UPOTY 2026 CURATOR
Olga Bondarenko
🇨🇦Toronto
Photographer, Artist & Visual Editor
Professional biography
Olga Bondarenko is a Ukrainian photographer, artist, and visual editor based between Toronto & New York. Her practice explores portraiture, documentary photography, and the intimate details of everyday life, guided by a curiosity about people and the stories images can tell.
Born into a family of artists, she holds a bachelor’s degree in graphic design (Ukraine) and an advanced diploma in photography (Canada). She is the author of the self-published photobook here & there (2023), and her work has been exhibited in North America and Europe.
Alongside her photographic practice, Olga works in digital imaging and contributes to photography through editorial projects and jury work. In the past few years she has been working closely with Edward Burtynsky Studio, Juno Music Awards & Canadian Country Music Awards.