Vitus Saloshanka

1974 born in Minsk, Belarus. Since 2001 has lived in Germany. 2009 graduated at the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund, Germany. Currently based in Frankfurt/Main.

Education
2004 – 2009 Studies of Photography and Design, University of Applied Sciences
Dortmund, Germany.
1995 – 2002 Studies/Degree in Law at the Academy of Management, Minsk

Group Exhibitions
2014 Kaunasphoto, Generation ’74, Museum 24 / 7
2014 Recontres d‘Arles, Parc des Ateliers, The Autors Books Awards
2014 PhotoIreland Festival, Truths, Facts, Fictions, Lies, Dublin
2014 SCHAU – Festival, Dortmund
2014 Binding Image 2, Amsterdam
2014 Photobookshow, Malmö – Tokio – Brighton
2012 Photobookshow, Brighton, Helsinki
2012 f/stop, Festival for Photography, Leipzig
2010 German embassy, London
2010 Visual Gallery, Photokina, Cologne
2010 Teaching Photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen
2010 Labor Ost: easternphotoworks, Fototage in Zürich, ewz – Unterwerk Selnau
2010 Über Tage, Museum of Arts Mülheim, Ruhr
2009 Abbildung ähnlich TZR Galery, Düsseldorf
2009 Fact and Fiction, Zeche Scherlebeck, Herten
2008 The Change of the Perspective. Pixel – Project: Ruhr District. A Collection of
Photographic Positions as Regional Memory, Gelsenkirchen

Awards
2014 Recontres d‘Arles, Parc des Ateliers, The Autors Books Awards, shortlisted.
2012 Dummy Award, Photobookfestival Kassel, Paris, Leipzig, shortlisted.
2010 Grant of the Foundation Kulturwerk VG Bild- Kunst for the project »Money graves« / Sochi, Russia

Projects
2014 (in progress) »Von der Memel bis an den Neman«
2010 – 2013 »high hopes« and »beyond the games« / Sochi, Russia
2009 »Dreamland«/ Minsk, Belarus
2007 »The Change of the Perspective«, »Monotony« / Ruhr District, Germany

Publications
2014 Generation ’74. KaunasPhoto
2014 Truths, Facts, Fictions, Lies. PhotoIreland Festival, Dublin
2014 SCHAU – Festival, Dortmund
2014 »high hopes« Photobook
2013 »Sochi: Beetween the Times«, Ostpol, Berlin.
2012 »money graves«, »beyond the games«, »kamenka«, »lilies of the valley«: self – published shortstories about Sochi
2010 Teaching Photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen
2010 »Surface Exploration«, Collection of Photographic Positions as Regional Memory, Gelsenkirchen
2010 »Lab East« 30 photographic positions from Central and Eastern Europe, Berlin