: The Art of Sebastião Lobo

Teeth – A Psychedelic Disneyland: Yoneko-yaki Pottery Farm

Flanelle – Tradition Meets Futurism (Issue #28, p.126-132)

Flanelle – Morning Passages

Photo Vogue