Mijail Vallejo’s Profile
Mijail Vallejo’s Profile
- Round the clock
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- Yachacs of Iluman
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Born in 1985 in Riobamba, Ecuador. In 2010 finished the St. Petersburg faculty of photojournalism A. Galperin. Finalist of the Exposure 2011 photography competition and the international photo contest Fotovisura 2010. Participant of several group exhibitions, among them “La imagen cuenta – Latitudes” (Bogota, Colombia 2012), “Young photographers of Russia 2010” (Moscow) and “The young man in the 21st century” (Lithuania, 2010). Solo exhibitions: “24 Horas / Round the clock” (2012, Asociacion Humboldt, Quito, Ecuador), “Colegas” (2012, Photography under the open sky at El Quinde square, Quito, Ecuador), “Metal en la mitad del mundo” (2012, Photography under the open sky at La Jota boulevard, Quito, Ecuador) and “Inexistent people” (2011, contemporary art gallery Loft Project Etagi, St. Petersburg, Russia). Multimedia project “Yachacs” screened at the Bursa Photofest 2012 (Turkey). Publications, among others, include Esquire and Bolshoi Gorod Magazine (Russia), Vanguardia and Anaconda magazine (Ecuador), BEX Magazine (Argentina) and the portal for documentary photography Liberty.SU. Nowadays is an active member of the documentary photography collective Runa Photos and works as a free-lance photographer in Israel.
photo[at]mishaka.com
Born: 30th January, 1985 in Riobamba, Ecuador.
Nationality: Ecuadorian.
Marital status: single.
Education
2009 - 2011. Master of science in Applied informatics in design. St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia.
Summer 2011. International photo-seminar “Nordic photography experience. Real photography, unreal photography” by photographer Morten Andersen. St. Petersburg, Russia.
Summer 2011. Course “Photography as a research”. Gallery/Bureau FotoDepartament. St. Petersburg, Russia.
Summer 2010. International photo-seminar “Photographic ways. Work on a photo story” by photographer Pieter ten Hoopen. St. Petersburg, Russia.
Summer 2010. International photo-seminar “Photographic ways. Personal vision” by photographer Michael Ackerman. St. Petersburg, Russia.
2008 - 2010. Photojournalist. St. Petersburg Faculty of Photojournalism A. Galperin, Russia.
2005 - 2009. Bachelor in Applied Informatics in Design (with honors). St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia.
Spring 2008. Exchange student. University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HAWK). Hildesheim, Germany.
June 2007. Tutor of the art-photography and photojournalism master class by Jeff Brown and Alexandr Belenkiy. St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia.
2003. Graduated from the German School Quito, Ecuador.
Exhibitions and screenings
2012. “Yachacs” at the Bursa Photofest. Bursa, Turkey [media project screening].
2012. “Coleagues” Photography to the open sky. Quito, Ecuador [solo exhibition].
2012. “Metal from the middle of the world” Photography to the open sky. Quito, Ecuador [solo exhibition].
2012. “La imagen cuenta - Latitudes” at the cultural center Gabriel García Márquez. Bogotá, Colombia [group exhibition].
2012. “24 Horas / Round the clock” at the Humboldt Association. Quito, Ecuador [solo exhibition]
2011. “Inexistent people” at the Loft Project Etagi. St. Petersburg, Russia [solo exhibition].
2010. “The young man in the 21st century”. Riga, Latvia [group exhibition].
2010. “Young photographers of Russia 2010”. Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Dmitrov [group exhibition].
2010. “Fiftyfirst” at the St. Petersburg Faculty of Photojournalism A. Galperin. St. Petersburg, Russia [group exhibition].
2009. “Fiftieth” at the St. Petersburg Faculty of Photojournalism A. Galperin. St. Petersburg, Russia [group exhibition].
2009. “Polytech Photo”. St. Petersburg, Russia [group exhibition].
2008. “Polytech Photo”. St. Petersburg, Russia [group exhibition].
2008. “In Hildesheim@Home”. Hildesheim, Germany [group exhibition].
2007. “Polytech Photo”. Autumn 2007. St. Petersburg, Russia [group exhibition].
Awards
2012. Exposure 2012. Finalist.
2011. Kaunas Photo – The power of one. 1st place.
2010. Fotovisura 2010. Finalist.
2008. PolytechPhoto. Category “The world around us”. 1st place.
2008. PolytechPhoto. Category “Public’s sympathy”. 1st place.
2008. PolytechPhoto. Category “Portrait”. 2nd place .
2008. In Hildesheim@Home. 1st place.
2007. PolytechPhoto. Category “Rhythm”. 1st place.
Publications
2012, December. “BEX” Magazine Argentina, issue 19. Photostory “Metal from the middle of the world”.
2012, June. “Anaconda” Magazine Ecuador, issue 37. Extract of photostory “Yachacs”.
2012, June. “Bolshoi Gorod” Magazine Russia, online publication. Photostory “Russia’s foreign students”.
2012, April. “Revista Q” magazine Ecuador, issue 25. Photostory “Comrades”.
2011, November. “Vanguardia” magazine Ecuador, issue 316. Photostory “Russia’s foreign students”.
2011, September. “Esquire” magazine Russia, issue 69. Photostory “Inexistent people”.
2010 - 2011. Constantly publishing photo reports in the portal Geometria.ru, St. Petersburg, Russia. http://spb.geometria.ru/
2010. “Nespalniy Rayon” magazine, St. Petersburg, Russia.
2010. Documentary Photography Network Liberty.SU, St. Petersburg, Russia. http://liberty.su/liberty/students/
2007, December. “Experiment” magazine, N 11, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Work experience
2012 - present. Active member of the documentary photography collective Runa Photos.
2010 - present. Freelance photographer. Russia, Ecuador, Israel.
2010 - 2011. Photojournalist. Geometria.ru. St. Petersburg, Russia.
2008 - present. Freelance graphic designer. St. Petersburg, Russia.
Spoken languages
Spanish, German, English, Russian, Portuguese
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