Roman Kost (April 18, 1984,

Liubotyn Liubotyn or Lyubotyn (, ; ) is a city in Kharkiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Liubotyn urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: History The city was established in 1650 by Ukrainian C ...

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, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian sculptor, master of artistic forging.''Собств. корр.'
В Таганроге состоится выставка художника по металлу Романа Кость
// Русская Планета. — 2014. — 6 ноября.

Biography

Born on April 18, 1984, in the city of

, Ukraine.'' Пилипенко Г.'
Ростов зарастёт «Железной ботаникой»
// www.rostovnews.net. — 2017. — 20 окт. Since childhood, he was fond of drawing.''Сахновский А.'

// Новый таганрогский курьер. — 2016. — 3 дек.
// don24.ru. — 2017. — 17 ноября. In 2002, he began to engage in blacksmithing. In 2005, he graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts with a degree in Interior Design and Equipment. He took part in the reconstruction of the Kharkov Church of St. Martyr Alexander, the Church of the Beheading of the Head of John the Baptist and the Holy Annunciation Cathedral. From 2009 to 2011 he worked in St. Petersburg. In 2011 he moved to

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. In 2014, the first solo exhibition of Roman Kost «Metalloplastika» took place in the Exhibition Hall of the Taganrog branch of the Union of Artists of Russia. In 2015, the sculptural work of Roman Kost «Positive» was installed in the historical part of Ivano-Frankivsk, on Shevchenko Street, one of the oldest and most beautiful streets of the city. Since 2015, he took part in the European International Festival of Blacksmithing art «Forging in the Baroque style», held in Narva. In 2016, he became the winner of the annual competition held within the framework of this festival. In August 2018, he was invited to the international Biennale «Metal Sculpture» in Sicily. For the conceptual work of «Doors», he was awarded a special prize of criticism. In September 2019, Roman Kost became the winner of the 23rd European Biennial of Blacksmithing Art in the Sculpture nomination 10]. The Biennale was held in Italy, in the commune of Pratovecchio Stia (Tuscany, province of Arezzo) and was dedicated to the anniversary of the landing of man on the moon. Competitive composition of Roman Kost was called «Deep deep down. Far far in». The winning work remained forever in Italy and was installed in the center of Pratovecchio Stia. Until Russian invasion of Ukraine, February 24, 2022, he lived and worked in

Works are in collections

* Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts,

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...

. * The Museum of Modern Fine Art on Dmitrovskaya,

. * Taganrog Art Museum,

. * Gallery «Piter»,

. * ZHDANOV Gallery,

. * Private collections of Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Israel, Switzerland, Finland.

Solo exhibitions

* 2017 — «Iron Botany». Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts,

. * 2016 — «The Nature of metal». Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Russia,

. * 2014 — «Metalloplastika». Exhibition Hall of the Union of Artists of Russia,

Gallery

image:2013 Кость Р Жук Ст ковка 300х150х100.jpg, «Beetle», steel/forging, 300x150x100, 2013. image:2014 Кость Р Демон 1 Ст ковка 400х400.jpg, «Demon 1», steel/forging, 400x400, 2014. image:2014 Кость Р Демон 2 Ст ковка 250х150х60.jpg, «Demon 2», steel/forging, 250x150x60, 2014. image:2014 Кость Р Странник. Ст ковка 300х150х200.jpg, «Wanderer», steel/forging, 300x150x200, 2014. image:2014 Кость Р Чумной доктор Ст ковка 270х150х120.jpg, «Plague Doctor», steel/forging, 270x150x120, 2014. image:2016 Кость Р Акация Ст ковка 470х330х330.jpg, «Acacia», steel/forging, 470x330x330, 2016.

External links

Roman Kost on the website of the Museum of Modern Fine Art on Dmitrovskaya

References

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