Press preview of the exhibition of the shortlisted artists for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2015 and "Patriots, Citizens, Lovers...", solo Exhibition of Carlos Motta

Dear friends,

PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine, kindly invites you to the Press Preview of the two parallelexhibitions that will take place on Thursday, 29 October 2015 at 12:00:

• A group exhibition of 16 young Ukrainian artists shortlisted for the fourth edition of thePinchukArtCentre Prize that presents specially produced new works;
• “Patriots, Citizens, Lovers...”, a solo exhibition by Columbian artist Carlos Motta - one of the Future Generation Art Prize 2014 Main Award winners. Produced with funds from the Future Generation Art Prize, the project was developed in conversation with Ukrainian journalist Maxim Ivanukha and is composed of ten urgent interviews with Ukrainian LGBTI and queer activists who discuss the critical and dire situation of lesbian, gay, trans and intersex lives in Ukraine in times of a war.

The 16 nominees for the PinchukArtCentre Prize 2015 were shortlisted by an independent Selection Committee from about 800 applicants and include: Yevgenia Belorusets, Daniil Galkin, Mykola Karabinovych, Alina Kleitman, Daria Koltsova, Kinder Album, Sergii Melnychenko, Roman Mykhailov, Sergiy Petlyuk, Mykola Ridnyi, Ivan Svitlychnyi, Sergiy Yakimenko, Kateryna Yermolaeva, Anna Zvyagintseva, Melnychuk-Burlaka Group, and Open Group.

Following the press conference, there will be an exhibition tour guided by curators and artists.

Press-view program:

• 11:30 – 12:00 – registration on the 1^st floor of the PinchukArtCentre;
• 12:00 – 12:30 – press conference on the 6^th floor;
• 12:30 – 15:30 – exhibitions preview guided by curators and artists.

All applications should be made via the Victor Pinchuk Foundation website only:http://pinchukfund.org/en/media/accreditation/14546/

Please note that application deadline is 28 October 2015 at 24:00.

Your accreditation confirmation will be sent to your e-mail address on 29 October.

Please send your requests for individual interviews and comments from organizers to:[email protected]

For detailed information and images to illustration announcement articles, please contact the press-office: [email protected] or call +380 44 494 11 48