Oleksandr Suprun

Oleksandr Suprun (UA, 1945) is an artist of the first generation of the Kharkiv School of Photography. From 1962 to 1968, he studied at the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute (the National Technical University ‘Kharkiv Polytechnical Institute’ now) at the department of dynamics and strength of machines; in 1972, he received a PhD degree in process engineering. He worked at the All-Union Institute of Mine Construction. After the Institute, Oleksandr Suprun joined a regional photo club in 1967. Later, together with Jury Rupin, Yevgeniy Pavlov, Oleg Maliovany, Boris Mikhailov, Guennadiy Tubalev, Oleksandr Sitnichenko and Anatoliy Makienko, he participated in the Vremia [Time] group, founded in 1971. His first solo exhibition was organized in 1973, after which the artist participated in numerous contests and salons of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP). Oleksandr Suprun was awarded with the distinction “Excellence FIAP” (EFIAP) in 1996. Since 1981 he has been the associate professor of the Kharkiv Art and Industry Institute (now the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts).