*born in 1986 in Minsk, Belarus.
lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.
In 2008 he graduated with honours from the Belarus State University, specialising in Mathematics. In 2018 obtained MA degree in photography at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp followed by MA in Research in Art and Design in Sint-Lucas, Antwerp (2019).
Since starting to work in photography in 2009 Shlyk has had solo exhibitions in Belgium (Extra City, Antwerp), Norway (Vasli Souza Gallery, Oslo), China (Duloun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai), Belarus (Museum of Modern Fine Art, Minsk), Russia (Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Moscow and Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint-Petersburg) and and participated in numerous international photo festivals: Breda Photo 2016, 2022, Format 2017, Belfast Photo Festival 2017, Photo Phnom Penh 2018, Athens Photo Festival 2018, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie 2020, L'été photographique de Lectoure and Photo España 2022.
Since 2016 he is collaborating on multiple projects with Ben Van den Berghe. Their work has been shown a.o. at CASSTL Antwerp (2017), Art Brussels and Untitled Miami (2018), CCHA Hasselt (2019), Melkweg Amsterdam (2021) and FOMU Antwerp (2022).
In recognition for his work, Shlyk has received several nominations and awards including Prix Levallois (shortlisted in 2017), ArtContest (winner 2017), Carte Blanche Paris Photo (laureate 2017), LensCulture Emerging Talents Award (winner 2017), Prijs Roger De Conynck (winner 2018), Public Prize at ING Unseen Talent Award (2018) and most recently a recipient of COVID-19 work grant (together with Ben Van den Berghe) by FOMU Antwerp.
His work has been published a.o. in GEO Germany, British Journal of Photography, Artpress, Fisheye, Corriere della Sera, Néon and De Standaard.
Selected Exhibitions
- 2022
Breda Photo, Breda, The Netherlands (group)
Lectoure's photographic summer, Lectoure, France (group)
'Backspace', FOMU, Antwerp, Belgium (duo)
'HYBRIDS: Forging New Realities as Counter Narrative', Centro Centro, Madrid, Spain (group)
- 2021
'Differences: HISK Alumni Exhibition', Gosset Site/Building A, Brussels, Belgium (group)
'HYBRIDS: Forging New Realities as Counter Narrative', Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (group)
'Modular Models', The Mothership, Antwerp, Belgium (duo)
'Outdoor hiking with sound and other fireworks', Middelheim Park, Antwerp, Belgium (duo)
'Virtual Escape', Gallery Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (duo)
'Track and Trace', photo festival Kortrijk, Belgium (group)
- 2020
'The Appleseed Necklace', Fotogalleri Vasli Souza, Oslo, Norway (solo)
'The Appleseed Necklace', Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany (group)
- 2019
The Shape Shifts, Gallery Gallery, Antwerp (group)
Sample(s), Sint-Lucas, Antwerp (group)
Mexico on my mind, CCBerchem, Antwerp (group)
'Festival of Control', CCHA, Hasselt (group)
'Photobook Belge', FOMU, Antwerp (group)
'Alternating Narratives', Sint-Lucas/KOCA, Antwerp (group)
'Glow', WARP contemporary art platform, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (group)
- 2018
'Currents #6', Marres, Maastricht (group)
'A Group of People Walking Through the Space', Untitled Art Miami (group)
'Trust', Rivoli Building – Window A , Brussels (duo)
'The Appleseed Necklace', Photo Phnom Penh
ING UNSEEN Talent Award, Amsterdam (group)
Verzasca FOTO Festival, Switzerland (screening)
'31 days of .tiff', FOMU Antwerp (group)
'One thing I can tell you is you got to be free', KASKA Master graduation group exhibition hosted by FOMU Antwerp
'Agua del día', Bâtiment Vanderborght, Brussels
'Private Eden', Art Brussels, VIP Lounge (duo)
Athens Photo Festival Main Programme, Benaki Museum, Greece
FotoForum Brasschaat, Belgium (group)
'Independence Day', Chongqing Art Museum, China (group)
'Agua del día', El Quinto Piso, Mexico City (group)
- 2017
Art Contest, Bâtiment Vanderborght, Brussels (winner)
'The Plastic Number' – Book launch, CASSTL, Antwerp (duo)
.tiff, group exhibition, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (group)
'The Plastic Number', exhibition with Ben Van den Berghe, KRIEG, Hasselt, Belgium (duo)
'Making Do', Belfast Photo Festival, UK (group)
'The Appleseed Necklace', FORMAT 2017 International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
'The Appleseed Necklace', Extra City: One Night Only, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
- 2016
BredaPhoto International Festival 2016, Breda, the Netherlands
'Lost Stories', Museum Mayer van den Bergh (group)
- 2015
‘Brain Fashion’, Parallel programme of “Fashion and Style in Photography Festival", 11-12 Gallery, Moscow, Russia (solo)
- 2014
‘Instagram’, Group International Exhibition for the use of mobile technology in photography “Transition“, Y Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
‘Reconstruction #1’, Museum of Modern Fine Art, Minsk, Belarus (solo)
‘Brain Fashion’, Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint-Petersburg, Russia (solo)
- 2013
‘Brain Fashion’, Shanghai Moganshan Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
- 2012
‘Reconstruction #1’, Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Moscow, Russia
‘Brain Fashion’, Duloun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Awards
- 2018
Public Award Winner, ING Unseen Talent Award
Winner, Prijs Roger De Conynck
3rd place, Verzasca Foto Festival Awards
Shortlist, PHMuseum Grant
Participant, Plat(t)form 2018 at Fotomuseum Winterthur
Laureate, FotoForum Talent 2018, Brasschaat
- 2017
Winner, Emerging Talents Awards 2017, LensCulture
Winner, ArtContest (together with Ben Van den Berghe)
Laureate, Paris Photo Carte Blanche
Short-listed, PRIX Levallois
Finalist, Emerging Photographer Fund 2017, BURN Magazine
Nominee, Photography Grant 2017
Runner up, BJP Breakthrough Awards, Graduate Series category
Finalist, FestFoto Brazil 2017 Open Call, Portfolio category
Finalist, PRAFOTA Award, Art category
Bronze, Moscow International Photo Awards
Honorable Mention, Prix de la Photographie Paris
- 2016
Finalist, Renaissance Photography Prize 2016, Single image
Honorable Mention, International Photography Award, in category People : Lifestyle, Student
Winner, Bachelor 3 Award, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (KOMASK)
Honorable Mention, Tokyo International Foto Awards, undefined category, student
- 2014
Shortlisted for PRAFOTO award for Belarusian photographers, art photography
- 2011
Nominated on the Kuryokhin award for “Best curatorial project” within C/A/C Group.
Publications
- 2018
GEO Germany 11 2018
De Standaard
The Best of LensCulture: Volume 2
Néon France magazine #65
Corriere della Sera, Quattro riflessioni di Giovanna Calvenzi
- 2017
artpress magazine, November 2017 cover, France
Paris Photo catalogue 2017
Fisheye magazine #27, France
.tiff Magazine, published by Fotomuseum of Antwerpen
The Plastic Number, published by KRIEG, Belgium
FORMAT International Photography Festival catalogue, published by QUAD/FORMAT, the UK
British Journal of Photography, magazine
- 2016
Renaissance Photography Prize 2016 catalogue
BredaPhoto catalogue, published by Stichting BredaPhoto
Education
- 2019
MA in Research in Art and Design, Sint-Lucas, Antwerpen, Belgium
- 2018
MA in Photography, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerpen, Belgium
- 2008
Graduation with Distinction in Mathematics, Belarus State University, Minsk, Belarus