Yuri Kosin ( uk, Косін Юрій Олекса́ндрович; 26 September 1948 – 24 October 2022) was a Ukrainian photographer, lecturer, curator of exhibitions, and traveler. Kosin was a member of the National Society of Photo Artists of Ukraine, tutor and curator at the Independent Academy of the Photographic Arts of Ukraine, organizer and curator of the "Eksar" photo gallery, Ukraine. He was also a member of the "Kulturforum" association and the artistic studio "Kulturwerkstatt Trier", Germany. He was a permanent member of the TV Ukrainian program "Svoimi ochima" (eyewitness) dedicated to travel and tourism. Kosin was named one of the experts in photography criticism in Ukraine in expert poll conducted in 2011
and was a participant of the
Ukrainian New Wave
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.
Biography
![Photo Father by Yuri Kosin-1995](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Photo_Father_by_Yuri_Kosin-1995.jpg)
Kosin was born on 26 September 1948 in
Kompaniivka
Kompaniivka ( uk, Компаніївка) is an urban-type settlement in Kropyvnytskyi Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (region) of central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kompaniivka settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Populatio ...
, at the time in the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
of the
Soviet Union
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(today in the
Kirovohrad Oblast
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of central Ukraine). In 1974 he graduated from the
Kiev Polytechnic Institute
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. For some time he worked as an engineer, but later he became fond of art and photography. In 1988 he graduated from Kiev Institute of Journalism. In 1977 he was co-curator of
avant-garde association «Rukh»(«Movement») and
underground
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* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
Places
* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
* The Underground (S ...
exhibition, in which were artists: Mikola Trehub, Vudon Baklitsky,
Alexander Kostetsky,
Olena Golub,
Nicholas Zalevsky
Nicholas Zalevsky (born February 19, 1951, Kiev, Ukraine) — Ukrainian and American figurative painter. His works have been associated with Magic realism, Photorealism and Surrealism. He started his career as a Soviet Nonconformist ...
and others. Later Kosin organized a lot of exhibitions, mostly photography, both his personally and for groups.
Kosin later lived in Irpin (
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
region, Ukraine). His daughter Vera Kosina is a photographer too. She lives and works in Poland. Yuri Kosin died on 24 October 2022, at the age of 74.
Achievements in photography
![Cover of the book I've seen - photo by Yuri Kosin-2016](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Cover_of_the_book_I%27ve_seen_-_photo_by_Yuri_Kosin-2016.jpg)
Since 1987 Yuri Kosin has participated in over 40 joint exhibitions in Ukraine, Russia, the
United Arab Emirates
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, Germany, Belarus, Slovakia, the United States, Poland, the United Kingdom, Israel, Lithuania and France.
Many of his works are included in private collections in Switzerland, the United States, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. There are also some of Kosin's pictures placed in The Photography Fund in Moscow, the
Latvian Museum of Photography in
Riga
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,
Lancaster University
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, the
National Historical Museum of Ukraine
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine (MIST; ''National Museum of Ukrainian History'') illustrates Ukraine's history from ancient times till nowadays. It is one of the leading museums in Ukraine. It holds about 800 000 items in its colle ...
. For over 20 years Yuri Kosin has been engaged in organizing photo exhibitions of Ukrainian artists.
In the 1980s, Yuri Kosin created his own artistic method which was subsequently named the "transgression". From 1980 to 1990, "transgression" was achieved by a partial physical and chemical destruction of the emulsion.
Personal exhibitions
* 1988 – "Interconnection", exhibition hall of the association of artists of Ukraine, Kiev, Soviet Union
* 1990 – "Infected Zone", Budinok Pismennika, Kiev, Soviet Union
* 1991 – "The world we lost", "Kinocentr", Moscow, Soviet Union
* 1992 – "
Chernobyl
Chernobyl ( , ; russian: Чернобыль, ) or Chornobyl ( uk, Чорнобиль, ) is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in the Vyshhorod Raion of northern Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Chernobyl is about no ...
", International art gallery, Minneapolis, USA
:Action Tour "Chernobyl – meeting place", Great Britain USA
:Performance "Meeting place" (“First Moment of Plague"), Andrievskiy uzviz, Kiev, Ukraine
* 1994 – Performance "Building model of contemporary mind"
Irpin
Irpin ( uk, Ірпі́нь, ) is a Hero City of Ukraine located on the Irpin River in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) right next to the city of Kyiv in northern Ukraine. Irpin hosts the administration of Irpin urban hromada, one of the hroma ...
, Ukraine
:"Live pictures", museum "
Kyiv Fortress", Kyiv, Ukraine
* 1995 – "Transgression", Creative academy "Bezalel", Jerusalem, Israel
:"Chernobyl 1986–1995", House of three languages, Lumen, Belgium
:"Silver Light", "Garage" gallery, Riga, Latvia
:"Personification",
Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga, Latvia
* 1996 – "Transgression", French cultural center, Kyiv, Ukraine
:"Passage lesson", De Markten Gemeenschapscentrum, Brussels, Belgium
:"Anabiosis",
National Historical Museum of Ukraine
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine (MIST; ''National Museum of Ukrainian History'') illustrates Ukraine's history from ancient times till nowadays. It is one of the leading museums in Ukraine. It holds about 800 000 items in its colle ...
, Kiev, Ukraine
:"Emanation", Eastern-Westerneuropean cultural center «Palais Jalta», Frankfurt, Germany
* 1997 – Performance "Creative advertisement", Irpin, Ukraine
:Transgression, Cultural Center "Tuchfabrik",
Trier
Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...
, Germany
* 1998 – "Chernobyl", Ministry of Environment,
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
, Germany
:"Transgression", Mill Gallery, Kalai, Britain
:"Transgression", Folli gallery,
Lancaster, Britain
* 2000 – "Endless photography", gallery "RA", Kiev, Ukraine
:Action "Art as a celebration", Irpin, Ukraine
* 2001 – "Contemporary art", "Art Club 44", Kiev, Ukraine
* 2002 – Gallery "Dim Mikoli", Kiev, Ukraine
:"Autobiography from the third person", gallery "Dim Mikoli", Kiev, Ukraine
* 2003 – Action "Cry in the Water", Irpin, Ukraine
:"Pisannitsy", gallery Art Center on Kostelnaja, "Fotobienale" month of photography in Kiev, Ukraine
:"Pisannitsy", Sovereign Duma in Moscow, Russia
* 2004 – Action "Cry in the Sky", Irpin, Ukraine
* 2005 – "Ukraine through the eyes of Ukraine", gallery "RA-photo", "Fotobienale" month of photography in Kiev, Ukraine
:"Ukraine through the eyes of Ukraine", Ministry cabinet, Kiev, Ukraine
* 2006 – "Chernobyl–20", Harvard University, Washington, New-York, USA
:"Borderland", Ukrainian Institute USA, New York City
:"The Human Experience Twenty Years Later",
Woodrow Wilson Center
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, Washington, USA
:"It was always this way", Center of Contemporary Art "Solvay",
Kraków
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, Poland
:"Color of Hope", Cabinet of Ministers, Kiev, Ukraine
* 2010 – "Reality of the “phenomenon"”, gallery of the Lithuanian Photographers’ Union, Vilnius, Lithuania
Participated in over 40 joint exhibitions in Ukraine, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belarus, Slovakia and France.
Group exhibitions
* 1988 – "The Hot Trace". The Palace of Youth. Moscow, Soviet Union.
:"The Hot Trace". "Metropol" gallery. Minsk, Soviet Union.
* 1991 – Exhibition of the Ukrainian Artists' Union. Culture Centre. Kiev, Ukraine.
* 1994 – "Three Perspectives". Town Hall.
Menden
Menden (, official name: ''Menden (Sauerland)''; Westphalian: ''Mennen'') is a city in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr river.
History
Menden's f ...
, Germany.
:"The Ukrainian Photography Today". Catholic Academy.
Schwerte
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Geography
Schwerte is situated in the Ruhr valley, at the south-east border of the Ruhr Area. South of Schwerte begins the mountainous ...
, Germany.
:"Photoartists of Kiev". Museum "
Kyiv Fortress". Kyiv, Ukraine.
:"Ukrpressphoto-95". The Ukrainian House. Kiev, Ukraine.
* 1995 – "Cherkassy-95". Exhibition Hall of Ukrainian Artists' Union.
Cherkasy
Cherkasy ( uk, Черка́си, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy is the Capital city, capital of Cherkasy Oblast (Oblast, province), as well as the administrative center of Cherkasky Raion (Raion, district) within the oblast. The c ...
, Ukraine.
:"Ukrpressphoto-95". "Gart" gallery.
Yuzhnoukrainsk
Yuzhnoukrainsk (, ) is a city on the Southern Bug river, in Voznesensk Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, about 350 kilometers (over 200 miles) south of the capital Kyiv. It hosts the administration of Yuzhnoukrainsk urban hromada, one of the hro ...
, Ukraine.
:"7 x 7". Photogallery "Na uzvozi". Kiev, Ukraine.
* 1996 – "Ukrpressphoto-96". The Ukrainian House. Kiev, Ukraine.
:"Vision Art".
National Art Museum of Ukraine
The National Art Museum of Ukraine ( uk, Національний Художній Музей України) is a museum dedicated to Ukrainian art in Kyiv, Ukraine.
History
The National Art Museum of Ukraine, which was the first museum in Ky ...
. Kiev, Ukraine.
:"All Ukrainian Exhibition". Ukrainian
State Museum of Great Patriotic War History. Kiev, Ukraine.
:"Ukrpressphoto-96". Photogallery "Na uzvozi". Kiev, Ukraine.
* 1997 – "Blitz Exhibition". The Artsyz Gallery". Kiev, Ukraine.
:"Imprese".
Ivano-Frankivsk
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, Ukraine.
:"The UFO". The Ukrainian House. Kiev, Ukraine.
:"Artist League". Photogallery "Eksar". Kiev, Ukraine.
:"Without words". Photogallery "Eksar. Kiev, Ukraine.
:"Mesiac Photografie".
Bratislava
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, Slovakia.
* 2003 – "Defining Dictionary", Kiev, Ukraine
:"Photo session", Soviart gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
:"Position", Lavra gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
:"Ukraine in focus", "Gorod N" gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
* 2006 – "Once upon a time Chernobyl",
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
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Situated in the Raval district, the Centre’s core theme is the city and urban culture. The CCCB organizes exhi ...
(CCCB), Barcelona, Spain
:"Chernobyl–20", New-York, USA
:"Chernobyl–20", Washington, USA
:"Orange moment", Ukrainian House, Kiev, Strasburg
Curator work
* 1997 – "Lege Artist", photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
* 1998 – "Paradzhanov", photography by A. Vladimirov, photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
:"Children of revolution", photographed by A. Chekmenev, photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
:"Pornography", photography by E. Pavlov, photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
:"Incarnation", photography by E. Martinyuk, photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
:"Poetical landscape", photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
:"Skill of image conservation", photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
:"Body, photo gallery “Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
:"No comment" photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
:"Presence effect", photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
* 1999 – "Deliberate reality", photography by O. Polisyuk, photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
* 2002 – "Through this air the God is looking at me", photography by Ivan Zhdanov (Russia), photo gallery "Eksar", Kiev, Ukraine
* 2003 – "Position", gallery "Lavra", Fotobienale – 2003 "Month of photography in Kiev", Kiev, Ukraine
Competitions
* First all-union slide-festival "
Kharkiv
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History
The city was fo ...]
-97”
Collections
* Photography fund, Moscow, Russia
*
Kunstmuseum Bonn
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(or Bonn Museum of Modern Art), Bonn, Germany
*
Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga, Latvia
*
National Historical Museum of Ukraine
The National Museum of the History of Ukraine (MIST; ''National Museum of Ukrainian History'') illustrates Ukraine's history from ancient times till nowadays. It is one of the leading museums in Ukraine. It holds about 800 000 items in its colle ...
* History museum in Kiev
*
Lancaster University
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, Great Britain
References
Sources
Yuri Kosin.Transgression// Kyiv, Ukraine, 2019
* Yuri Kosin. Ukraine through the eyes of Ukraine // K .: SPD FO Chaltsev, 2005
External links
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1948 births
2022 deaths
Artists from Kyiv
Irpin
Soviet photographers
Ukrainian photographers
Soviet explorers
Ukrainian explorers
Kyiv Polytechnic Institute alumni