LESKIEC

Siarhej Leskiec was born in 1984. He is a freelance photographer whose work focuses on everyday life, folk traditions, and rituals in the Belarusian countryside. Originally from Maladzeczna region, he received a history degree from Belarusian State Pedagogical University.

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Awards:

2017 – Nominee (culture), Photography grant 2017

2017 – Finalist of 3rd PRAFOTA award – Minsk, Belarus
2016 – Winner, Open call Riga Month of Photography, Riga, Latvia

2015 – Finalist of 2nd PRAFOTA award – Minsk, Belarus

Selected group exhibitions:
2018 – Whisper, Chongqing Art Museum, China
2017 – Whisper, screening, Tbilisi Photo Festival, Georgia

2017 – The Bureau Archive of “Month of Photography in Minsk”, Hrodna, Belarus

2017 – AGRO, Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz, Austria

2017 – Whisper, screening, performance, Land Art Festival, Janow Podlaski, Poland
2016 – PRAFOTA award finalists, CECH, Minsk, Belarus
2016 – AGRO, screening, Tbilisi Photo Festival, Georgia
2016 – Young Belarus Photography, Gallery of Classic Photography, Moscow
2016 – PRAFOTA award finalists, CECH, Minsk, Belarus

2015 – AGRO, Riga photo month (stands throughout the city of Riga), Riga, Latvia
2015 – AGRO, CECH, Minsk, Belarus