Pavel Prokopchik was born in Budyonnovsk (Russia) in 1982. Grew up in Latvia, which was a part of Soviet Union at that time. Starting year 2001 living in The Netherlands. Currently residing in Amsterdam.
Education & Experience
| 2012 | Noorderlicht Masterclass with Lars Boering and Marc Prust. |
| 2010 | Marketing and Editing course with Marcel Saba at ICP, New York. |
| 2005-2009 | Photography education at Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) in The Hague. |
| 2008 | Internship with Morad Bouchakour. |
| 2001-2006 | Bachelor degree in “Civil Engineering” at the thechnical university of Delft. |
Exhibitions
| 2012 April | Part of the World Press Photo Exhibition. |
| 2012 February | Exhibition in FOAM photography museum Amsterdam with “The Tribe”. |
| 2012 January | Fotomuseum Den Haag, a part of Zilveren Camera award. |
| 2009 December | Exhibition at &KoenseSeverein, Amsterdam. |
| 2009 November-December | Exhibition at Fotogalerie Groningen. |
| 2009 October | Exhibition at the ‘Westergasfabriek’, Amsterdam. |
| 2009 Septmber-October | Exhibition at the ‘Fotomuseum Den Haag’. |
| 2009 August-October | Exhibition at the ‘Rotterdam fotomuseum’. |
| 2009 June | Graduation exposition at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. |
| 2009 February | Exhibition at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva. |
| 2009 January-March | Exhibition at the Foto Museum Den Haag as part of Silver Camera award 2008. |
| 2008 September | Exhibition in Tirana, Albania as part of Sotiri award for young photographers. |
| 2008 January-March | First solo exhibition at the Schouwburg theatre in The Hague. |
| 2008 January | Collective exhibition “tegenbeeld” at DCR, The Hague. |
Awards
| 2012 October | Startstipendium grant from Mondriaanfonds. |
| 2012 February | 3rd prize on WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2012 in category Arts and Entertainment with one image from “Apashka” series. |
| 2012 January | 1st prize on Zilveren Camera, with series “Apashka”. |
| 2010 December | Honorable mention at Viewbook Photostory competition. |
| 2009 October | Nomination on ‘ArtOlive 2009′. |
| 2009 October | Nomination on ‘De Fotoprijs 2009′ award with series Varzuga. |
| 2009 September | 1 prize and 1 nomination on ‘Photo Academy Award 2009′. |
| 2009 May | One of the winners of Satiri, Albanian photo prize for young talents and a participant of projekt56, which ended with an exposition in Tirana. |
| 2009 January | 2nd prize Silver Camera 2008, in category documentary abroad. |
Publications
| 2012 February | Publication in “Urban Magazine”, Milano, Italy. Interview with Pavel Prokopchik and images from his series “The Tribe”. |
| 2012 February | “The Tribe” is published in de Volkskrant. |
| 2011 May | Invisible Photographer Asia, “Apashka”. |
| 2011 August-September | De Volkskrant, a number of publications from Siberian trip. |
| 2010 November | NRC Next with story about Halloween in New York. |
| 2009 November | “Theatre of the Absurd” is published in #22 issue of GUP Magazine – “From Russia with love”. |
| 2009 November | Publication in Belgian newspaper “Standaard” with article about “The Fall of Berlin Wall”. |
| 2009 September | Publication in the special issue of DIGIFoto Professional magazine. |
| 2009 June | “In beeld” publication in NRC Next in relation to graduation exhibition. |
| 2008 February | Publication in Zilver Camera 2008 book. |
| 2008 January | “Financial crisis in Russia” published in NRC Next. |