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Dactyl Projects:<\/strong>
\n2008 “Notes on Fant\u00f4mas”, painting exhibition
\n2008 \u201cNotes on Fant\u00f4mas\u201d, opening reception
\n2008 \u201cNotes on Fant\u00f4mas”, private preview
\n2007 Studio visit
\n2004 “Sensitive”, exhibition of paintings
\n2004 “Sensitive”, opening reception
\n2002 “Phenomena+Existence No. 1”, photography exhibition
\n2002 “Phenomena+Existence No. 1”, installation
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\nBio
\nYemchuk grew up in Kiev, in the midst of a collapsing Soviet Union. While she describes her childhood as “wonderful and normal,” she cites \u201cthe darkness of the Russian soul\u201d as a major influence in her work. Her recollections of childhood — the eight-story walk up an unlit staircase to her family’s apartment, and playing hours on end in a deep forest alone — each have an unsaid connection to the clandestine adult worlds that she could only fantasize about as a child. When she left Ukraine at eleven, she was told they could never come back, and, at the time, she couldn\u2019t grasp entirely why. However, she did return in 1997 and continues to visit every year.<\/p>\n

Yemchuk is a multi-talented artist based in New York. She is known for her fashion photography contributions to a myriad of Vogues around the world, ID and W magazines and worked on campaigns such as Kenzo and Dries Van Noten. She has exhibited her photography work widely. She had her first painting solo show at Dactyl in 2004 and a photography exhibition at Dactyl in 2002.<\/p>\n

Born in Kiev Ukraine, former Soviet Union
\n1990s Parsons School of Design, New York, NY majoring in fine art and graphics
\n1990s Art Center, Pasadena, CA, majoring in photography<\/p>\n

Selected Solo Exhibitions
\n2001 “No Vacancy,” Eastwick Galley, Chicago, IL
\n1995 “Ipolits Dream,” Swell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n

Selected Group Exhibitions
\n2004 “Strictly Visual” Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
\n2003 “all in lowercase” Australian Centre of Photography, Sidney, AU
\n2002 “Duel Eye Tour,” Sotheby’s, New York, NY
\n1997 “Images of Maritime in Photography,” G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
\n1996 “The Presence of Grace,” Seven Sanctuaries Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
\n1995 “The Year of the Women,” El Pueblo Gallery Los Angeles, CA
\n1994 “Prognosis,” Radost Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic<\/p>\n

Publications
\nEncyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, Valerie Steele, Editor (Charles Scribners)
\nVisionaire 41 (World)
\nVaugh Oliver Visceral Pleasures (Booth-Clibborn Editions)<\/p>\n

Collectors
\nThe Assa Family
\nCarol Cole
\nJason Dill
\nMichael J. Dill
\nPilar Demann
\nSteve Golen
\nStacey Lefton Glick
\nDorothy Hersey
\nMarianne Faithfull
\nFrank Mancuso Jr.
\nBonnie Winston
\nJulia Reed
\nPaul Lewakowski
\nCorinne Karr
\nJeannette Barry
\nCamell Ehlke
\nJulie Zeger
\nJane Bradbury<\/p>\n

Album Covers
\n2000 “Machina \/ The Machine of God” by Smashing Pumpkins, EMI Int\u2019l\/Virgin Records, Art Director
\n1998 “Adore” by Smashing Pumpkins, Virgin Records, Art Director \/ Designer \/ Photographer
\n1997 “Beauty Process: Triple Platinum” by L7, Warner Brothers, Photographer
\n1997 “Savage Garden” by Savage Garden, Sony, Photographer
\n1996 “Pleasure Club” by James Hall, Geffen Records, Photographer
\nMusic Videos
\n1996 “Thirty-three” by Smashing Pumpkins, Virgin, Director
\n1996 “Zero” by Smashing Pumpkins, Virgin, Director<\/p>\n

Reviews
\nNewcity Verve.art March 8, 2001 “Tip of the Week: Yelena Yemchuk,” by Michael Weinstein<\/p>\n