Alexander Kosolapov
1943
Born
in Moscow
1950-61
Studied in Moscow Secondary
Art School
of V. Surikov Art Institute
1962-68
Studied, with a break due to
military service, at the Sculpture Department of Stroganov Moscow Higher Art
College Stroganov Moscow Higher Art College.
1975
Emigrates
to the US
Lives
and works in New York, USA, and Moscow
Selected personal
exhibitions
1974
Alexander Kosolapov. Artists' House at
Kuznetsky Most Str., Moscow
1985
Alexander Kosolapov. Semaphore Gallery, New York,
USA
1987
Alexander Kosolapov. Galerie Anna
Friebe, Cologne, Germany
1988
Alexander Kosolapov. Galerie Inge
Baecker, Cologne, Germany
1990
Alexander Kosolapov. Berman Gallery, New York,
USA
1991
Alexander Kosolapov. Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York,
USA
Belkin, Chuikov, Kosolapov. Galerie
Eva Poll, Berlin
1993
New Post-Communist Billboards oder Bilder aus dem Neuen Russland. Galerie
Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany
1994
Alexander Kosolapov. Galerie Vorsetzen, Hamburg, Germany
1997
Alexander Kosolapov. Galerie Karenina, Vienna
2000
Sots Art/Pop Art. Duke University Museum
of Art , Durham, USA
2003
Mickey-Lenin. Gallery of One Work, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions:
1978
New Art from the Soviet Union. Pratt
Institute Gallery, Columbia; Montgomery Hall, St'Mary College, Maryland, USA
1981
Nouvelles Tendences de l'Art Russe Non-Officiel. 1970-1980. Centre
Culturel de la Villedieu,
Elancourt, France
Russian New Wave.
Contemporary Russian
Art Center,
New York, USA
1983
Come Yesterday and You'll Be First. City Without Walls Gallery, New-Ark; Contemporary
Russian Art
Center of America,
Jersey-City, USA
1984
Sots art. Semaphore
Gallery, New York, USA
Les Russes au present. Le centre
culturel de la Villedieu,
Elancourt, France
1986
Sots art. Everson Museum of Art, Ñèðàêóñ; New museum of contemporary art, New
York, USA; Glenbow Museum,
Calgary, Canada
1987
A Retrospective of Creative Effort of Moscow Artists. 1957-1987. Hermitage Association,
Exhibition Hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya Str., Moscow
1989-90
Transit:
Russian Artists Between the East and West. Fine Arts Museum of Long Island,
Hempstead, USA; Central Artists' House, Moscow; State Russian Museum, St.
Petersburg, Russia
1989
D&D. Kunstverein, Hamburg, FRG
Reagan: American Icon. Central Gallery, Bucknell University,
Luisburg, USA
Wirklichkeit als Konzept II. Galerie
Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany
Hommage-Demontage. Neue Galerie - Ludwig Collection, Aachen;
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen; Stadtisches Museum, Gelsenkirchen, Germany;
Provinciaalmuseum, Hasselt, Belgium
1990
Art=Money? The Gallery, New York, USA
Art et Publicite. Centre Georges
Pompidou, Paris; Du Sezon Museum, Tokyo
Schizo-China: Hallucination at at the helm (exhibition at Avant-garde
Artists' Club). VDNH Construction pavilion at Frunzenskaya Embankment,
Moscow
Absolut Glasnost. Magazine «Interview», June 1990, USA
1990-91
Another art. Moscow 1956-1976. State Tretiakov Gallery,
Moscow; State
Russian Museum,
Leningrad
1991
Contemporary Soviet Art: From Thaw to Perestroyka. Setagaya Art Museum,
Tokyo
Kunst: Europa, Sovietunion. Kunstverein, Hanover, Germany
In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Transpositions. Art Museum University of South Florida,
Tampa, USA
1992
Ex USSR. Groninger
Museum, Groninger, The Netherlands
Soc-art. V. Lenin
Museum, Moscow
10 New York
Artists. Galerie Löhr, Mönchengladbach,
Germany
1993
3rd Minos Beach
Sculpture symposium. Greece
Monuments: transformation for the future.
World Financial Center, New York; Central
Artists' House, Moscow; Kunstihoone, Tallinn
Coca Art Show. Galleria Bianca
Pilat, Milan, Italy
1994
Artist Instead of a Work of Art, or a Jump to the Void. Central
Artists' House, Moscow
Before «Neo» and After «Post». Lehman College Art
Gallery, New York, USA
Who is Who. Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna
El Magico Mundo De Mickey Mouse. Cuartel conde Duque, Madrid; Palau Sant
Jordi; Barcelona, Spain
II Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
1995
Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten
Russland 1957-1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; documenta-Halle, Kassel;
Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Central Exhibition Hall «Riding Hall», Moscow
Russian Jewish Artist in a Century of Change.
Jewish Museum, New York, USA
Prospekts. Chase Manhattan
bank, New York, USA
Temporarily Possessed. New Museum of
contemporary art, New York,
USA
1996
Here and there: Contemporary Artist from the former Soviet
Union. B'naiB'rith Klutznick, National Jewish Museum, Washington
1997
III Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
History in persons. 1956-1996. Central exhibition hall, Nizhny Novgorod; Regional Art
Museum, Samara; Perm Municipal Picture Gallery, Perm; Novosibirsk Regional
Picture Gallery, Novosibirsk; Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg
1998 Russlands Zweite
Avantgarde. Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany
Mouse: An American Icon. Alternative
Museum, New
York, USA
It'sThe Real Thing. Frederick R.
Weisman Art
Museum, Minneapolis,
USA
1999
Kunst im untergrund. Albertina museum, Vienna
Drama
Lenin-Stalin Tragodie. Galerie Hihenthal und Bergen, Berlin
2000-2002
ARTEAST 2000+. Moderna galerija
Ljubljana, Liubliana; Orangerie Congress, Innsbruck, Austria; ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany;
Umetnička galerija Skopje, Skopje
2002
Russian Revolutions. Singer Gallery, Mizel Center
for Arts and Culture, Denver,
USA
100% vision. Rigina Gallery, Moscow
2003
Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Ortstermin
Moskau - 1970 und die Zeit danach. Galerie Sandmann, Berlin
Kunst und Politik. Galerie Inge
Baecker, Cologne, Germany
Remembrance. Yeshiva University Museum,
New York, USA
Attention, religion!
A. Sakharov Museum and Public
Center, Moscow
2004
Berlin-Moscow/Moscow-Berlin 1950-2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow
Printed light - photographic vision and the modern print.
National Gallery of Australia,
Canberra
Szene MOSKVA (1977-1991). Galerie Eva Poll, Berlin
Seven Sins. Moderna galerija Ljubljana, Liubliana
Body, culture and optical illusions. Museum Center
of the Russian State
Humanities University,
Moscow
2004-2005
Warszawa-Moskwa/Moscow-Warsaw. 1900-2000. Zachęta Narodowa Galeria
Sztuki, Warsaw; State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow
2005
Russia! Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum,
New York, USA
Russia 2. Bad news from Russia. White Box Gallery, New York,
USA
Russian Pop Art. State Tretiakov Gallery,
Moscow
Essence of Life/Art. Ludwig Museum,
Budapest; State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum,
St. Petersburg
See-Food. Galerie
Sandmann, Berlin
Katharina prospekt. Modemuseum, Antwerp,
Belgium
Moscow Grafika: Artists' Prints 1961 - 2005. International
Print Center,
New York, USA
2006
Branding. Centre PasquArt, Kunsthaus
d'art, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Unlearn. Plug In Institute
of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada
Artists Against The State: Perestroika Revisited. Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, USA
2007
New Sculptures. Galerie Vallois
Sculptures, Paris
Soc-Art. State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
The Thaw. State
Russian Museum,
St. Petersburg
Movement. Evolution. Art. Ekaterina Cultural
Foundation, Moscow
2008
Die totale Aufklärung
- Moskauer Konzeptkunst. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Collections
Albertina Museum, Vienna
Art Museum University
of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York,
USA
Moderna galerija Ljubljana,
Liubliana
Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Worlen, Passau, Germany
Museum of art, The Duke University, N.C., USA
Museum of Modern Art, MOMA, New York, USA
National Jewish Museum, B'nay B'rith Klauthznik, Washington
New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York, USA
New York Public Library, New
York, USA
Solomon R.Guggenheim
Museum, New York, USA
Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Wihlhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Zimmerly Art Museum, Rutgers,
USA
State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St.
Petersburg
State Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
Moscow Contemporary
Art Museum, Moscow
ART4.RU Museum, Moscow
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