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Kulik Oleg - Biography

 


Oleg Kulik

1961

born in Kyiv

1979

graduated from the Kiev Art School

1982

graduated from the Kiev Geological Survey College

1990

Pollock-Krasner Foundation stipendium, USA

1990-1993

an art director and expositioner of the Regina Gallery, Moscow

1995-1996

Berlin Senate stipendium

Lives and works in Moscow

 

Solo exhibitions

1988

Paradox as Method. Exhibition hall of the Sevastopolskiy district, Moscow

Dialogue. Institute of Long-haul Radio, Moscow

1989

Premonition of Non-Freedom. Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow

1990

Untitled. Windows of the Design Center, Moscow

1994

I Love Gorby. M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow

1995

The Same. Enter Scotinin. XL Gallery, Moscow

My Family, or Nature is Perfect. M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow

End of History, or Kulik Visiting Emperors. XL Gallery, Moscow

1996

Evening of Kulik's Memoirs. TV-Gallery, Moscow

1997

Virtual Dog. M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow

I Bite America, America Bites Me (together with Mila Bredikhina). Deitch projects, New York, USA

1998

Clare Quilty Jr. XL Gallery, Moscow

Oleg Kulik. Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris

Oleg Kulik. Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs, Riga

1999

Red Corner (together with Yury Babich). XL Gallery, Moscow

The Russian. Regina Gallery, Moscow

2000

Lolita vs. Alice. Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris

Oleg Kulik in Warsaw. Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw

2001

Museum of Nature (New Paradise). Central House of Artist, Moscow

Museum of Nature (New Paradise). Arka Gallery, Vladivostok

Architectural Extravagances. M.Guelman Gallery, Moscow

House and Windows. La 49 Biennale di Venezia, Yogoslavian Pavillion, Venice, Italy

Oleg Kulik Art Animal. Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

Deep into Russia. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium

2002

Out of a Trash Can. Central House of Artist, Moscow

Museum. XL Gallery, Moscow

Lolita's Theme with Variations. D-137 Gallery, Saint-Petersburg

2003

Slogan. Regina Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

Museum. Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow

System of Coordinates. Central House of Artist, Moscow

Oleg Kulik. Centra d'arte contemporanea, Napoli, Italy

2004

Fragments. Tsereteli Art Gallery, Moscow

Gobi Test (Summer). XL-projects Gallery, Moscow

2005

Gobi Test (Winter). XL Gallery, Moscow

Oleg Kulik. All Performances. Video. XL-projects Gallery, Moscow

2007

Chronology. 1987-2007. Central House of Artist, Moscow

From the dustbin. XL Gallery, Moscow

Museum of Nature or New Paradise. Galleria Nina Lumer, Milan, Italy

 

Selected group exhibitions

1989

Out of Genre. Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow

1990

Logics of Paradox. Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow

Zen. Sadovniki Gallery (exhibition hall of Krasnogvardeysky district), Moscow

Avant-garde-90. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow

1992

Apology of Remaining Behind the Wall, or Fint-Hand Art. Regina Gallery, Moscow

On Transparency. Territory of Children's Camp, village of Zimenki, Moscow region

1993

Philosophy of Name. Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow

Dedicated to the 7th Congress of the People Deputies. Marat Guelman Gallery at Central House of Artist, Moscow

Avant-garde and Tradition. Books of Russian Artists of the XX-th century. The State Russian Library, Moscow

Two Museums. Sala Communale, Rome

1994

Those who are insolent, heartless, ignorant, sufferingfrom persecution mania, suspects, animals, junkies, odd, poor, brain-washed, careerists, naive, fashionable, cruel, unnatural, unfriendly, reckless, stubborn. Regina Gallery, Moscow

1995

No Man's Land. Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen

Kyiv Art Meeting. Ukrainian House Art Center, Kyiv

Multiplications. Sadovniki Gallery (exhibition hall of Krasnogvardeysky district), Moscow

Der Crosse Zuricher Ausstellung. Kunsthause "Orlikon", Zurich

1996

De Rode Poort. Stedeiijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium

Discort: Sabotage of Realities. Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

1997

It's a Better World. Russischer Aktionismus und sein Kontext. Wienner Secession, Vienna

Europarte. 5 giovani proposte per la Fondazione Bevilacqua Editrice Venezia. Fondazione

Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice, Italy

Lioghi Ritrovati. Centra d'arte contemporanea, Serre Di Rapolano, Siena, Italy

Selest'Art. The 1st Biennale. Centre d'art contemporain, Selestate, Spain

III Cetinjski Bienale. Museum of History and Arts. Cetinje, Montenegro

V Istanbul International Biennale. Imper Mint, Istanbul, Turkey

Moscou Vandaag. Stedeiijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium

1998

Another Reality. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow

L'Arte dans le monde. Passage de Retz, Paris

Medialization. Edsvik Konst-Kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden

Public Interest. Central House of Artist, Kyiv

Summer Exhibition. Stedeiijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium

Body and The East. From the 1960s to the Present. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana

Group Show. FRAC des pays de la Loire, Saint Nazair, France

XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo. Sao Paolo

Paris Photo. Carousel du Louvre, Paris

Fauna. Noviy Manege State Exhibition Hall, Moscow; National Center for Contemporary Art, Nizhny Novgorod; Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej "Zacheta". Warsaw

1999

Locally Interested. National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia. Catalogue

After the Wall. Moderna Museem, Stockholm; Hamburger Bahnhoff, Berlin; Ludwig Museum, Budapest

Áåçóìíûé äâîéíèê/Le Fou dedouble. Central House of Artist, Moscow; Central exhibition hall. Nizhny Novgorod; Regional Art Museum, Samara; Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg; Chateau d'Orion, Orion, France

Zeitwenden. Kunstmuseum, Bonn

2000

L'Autre moitie de l'Europe. Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris

Performing Bodies. Tate Modern, London

47th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. Oberhausen, Germany

Dynamical Pairs. Marat Guelman Gallery at Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow; The State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg

Videoentropy. Center for Contemporary Art, Kyiv

Nordic, Baltic and Russian Photography. Finnish Museum of Photography (Cable Factory), Helsinki

Herausforderung Tier-von Beuys bis Kabakov. Stadtlische Galerie Karlsruhe, Austria

2000

ARTEAST 2000+ Collection. "Metelkova" Moderna galerija Ljubljana / Museum of Modern Art; Ljubljana; Orangerie Congress, Innsbruck, Austria

2001

I Bienal de Valencia. Valencia, Spain

Trans Sexual Express Barcelona. Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain

Under the Skin. Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany

2002

ÄÀÂÀÉ!/DAVAJ! Russian Art Now. Postfuhrant. Berlin; ÌÀÊ, Vienna

Melioratsia. International festival of contemporary art on open air. Vacation center "Klyazminskoe Reservoir", Moscow region

Le Tribu dell'arte. Museo d'arte contemporanea delta citta. Roma

The Russian Patient. Freud Museum, London

100 % vision. Regina Gallery, Moscow

IV Cetinjski biennale. Museum of History and Arts, Cetinje, Montenegro

Sociālais ekshibicionisms. Latvijas Fotogrāfijas muzejs, Riga

2003

Horizons of reality. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium

Neue Ansaetze. Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf

Absolute Generation. Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy

II Bienal de Valencia. Valencia

Bunker. Bunker, Berlin

2004

Berlin-Moscau/Moscau-Berlin 1950-2000. Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

HA KYPOPT! Russische Kunst heute. Kunsthàlle Âàden-Âàden, Âàden-Âàden, Germany; Novyi Manege State Exhibition Hall, Moscow

Rencontres d'Aries. Dépôt, Arles, France

Se Opp! Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo

Berlin-Moskau/Ìîñêâà-Áåðëèí 1950-2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow

2005

Za Czerwonym Horyzontem. Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw

Russia-2. Central House of Artist, Moscow

STARZ. Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow

Accomplices. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

La 51 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy

Russian Pop-Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

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

Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

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

2006

The Origin of Species. The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan

Reiz & Risiko / Risk & Allure. Museum Haus fur Kunst, Altdorf, Switzerland

Russia! Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Crossing Frontiers. Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; Ludwig Museum, Budapest

Let There Be Video! Central House of Artist, Moscow

Artist's Diary. Central House of Artist, Moscow

2007

Sots Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

History of Russian Videoart - Volume I. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

New Angelarium. Moscow Museum of Modern art, Moscow

Moscopolis. Espace Louis Vuitton, Paris

History Continues... Moscow Museum of modern art, Moscow

 

List of performances

 

1991

Traces on the Podium (together with Patricia Cox and Anna Chizhova). Regina Gallery, Moscow

1992

Piggly-Wiggly Making Presents (together with "Nikolaj'group). Regina Gallery, Moscow

1995

Deep into Russia. Village of Dubrovky. Tver' region

1994

Meet My Boyfriend Charley. Regina Gallery, Moscow

New Sermon. Danilovsky market, Moscow

Freedom of Choice. Patriarchye Ponds, Moscow

Mad Dog, or Last Taboo Guarded by Alone Cerberus (together with Alexander Brener). Yakimanka street, Moscow

1995

Reservoir Dog. Kunsthaus, Zurich

Alter Aegis / Bifurcation (together with Alexey Tabashov). Courtyard of the Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow

I Am a Beast Now. Polytechnical Museum, Moscow

Political Look of a Man. Tverskaya street, Moscow

Zoocentrism Experiment. Moscow Zoo, Moscow

Kulik Is a Bird in Fact. Gallery 21, Saint-Petersburg

Missionary. Dedicated to Francis of Assist. Peschanaya street, Moscow

Russian Safari. Vacant lot in Vladykino district, Mosco

Kulik is Your Deputy. Pilot night club, Moscow

1996

Police Dog. Rosentol night club, Moscow

Dog House. Fargfabriken, Stockholm

The Body Speaks Louder Then Words! Museum of the Revolution, Moscow

Suspended. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Pavlov's Dog. Manitesta, Rotterdam

I Love Europe. It Does Not Love Me Back. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

I Cannot Keep Silence Any More! In front of the European Council, Strasbourg, Belgium

My Place in the Art. Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin

Armadillo For Your Show. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Germany

1997

Two Kuliks (Kulik Will Peck Up the Kulik's Eye). M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow

I Bite America and America Bites Me (together with Mila Bredikhina).Deitch Projects, New York, USA

Fourth Dimension (together with Mila Bredikhina). Wiener Secession, Vienna

The Prophetic Piece. Centro d'arte contemporanea Serre Di Rapolan, Siena, Italy

Kulik Against Koras. City market, Almaty

Two Kuliks (Kulik Will Peck Up the Kulik's Eye). Palazzo Esplanade, Merano, Italy

1998

Two Kuliks (Kulik Will Peck Up the Kulik's Eye). City Theatre, Podgorica, Montenegro

Armadillo For Your Show. Factoria club, Kyiv

Bloody Auction. Saint Nazaire, France

White Man, Black Dog. Galerija Kapelica. Ljubljana

Two Kuliks (Kulik Will Peck Up the Kulik's Eye). Ark Art Center. Riga

Kuliks. Ecole de Beuax Art, Paris

1999

White Man, Black Dog. Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb

Kuliks. Moderna Museem, Stockholm

Minotaurus is You! Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany

2000

Pigeonloft. Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw

O, Montenegro! Budva, Montenegro

Kuliks. Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

Kuliks. Finnish Museum of Photography (Cable Factory), Helsinki

2001

Two Kuliks (Kulik Will Peck Up the Kulik's Eye). Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

Two Kuliks (Kulik Will Peck Up the Kulik's Eye). Las Reales Atarazanas, Valencia, Spain

2003

Armadillo For Your Show. Tate Modern, London

Hot Ten. Klyazminskoe Reservoir coast, Moscow region

 



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