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Meet us at Photo London!

We are thrilled to announce that Rethinking Eastern Europe will be exhibiting at Photo London 2026, the UK's leading photography fair, as part of the Discovery section — a platform dedicated to emerging and boundary-pushing voices in photography.

This marks a significant milestone for the collective, bringing together twelve artists whose practices explore memory, identity, belonging, and the rich and complex histories of Central and Eastern Europe. The exhibition will be on view at Olympia, London, from 13–17 May 2026, with a VIP preview on 13 May.

❋ Booth J13-12

Meet the artists and see the work.

❋ Events and workshops

We will soon announce our program for the fair. Follow us on Instagram for updates and behind the scene snippets.

Artists

A woman with dark hair standing against a wall, with her hands raised upward. She is wearing a light-colored top and long, wide-leg pants. There is a projection of clouds and a moon on the wall behind her, giving a surreal or artistic effect.

Zula Rabikowska

Polish visual artist and founder of Rethinking Eastern Europe, focusing on themes of migration, Eastern Europe, and the LGBTQI+ communities, drawing inspiration from her Polish heritage and upbringing. Through her photography, Zula aims to amplify voices often overlooked, using an intentional approach to explore the complexity of identity and the power of human connection.

Prototype palm tree street decoration on a foggy day in front of small shops and a fence.

Paulina Korobkiewicz

Polish London-based photographer and visual artist exploring cultural identity, memory, and the transformation of social spaces. Her projects focus on the visual and cultural landscape of her hometown as well as UK, documenting everyday environments with a sense of nostalgia and socio-political commentary, drawing from her own experience of migration.

Two women standing outside a building, with a piece of sheer fabric draped over their heads, casting shadows on the wall behind them. The wall has handwritten text that reads, 'but the veil is heavy toward my flower, my flower, sorrow will tear it down, my flower, my flower.'

Zsuzsanna Ida Papp

Hungarian visual artist based in Bratislava. Her creative approach is characterized by artistic research, combining community and independent art projects, blurring the boundaries between genres and mediums. She explores Eastern-European and female identity, visual and spiritual heritage, peasant culture and folklore, visual storytelling.

Woman standing on balcony with plants, sunlight casting shadows, wearing yellow coat with black trim, red headscarf.

Vera Hadzhiyska

Bulgarian multi-disciplinary artist, curator and photography lecturer based in Portsmouth. Her practice explores themes of migration, cultural and national identity, history, and collective memory. Vera's work traces family narratives and shared traumas. Through the use of photography, archival documents, audio and video installations she examines historical and political events and their impact on people’s lives and identity.

Person with head replaced by a bird's nest, standing against a wooden wall, wearing a knitted sweater.

Magda Kuca

Polish visual artist and photographer based in London. She explores the cyclical nature of rituals and traditions through portraiture and visual storytelling. Specialising in historical photographic techniques, such as wet collodion, her work reflects the link between folklore, individual memory and shared ancestry. Her projects draw on personal experience, pagan traditions and Slavic culture.

Open photo album on a colorful checkered tablecloth, showing a vintage wristwatch with a leather strap on the left page and a black-and-white wedding photo of a bride and groom on the right page.

Diana Serban

Romanian visual artist based in London, working primarily with photography and installation. Her practice explores memory, identity, and constructed realities, investigating the quiet politics of domestic and public space, particularly in pre and post-communist Romania, where objects and material environments become containers of belonging, transformation, and emotional legacy.

Woman with braided hair and red ribbons lifting beige satin fabric.

Marcelina Amelia

Multidisciplinary artist born in Częstochowa, Poland, and based in Brighton, UK. Her practice spans painting, print, textile, photography, installation, video, and performance. Drawing from her Polish heritage, she explores migration, motherhood, mental health, feminism, spirituality, personal rituals, and dreams, and has exhibited internationally.

Contrast between old, weathered house wall with chimneys and modern high-rise apartments in the background.

Ksenia Kazintseva

Multidisciplinary artist and producer working across painting, text, and participatory formats to explore memory, migration, and the emotional archives of Central and Eastern European experience. Rooted in her background between cultures, her practice blends personal narrative, research, and community engagement into immersive installations and experiences.

Close-up of two people sewing a white piece of fabric together with a needle and thread.

Alexandra Baker

Polish-English multidisciplinary artist based in London. She works across painting, photography, collage, and other mediums, exploring themes of home, memory, belonging, and womanhood. Drawing on Eastern European heritage and personal histories, her practice reinterprets folk motifs and cultural symbols through a contemporary lens, often centring women as carriers of memory, identity, and cultural continuity.

Close-up of a multi-story building's glass facade with pink and frosted panels and windows, some with reflections and partially open doors.

Michaela Nagyidaiová

Slovak visual artist living and working between Vienna and Bratislava. Her practice explores the intersections of memory, migration, and landscape, tracing the social and environmental transformations of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Grounded in lived experience and her regional background, she examines how ideology and politics permeate everyday life - shaping communities, and family histories.

A forest with tall trees on a sloped land with brown leaves and green foliage.

Laura Bivolaru

An early-career Romanian cultural practitioner in the field of photography, activating between artistic research, writing, curating, and education. She works with photographs, text and moving image to explore the tension between nation and individual, and to reveal the impact of time, collective narratives and history on lived experience.

A collage with an old photograph of a young person in a hat and coat, handwritten notes, torn paper, and a dried leaf arranged on a blue textured background.

Maria Gvardeitseva

Belarus-born, Riga-based multidisciplinary visual artist working across performance, installation, sculpture, photography, and video. She has presented multiple museum exhibitions, including solo shows at the Mark Rothko Art Centre (Latvia), the Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History (Lithuania), and the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum (Latvia), and is the author of the artist book Five Minutes Bedtime Stories (Skira, 2025).

Two women wearing orange hoods and holding shovels stand outdoors near a small mound of dirt. They are standing on an orange cloth with a flower ring around an oval hole in the center. The setting is in a wooded area with trees and foliage in the background.

GRUPA ŁONO

Feminist art incubator founded by Marcelina Amelia and Marta Borkowska, united by a shared dream. It was created as a response to a reality in which women must fight daily for bodily autonomy, offering a space for free expression, empathy, and community. Working across visual arts and community practice, the group explores themes of the body, emotions, relationships, and connection to nature.

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14-17 May Tickets