Galerie Sechs Featured Artist

Ukrainian artist and photographer Artem Humilevskyi explores identity, history, and human resilience through powerful self-representation and collective narratives. Working primarily with photography, Humilevskyi positions the body as both subject and instrument — a site of vulnerability, confrontation, and dialogue.

His project Giant, initiated during the pandemic, emerged from a process of self-acceptance shaped by irony, honesty, and courage. Through monumental self-portraits, he challenges socially constructed ideas of “normality,” using his own body to question stereotypes, prejudice, and the politics of perception. The work expands beyond autobiography: Giant becomes a universal reflection on otherness, empathy, and the freedom to exist without fear of judgment.

Closely connected, Roots shifts the focus from individual to collective identity. Created in the context of war, the series speaks of connection to land, memory, and endurance. It portrays Ukrainians who persist — living, working, resisting — embodying resilience not as abstraction, but as lived reality.

Humilevskyi’s practice insists that photography can reshape perception. Through striking visual language, he invites viewers to look beyond surface appearance toward human essence. His work expands the boundaries of empathy, challenging fear and prejudice while affirming dignity, strength, and shared humanity.