Evgeniy Pavlov

Evgeniy Pavlov (1949, Kharkiv)—one of the foudners of the Kharkiv school of photography. In 1967-1972 studied at the department of Economy ar the O.M. Gorky Kharkiv State Univseristy (the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University today). As a student, became a participant of the regional photo club at the Trade Unions’ Amateur Arts House, where met authors with whom in the early 1970s founded the Vremia photographic group (Oleg Maliovany, Boris Mikhailov, Oleksandr Sitnichenko, Oleksandr Suprun, Gennadiy Tublaev, later—Anatoliy Makiyenko). Created The Violin (1972)—one of the seminal series for the group. Worked as the head of the photolab at the Sitenko Kharkiv Research Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology. After completing his military service, studied for cinema operator at the Kyiv State Theater Karpenko-Kary University (1974-1979).
Experimented with a wide range of techniques—from colour skides and overlays (Orwochrome series, 1974-1987) to collages and hand-colouring in the late 1980s – early 1990s (Archive series, 1988, Total photography, 1990-1994). Cooperation with a painter Volodymyr Shaposhnykov was an important episode in his creative career: it resulted in several series of handcoloured photography—Common Field (1996), Parnography (1998), Another Heaven (2007). Today the artist is the senior lecturer at the department of Television at the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture.
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Photo credits—Vladyslav Krasnoschok, 2013.
Solo exhibitions:
1988—House of Cinema, Kyiv, Ukraine
1988—Kharkiv art museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1990—Armmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
1991—city council, Кельн, Germany
1991—“Contemporary Soviet Photographers” (together with Guennadi Maslov and Oleksandr Suprun), Центр сучасного мистецтва, Цинциннаті, USA
1993—Lichtblick art gallery, Colonge, Germany
1993—Kharkiv art museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1994—“Тотальна фотографія,” “Український засів” gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine,
1994 —Cypriana Majernika gallery, International month of photography, Bratislava, Slovenia
1995—Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
1995—“Тотальна фотографія,” Kyiv Fortress museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
1996—“Спільне поле” (with V. Shaposhnykov), House of Artist, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator—Tetiana Pavlova)
1997—“Спільне поле” (with V. Shaposhnykov), “Ателье Карась” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator—Tetiana Pavlova)
1998—“Натюрморти” (with V. Shaposhnykov), “Палітра” gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1998—“Парнографія” (with V. Shaposhnykov), Kharkiv art museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator—Tetiana Pavlova)
1998—Poltava art museum, Полтава, Ukraine
1999—“Затмение,” “Палітра” gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1999—“The photography of Eugene Pavlov and Olexandr Suprun,” “Wolf” photogallery, Cincinnati, USA
2000—“Detonation of hippy-end,” Kharkiv academic theater of opera and ballet, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator—Tetiana Pavlova)
2001—“Shutup!,” “Палітра” gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator—Tetiana Pavlova), Kharkiv, Ukraine
2002 —Bastejs gallery, Riga, Latvia
2003—“Другое небо” (with V. Shaposhnykov), International biennale of photography, headquarters of the National Unions of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2004—“Інше небо” (with V. Shaposhnykov), Municipal gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2005—“Проникливість Бонапарта” (with V. Shaposhnykov), Kyiv Photo Month, National University Of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine curator—Tetiana Pavlova)
2006—“АВЕК” gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2007—“Очі – вікна оселі,” International biennale of photograph, Museum of history, Lviv, Ukraine
2008—“Боб-фест,” Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator—Andrii Avdieienko)
2009—Centre of art criticism “Академія,” Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2011—“Double Elvis” gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2013—“Home Life Book,” “Гайдай” studio, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015 —“Сімейний альбом,” “Карась” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2017—“Евгений Павлов. Тотальная фотография,” COME-IN art gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2017—“Хроніки тотальної фотографії,” International interdisciplinary festival GOGOLFEST 2017, Dovzhenko centre, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator—Tetiana Pavlova)
2017—“Євгеній Павлов, Тетяна Павлова. Метод: Тотальна фотографія,” part of Interventsia project, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (curators—Yurii Polishchuk, Yurii Veselskyi)
2018—“Chroniques de la Photographie totale,” Cultural and information centre of Ukrainian Embassy in France, Paris, France
2019—“Yevgeniy PAVLOV: La Photographie Totale,” Little Odessa Gallery, Paris, France
2019—“Freedom Street”, Set art-space, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator—Maria Vtorushina)
Group exhibitions
1983—Vremia group exhibition, House of Scientists, Kharkiv, USSR
1987—“Ф-87” (F-87), Palace of Students of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Kharkiv, USSR
1988—“Ф-88”, Palace of Students of Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Kharkiv, USSR
1988—Vremia group exhibition, Photovacacie festival, Bulgaria
1988—“New Soviet Photography,” виставка-тур, Finland, Sweden, Denmark
1988—виставка групи “Время,” “Photovacacie” International Festival, Bulgaria
1989—“Выставка американских, эстонских и харьковских фотографов,” Moscow, RFSR
1989—“Фотографии– 150,” Central House of Artist, Moscow, RFSR
1989—“Charkov in Cheb,” gallery “4,” Cheb, Czech Republic
1990—“Exhibition of Kharkiv’s photographers,” галерея “4,” Cheb, Czech Republic
1991—“Photoexhibition,” Centre for Photography, Stockholm, Sweden
1992—“Past/present: Photography from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts,” Houston, USA
1993—“Kharkiv Photography,” Museum of Industrial Culture, Nuremberg, Germany
1994—“Искусство современной фотографии: Россия, Украина, Беларусь,” Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia (curator—Evgeny Berezner)
1995—“Multiple Exposures: Ukrainian Photography Today,” Rutgers Art Center, Zimmerly Museum, New Jersey, USA
1997—“The Art of Contemporary photography in Eastern Europe,” Museum Ken Damy, Brescia, Italy
1999—“The Exhibition of the Ukrainian Art,” Museum of modern Russian Art, New Jersey, USA
1999—“Сarte blanche a Boris Mikhailov,” Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2000—“Фото и Видео. Харьков – 1960 – 90е,” “Soviart” contemporary art centre, Kyiv, Ukraine (curators—Andrii Avdieienko and Tetiana Pavlova)
2000—Museum of contemporary Ukrainian art, Ukrainian House, Kyiv, Ukraine
2001—“Проект: Музей Фотографии,” Municipal gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator—Tetiana Pavlova)
2002—“Культурний герой,” Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkiv, Ukraine
2003—“Kharkiv’s Photography,” municipal gallery “Arsenal,” Poznan, Poland
2003—“Перша колекція,” Central House of Artist, Kyiv, Ukraine
2003—“Фотография 70-х годов,” International biennale of photography gallery, “Гончари” gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2004—“A Touring Ukrainian Photography Exhibit from Kharkiv ‘Dialogue: Mentors and their Students,” Elkins exhibition hall, Cincinnati, USA (curator—Bill Devis)
2004—“Fotograficy z Charkowa,” “Arsenał” municipal gallery, Poznan, Poland (curator—Tatyana Tumasyan)
2004—“Фотоэстафета: от Родченко до наших дней,” Moscow House of Photography Московський будинок фотографії, Москва, Росія (куратори—Yurii Rybchynskyi and Eduard Hladkov)
2005—“Photography from Ukraine,” West Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA
2007—Eastern European Festival, Art museum, Cincinnati, USA
2008-2009—“Behind Walls – Eastern Europe before and beyond 1989,” в рамках Noorderlicht Photofestival, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (curator—Wim Melis)
2011—“The Drawing lessons: Ukrainian Photography,” International festival of photography PIP, Pingyao, China (curator—Misha Pedan and Irina Chmyrova)
2012—“Perestroika, Liberalization and Experimentation (1980s-2010),” FotoFest 2012 Biennale, Houston, USA (curator—Iryna Chmyrova, Irina Chmyrova, Evgeny Berezner, Natalia Tarasova)
2012—“Харківська школа фотографії. Уроки малювання. Українська фотографія. 1890 – 2010 рр.,” the First Kyiv Biennial of Contemporary Art “Arsenale-2012,” Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator—Misha Pedan and Irina Chmyrova)
2013—“Акт неповиновения. Тело как протест в харьковской фотографии 1970-2010 гг.” (Act of Disobedience. Body as a Protest in Kharkiv Photography of 1970s-2010s) , Lumiere brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, Russia (curator – Katerina Zuyeva)
2014— “Biografie II – Wir,” Fotogalerie Wien, Viena, Austria (curators—Elke Krasny, Susanne Gamauf)
2015—“Харьковская школа фотографии: от советской цензуры к новой эстетике” (part IІ), municipal gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator—Igor Manko)
2017—“Харків. 18+,” Odesa//Batumi Photo Days 2017, Museum of Modern art of Odesa, Odesa, Ukraine (curator—Sergiy Lebedynskyy)
2017—“Un homme chapitre VI. La Mer Noire,” Romanian cultural institute, Paris, France (curator—Camilo Racana)
2017—“Песня о буревестнике. Краткий курс,” V Odesa biennale, Odesa, Ukraine, Ukraine (curator—Tatyana Tumasyan)
2017—“Місто ХА. Харків Авангардний: Проект-дослідження,” National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, Харків (curators—Tatyana Tumasyan, Sergey Bratkov)
2017—“Дослідницька платформа: Анонімне суспільство,” PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator—Tetiana Kochubinska)
2017—“Український архетип,” Photo Kyiv 2017 fair, “Торонто-Kyiv” complex, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018—“École photographique de Kharkiv,” MOCA Kherson, Kherson, Ukraine (куратор—Victoria Bavykina)
2018—“Політика тіла. Харківська фотографія із колекції родини Гриньових,” “Maslo gallery, Khmelnytskyi, “Jump” gallery, Poltava, “Паланок” palace, “СлободаКульт” art forum, Mukachevo, Ukraine
2018—“Швидкорозчинний час,” Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019—“Харківська школа фотографії з колекції сім’ї Гриньових,” Mironova Foundation gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (curator—Victoria Bavykina)
2019—“Palette of Pain,” Tbilisi Art Fair 2019, Expo Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia (curator—Roman Pyatkovka)
2019—“UPHA Made in Ukraine,” AKT art space, Kyiv, Ukraine (curators—Victoria Bavykina, Maksim Horbatskiy, Yarolsav Solop, art director—Misha Buksha)
2019—“Перетинаючи межу” (Crossing lines), PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine (curators—Björn Geldhof, Martin Kiefer, Alicia Knock)
2019—“Перетинаючи межу / Crossing Lines”, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine (curators—Björn Geldhof, Martin Kiefer, Alicia Knock)
2021—“Автор у грі / Artist in the Game”, YermilovCentre, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curators—Sergiy Lebedynskyy, Oleksandra Osadcha, Nadiia Bernard-Kovalchuk)
2021—“Відкрита можливість / An Open Opportunity” M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine (curators—Oleksandr Soloviov, Viktoria Bavykina)
2021—“Чутливість / Sensitivity”, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine, (curators—Maksym Gorbatskyi, Solomia Savchuk, Oleksandr Soloviov)
2021—“Blowing the Medium: the Kharkiv School of Photography”, as a part of Kharkiv Year in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic (curator—Oleksandra Osadcha)
2021—“Наші в Помпіду / Ours at Pompidou”, Henryk Siemiradzki Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine (curator—Marina Konieva)
2022—”Once Upon the War in Kharkiv”, Galerie nomade Alexandra De Viveiros, Paris, France (curator — Alexandra De Viveiros-Kalinina)
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