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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