Konstantin Chemeris
Pushchino, Moscow region

Specialist in the field of fine art. Member of the Union of Photographers of Russia. Repeated winner of the State Photography Scholarship. Author of two photo books. Conducts artistic experiments, mainly in the genre of landscape. Prefers to use monochrome. He strives for the psychological associativity of the images he creates, choosing subjects in which the forces of nature prevail over man and his creations.

In the early works, the author, using digital technology, achieves graphicality, referring the viewer to the pencil drawing and photographic images of the early 20th century. Later works, beginning in 2017, become sharper and more contrasting. The light tonality of the pictorial period is replaced by a gloomy contemplation of the traces of time, continuously and irrepressibly flowing through space.

Biography
1970 - was born in the city of Pushchino (Moscow region) into a family of scientists
1996 - graduated from the Oryol Pedagogical University with a degree in Fine Arts with a diploma project Etching
1997 - started teaching drawing at the Pushchino art school
2000 - admitted to the Pushchino Photo Club
2010 - admitted to the Union of Russian Photographers

Personal photo exhibitions
2010 - "Photography", Pushchino, House of Scientists
2016 - "Sketches", Pushchino, Youth Center "Vertical"
2017 - "Sketches", Serpukhov, Serpukhov Historical and Art Museum
2017 - "Sketches", Kaluga, Kaluga House of Music
2020 - "Smoke and Labyrinth", Pushchino, House of Scientists
2021 - "Roundabout Trails", Pushchino, Center for Cultural Development "Vertical"
2022 - "Melancholia", Moscow, "Gallery on Planernaya"
2023 - "Melancholia", Protvino, "Exhibition Center"
2023 - "Depth", Pushchino, Center for Cultural Development "Vertical"
2024 – "Smoke", Krasnoyarsk, Russian Academy of Arts, USDV regional branch
2024 - "Cold", Pushchino, Center for Cultural Development "Vertical"

Repeated participation in various collective exhibitions

Books
2020 - photobook "Smoke"
2020 - photobook "Labyrinth"

Expert activity
2014, 2015 – All-Russian photo contest "Living History": expert of the jury
2016, 2017 – Urban photo contest "Portrait of the city C", Serpukhov: expert of the jury
2017 – Russian Art Photography Festival: expert of the blitz competition jury
2019 – Open festival-competition "Generation", Kaluga: expert jury
2022 – All-Russian project "Young Photographers of Russia", Tula: expert of the jury of the blitz competition
2023 – All-Russian photo contest about the life of people with disabilities "Without barriers", Moscow: expert jury
2024 – "IV Nikolai Andreev Festival of Russian Art Photography. Siberia-Serpukhov, Krasnoyarsk: portfolio review expert; lecturer on "Why an author's collection is needed, how to assemble it and what to do with it"
2024 - All–Russian Festival of Black and White Photography "Fotostrelka", Moscow: portfolio review expert; lecturer on "Why an author's collection is needed how to assemble it and what to do with it"

Multiple participation as an expert in the jury of municipal photo contests and fine art competitions

Awards
2009 - Badge "Honorary Worker of General Education of the Russian Federation"
Repeated laureate of the State scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in the field of photography