Biography





“In the desert there is anything and nothing. It is God without mankind.” Honoré de Balzac
The view through a large format camera ground glass screen, although always reversed, has offered me the wonderful opportunity to compose the picture, study and wait for the light, perhaps to see what others have already seen or to explore the yet unrecognized. For a long time I have been photographing nature, starting with wooden 8x10 inch and 5 x 7 inch cameras, and eventually settling on a smaller metal 4x5 inch field camera. These images were photographed in various places in the Egyptian Western and Eastern Deserts and in different Temples in Egypt and Turkey. Each photograph is digitally scanned from 4 x 5 inch (or 6 x 9 mm) negatives, some images have been photographed with a digital camera. Since 1993 I have been working as the photographer with the Epigraphic Survey of the University of Chicago at Chicago House in Luxor, Egypt. All the Best from Upper Egypt, Yarko Kobylecky Der Blick durch die Mattscheibe einer Großformatkamera hat mir obwohl immer seitenverkehrt die Chance gegeben das Bild zusammenzusetzen, zu studieren und auf das Licht zu warten, um vielleicht zu sehen, was andere bereits gesehen haben, oder zuerforschen, was noch unerkannt ist. Seit langem habe ich die Natur fotografiert, angefangen mit 8 x 10 inch und 5 x 7 inch Kameras aus Holz, und schließlich habe ich mich festgelegt auf eine kleine 4 x 5 inch Laufbodenkamera aus Metall. Diese Bilder wurden an diversen Stellen in der westlichen und östlichen Wüste Ägyptens und in verschiedenen Tempeln in Ägypten und in der Türkei fotografiert. Jede Fotografie ist von 4 x 5 inch (oder 6 x 9 mm) Negativen digital gescannt, einige Bilder wurden mit einer Digitalkamera aufgenommen. Seit 1993 arbeite ich als Fotograf des Epigraphic Survey der Universität Chicago im Chicago Haus in Luxor, Ägypten. Herzliche Grüße aus Oberägypten, Yarko Kobylecky BIOGRAPHY Born in Augsburg, Germany M F A, School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL, USA EXHIBITIONS 2011 "Sites in the City", Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities), Leiden, The Netherlands 2010 Kulturforum Willich e. V., Willich-Neersen, Germany 2009 Al Moudira Gallery, Luxor, Egypt 2007 H. Weber Atelier, Cologne, Germany 2005 Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 2004 Chicago House Library Gallery, Luxor, Egypt 2003 Packing House Gallery, Largo FL, USA 2001 Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 2001 Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL, USA 2000 Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL, USA 1998 Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 1996 Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL, USA 1994 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 1993 Lyons-Wier Gallery, Chicago IL, USA 991 Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago IL, USA 1990 Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh PA, USA PHOTOGRAPHER FOR: MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITIERS, ARTISTS, PUBLICATIONS, DESIGNERS AND COLLECTORS 1993-present: University of Chicago, Epigraphic Survey of the Oriental Institute, Chicago House, Luxor, Egypt Belgian Archaeological Mission for the Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, El Kab, Egypt Sardis Expedition for the Harvard University, Sart, Turkey University of Michigan Expedition at Abydos, Egypt Hierakonpolis Conservation Project, Hierakonpolis, Egypt Egyptian Antiquities Museum, Cairo, Egypt British Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, El Kab and Edfu, Egypt Bardo Museum of Roman Mosaics for the Getty Conservation Institute, Tunis, Tunisia Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA Smart Museum of Art, Chicago IL, USA Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago IL, USA National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ONT, Canada National Museum of American Art, Washington DC, USA Regenstein Library, Special Collections, Chicago IL, USA Harold Washington Library, Special Collections, Chicago IL, USA Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago IL, USA Chicago Arts Council, Chicago IL, USA D’Arcy Gallery of Religious Art, Loyola University, Chicago IL, USA