Malashchuk Yarema & Himey Roman
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Biography
Roman Himey (born Kolomyia, Ukraine) and Yarema Malashchuk (born Kolomyia, Ukraine) both based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Graduated as a cinematographers from Institute of Screen Arts (Kyiv, Ukraine). Since 2013 working together on the edge of visual art and cinema as artists and filmmakers. Awarded with Grand Prix at Young Ukrainian Artists Award (MUHi 2019), Best Short Documentary at Festival Internacional de Cine Silente 2019, México, Collaborated as cinematographers with Metahaven ("Hometown", 2018) and Phillip Sotnychenko ("Son", 2015; “Technical Break” 2018). Yarema and Roman received Special Prize in 2018, in 2020 — Main Award at PinchukArtCentre Prize. Their debut documentary feature “New Jerusalem” premiered at Docudays UA International Film Festival 2020. The film received Special Mention Award at Kharkiv MeetDocs 2020. Shortlisted to Future Generation Art Prize 2021.
Exhibitions
Prizes and Awards:
2020
Special Mention Award, Kharkiv MeetDocs, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Main Prize, PinchukArtCentre Prize 2020, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019
Grand Prix, MUHi. Young Ukrainian Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine
The winner of the Adriana and Dolores Ehlers Recognition for the best documentary short film at Festival Internacional de Cine Silente, Puebla City, México
2018
Second Special Prize, PinchukArtCentre Prize, Kyiv, Ukraine
Best Production Award, FFFK, Ukraine
2017
Best Short Film at “Black Nights” Tallinn IFF, Estonia (Director of Photography)
Selected Exhibitions and Festivals:
2021
Future Generation Art Prize, Kyiv, Ukraine; Venice, Italy (upcoming)
Shcherbenko Art Centre, Solo show, Kyiv, Ukraine
PinchukArtCentre 'Remember Yesterday' Group exhibition by Ukrainian artists, Kyiv, Ukraine
Parallèle International festival of emerging practices | 11th edition, Marseille, France
2020
International Biennale of Urban Art OUT OF STH, 'THREE’S A CROWD', BWA Wrocław, Poland
Molodist IFF, Kyiv, Ukraine
Baltic Triennial 14: Intro | The Maze and The Lighthouse, Vilnius, Lithuania
Kharkiv MeetDocs, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Apricot Short Film Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
e-flux Video & Film | War and Cinema: Week #6
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival - Official Selection, Kyiv, Ukraine
PinchukArtCentre, “20 shortlisted artists for the PinchukArtCentre Prize”, Kyiv, Ukraine
An intervention to Nikita Kadan’s “The Beautiful Colonizer” exhibition, TRANSIT Gallery, Mechelen, Belgium
2019
Intro Film Festival (KyivMusicFilm x Cxema), Kyiv, Ukraine
Festival Internacional de Cine Silente - Official Selection, Puebla City, México
OK Center for Contemporary Art "OK Klubinstitut Open" Linz, Austria
Uppsala International Short Film Festival: Ukraine - Stay Real, Uppsala, Sweden
MUHi. Young Ukrainian Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine
Semperdepot, “Between Fire and Fire: Ukrainian Art Now”, Vienna, Austria
POOL – INTERNATIONALES TanzFilmFestival, Berlin, Germany
Macao, Saturnalia Festival, Milan, Italy
Frei_raum Q21 / MQ – MuseumsQuartier “Dance of Urgency”, Vienna, Austria
Burnt Experimental Video Art and Film Festival, Montreal, Canada
Bursa Gallery, “Blue Blue Sky” (Solo show in collaboration with Vova Vorotniov), Kyiv, Ukraine
2018
Molodist IFF, National Short Film Competition - Official Selection, Kyiv, Ukraine
IZOLYATSIA. Platform for cultural initiatives, “What is important”, Kyiv, Ukraine
Brave! Factory Festival: Visual Programme, Kyiv, Ukraine
PinchukArtCentre, “20 shortlisted artists for the PinchukArtCentre Prize”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2017
Bursa Gallery, Kyiv Biennial “Dance, Dance, Dance”, Ukraine
XX?’s Gallery “One Day Project” Kyiv, Ukraine
Art Courtyard, “Venice Afterparty” Kyiv, Ukraine