To mark the third anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, a new touring exhibition of Ukrainian photography will be displayed in Portcullis House from 1-28 February 2025. 

Ukrainian curators Max Gorbatskyi and Viktoria Bavykina have selected a breadth of perspectives which range from specially commissioned works in which artists photographed their home in 2023, to a series of documentary works that comment on poignant points in Ukraine’s recent history – such as the annexing of Crimea – as well as insightful responses to the full-scale invasion. Other works look at identity, landscape, experimental art, folk or popular culture. 

The exhibition, HOME, facilitated by the UK Parliament Heritage Collections team, is a collaboration between UK Parliament and Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery with support from the Ukrainian Institute, the British Council and the Arts Council.  It brings together photography with poetry to consider the concept of home.

Photographers: 

• Igor Chekachkov 

• Alexander Chekmenev 

• Marina Frolova 

• Mykhaylo Palinchak 

• Polina Polikarpova 

• Yaroslav Solop 

• Elena Subach 

Poets: 

• Hanan Issa 

• Deryn Ree-Jones 

• Jackie Kay 

UK Parliament’s Portcullis House is the final stop on the exhibition’s UK tour, having been displayed in Wigan and Leigh, Edinburgh, Rochdale, Leeds and Salford. Read more about the touring exhibition on the Open Eye Gallery website.