Yuri Avvakumov
1957
Born in Tiraspol, USSR
1981
Graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute, Moscow
1983–1988
Taught at the Moscow Architecture Institute, Moscow
1993–1994
Taught at Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany
Lives and works in Moscow
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1989
La Cupola, La Gondola. House of Culture of Moscow Lamp Factory, Moscow
AGITARCH. Galerie Linssen, Cologne, Germany
1991
Walls and Ladders (with Alyona Kirtsova). Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
1992
Unsold goods (with Sergey Shutov). First Gallery, Moscow
Temporary Monuments. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
1994
1:43. Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
1996–2000
Russian Utopia. A Depository. La VI Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Padiglione Russo, Venice, Italy; Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow; Volgograd Museum and Exhibition Centre, Volgograd; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
1999
A. S. Pushkin and Money. XL Gallery, Moscow
2000
MiSCeLLaNeouS. Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
2005
La Scala. Krokin Gallery, Moscow
2006
Red Corner. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2007
Games. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Selected Group Exhibitions
1983
Pražské Quadriennale. Prague
1984
Paper Architecture. Yunost’ magazine office, Moscow
1986
Young Soviet Architecture – From Clothes to Cities. SKUC Gallery, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
1987
Representation. Hermitage Amateur Society, Exhibition Hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
1988
Architecture de Papier d’URSS. Grande Halle de La Vilette, Paris, XVII Triennale di Milano. Palazzo dell’ Arte, Milan, Italy
Shock Workers of Art. ASSA Art-Rock-Parade. House of Culture of Moscow Lamp Factory, Moscow
1988–1989
Soviet Architecture: 1917–1988. Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki; Arkitekturmuseet Skeppsholmen, Stockholm; Stichting de Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
1989
Architectuur en verbeelding. Fort Asperen, Leerdam, Netherlands
Architecture et Utopie. Pavillion de l’Arsenal, Paris
1990
Avant-garde 20 / 90. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1990–1991
Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism. ICA, Boston; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA
1991
Paper Architecture: New Projects from the Soviet Union. List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
1992
3rd International Istanbul Biennale. Istanbul, Turkey
1993
From Utopia to Utopia. Galerie Lachmann, Cologne, Germany
1993–1994
Aspects Actuels de la Mouvance Construite Internationale. Musee des Beaux-Arts, Vevriers; Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimee, La Louviere, Belgium
1994
Utopia Factory. Russian Visionary Architecture. Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
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
Die Kunst Des Fliegens. Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
La VI Mostra Internazionale di Architettura. Venice, Italy
1997
Living Bridges. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
1999
Light Breathe. Moscow Centre for Art, Moscow
2000
Das Funfte Element. Geld oder Kunst. Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
2001
Family Album: Brooklyn Collect. Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, USA
2002
Melioratsia. First Open Air Festival of Contemporary Art. Klyazminskoye Reservoir Vacation Center, Moscow region
2003
Berlin – Moskau / Moskau – Berlin 1950–2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
FORM-Specific. Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Utopia Station. La 50 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2004
Berlin – Moskau / Moscow – Berlin 1950–2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow
Malign Muses. Modemuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
Lodz Biennale. Lodz, Poland
2005
Accomplices. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Re: MODERN. Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna
2006
ArchStoyanie. Architectural Open Air Festival. Nicola-Lenivets village, Kaluga region, Russia
2007
Bornhouse. VKHUTEMAS Gallery, Moscow; Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg
Architecture: ad marginem. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Design of Siberia. VII Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
10 Triennale Kleinplastik. Fellbach, Germany
Sots Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
2008
Persymphans. Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
Tunguska Explosive. Krasnoyarsk Cultural Historical Museum Complex, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Bornhouse. Chiesa di San Stae, Venice, Italy
Russian Dreams... Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, USA
2008-2009
That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice, Italy
2009
Moskvapolis. Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia
Expanse. VIII Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Collections
Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Fondation pour l’Architecture, Brussels
Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
ZKM Museum of New Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Stella Art
Foundation, Moscow
Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia
Krasnoyarsk Cultural Historical Museum Complex, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
MArkhI Museum, Moscow
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
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