from the series Unbowed: Stories of Ukraine. Courtesy of Creative Response.

Unbowed: Stories of Ukraine is a powerful and inspiring photography project produced by a group of Ukrainian women in Surrey who met through an arts-for-wellbeing program in Farnham.

The photography project records the women’s personal experiences of leaving their homes, their friends and family in Ukraine, living in the UK, and of the ongoing trauma of the war.

Natalia Sharomova, one of the artists running the Ukraine art group, works as a photojournalist and taught portrait photography to the group. All the photographs in the exhibition were taken by members of the group using their newly learned skills.

Each portrait is accompanied by a personal story in the sitter’s own words, translated into English. The original Ukrainian are also on show at the exhibition.

The Ukraine art group was set up in November 2022, supported by Creative Response Arts and Activate Learning.

5 – 11 August 2024, 10:30 am – 4:30 pm.  Opening event on 5 August at 3 – 7 pm
Kendrew Barn Gallery, St John’s College, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JP