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Konstantinova Maria - Biography

 


 

Maria Konstantinova

1953

Born in Moscow

1980

Graduated from the V.I. Surikov Moscow State Art Institute

1983

Joined the Moscow City Committee of Graphic Artists

1987

Joined the Club of Avantgardists

1993

Joined the Moscow Branch of the USSR Union of Artists

Lives and works in Moscow

 

Personal Exhibition

1991

Noxious Souvenirs (together with Nikolai Kozlov). First Gallery, Moscow

1992

Maria Konstantinova. One-day exhibition at the Exhibition Room of the Moscow Union of Artists on Kuznetsky Most Street, Moscow

1996

Velvet. Wood. China. Obscuri Viri Gallery, Moscow

2002

Bifurcations. Mukha Art Club, Moscow

2006

M.K. Moscow Communications. E.K. Art Bureau, Moscow

2007

M.K. My Collection. Posthumous Portraits of Butterflies. E.K. Art Bureau, Moscow

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

1977-1987

Exhibitions of the Union of Young Artists. Exhibition Halls of the USSR Union of Artists and the Moscow Branch of the USSR Union of Artists, Moscow

1986

XVII Youth Exhibition. Exhibition Room of the Moscow Union of Artists on 11 Kuznetsky Most Street, Moscow

1987

Creative Atmosphere and Artistic Process (first exhibition of the Club of Avantgardists). Exhibition Room of the Proletarsky District on Vostochnaya Street, Moscow

1988

Second Exhibition of the Club of Avantgardists. Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow

Inexpensive Art or Small Works. First Gallery, Moscow

Prospects of Conceptualism (third exhibition of the Club of Avantgardists). Exhibition Room of the Proletarsky District in Peresvetov Lane, Moscow

New Jerusalem (exhibition-action). New Jerusalem, Moscow Region

1990

Woman as Object and Subject of Art. Sadovniki Gallery (Exhibition Room of the Krasnogvardeisky District), Moscow

The Work of Art in the Age of Perestroika. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA

Female Worker. Exhibition Room on 26 Oktyabrskaya Street, Moscow

Schizo-China: Hallucination in Power (exhibition of the Club of Avantgardists). VDNKh Construction Pavilion on Frunzenskaya Embankment, Moscow

Inspiration. Junge Kunst in Europa. Messegelände, Hannover, Germany

For Cultural Recreation. Exhibition Room of the Proletarsky District, Moscow

1991

Mani Museum - 40 Moskauer Künstler. Frankfurter Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

Private Lessons. Na Solyanke Exhibition Room, Moscow

Visitation (exhibition of the Club of Avantgardists). Exhibition Room of the Proletarsky District in Peresvetov Lane, Moscow

Novecento. Experiment in Museifying New Art. Central House of the Artist, Moscow

Mother Cosmos. Exhibition Room on 100 Profsoyuznaya Street, 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

Group Exhibition. Aidan Gallery, Moscow

Hearts of Four. Officers' Club of the Frunze Academy, Moscow

1992-1993

Humanitarian Aid. Parcels for Germany. Central House of the Artist, Moscow; Tränenpalast, Berlin

1993

White Night. State Museum of the Art of Eastern Peoples, Moscow

1994

Drawings. Aidan Gallery, Moscow

1995

Winter Garden. Phoenix Cultural Center, Moscow

Dry Water. Bakhchisarai Museum and Reserve, Bakhchisarai, Ukraine

Esotericum. XL-Gallery, Moscow

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

Female Worker 2. L-Gallery, Moscow

Walks over the Horizon. 100 Profsoyuznaya Street, Moscow

About the House. Exhibition Room on 100 Profsoyuznaya Street, Moscow

1996

ClAva 96. Exhibition Room of the Proletarsky District in Peresvetov Lane, Moscow

Moscow Studio. Hemistyle Gallery, Washington

1997

Second Point. Phoenix Cultural Center, Moscow

Ecology of Emptiness (exhibition of the Club of Avantgardists). Institute of Contemporary Art Problems, Moscow

History in Biographies 1956-1996. Central Exhibition Room, Nizhny Novgorod; Regional Art Museum, Samara; Perm City Picture Gallery; Novosibirsk Regional Picture Gallery; Yekaterinburg Fine Arts Museum

Russian Art in 15 Biographies. Mucsarnok, Budapest

Depositary 1. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow

1998

Motherland. I.E. Repin House and Museum, Shiryayevo, Samara Region

250,000 Miles. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow

1999

Artist's Book 1970s-1990s. A.S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum, Moscow

Russland ohne zeitgenoessisches Museum. Teil 2: Die Galerie XL in Moskau. Foyer Hochhaus W1 der Bayer AG, Leverkusen; Feierabendhaus der Bayer AG, Dormagen

Cold Pole. Inspection Medical Hermeneutics and Russian Art in the 1990s. Museum and Exhibition Center, Krasnoyarsk; Kemerovo Regional Fine Arts Museum; Novosibirsk Picture Gallery; Ecole national supérieur des beaux-arts, Paris; Central House of the Artist, Moscow

Russian Art from Abstraction to Conceptualism. Central House of the Artist, Moscow

1999-2000

Motherland or Death (exhibition of the Club of Avantgardists). Zverevskiy Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Museum of Non-Conformist Art (10 Pushkinskaya Street), St. Petersburg

2000

ClAva's Lovers. Central House of the Artist, Moscow

Ephemerides. M.I. Rudomino All-Russian State Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow

2001

Mysterious Relative. A.Y. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow

2002

Art in the Feminine. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

2003

Senezh Studio. 55 Etchings. A.S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum, Moscow

Euro. A. Sakharov Museum and Public Center, Moscow

2004

Esotericum. Tarot Cards. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

2005

Collage in Russia. 20th Century. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

2006

Signs of Reality. Viktoria Gallery, Samara

2007

Signs of Reality. Udmurtian Republican Fine Arts Museum, Izhevsk

Woe from Wit. State Literary Museum, Moscow

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

Continuation Syndrome. Museum and Tourist Center of the Samara Regional Art Museum, village of Shiryayevo, Samara Region

Adventures of the Black Square. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

New Acquisitions. National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow

Ceci n'est pas nourriture.... Era Foundation, Moscow

 

Collections

Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow

State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow



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