BIOGRAPHY
Daniil Kotliar is a self-taught Ukrainian photographer based in Paris. His work centres on memory, family, and cultural history. Over the past few years he has emerged as a distinctive voice in contemporary Ukrainian photography, weaving memory and presence into arresting visual narratives.
His photographic practice gained broader recognition with his debut monograph “13th January” (AYVAN, 2023), a work centred on the Ukrainian folk tradition of Malanka, filtered through personal and mythological memory. The book was presented in Paris alongside a solo exhibition at “Sheriff Gallery” and received critical attention in “i-D” and “Sleek Magazine,” where his work was situated within broader conversations on post-Soviet identity and the ethics of visual storytelling. Additional editorial and artistic features have been published in “Vogue Ukraine,” “IssueIssue,” “Thisisbadland,” and “Pylot Magazine,” among others. His photographs have been shown in various international group exhibitions, reflecting the growing resonance of his work.