Miners Light: works by Ukrainian artist Roman Minin on display at the Mining History Centre

Since 2012, the Mining History Centre has been one of five remarkable sites in the Mining Basin to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As proud ambassadors of this listing, the major sites have created ‘Lignes de fuite’, an innovative collective trail where each partner exhibits contemporary artworks offering a new perspective on the world of mining.

As part of this project, the Mining History Centre is hosting ‘Miners Light’, a series of monumental window decals by Ukrainian artist Roman Minin, which adorn the glass spaces of the reception hall and the machine room.

Roman Minin is a painter, graphic designer, photographer and street artist from Myrnohrad, a mining town in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Having graduated from the Kharkiv Academy of Design and Art, the artist speaks of a world he knows well: that of coal miners in the heart of Ukraine. His work, which combines social realism and Byzantine iconography, has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world.