Alisa Martynova was born in 1994 in Orenburg, Russia. After finishing her studies in Foreign Philology in her home country, in 2019 she graduates from a professional photography three year program at Fondazione Studio Marangoni in Florence, Italy. In 2019 she becomes the winner of the photography category of Premio Combat Prize and the second place winner of Canon Young Photographers Award, she is shortlisted among the finalists of Photolux Award 2019 and PH museum Women Photographers Grant.
In 2021 she becomes a winner of Portraits Series category of World Press Photo Contest and her work is exhibited worldwide in more than 24 countries. She later exhibits during festivals such as PhotoBrussels 05 (Belgium), Fotografia Europea (Italy), Cortona on the move (Italy), Encontros da Imagem (Portugal) and Planches Contact (France) (Tremplins Jeunes Talents artist-in-residency program). Her work is published by Internazionale, D-Repubblica, Leica Fotografie International and Fisheye magazine.
In 2022 her work is exhibited at Italian Culture Insititute in Addis Abeba and La Gacilly photography festival. She became the winner of Korridor Preis für Dokumentarfotografie award in collaboration with the 20er magazine and UNSTUCK award from Magenta Foundation. Her work “Nowhere Near” was presented in a solo exhibtion at “Reich für die Insel” gallery in Innsbruck (Austria) and in a group exhibtion at Fisheye gallery in Paris (France). Her new project "High fire in the forest’s heart" is a finalist in The Aftermath project Grant and Cortona on the move award.
Lives and works in Italy and worldwide.
Exhibitions
2022 Nowhere Near, Korridor – Preis für Dokumentarfotografie, solo show, Innsbruck, Austria
2022 Questo mare è pieno di voci, questo cielo è pieno di visioni, Leica Gallerie Milano, group show, Milano, Italy
2022 Nowhere Near, Portici public exhibition, via Vittorio Emmanuele II, group exhibition, Torino, Italy
2022 Nowhere Near, Fisheye gallery, group show, Paris, France
2022 Nowhere Near, In-Cadaques, group show, Cadaques, Spain
2022 Nowhere Near, La Gacilly photography festival, prix Nouvelles écritures de la photographie environnementale, group show, La Gacilly, France
2022 Nowhere Near, (Un)Settled - migration stories in the 21st century by World Press Photo foundation, Novi Sad Liberty Square, group show, Novi Sad, Serbia
2022 Nowhere Near, Eyes on Tomorrow, Italian Culture Institute, group show, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
2021 Nowhere Near, Casa dos Cubos, group show, Tomar, Portugal
2021 Nowhere Near, Encontros da Imagem, solo show, Braga, Portugal
2021 Where the sons of eternity singing, Planches Contact, Tremplin Jeunes Talents, artist -in-residency program, group show, Deauville, France
2021 Nowhere Near, Giovane Fotografia Italiana, Cortona on the Move, group show, Cortona, Italy
2021 Nowhere Near, Giovane Fotografia Italiana, Fotografia Europea, group show, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2021 Nowhere Near, World Press Photo, group show, worldwide exhibitions
2021 Alien Life Form, Dis-connessi, Istituto degli innocenti, group show, Florence, Italy
2021 I guess this river never knew, RIVA, Murate Art District, group show, Florence, Italy
2021 Sleeping Pill, The World Within, Photo Brussels 05, Hangar gallery, group show, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Nowhere Near, Ph museum Women Photographers Grant, PhotoVogue, group show, Milano, Italy
2019 Nowhere Near, Cortona On the Move, Premio Canon Young Photographers, group show, Cortona, Italy
2019 Nowhere Near, Les Rencontres d’Arles, opening night projection, group show, Arles, France
2019 Nowhere Near, Blob art gallery, Premio Combat, group show, Livorno, Italy
2017 Shared environment, Leica Store Florence, group show, Florence, Italy
Awards
2022 Nowhere Near, UNSTUCK grant, Magenta Foundation, winner
2022 Nowhere Near, Korridor – Preis für Dokumentarfotografie Innsbruck, winner
2022 Nowhere Near, In-Cadaques, finalist
2022 High fire in the forest’s heart, Cortona on the move award, finalist
2022 High fire in the forest's heart, Aftermath project Grant, finalist
2022 High fire in the forest’s heart, Leica Oscar Barnack Award, Newcomers award nominée
2021 Nowhere Near, Premio Francesco Fabbri, finalist
2021 Nowhere Near, OD-photo prize, shortlisted
2021 Nowhere Near, ISPA Italian Sustainability Award, finalist
2021 Nowhere Near, Bird in Flight, finalist
2021 Nowhere Near, World Press Photo, Portraits Series, winner
2021 Nowhere near, BUP book award, shorlisted
2021 Nowhere Near, Intersection Vol.1, finalist
2021 Nowhere Near, Gomma Grant, finalist
2020 Sleeping Pill, the World Within, Hangar gallery, laureate
2020 Nowhere Near, Leica Oscar Barnack Award, Newcomers award nominée
2019 Nowhere Near, Winner of Zine Tonic book Award
2019 Nowhere Near, Photolux Award, shortlisted
2019 Nowhere Near, PH museum Women Photographers Grant, shortlisted
2019 Nowhere Near, Canon Young Photographers Award, winner
2019 Nowhere Near, photography section of Premio Combat, winner
Publications
2022 20er magazine, Nowhere Near, January issue, cover story
2022 Fisheye Magazine, Nowhere Near, May issue
2022 D la Repubblica, Nowhere Near, 15.01.2022
2021 D la Repubblica, Alien life form, Next Generation issue, 17.04.2021
2021 Dis-connessi, Alien life form, Istituto degli innocenti, Catalogue
2021 Giovane Fotografia Italiana, Nowhere Near, Fotografia Europea, Catalogue
2021 The World Within, Sleeping Pill, Photo Brussels 05, Catalogue
2021 RIVA, Murate Art District, I guess this river never knew, Catalogue
2021 LFI Magazine, Nowhere Near, February - March 2021 issue, cover story
2020 Phmuseum blog, The hope and heartache of African migrants, Nowhere Near
2020 LFI Magazine, Sleeping Pill, April 2020, issue
2020 Internazionale Extra Foto, Sleeping Pill, spring 2020
2019 D-Young special issue, Nowhere Near, 30.03.2019
Talks and lectures
2022 Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Creative Light course, Florence, IT
2022 Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Creative and Technical writing for artistic practise course (12 h), Florence, IT
2021 University of Minnesota, Guest lecture on documentary photography, Florence, IT
2021 Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Orientation lecture for the third year students, Florence, IT
2021 Terra di Tutti Film Festival, Photography for human rights, Bologna, IT
2021 World Press Photo Expert Talk, Aethetics and Composition in documentary
Interviews and online publications
2022 URBANAUTICA https://urbanautica.com/interview/alisa-martynova-nowhere-near/2555
2021 Internazionale online https://www.internazionale.it/notizie/giovanna-d-ascenzi/2021/07/23/galassie-vicine-alisa-martynova
2021 Seeds of Florence https://seedsofflorence.it/discovery/intervista-a-alisa-martynova-vincitrice-al-photo-contest-2021/
2021 Leica Fotografie International online https://lfi-online.de/ceemes/en/blog/alisa-martynova-nowhere-near-2377.html
2021 Leica Fotografie International online https://lfi-online.de/ceemes/en/blog/alisa-martynova-somewhere-in-the-mountains-somewhere-in-the-sea-2501.html
2020 Leica Camera https://leica-camera.blog/2020/07/20/sleeping-pill/
2020 Ph Museum https://phmuseum.com/news/hope-heartache-african-migrants