Bakhchanyan Vagrich

Vagrich Bakhchanyan

1938
Born in Kharkiv, USSR

1967–1974
Lived and worked in Moscow

1974
Emigrated to USA

2009
Died in New York, USA


Selected Solo Exhibitions
1968
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Blue Bird Café Moscow

1973
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Galerie Charley Chevalier. Paris

1974
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Galerie Gras, Vienna
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Galerie Sazenhofen, Salzburg, Austria

1977
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Galerie Gras, Vienna
Save Time. New York, USA

2003
Nulla dies sine linea. National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow

2007
Deeds and Days. Era Foundation, Moscow

2008
Picasso – USSR. pop / off / art Gallery, Moscow

2010
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow


Selected Group Exhibitions
1965
Unofficial Artists and Poets. Kharkiv, USSR

1974
Progressive Strömungen in Moskau 1957–1970. Museum Bochum, Bochum, FRG

1976
La peinture russe contemporaine. Palais des Congres, Paris

1977
New Art from the Soviet Union. Arts Club of Washington, Washington
Nonkonformisten aus Moskau. Galerie Stantschev, Dusseldorf, FRG
La nuova arte sovietica: una prospettiva non ufficiale. La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

1978
La nuova arte sovietica. Palazzo Reale, Turin, Italy
L’art russe non officiel. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Chartres, Chartres, France

1979
Artist’s Books. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
20 Jahre unabhongige Kunst aus der Sowjetunion. Museum Bochum, Bochum, FRG

1980
Premiere Biennale des painters russes. Vesinet, Center des arts et loisses, Montgeron, France
Nonconformists. Contemporary Commentary from the Soviet Union. Art Gallery, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA

1981
Russian New Wave. Contemporary Russian Art Center, New York, USA
Nouvelles Tendences de l’Art Russe Non-Officiel. 1970–1980. Centre Culturel de la Villedieu, Élancourt, France
16 Bienal de São Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil

1984
Les Russes au present. Le centre culturel de la Villedieu, Élancourt, France

1990–1991
The Other Art. Moscow 1956–1976. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, Leningrad

1995
Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957–1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow

1996
Nonkonformisten, Second Russian Avantgarde, 1955–1988. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

2000
Non-conformisti dalla Collezione Bar-Gera. Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
Cold War / Hot Culture. M. Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, USA

2005
Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera. Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern

2006
Russian Art of the 20th century: Then and Now. Ober Gallery, Kent, USA

2007
Sots Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
Forbidden Art 2006. Sakharov Museum and Public Centre, Moscow
Adventures of the Black Square. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Sztuka Buntu. Muzeum Historii Miasta Łodzi, Lodz; Muzeum Regionalne, Radomsku, Poland
The Destiny of a Country – the Destiny of an Artist. Primorsky State Picture Gallery, Vladivostok, Russia
Russian America. Primorsky State Picture Gallery, Vladivostok, Russia

2009
That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Ca' Rezzonico, Venice, Italy


Collections
Paul Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, USA
National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow

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