Special Prize

Nikolay Karabinovych

Born in Odesa in 1988. Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium and Kyiv. Uses such media as video, sound, text, installation and performance in his artistic practice. Graduated from the Mechnykov National University in Odesa, the Department of Philosophy. Since 2019 he has studied at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts in Ghent. In 2017, he was an assistant curator at the fifth Odesa Biennale. Winner of the first special PinchukArtCentre Prize 2018. Took part in many national and international projects, including “From sea to sea”, Hit Gallery, Bratislava (2019), “The spring (summer, autumn, winter) of nations”, BWA, Tarnow, Poland (2019) “Ain’t nobody’s business”, PinchukArtСentre, Kyiv (2018), “Human fate”, the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre, Moscow (2018), PinchukArtCentre Prize 2015, Kyiv.

Special Prize

Commenting on the work by first special prize winner Nikolay Karabinovych, the jury said:
“Even Further is a poignant, moving work that deals with the challenges of histories while carrying possible futures within it. It employs a very precise, subtle and fine language, based on an emotionally resonant stillness. Every part of the work stands in perfect balance and are complementarity to each other. The work poetically addresses loss, diaspora identity and the displacement of peoples in an ecumenical way. The jury commends the work for its very elegant orchestration of sound, image and concept.”