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Tania Shcheglova

Tania Shcheglova

Innerland

Innerland is an ongoing series of portraits that pictures creatives from around the world, depicting statement that human is more than what we see with our eyes and aiming to discover an endless world that is held inside, rather than outer facade.

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World Photo Annual

2024

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Portrait

Professional

Innerland

Innerland is an ongoing series of portraits that pictures creatives from around the world, depicting statement that human is more than what we see with our eyes and aiming to discover an endless world that is held inside, rather than outer facade.

About Artist

Tania Shcheglova

Tania Shcheglova (b. 1989, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian fine art photographer and installation artist working under the name Synchrotania. Formerly part of the artist duo Synchrodogs (2008-2023), she began her independent practice in 2023. Her work explores the relationship between inner consciousness and the natural world through Staged Documentary photography and performative imagery. She is the founder of the ongoing project Innerland, a global photographic archive of creative minds that pioneers the concept of Inner World Portraiture. In 2025, Shcheglova received the ArtPrize Juried Award (Grand Rapids), one of the leading international contemporary art prizes. She was a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (2024) and participated in the AFAA residency (2023). Her work has been internationally exhibited and recognized by major photography platforms and institutions, including being shortlisted for the Sony World Alpha Female Award (2026) and Photo Vogue (2025), and named a finalist for the Kamira Award (2025) and the IPFA Award (2026). Throughout her career, her work has been exhibited at the Dallas Contemporary Museum, the Benaki Museum in Athens, the PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Guy Hepner Gallery in New York, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles.

Tania Shcheglova

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Ukraine

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