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Zakharov Vadim - Biography

 


 

Vadim Zakharov

1959                 born in Dushanbe (Tajikistan)

1982                 graduated from the Moscow State Polygraphic Institute.

Since 1992       publisher of the "Pastor" and "Pastor Zond Edition" magazines  

Lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

 

Selected personal exhibitions:

 

1983     SZ (Skersis/Zakharov). AptArt (apartment of N.Alexeev), Moscow

1984     Vadim Zakharov. AptArt Gallery (apartment of N.Alexeev), Moscow

1988     Fragments of the Moscow Underground (with Yuri Albert). Taidehalli, Helsinki

1989     Vadim Zakharov. Kunstverein, Freiburg in Breisgau

            Vadim Zakharov. Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna

            Vadim Zakharov. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany

1990     Bruder Karamazoff (with Victor Skersis). Sophia Ungers Gallery, Cologne, Germany

Sechs Monate bis zur Herausseifung des Marquis durch Aida. Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna

1991     Das Weissanstreichen von Peter und dem Wolf auf dem Territorium der Garnitur von Madame Schleuse. Walcheturm Gallery, Zurich

1992     Alexander Pushkin - Publisher. L Gallery, Moscow

            Provincial bubbles of Cologne Pastor. Deweer Art Gallery, Ottegem, Belgium

              Pastor's Schleuse. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany

1994     Typographische Erhebung.  Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany

               Ilja Kabakov, Ivan Tchouikov, Vadim Zakharov. Deweer Art Gallery, Ottegem, Belgium

1995    Der letzte Spaziergang durch die Elysischen Felder. Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

1996     Stories of the Black Widow. Kunsthøgskolen, Oslo

            Funny and sad adventures of Foolish Pastor. Atopic Site, Tokyo

1997     J Japanisches Heft N˚ 3. Begegnung mit einem Rocker auf dem Christusgrab im dorf Schingo  (Provinz Aomori). Galerie Carla Stützer, Cologne, Germany

            Deadlock of Nowdays (with Sergey Anufriev). Institute of Modern Art Problems,

Obscuri Viri, TV Gallery, Moscow

1998     Der letzter Punkt des Verlegers Pastor Zond. Verlegerstatigkeit 1992-98. Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin

1999     Psychedelics of Choice. Funen Academy of Fine Arts, Odense, Denmark

2001     Sects, Prophets, Images. TV Gallery, Moscow

2002     Die Ekstase eines Zuschauers gebiert den Autor. Kunstlerhaus Schloß Wiepersdorf, Cologne, Germany

2003     Nothing New. National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow

Projekt und Errichtung Theodor W. Adorno Denkmals anlässlich seines 100. Gebutstages, Theodor W. Adorno Platz,  Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

2004     Mouse Hunting (with Andrey Monastyrsky), Stella Art Gallery, Moscow  

                        Group S/Z (with Victor Skersis). E.K.ArtBureau, Moscow  

2005                 Moscow Conceptualism (with Ekaterina Degot). W.A.M. Gallery, Moscow  

2006                 Vadim Zakharov.  25 years on one page. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

                                    Lessons in the boudoir.  Stella Art Gallery, Moscow

                        Monument to Utopia. (homage to the exhibition of P. Filonov "Witness of Unseen"). State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg; Государственный Русский музей, Санкт-Петербург; Museum of Private Collections, Moscow

2007                 Caramel in the Botanichesky garden. Late comment to the article of Boris Groys "Moscow romantic conceptualism".  "Modern City" Foundation, Moscow

 

Group exhibitions (selection)

 

1978-1982         Exhibitions AptArt.  AptArt Gallery  (apartment of N.Alexeev), Moscow

1983                            Come Yesterday and You'll Be First. City Without Walls Gallery, New-Ark; Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, Jersey-City, USA

                        AptArt Behind The Fence. Tarasovka station. Moscow region

1984                 APTART in Tribeca. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York, USA

1985                 Apt Art. Moscow Vanguard in the ‘80s. Washington Project for the Arts, Washington

1986                 Art against Commerce. Bitsevsky park, Moscow

Oh, Malta. Embassy of the Malta Republic in the USSR, Moscow

Primitive art and avanguard (one-day show). Moscow Artists' Union Exhibition Hall on Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow

XVII exhibition of young Moscow artists.  Moscow Artists' Union Exhibition Hall on Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow

1987                            Creative Atmosphere and Artistic Process. First Exhibition of the Avantgardist Club (KLAVA). Proletarsky district Exhibition Hall on Vostochnaya str, Moscow

Retrospection of young Moscow artists' work 1957- 1987. Hermitage Society, Exhibition   Hall on Profsoyuznaya, 100, Moscow

Exhibition in Hell, or Exhibition for the Inhabitants of Lower and Upper Worlds. Exhibition of Avanguardist Club.  Neglected ground in Orekhovo-Borisovo, Moscow

 1988                Ich lebe - Ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Kunstmuseum, Bern

                        8 Artists from USSR. Galerie de France, Paris

Sowjetkunst heute. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

Art contemporain sovetique. ARCO, Madrid, Spain

IsKUNSTvo I. Kunstlerwerkstatt im Bahnhof Westend, West Berlin

1989-90            10 + 10. MAM, Fort Worth; MOMA, San Francisco; Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo;

                        Museum of Modern Art, Washington; Central House of Artist,, Moscow

1990                 Artisti russi contemporanei. Museo d'árte contemporanea Luigi Pecci,, Prato,                           Italy

                        Rusland. Stads Galerij, Heerlen, Netherlands

                        Von der Revolution zur Perestrojka. Sammlung Ludwig, Kunstmuseum Luzern,                          Switzerland

                        In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum,, Amsterdam

                        A la Bibliothek. Salzburger Kunstverein,  Salzburg, Austria

1990 - 1991       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, Germany                BiNationale (Israelische - Sowjetische Kunst um 1900). Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Central House of Artist,, Moscow

Metropolis. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

Topography.. L-Gallery, 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, Reilly, США

1992                 Kunst Heimat Kunst. Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria

                          A Whiter Shade of Pale. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany

1993                 Exchange II/Datsja. Almere, Flevopolder, Netherlands

                          Exchange 2. Shedhalle, Zurich

                        Trade Routes. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New-York, USA

Plötzlich ist eine Zeit herangebrochen, in der alles möglich sein sollte. Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Im Bau. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany

11. Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

Die Sprache der Kunst. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

1994                 Fluchtpunkt Moskau. Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany

            Artist Instead of Art Work, or Jump into Void. Central House of Artist,, Moscow

            Private Mix. Galerie Eigen, Berlin

Ritratto Autoritratto. Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy

1995                 Heart of darkness. Kröller-Müller Museum, De Hoge Veluwe, Netherlands

                        No Man's Land. Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Kopenhagen

in Moskau... in Moskau... Badischer Kunstverein, Karsruhe, Germany

Dry water. Bakhchisaray Museum, Bakhchisaray, Ukrain

Zeichnungen der Moskauer Szene. Hohenthal und Littler Galerie, Munich, Germany

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

                        Kräftmesse. Kunstlerwerkstatt Lothinger Straße 13, Munich, Germany

1995-1996         Flug, entfernung, verschwinden. Galerie hlavniho mĕsta Prahy, Prague; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel, Germany

1996                 Ostsee Biennale-96. Bekannt(-)Machung. Kunsthalle, Rostock, Germany

ClAva (Club of Avanguardists)-96. Proletarsky district Exhibition Hall in Persesvetsky lane, Moscow

Artists for Nature. Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn, Germany

1997                 Fort! Da! Cooperations. Villa Merkel, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany              2000 minus 3. ArtSpace plus Interface. Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria

Russian Art in 15 Biographies. Mucsarnok, Budapest

                        Ecology of Emptiness. Contemporary Art Institute, Moscow

History in persons. 1956 - 1996. Central Exhibition Hall, Nizhniy Novgorod; Regional Art Museum, Samara; Perm City Picture Gallery, Perm; Novosibirsk Regional Picture Gallery, Novosibirsk; Yekaterinburg Fine Arts Museum, Yekaterinburg , Russia

Mystical Correct. Gallerie Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin

1998                 Vollkommen Gewönlich, Kunstverein Freiburg im Marienbad, Marienbad; Germanische              Nationalmuseum, Nurnberg, Kunstverein, Braunschweig; Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany

            Someone Else with my Fingerprints. SK Stiftung Kultur Koln, Cologne, Germany

1998 - 1999       Фауна/Fauna. State Exhibition Hall "New Maneg", Moscow; Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw

1998 - 2001       Praprintium. Staatsbibliothek, Berlin; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen; Museum fuer literatur am Oberrhein, Karsruhe, Germany; Oesterreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Вена; Minoritenkloster, Graz, Austria

1999                            Mad double/Le Fou dedouble. Central House of Artist,, Moscow; Central Exhibition Hall, Nizhniy Novgorod;  Regional Art Museum, Samara; Yekaterinburg Fine Arts Museum, Yekaterinburg; Chateau d'Oiron, Oiron, France

1999-2000         Zeitwenden Rückblick und Ausblick. Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany; Museum  Moderner Kunst, Vienna

Cold Pole. Inspection "Medical Hermeneutics" and Russian Art of 90s / Le Pole du froid. Inspection Hermeneutique Medicale et I'art russe des annes 90. Exhibition museum Center, Krasnoyarsk; Kemerovo Regional Fine Arts Museum Regional, Krasnoyarsk; Novosibirsk Regional Picture Gallery, Novosibirsk; École national supérieur des beaux-arts, Paris; Central House of Artist,, Moscow

Motherland or Death (Exhibition of Club of Avanguardists) Zverev Center of Contemporary Art Center, Moscow; Non-conformist Art Museum (Pushkinskaya, 10),  Saint-Petersburg

2000                L‘Autre Moitie de l‘Europe. Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris

                        Amnesia. Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany

Dynamic pairs. Central Exhibition Hall "Maneg", Moscow; National Center for Contemporary Arts, Nizhniy Novgorod; State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg

Bons Baisers de Russie. Espase EDF Bazacle, Toulouse, France

2000 - 2002       ARTEAST 2000+. Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana; Orangerie Congress, Insbruk, Austria; ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany; Umetnička galerija Skopje, Skopje

2001                 Beyond the Sentence. Bard College, Annadeil-on-Hudson, USA

Milano - Europе 2000. Palazzo Triennale, Milano, Italy

                        La 49 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy

                        ARS 01. Kiasma, Helsimki

2002                 Bangkok meets Cologne. Art Centre, Silpakorn University, Thailand

                            5х5. Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, Switzerland

The Small World. Art Centre, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

                          Chilufim. Israel Museum, Herzlya Museum of Art, Jerusalem

                        Babel 2002.  Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

Maneg: 40 years of non-conformist art. Central Exhibition Hall "Maneg", Moscow

Synopsis 2 - Theologies. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

2002 - 2004       Moscow Time/Московское время. Šiuolaikinio meno centras, Vilnius; "Labaratory of Nizhniy Novgorod" Museum, Nizhniy Novgorod; Kirov Regional Art Museum, Kirov; Republic Museum of Fine Arts, Ioshkar Ola; City Exhibition Hall, Petrozavodsk

2003                 Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau,, Berlin

Moskauer Konzeptualismus: Sammlung Oroschakoff und Sammlung, Verlag, Archiv -

Transfer / Chilufim. Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany

Acquisitions 2001 - 2002 - Paintings and Installations. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

2004                             Berlin-Moscow/Moscow-Berlin 1950 - 2000. State History Museum, Moscow

                        Any Place Any. Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonica , Greece

Privatisierungen - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Osteuropa. KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

Esotericum. Taro cards. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

Seven Sins. Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana

My Kabakov. Stella Art Gallery, Moscow

Funny Cuts. Cartoons und Comics in der zeitgenössische Kunst. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany 

2005                 Confederates. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Reflection. National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow; National Center for Contemporary Arts, Nizhniy Novgorod; Yekaterinburg Contemporary Art Gallery, Yekaterinburg, Rissia

International biennale of contemporary art 2005. Prague

What's New, Pussycat? Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany

Angels of History. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

Essence of Life/Art. Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Г State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg

2006                 ¡Rusia! Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain

Artists Against The State: Perestroika Revisited. Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, USA

Territories of Terror: Mythology, Memory, History. 808 Gallery, Boston, USA

To be worth the video! Russian video-art 1996-2006. Central House of Artist, Moscow

2007                            History of Russian video-art - volume 1. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

I believe! "Winzavod" Contemporary Art Center, Moscow

1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Thessalonica, Greece

Through the Picture. "Federation" Tower, Moscow

Sots Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris

                          Word and Image. National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow

Woe from the Wit. State Literature Museum, Moscow

What We Hear, What Looks at Us. Visual Acoustics. National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow

New in Collection. National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow

Future Depends on You. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

2008                 Die totale Aufklärung - Moskauer Konzeptkunst. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany

In the Middle of the Universe. National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow

 

 

 

 

 



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