Pavel Prokopchik’s Profile
Pavel Prokopchik’s Profile
- Apashka Updated Nov 2011
- 23Nov2011
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- "Apa" or "Apashka" in Kazakh language means - granny. That's how people address a shaman woman that is living in Ungurtas village, Kazakhstan. Ungurtas is located very close to Kirgyzian boarder, on the way from Almaty to Bishkek. Originally from Turkistan, Apa was told by the spirits to find a particular mountain. She found it 8 years ago made a temporary living space and started accepting pilgrims. Soon after pilgrims built a whole farm, made steps on the mountain, which is thought to...
- Township`
- 12Oct2010
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- Financial Crisis in Russia
- 12Oct2010
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- Russian Alternative
- 12Oct2010
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- Theatre of the Absurd
- 4Oct2010
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Pavel Prokopchik was born in Budyonnovsk (Russia) in 1982. Grew up in Latvia, which was a part of Soviet Union at that time. Starting from the year 2001 living in The Netherlands. Currently residing in Amsterdam.
Education
2002-2006 Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering at the technical university of Delft
2005-2009 Bachelor degree in photography at Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague.
Work experience
2004-2008 Freelance photographer for a local newspaper "Delta".
January – April 2007 Internship with Morad Bouchakour
2007-2009 Assisting, digital post-production and image manipulation for Morad Bouchakour
Awards and publications
2008 One of the winners of Sotiri, Albanian photo prize for young talents and a participant of projekt56, which ended with an exposition in Tirana
2009 2nd prize of most prestigious documentary photography award in The Netherlands – “Zilveren Camera” (silver camera), in category documentary abroad
January 2009 Publication in Dutch newspaper NRC Next with a series about financial crisis in Russia
February 2009 Publication in Zilveren Camera 2008 book
June 2009 Chosen for a publication in a Dutch newspaper NRC Next – “In beeld” as one of photography graduates
July 2009 Short list of festival “Noorderlicht 2009”
September 2009 Nominated for “De Fotoprijs”
www.defotoprijs.nl
September 2009 1 prize, 1 nomination at “Photo academy awards”
www.photoacademyawards.com
September 2009 Publication in digiFOTO, special issue
September 2009 Nominated for “Art Olive” award 2009
September 2009 Publication in Dutch regional magazine NL070
October 2009 Publication in Belgian newspaper “De Standaard”
November 2009 Publication in GUP magazine #22 “From Russia with love” issue
Exhibitions
January 2008 Collective exhibition “tegenbeeld” at DCR, The Hague
January-March 2008 Exhibition at the Schouwburg theatre in The Hague
February 2009 Exposition at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
January – March 2009 Exposition in Nederlands fotomuseum in The Hague
September – October 2009 Exposition at Nederlands fotomuseum in The Hague
September – October 2009 Exposition at Fotomuseum in Rotterdam
October 2009 Exposition at Art Olive gallery in Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
November-December 2009 Exhibition at KoenseSeverein in Amsterdam
November-December 2009 Fotogalerie Groningen
February-March 2010 Photo gallery Frozen Fountain in Amsterdam
Stats:
- Albums Published:
- 5
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- Number of Connections:
- 9
