Igor Savchenko born in 1962 in Minsk, where he lives and works.
- 1980–1985 Studied cybernetics and automatic control systems at the Belorussian State University of Information Science and Radio Electronics.
- 1985–1991 worked as an engineer.
- Works as a freelance photographer since 1991.
- In 1994 started writing texts and prose.
- 1997 Declarative abstention from the creation of new photographic works.
- 2006 Resumed taking pictures.
Solo exhibitions (selected)
- 2000 The Tranquil Light, Villa Waldberta, Feldafing outside Munich
- 2001 The Picture behind Him. Noname galerie, Rotterdam
- 2002 Documents. Marble Palace, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
- 2004 On the Altered Behavior of Sunlight. Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York
- 2006 Commented Landscapes, Giedre Bartelt Gallery, Berlin
- 2008 The Picture behind Him, Small&Co, Paris, as part of Paris Photo 2008
Group exhibitions (selected)
- 1999 After the Wall. Art and Culture in post-Communist Europe. Moderna Museet, Stockholm / Ludwig Museum, Budapest / Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
- 2000 Echo of Silence. Part of the Photo-Biennale Rotterdam 2000, Sint-Laurenskerk, Rotterdam
- 2008 Behind Walls. Eastern Europe before and beyond 1989, Noorderlicht International, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden/Netherlands / Belarusian Perspectives, Galeria Arsenal, Białystok/ Poland
- 2009 AIPAD Show, Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York
