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Cherkashin Valera & Natasha - Biography

 


 

Valera Cherkashin

 

1948

Born in Kharkov, Ukraine

1963

The first conceptual actions

1978

First personal exhibition in Kharkov together with Boris Mikhailov and Klim

1978-80

Worked with the creative group by the name of Sterligov's Group in Leningrad, USSR

1980

Moved to Moscow

1984

Became a member of Moscow Union of Graphic Artists

1990

Became a member of the USSR Union of Artists

2003

Became a member of the Union of Photo Artists of Russia

 

Natasha Cherkashin

 

1958

Born in Damascus, Syria

1980

Graduated from the Moscow State Teacher's Training University

1994

Became a member of the International Federation of Artists

 

Selected personal exhibitions and installations:

 

1984

The Museum of Architecture. Moscow

1994

Moscow's Red Square in Santa Fe. Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, USA

1996

German Atlantis. Underwater exhibition. Olympia Stadium. Berlin

1997

USSR Atlantis. Swimming pool. University of Maryland. USA

The End of the Epoch. Kunstverein Rosenheim. Rosenheim, Germany

The Mystery Play of Berlin. The Goethe Institute. Moscow

1998

The End of the Epoch. Installation. The World Bank, Washington DC

1999

Goodbye Favorite European Portraits: hello Euro. World Bank Headquarters Atrium Pool, Washington DC

The Culture of European Portraits on Bank Notes. The Financial Ministry of Russian Federation, Moscow

2000

From USSR to Russia. International Center of Photography, Shadai Gallery, Tokyo

"Empires": Russia Past and Present. Together with Bill Wright and Steve Yates. Irving Arts Center, Dallas, USA

Mirages of Empires. PhotoEspana 2000, Caja Madrid, Madrid

2002

Moscow, Putin's Era. Columbia University, New York, USA

Favorite Portraits of People in the World. Fleet Bank, Empire State Building. New York, USA

Supremacist Meditation. Intersection, Kara Kurum, Mongolia

Mirages of Empires. The State Russian Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia

2004

Sport in Arts. Aphrodites of Russia. Municipal art Center, Athens, organized by Stella Art Gallery

2005

Futurism & Nostalgia. Great Neck Arts Center, New York, USA

Gallery of Martha Schneider, Chicago, USA

Moscow. Love. Artist's network of Riverdale. Toronto, Canada. Organized by Stella Art Gallery

2006

A Night with a Pioneer Leader. Glaz Gallery, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow

2007 Metro New York - Moscow. Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York, USA

A Night with a Pioneer Leader. Museum of Modern Art, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

The End of the Epoch. Project Museum of the USSR. Andrey Sakharov Museum & Public Center. Moscow

2008

Metro in Art & Art in Metro. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow

 

Selected group exhibitions:

 

1991

Artists developing the style of Malevich. The State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow

1994

The New Photoart from Russia. Karlsruhe, Frankfurt, Hanover, Düsseldorf, Herten, Germany

4+4 Late Modern. Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, USA

1995

New Acquirements. Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, USA

Collects of Olga Hirshhorn. The Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC.

1997

From Rodchenko to our days. Moscow House of Photography, Moscow

1999

Soviet & Post Soviet Sots Art & American Pop Art. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, USA

The XX Century reflected in Covers. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

1998

Russian Constructivist Ruts: Present concerns. University of Maryland, University of New Hampshire; Dickinson College, The World Bank Headquarters, Washington DC

2000

Moscow in the period of 1920-2000. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

2002

Moscow Yesterday, Today &Tomorrow. Museum of Russian Art. Ramad-gan, Israel

2003

IDEA Photographic: After Modernism. Museum of New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, USA

2004

My Kabakov. Stella Art Gallery. Moscow

2006

Photo Biennalle 2006. Central House of Artists, Moscow

2007

Sots art. Political art in Russia. Maison Rouge Gallery. Paris

New Angelarium. Moscow Museum of Contemporary Arts, Moscow

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

 

 

Public collections:

 

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA

Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA

Santa Fe Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA

The Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, USA

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA

Newseum, Washington, D.C.

The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

New York Public Library, New York, USA

The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, USA

World Bank, Washington D.C.

The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Museum am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin

International Center of Photography, Tokyo

Kolodzei Art Foundation, Highland Park, USA

MoMAoD, Rostov on Don, Russia

 



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