About

Roman Minin was born in 1981 in Dimitrov, Donetsk region, Ukraine. He graduated from the Kharkov Art College and Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts. In 2013, he was nominated for the PinchukArtCentre Prize. His works have been exhibited in numerous solo and group projects in Ukraine and abroad. He has organized and also participated in street art festivals. He is mainly known as a painter, graphic artist, photographer, author of objects and installations. He lives and works in Kharkov, Ukraine.

Selected Solo exhibitions


2012 – «The plan of escape from the Donetsk region», Palazzo Cantagalli, Foligno, Italy
2012 – «Source of Life», Sinergy Gallery, Rome, Italy
2011 – «The plan of escape from Donetsk region», Municipal Gallery, Kharkov, Ukraine
2010 – «Dreams About War», VOVATANYA Gallery, Kharkov, Ukraine
2010 – «History of beautiful mania», Volga Art Gallery, Moscow
2010 – «Miner's folklore», Municipal Gallery, Sumy, Ukraine
2010 – «Symbol of faith», Museum of Russian art, Kiev
2009 – «Miner's folklore», Ukrainian House, Kiev
2009 – «A day with fire», Volga Art Gallery, Moscow
2008 – «Your miner», Building of city administration, Donetsk, Ukraine
2007 – «Your miner», Art Foxtrot Gallery, Kiev
2007 – «A day with fire», Maestro Gallery, Kharkov, Ukraine
2007 – «SMS-Art», Maestro Gallery, Kharkov, Ukraine

Selected Group exhibitions

2014  – “Presentiment: Ukraine Art Today”, Saatchi Gallery, London

2014 – “Through Maidan and Beyond”, Vienna Art Week

2014  – “Drop in the Ocean. Art of the Ukrainian Revolution”, MOCAK, Krakow
 

2013 – «Contemporary Ukrainian Artists», Saatchi Gallery, London
2013 – «RE-PUBLIC. Russian Art in the Streets», Urb Festival, Helsinki
2013 – «The Re-Aligned Art», Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway
2013 – «Terrain Orientation», National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev
2013 – «Ukrainian News», Сentre of contemporary art 2013 – «Ujazdow Castle», Warsaw
2013 – «Great and Grand», Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kiev
2012 – «Construction», Centre of contemporary art YermilovCentre, Kharkov, Ukraine
2012 – «Myth. Ukrainian Baroque», National art museum of Ukraine, Kiev
2011 – «Street art festival», Kharkov, Ukraine
2011 – International Portfolio Revue, Moscow
2011 – «Collective dreams», Modern Art Research Institute, Kiev
2010 – «Stoy! Kto idet?», International Young Art Biennale, Moscow
 

Awards


2012 – 1st place of Golden Camera Award, “Conceptual photo” category

 

Selected collections

National Art Museum of Ukraine (Kiev)

Museum of Russian Art (Kiev)

Ujazdów Castle Contemporary Art Center (Warsaw)

Kharkov Municipal Gallery (Kharkov Ukraine)

Perm Museum of Contemporary Art (Perm, Russia)

Museum of Contemporary Art (Tromso, Norway)

“Volga” Gallery (Moscow)

Private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Italy, Norway, Great Britain & Switzerland.