Vadim Kosmatschof
1938
born in Kaluga (USSR)
1952 - 1958
attends
the Moscow Secondary Art School (now called Moscow Academic Art Lyceum named
after N.V.Tomsky)
1959 - 1965
studies
at the Moscow Stroganov School of Industrial and Applied Art (now called Moscow
State Universiry of Industrial and Applied Art named after S.G.Stroganov)
1968 - 1977
creates
projects and realizes sculptures for urban public spaces in Moscow, Ashkhabad (Turkmenistan)
and Nouakchott (Mauretania)
1979
emigrates to Austria
Since 1981 realizes large-scale sculptures for
public spaces in Germany and Austria
1985
is awarded the State Prize of
the German Bundesland Rheinland-Pfalz for art in public spaces
2007
is appointed Honorary Professor of the
International Academy of Architecture (IAA)
Lives and works in
Germany and Austria
Selected Group
Exhibitions:
1976
Spring
Apartment Exhibition. Весенняя квартирная выставка.M. Odnoralov's workshop at Dmitrievskogo str. 10? Moscow
1977
La
nuova arte sovietica: una prospettiva non ufficiale. La Biennale di Venezia,
Venice, italy
1978
Rassegna
sul dissenso culturale nell`Est europio. Scuola Art e Mestiert, Aula Magna
Scuola cantonale di Commercio, Aula Magna Municipio, Sala Patriziale, Bellinzona,
Switzerland
1981
Nouvelles Tendences de l'Art
Russe Non-Officiel. 1970-1980. Centre Culturel de la Villedieu, Élancourt, France
Ausstellung russische Gegenwartskunst. Kunstlerhaus Palas Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, Federal
Republic of Germany
2006
Movement in a Square. The
Square in Painting, Kinetic Art and Animation.
Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany
2007
Victory Over The Sun. National
Center of Contemporary Arts, Moscow
Adventures of the
Black Square. The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Love for the
Objects. Aspects of Contemporary Sculpture. Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, St.Pölten,
Austria
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