Born into a family of Soviet citizens in Constanza, Rumania, in 1955. In 1956 the family moved to Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow region.
Graduated from the Moscow Art School (1972-1978) and the Surikov Art Insitute, Moscow (1978-1984). Lived in Moscow 1981-90. Lived in Italy 1990-96. Lives in Cologne, Germany, from 1996.
EXHIBITIONS:
From 1975 participated in numerous exhibitions of young artists in Moscow.
One-man exhibitions:
1988 Oktiabrskaya str. Moscow exhibition hall. Kaj Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki, Finland (catalogue).
1990 Boibrino Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
1991 Gallery von Loeper, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue). Wullkopf Gallery, Darmstadt, Germany (catalogue). Art Frankfurt - Gallery von Loeper, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue).
1993 Gallery Seno, Milano, Italy (catalogue). Gallery Linea Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
1994 International Images Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA. Free Art Gallery, Torino, Italy. Tribeca Art Gallery, Milano, Italy.
1996 Gallery Seno, Milano, Italy (catalogue).
1998 Stiftung Burg Kniphausen, Wilhelmshafen, Germany.
Group exhibitions:
1987 Kostakis Gallery, Athens, Greece. FIAC, Gallery de France, Paris, France (catalogue). INTERART, Posnan, Poland.
1988 Studio Marconi, Milano, Italy (catalogue) Rinaldo Rotta Gallery, Genova, Italy. Kunsthalle Stiftung Henry Nannen, Emden, Germany (catalogue) Labyrint, Moscow, Russia Sothebys auction exhibition, New-York - London - Paris - Zurich - Munich - Moscow (catalogue). Art Center, Imatra, Finnland (catalogue). Los Angeles Art Fair, Ingrid Raab Gallery, Berlin/London.
1989 Stockholm Art Fair, Gallery Kaj Forsbloom, Helsinki, Finland. London Art Fair, Berkeley Square Gallery, London, England. Chicago Art Fair, Art Gallery Kaj Forsbloom, Helsinki, Finland. Versailles auction exhibition, Versailles, France (catalogue). Philiips Auction, London, England (catalogue). Transformation, Camden Art Center, London, England (catalogue).
1990 Philiips Auction, London, England (catalogue). The Quest for Self-Expression, Columbus Museum of Art, USA (catalogue) 5 + 1 Pintores de Moscovo, Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (catalogue). Art Cologne, Gallery von Loeper, Cologne, Germany (catalogue). Philiips Auction, London, England (catalogue).
1991 Moscow - London 2, Jill George Gallery, London, England. The Quest for Self-Expression: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, USA Arkansas Art Gallery, USA Low Art Museum, USA Wedworth Atheneum, USA
1992 Art Cologne, Gallery von Loeper, (catalogue). Shared Earth exhibition of English-Russian artists: Petersburgh Museum, England Aberdeen Art Gallery, England Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, England Wakefield Museum & Art Gallery, England Usher Gallery, Lincoln, England Salford Museum & Art Gallery England Museum of Decorative Art, Moscow, Russia. Art Fair Padova, Gallery Linea Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy. Art Fair Bergamo, Gallery Linea Arte Contemporanea, (catalogue)
1993 Art Fair Bologna, Gallery Linea Arte Contemporanea (catalogue) Watching the Life, Gallery 9 collone, Venice, Italy. Landscape, La Scuola, New-York, USA (catalogue).
1994 Cinque artisti contemporanei, Marisa del Re - Living Art Gallery, Milano, Italy. Summertime, Art Valley 88 Gallery, Forte del Marmi, Italy. Tauro Art Gallery, Torino, Italy. Art Fair Torino, Gallery free Art, Torino. Gallery Sorrenti, Novara, Italy Milan - Hamburg, Tribeca Art Gallery, Milano, Italy (catalogue). Landscapes 3, Museum of Art ?Timoteo Eduardo Navarro?, Tucuman, Argentina. Oltre la grande soglia, Galleria San Fedele, Milano, Italy.
1995 Art Fair Bologna, Gallery Seno, Milano, Italy. Oltre la grande soglia, Castello San Giorgio, Orzinuovi, Italy (catalogue). Una collezione di Arte Russa moderna e contemporanea, Villa Zorn, Sesto San Giovanni, Milano, Italy. Vent d`Est, Gallery Emiliani, Dieulefit, France.
1996 Kunsthalle Henry Nannen, Emden, Germany.
1997 Gallery de Buer, Amsterdam, Holland. Gallery Borzo, Hertogenbosch, Holland
Recent exhibitions:
2000 Galeria "Filisetti Arte Contemporanea", Crema, Italy
2000 "Inventario del Secolo", Villa San Carlo Borromeo, Senago, Italy
1999 Stiftung Burg Kniphausen, Wilhemshaven, Germany
1999 Galerie Frech-Rackey, Frankfurt a/M, Germany (February-March 1999)
1998 Galerie Frech-Rackey, Frankfurt a/M (to 13.10.98)
1998 Galerie Brehm, Cologne, Germany (6.11.98-23.12.98)
1998 Galerie Rackey, Bad Honnef, Germany (16.10.98-end November 98)
Works by the artist are in the collections of:
Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia Kunsthalle Stiftung Henry Nannen, Emden, Germany Zimmerli Museum, New-Jersey City, USA and in private collections in Russia, Finland, USA, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Greece, Israel, Portugal, Holland.
Translation of Time: notes by the artist in connection with the installation at Stiftung Burg Kniphausen (1999)
The project consists of an installation of painted objects.
Since 1993 I have been making three-dimensional paintings. A decisive factor in these works is the relationship between the object and surrounding space. The most recent series of works under the rubric "Translation of Time" (1998-2000) have evolved as analogues of the human body; they explore physical qualities of smoothness, roughness, softness. For this reason I use a variety of specific materials: transparent emulsion (incorporating pigment and plaster), synthetic wool and oil paint. The paintings carry several bright layers of oil paint, which give them weight, high reflectiveness and the appearance of inner luminosity. The synthetic wool, which occupies the craters (series VIII) and the edges (series IX) of the paintings, creates the impression of hair, or mist. The emulsion evokes stone, maybe marble, which contrasts with the wool and oil paint. The edges of the painted objects are either painted and sculpturally formed (series VIII) or "dissolved" in space (series IX) by the use of wool. The objects of series IX all utilise a straightforward 50 x 70 cm rectangular base form. The colour of all the objects is similar, but varies minimally, as do the sculptural elements at the edges of the objects. The display of a row of paintings instigates a conflict between concepts of repetitiveness and individuality.
In open space, the sense of order among the objects seems to dissolve. This is important to the overall impression. As an ensemble, the paintings create a spatial-musical atmosphere.
Born into a family of Soviet citizens in Constanza, Rumania, in 1955. In 1956 the family moved to Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow region.
Graduated from the Moscow Art School (1972-1978) and the Surikov Art Insitute, Moscow (1978-1984). Lived in Moscow 1981-90. Lived in Italy 1990-96. Lives in Cologne, Germany, from 1996.
EXHIBITIONS:
From 1975 participated in numerous exhibitions of young artists in Moscow.
One-man exhibitions:
1988 Oktiabrskaya str. Moscow exhibition hall. Kaj Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki, Finland (catalogue).
1990 Boibrino Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
1991 Gallery von Loeper, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue). Wullkopf Gallery, Darmstadt, Germany (catalogue). Art Frankfurt - Gallery von Loeper, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue).
1993 Gallery Seno, Milano, Italy (catalogue). Gallery Linea Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
1994 International Images Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA. Free Art Gallery, Torino, Italy. Tribeca Art Gallery, Milano, Italy.
1996 Gallery Seno, Milano, Italy (catalogue).
1998 Stiftung Burg Kniphausen, Wilhelmshafen, Germany.
Group exhibitions:
1987 Kostakis Gallery, Athens, Greece. FIAC, Gallery de France, Paris, France (catalogue). INTERART, Posnan, Poland.
1988 Studio Marconi, Milano, Italy (catalogue) Rinaldo Rotta Gallery, Genova, Italy. Kunsthalle Stiftung Henry Nannen, Emden, Germany (catalogue) Labyrint, Moscow, Russia Sothebys auction exhibition, New-York - London - Paris - Zurich - Munich - Moscow (catalogue). Art Center, Imatra, Finnland (catalogue). Los Angeles Art Fair, Ingrid Raab Gallery, Berlin/London.
1989 Stockholm Art Fair, Gallery Kaj Forsbloom, Helsinki, Finland. London Art Fair, Berkeley Square Gallery, London, England. Chicago Art Fair, Art Gallery Kaj Forsbloom, Helsinki, Finland. Versailles auction exhibition, Versailles, France (catalogue). Philiips Auction, London, England (catalogue). Transformation, Camden Art Center, London, England (catalogue).
1990 Philiips Auction, London, England (catalogue). The Quest for Self-Expression, Columbus Museum of Art, USA (catalogue) 5 + 1 Pintores de Moscovo, Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal (catalogue). Art Cologne, Gallery von Loeper, Cologne, Germany (catalogue). Philiips Auction, London, England (catalogue).
1991 Moscow - London 2, Jill George Gallery, London, England. The Quest for Self-Expression: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, USA Arkansas Art Gallery, USA Low Art Museum, USA Wedworth Atheneum, USA
1992 Art Cologne, Gallery von Loeper, (catalogue). Shared Earth exhibition of English-Russian artists: Petersburgh Museum, England Aberdeen Art Gallery, England Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, England Wakefield Museum & Art Gallery, England Usher Gallery, Lincoln, England Salford Museum & Art Gallery England Museum of Decorative Art, Moscow, Russia. Art Fair Padova, Gallery Linea Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy. Art Fair Bergamo, Gallery Linea Arte Contemporanea, (catalogue)
1993 Art Fair Bologna, Gallery Linea Arte Contemporanea (catalogue) Watching the Life, Gallery 9 collone, Venice, Italy. Landscape, La Scuola, New-York, USA (catalogue).
1994 Cinque artisti contemporanei, Marisa del Re - Living Art Gallery, Milano, Italy. Summertime, Art Valley 88 Gallery, Forte del Marmi, Italy. Tauro Art Gallery, Torino, Italy. Art Fair Torino, Gallery free Art, Torino. Gallery Sorrenti, Novara, Italy Milan - Hamburg, Tribeca Art Gallery, Milano, Italy (catalogue). Landscapes 3, Museum of Art ?Timoteo Eduardo Navarro?, Tucuman, Argentina. Oltre la grande soglia, Galleria San Fedele, Milano, Italy.
1995 Art Fair Bologna, Gallery Seno, Milano, Italy. Oltre la grande soglia, Castello San Giorgio, Orzinuovi, Italy (catalogue). Una collezione di Arte Russa moderna e contemporanea, Villa Zorn, Sesto San Giovanni, Milano, Italy. Vent d`Est, Gallery Emiliani, Dieulefit, France.
1996 Kunsthalle Henry Nannen, Emden, Germany.
1997 Gallery de Buer, Amsterdam, Holland. Gallery Borzo, Hertogenbosch, Holland
Recent exhibitions:
2000 Galeria "Filisetti Arte Contemporanea", Crema, Italy
2000 "Inventario del Secolo", Villa San Carlo Borromeo, Senago, Italy
1999 Stiftung Burg Kniphausen, Wilhemshaven, Germany
1999 Galerie Frech-Rackey, Frankfurt a/M, Germany (February-March 1999)
1998 Galerie Frech-Rackey, Frankfurt a/M (to 13.10.98)
1998 Galerie Brehm, Cologne, Germany (6.11.98-23.12.98)
1998 Galerie Rackey, Bad Honnef, Germany (16.10.98-end November 98)
Works by the artist are in the collections of:
Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia Kunsthalle Stiftung Henry Nannen, Emden, Germany Zimmerli Museum, New-Jersey City, USA and in private collections in Russia, Finland, USA, France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Greece, Israel, Portugal, Holland.
Translation of Time: notes by the artist in connection with the installation at Stiftung Burg Kniphausen (1999)
The project consists of an installation of painted objects.
Since 1993 I have been making three-dimensional paintings. A decisive factor in these works is the relationship between the object and surrounding space. The most recent series of works under the rubric "Translation of Time" (1998-2000) have evolved as analogues of the human body; they explore physical qualities of smoothness, roughness, softness. For this reason I use a variety of specific materials: transparent emulsion (incorporating pigment and plaster), synthetic wool and oil paint. The paintings carry several bright layers of oil paint, which give them weight, high reflectiveness and the appearance of inner luminosity. The synthetic wool, which occupies the craters (series VIII) and the edges (series IX) of the paintings, creates the impression of hair, or mist. The emulsion evokes stone, maybe marble, which contrasts with the wool and oil paint. The edges of the painted objects are either painted and sculpturally formed (series VIII) or "dissolved" in space (series IX) by the use of wool. The objects of series IX all utilise a straightforward 50 x 70 cm rectangular base form. The colour of all the objects is similar, but varies minimally, as do the sculptural elements at the edges of the objects. The display of a row of paintings instigates a conflict between concepts of repetitiveness and individuality.
In open space, the sense of order among the objects seems to dissolve. This is important to the overall impression. As an ensemble, the paintings create a spatial-musical atmosphere.
Artwork name: From the series "Translation of Time IV" - #22
1994-97,Oil, Emulsion, Stones, Acrylic, Collage on Masonite,150x105x5cm(59 1/8"x41 1/4"x2")
Price: SOLD
