Mikhail Kórotkov

About me

I’m a photographer based in Israel, capturing events, portraits, and cats, while creating projects that explore social, cultural, and religious themes.

If you have any proposals, feel free to contact me through my social media: linktr.ee/melawire

Projects

Exhibitions

2025
  • "Stories" (click) Group exhibition at the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 05.02.2025
    'Revolt or Revolt' photo project
2024
  • "Bring Culture Back to the Inferno" (click) Group exhibition in Tahana Merkazit, Tel Aviv, Israel, 29.10.2024
    Photos form "I Hate Tahana Merkazit" series
  • "The Year of War. From Octobor to October" (click) Conference at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem, Israel, 20.10.2024
    Photos related to war: "Tkuma. Nova" project, documentary photos from various volunteer trips
  • "Prayers, Jokes, Toasts" (click) Pop up group exhibition, Ramat Gan, Israel, 13.09.2024
    Photos from "Honest dialogue with God" project
  • "The Update" ("תמונת מצב") (click) 'Operation Swords of Iron' documentary photography group exhibition, Tirat Carmel, Israel, 03.05.2024
    Photos from volunteer work in the south of Israel: Sderot, Netivot
  • "SHE/HER/HERS" (click) analog photography group exhibition, Haifa, Israel, 08.03.2024
2023
  • "When Every Exhibition Becomes Memorial" (click) group exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel, 30.11.2023
    "Sderot - Berlin" digital collague print
  • "Hinterland" ("עורף") (click) pop up group exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel, 09.11.2023
    "Sderot - Berlin" digital collague print
  • "Bring your own beamer (BYOB) party" (click), Tel Aviv, Israel, 14.09.2023
    Video installation about apolitical nature of the 'Russian street' in Israel. Joint project with Maria Bora (click)
  • "Sviva station" (click) group exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel, 25.07.2023
    Art installation based on 'The Beauty of the Kingdom' photo project
  • Solo exhibition at the "Yung Yidish" Library (click) in Tahana Merkazit, Tel Aviv, Israel, 22.06.2023
    'Revolt or Revolt' photo project
  • "Pop up Gallery Israel" (click) showcase in Anu Museum (click), Tel Aviv, Israel, 15.06.2023
    Various photos
  • "Bazak reaction" (click) group exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel, 20.04.2023
    Art installation based on 'Revolt or Revolt' photo project
  • "What's next?" (click) group exhibition, Jerusalem, Israel, 18.04.2023
    Art installation based on 'Revolt or Revolt' photo project

Awards

2024
  • 'Certificate of Appreciation' from the municipality, Sderot, Israel, 19.04.2024
    Volunteer work for the city and residents of Sderot during the Swords of the Iron War
2023
  • 'Tohubohu' photo contest, chaos theme, third place, Haifa, Israel, 14.12.2023
    Photos from "Tkuma. Nova" series

Collaborations

  • ArtNeuroVerse Biennale
  • Crave
  • DecaDence TLV
  • Israeli Friends Of Ukraine
  • Kakdelart
  • Pop up gallery
  • Sviva Space
  • Unhinged Press
  • Warm House
  • Spoiled & Wasted Club
  • Hatqana
  • Thiya 14

Publications

Education

  • Offline master class in portrait photography from Sergei Sarakhanov (click), Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020
  • Offline course 'Портрет: Людина у кадрі' ('Portrait: Man in the frame') curated by Alina Sanduliak, Bird in Flight school (click), Kyiv, Ukraine, 2018