Ukrainian artist and documentary photographer Alena Grom was born in Donetsk. In April 2014, she was forced to leave her hometown due to the military events in Eastern Ukraine. Since 2017, she has lived in Bucha, a town outside of Kyiv.

As a result of the full-scale invasion by Russia in February 2022, Grom and her family became refugees for the second time, but they returned after the de-occupation of Bucha.

These events significantly influenced her artistic practice. Photography became a source of salvation for Alena, offering a way to cope with the traumatic reality of war. Since 2016, Alena Grom's work has focused on places affected by military aggression. Her lens captures the victims of war, migrants and refugees, and the broader war-torn landscape of Ukraine.

However, her photographs do not merely illustrate pity or grief. One of the central themes of her work is life persisting despite adversity.

Alena Grom's projects have been extensively exhibited in Ukraine and internationally and have received numerous international photography awards. Some recent accolades include being a finalist in the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2023, winning the Gold Prize at the 2022 Tokyo International Foto Awards, and receiving the International Photography Awards "Best of Show 2022" from this year's curator, as well as recognition at the Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3).