Igor Makarevich
1943
Born in the village of Trialeti, Georgia
1951
Moved with his parents to Moscow
1968
Graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow
since 1970
Worked as a book illustrator and theater designer
since 1979
Member of Collective Actions group
since 1987
Member of the Club of Avantgardists (ClAva)
1984
Awarded the title Honorary Artist of the RSFSR
Lives in Moscow
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1970
One-day Personal Exhibition. Cinema Room of the Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Union of Artists on 11 Kuznetsky Most, Moscow
1971
One-day Personal Exhibition. Central House of Art Workers, Moscow
1979
Igor Makarevich. Exhibition Room of the Moscow Branch of the Union of Artists at 65 Vavilova St., Moscow
Abramov. Chuikov. Makarevitch. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1991
Kabakov. Kizevalter. Makarevich. Galeria PARAL. LEL 39, Valencia, Spain
1992
A. P. Chekhov. Three Views (with Oleg Vasiliev and Yuri Vashchenko). National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow; Murmansk Regional Art Museum, Murmansk, Russia
1993
Between Abandonment and Hope. Velta Gallery, Moscow
1994
Die Mowe. Galerie Art III Inge Herbert, Berlin
1996
Lignomania. XL Gallery, Moscow
Die Mowe. Karin Hertin Galerie, Berlin
1997
Partial Alteration. Obscuri Viri Gallery, Moscow
Homo Lignum. XL Gallery, Moscow
1998
Les Paradis artificiel. XL Gallery, Moscow
Selections from the Diary of Nikolai Ivanovich Borisov. Hand Print Workshop International, Alexandria, USA
1999
Selections from the Diary of Nikolai Ivanovich Borisov or the Secret Life of the Trees. XL Gallery, Moscow
Homo Lignum 99. Spider&Mouse Gallery, Moscow
2000
Notes: Photographic Commentaries on the Work of Collective Actions (with Valery Stigneyev). DOM Cultural Center, Moscow
Drawings of the Old Soviet Masters. XL Gallery, Moscow
A. P. Chekhov. Three Views (with Oleg Vasiliev and Yuri Vashchenko). Sakhalin Regional Art Museum, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
2001
Zooantropomoses. Central House of Artist, Moscow
Book of Radiance. Hand Print Workshop International, Alexandria, USA
2003
Graphic Works 1993–2003. Editorial Office of the Pinakoteka Magazine, Moscow
Homo Lignum 03. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
Selected Group Exhibitions
1969
Student Graduation Exhibition. USSR Academy of Arts, Moscow
1970
Soviet Russia. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1976
Glory to Labor. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
The Youth of Russia. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1979
Photographic Art. Exhibition Hall on 28 Malaya Gruzinskaya, Moscow
20 Jahre unabhängige Kunst aus der Sowjetunion. Museum Bochum, Bochum, FRG
1980
Nonconformists. Contemporary Commentary from the Soviet Union. Art Gallery, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA
New Tendencies in Russian Unofficial Art: 1970–1980. Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art, Jersey City, USA
1981
Nouvelles Tendences de l’Art Russe Non-Officiel. 1970–1980. Centre Culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France
25 Years of Soviet Unofficial Art. 1956–1981. Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art, Jersey City, USA
2 Mi˛edzynarodowego Triennale Rysunku. Wroclaw, Poland
Russian New Wave. Contemporary Russian Art Center, New York, USA
1982
Transplantation of Russian Spirituality. Visuals Studies Workshop, New York, USA
Aspekte sowjetscher Kunst der Gegenwart. Neue Galerie-Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany
First AptArt Exhibition. AptArt Gallery (N. Alexeyev’s apartment), Moscow
1984
Les Russes au present. Centre Culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France
1987
Creative Atmosphere and Art Process. First Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club. Proletarsky District Exhibition Hall at Vostochnaya Street, Moscow
Retrospection 1957–1987. Hermitage Amateur Society, Exhibition Hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
Object 1. Exhibition Hall on 28 Malaya Gruzinskaya, Moscow
1988
Nowe ruskie. Palac Nauki i kultury, Warsaw
Sowjetkunst heute. Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Post-Socialist Realism: The New Soviet Reality. St. Mary’s College of Maryland Historic St. Mary’s City, Maryland, USA
1989
Expensive Art (Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club). Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow
The Green Show. Exit Art, New York, USA; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
1990
Towards an Object. Sadovniki Gallery (Krasnogvardeisky district Exhibition Hall), Moscow
Adaptation and Negation of Socialist Realism. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, USA
In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1990–1991
The Other Art. Moscow 1956–1976. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, Leningrad
Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism. Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA
1991
MANI Museum - 40 Moskauer Künstler. Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Solitary Pursuits. Na Solyanke Exhibiton Hall, Moscow
1991–1993
Perspectives of Conceptualism. The University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu; Clocktower Gallery, P. S. 1, New York; North Carolina Museum of Art, Riley, USA
1992–1993
a Mosca... a Mosca. Villa Campoleto, Herculaneum; Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
1994
Fluchtpunkt Moskau. Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Artist instead of An Art Work, or Jump into the Void. Central House of Artist, Moscow
II Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
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
Zeichnungen der Moskauer Szene. Galerie Hohenthal & Littler, Munich, Germany
1995–1996
Flug, Entfernung, Verschwinden. Konzeptuelle Moskauer Kunst.
Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy, Prague; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel, Germany
1996
Fluxus: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. History without Frontiers. Central House of Artist, Moscow
ClAva-96. Exhibition Hall of the Proletarsky District in Peresvetov Lane, Moscow
From GULAG to Glasnost. The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, USA
1997
Collective Actions. Exit Art, New York, USA
III Cetinjski Bienale. Cetinje, Montenegro
1998
Body and the East. From the 1960s to the Present. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
1999
Artist’s Book. 1970s–1990s. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
2000
ClAva’s Lovers. Central House of Artist, Moscow
2001
Fathers and Children. State Literary Museum, Moscow
Ein Tieferes Deutschland. Na Kashirke Exhibition Hall, Moscow
2002
Contemporary Russian Painting. New Manege State Exhibition Halls, Moscow
ProZrenie. II International Festival of Photography Festival. Nizhegorodskaya Yarmarka, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2003-2004
Berlin – Moskau / Moskau – Berlin 1950–2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; State Historical Museum, Moscow
2004
Beyond Memory. Soviet Nonconformist and Photo-Related Works of Art. The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, USA
Esotericum. Tarot Cards. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
My Kabakov. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2004–2005
Warszawa - Moskwa / Moscow - Warsaw. 1900–2000. Zach˛eta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2005
Accomplices. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Russian Pop Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
2007
Woe from Wit. State Literary Museum, Moscow
2008
Bare Life. Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
Collections
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
Kaliningrad Regional Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia
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