Alexey Yurenev is an artist, visual researcher, and educator whose work explores the intersections of memory, technology, and production of knowledge. He teaches in the Columbia University MFA program and at the International Center of Photography.

His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including FOAM (Amsterdam), Hangar (Brussels), MOMus Modern/Costakis Collection (Thessaloniki), Palazzo Poggi (Bologna), and Rencontres d’Arles. He is the author of the book Seeing Against Seeing (Nooscope Press 2025).

Yurenev’s projects have been featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, Literary Hub, and E-flux. His work is held in collections such as Johns Hopkins University Special Collections, Duke University Special Collections, FOAM Museum, and the Anti-Krieg Museum. He has been recognized by Photographer of the Year International and received the Silurian Society Award for excellence in arts and culture journalism. He has also been nominated for an Emmy Award and the FOAM Paul Huf Award.

He is the co-founder of FOTODEMIC, an online platform for innovative visual strategies, and the founder and producer of Living Room, a monthly public program for ICP alumni. 

Photo: Samantha Sutcliffe

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