Roman Pyatkovka

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Biography
1955

Born in Kharkiv

1972 - 1977

Studied at the Electrical Power Engineering Faculty of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute

1978 - 1981

Attended Advanced Lighting Design Courses for Artists at the Kyiv National University of Theatre, Film and Television named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary

1979 - 1984

He was the chief artist for the world design at the Young Spectator's Theatre in Kharkiv

1980

Started to become passionate about photography

1989

Started exhibition activity

1989

Became a member of the National Union of Photographers of Ukraine

2010

Received the Kharkiv Municipal Art Award in the field of artistic photography

2013

Received the main award in the category "Conceptual Photography" for the series "Soviet Photo" in the Sony World Photography Awards competition (London)

Exhibitions
2019.06.28
Forbidden image
2013.10.31
Act of Disobedience. The Body as Protest in Kharkiv Photography 1970–2010
1994.01.12
The Art of Contemporary Photography: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus
2017.12.16
City HA
2017.10.27
Anonymous society
2000
Kharkiv. 60s–90s. Photo/video.
2011.09.12
Kharkiv School. Drawing Lessons. Ukrainian Photography, 1890s–2010s, as part of the XI International Photography Festival in Pingyao
2017.04.21
Kharkiv 18+, within the Odessa//Batumi Photo Days festival
2015
Pyatkovka. Melnychenko
2015.02.25
Roman Pyatkovka: Soviet Photo
2016.02.16
Roman Pyatkovka: Soviet Photo II
2014.10.16
Probability theory, within the framework of the VII All-Ukrainian platform "Innovative Directions"
2013
Sony World Photography Awards 2013 Exhibition, as part of the European Month of Photography in Bratislava
2013.09.21
Sony World Photography Awards 2013
2013.09.05
Ukraine: Expropriation
2013
NordArt 2013
2013
Sony World Photography Awards 2013 exhibition
2012.05.25
Kharkiv School of Photography. Drawing Lessons
1993
International Middfest Festival
2012
Cult Of The Body
2012
Contemporary Russian Photography 1950–2012, within the framework of FotoFest 2012 Biennale
2011.11.25
Art is art is art
2011
International Photography Festival in Pingyao, China
2011
European Festival of Nude Photography
2011
Kill the photo
2010.12.01
Kill the photo
1998
New Human Landscape, within the framework of the International Photography Festival Les Rencontres Arles
1994
Event & Expansion, Memory & Insight
1995
Contemporary Russian Photography
1992
Soul of Ukraine
1991
Modern photography of the USSR. Photo manifesto
1990
Op-positions: Commitment and Cultural Identity in Contemporary Photography, within the framework of the Second International Photography Biennale
1990
Forbidden
1989
Photoconstruction
1989
150 years of photography
1988
Erosion. Soviet Conceptual Art & Photography of the 1980`s
1988
Award for young European photographers
1988
Dissenters
1988
New Soviet Photography
2016.11.09
No Name
2010
Incorrect photo
2008
Untitled
1999
Untitled
1995
Untitled
1993
Untitled
1991
Untitled
1991
Untitled
1990
Untitled
1991
Untitled
1991
Untitled
1990
Untitled
2012
"Perspective" — a parallel program of Arsenale 2012
2016.08.02
Recipe for utopia
2013
Act of Defiance. The Body as Protest in Kharkiv Photography 1970–2010
2015.06.04
Open letter. Bare emotions
2013.10.24
Industrial Eden, within the VI All-Ukrainian Exhibition "New Directions"
2010
If / Если / If. Ukrainian art at the crossroads
Bibliography
  1. Товпыга А. Роман Пятковка: «Я не беру коммерческих заказов, чтобы меня не побили» [Електронний ресурс] / Алексей Товпыга // Bird In Flight. – 2015. – Режим доступу до ресурсу: https://birdinflight.com/ru/vdohnovenie/opyt/roman-pyatkovka-ya-ne-beru-kommercheskih-zakazov-chtoby-menya-ne-pobili.html.
  2. уткевич Б. Ню-інтерпретатор [Електронний ресурс] / Богдан Буткевич // Тиждень. – 2013. – Режим доступу до ресурсу: http://tyzhden.ua/Culture/82073.
  3. Pavlova T. Kharkiv Photography [Electronic resource] / Tatyana Pavlova // National Union of Photographers of Ukraine. – 2009. – Access mode to the resource: http://photospilka.com/stati/harkovskaya-fotografiya.html.
  4. Gunko A. History of Kharkiv Photography, Part 2 (1970-90s). Essays. [Electronic resource] / Alexandra Gunko // aleksandragunko.at.ua. – 2011. – Access mode to the resource: http://aleksandragunko.at.ua/news/fotografy_v_kharkove_istorija_kharkovskoj_fotografii_ch_2/2011-02-16-3.
  5. Фотографы прославили Харьков на весь мир: фото-факты [Електронний ресурс] // Вечерний Харьков. – 2013. – Режим доступу до ресурсу: http://vecherniy.kharkov.ua/news/80004/.
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  7. Roman Pyatkovka. About The Artist [Electronic resource] – Access mode to the resource: http://vasa-project.com/gallery/ukraine-2/pyatkovka/index-pyatkovka.php.
  8. Чим унікальна харківська фотографія. Блог Олега Гавриша [Електронний ресурс] // журнал “Новое время”. – 2017. – Режим доступу до ресурсу: http://nv.ua/ukr/style/blogs/chim-unikalna-harkivska-fotografija-blog-olega-gavrisha-960618.html.
  9. ROMAN PYATKOVKA – DER FINALIST SWPA-2013! [Електронний ресурс]. – 2013. – Режим доступу до ресурсу: http://www.berlin-visual.com/de/node/205.
  10. Rosenberg D. Soviet-Era Photography Mashups Make Propaganda Illicit [Електронний ресурс] / David Rosenberg Rosenberg // Slate. – 2013. – Режим доступу до ресурсу: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2013/07/03/roman_pyatkovka_soviet_photo_re_imagines_propaganda_photography_and_illicit.html.
  11. Украинские фотографы завоевывают Лондон [Електронний ресурс] // bestin.ua. – 2012. – Режим доступу до ресурсу: http://bestin.ua/culture/art/ukrainskie-fotografy-zavoevyvayut-london/
  12. Абрамова О. Школа в отсутствии лидера [Електронний ресурс] / Ольга Абрамова // ARTTERRITORY. – 2013. – Режим доступу до ресурсу: http://www.arterritory.com/ru/teksti/recenzii/3031-_shkola_v_otsutstvie_lidera_/.
  13. Roman Pyatkovka: a shot is a moment of intercourse between the model and the photographer [Electronic resource] // berlin-visual.com. — 2012. — Access mode to the resource: http://www.berlin-visual.com/ru/roman-pyatkonka-snimok-eto-moment-soitiya-mezhdu-modelju-i-fotografom