Yuri Albert
Bio
1959
was born in Moscow
1974-1977
studied at K. Arnold Studio, Moscow
1977-1980
studied at the V. I. Lenin Moscow State Pedagogical Institute
1987
member of Club of Avantgardists (CLAVA)
2000
Krasner-Pollock Foundation grant
2001
Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
2011
Kandinsky Prize
2014
Innovation Prize
lives and works in Cologne, Germany, and Moscow
Collections
Bakhchisaray Museum, Bakhchisaray, Russia
Ludwig Forum fuer Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Stadtsparkasse, Cologne
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina
The Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Graphische Sammlung, Munich
Ministry of culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Selected solo exhibitions
1988
Fragments of the Moscow Underground (with V. Zakharov). Taidehalli, Helsinki
1989
Moscow Days. Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy, Staromestska radnice, Prague
1990
Yuri Albert. Neue Arbeiten. Krings-Ernst Galerie, Cologne
Three Artists - Two Generations (with V. Zakharov and E. Steinberg). Stadsgalerie Heerlen, the Netherlands
1992
Pictures, collected by Y. Albert. 1.0 Gallery, Moscow
Mummy, look an artist! L Gallery, Moscow
How I became an Artist (with D. Gutov). Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow
1993
Triple Trying (with A. Filippov and D. Prigov). ICA, Moscow
1994
Art of internal space. Exposition I: Yuri Albert, V. Efimov. 1.0 Gallery, Moscow
1995
Mami, schau, ein Künstler! Hohenthal und Bergen Galerie, Cologne
1996
Selfportrait with closed eyes. Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow
1997
Le chef d’oevre inconnu. Hohenthal und Bergen Galerie, Munich
1999
Selbstportrait mit geschlossenen Augen. Haus der Niederlande, Münster
2004
Painting. Guelman Gallery, Moscow
2007
Exhibition. Era Foundation, Moscow
2008
Painting, sculpture and graphics. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Tales about Art. National Centre for Contemporary Art / Nizhny Novgorod Museum of Fine Arts
Victor and the hares; Fragma, Pragma, Enigma; Artistic co-op Cupid (with A. Filippov and V. Skersis). PROEKT_FABRIKA, Moscow
2009
Show and Tell: Deep Water (with A. Filippov and V. Skersis). Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Moscow Poll, Paperworks gallery, Moscow
2010
Zabor Vody (with A. Filippov and V. Skersis). PROEKT_FABRIKA, Moscow
2011
Blindfolded Self-Portraits. Paperworks gallery, Moscow
Metamorpheus (with A. Filippov and V. Skersis). Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2013
What did the artist mean by that? Moscow Museum of Modern Art
2014
Fragen der Kunst: Moskauer Abstimmung. Weserburg museum of modern art, Bremen
2015
I Need to Tell You So Much with My Art. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2015
The Station Master (with P. Davtyan, A. Filippov and V. Skersis). Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2015
K'nstgesschichten. Kunstverein Rosenheim
2016
Graphics for the Visionary. Peresvetov gallery, Moscow
2017
Allegorical Abstraction (with P. Davtyan, A. Filippov and V. Skersis). Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
Werke und Tage. Stiftung Arina Kowner, Zürich
2018
Elitär-demokratische Kunst. Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
Allegorical Abstraction (with P. Davtyan, A. Filippov and V. Skersis). National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Nizhny Novgorod
2019
Rococo(b) (with P. Davtyan, A. Filippov and V. Skersis). PROEKT_FABRIKA, Moscow
Allegorical Abstraction (with P. Davtyan, A. Filippov and V. Skersis). PERMM, Perm
Selected group exhibitions
1978
Performances Show in M. Odnoralov atelier, Moscow
1979
Group exhibition in Albert’s apartment, Moscow
1983
APT Art in Nature. Kalistovo (Moscow region)
APT Art beyond the Fence. Tarasovska (Moscow region)
Come Yesterday And You’ll Be First! City Without Walls, Newark, NJ; Contemporary Russian Art Centre of America, NY
1986
Oh, Malta! Embassy of Malta, Moscow
Art against Commerce. Bitsa Park, Moscow
17th Annual Youth Exhibition. Moscow
1987
Visual Artistic Culture. Hermitage Association, Moscow
Retrospective Exhibition of Moscow Artists 1957 – 1987. Hermitage Association, Moscow
1st Exhibition of the Avantgardists´ Club (KLAVA). Avtozavodskaya Exhibition Hall, Moscow
Contemporary cubism. Exhibition of KLAVA, Moscow
1987 - 1988
In Hell, Exhibition of KLAVA, Moscow
1988
In the Baths. Exhibition of KLAVA. Sanduny Baths, men’s dept, Moscow
2nd Exhibition of KLAVA. Avtozavodskaya Exhibition Hall, Moscow
Labyrinth, Palace of Youth, Moscow
2nd Exhibition of the 1st Creative Art Association. Moscow
Nowi rosjanie. Palac Kultury i Nauki, Warsaw
1989
Expensive (Dear) Art. Youth Palace, Moscow
Momentaufnahme: Junge Kunst aus Moskau. Alte Stadtmuseum, Münster; BBK Cologne; Ravensberger Spinnerei Bielefeld
Art instead of Art - 7 Artists from Moscow. Mucharnok Exhibition Palace, Budapest
Jenseits des Streites - Neue Kunst aus Moskau. Krings-Ernst Galerie, Cologne
New Jerusalem. Exhibition of KLAVA. New Jerusalem (Moscow region)
Perspectives of Conceptualism. KLAVA, Avtozavodskaya Exhibition Hall, Moscow
Furmanny Zaulek. Polish Modern Art Foundation, Warsaw
1989 - 1990
10 + 10. Contemporary Soviet and American Art. Fort Worth MAM; San Francisco MOMA; Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Milwaukee Art Museum; Central Artist’s Union Hall, Moscow; Central Exhibition Hall, Leningrad
1990
Towards the Object. Kashirskaya Exhibition Hall, Moscow
Made in Furmanny. City Gallery, Melbourne
Catalogue. 1.0 Gallery, Soljanka Exhibition Hall, Moscow
The Work of Art in the Age of Perestroika. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York City
In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
UdSSR Heute - Soviet Art from the Ludwig Collection. Neue Galerie – Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen; Musee d’Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne
Schizo-China. Exhibition of KLAVA, Frunzenskaya Exhibition Hall, Moscow
For Cultural Recreation. Krasnogvardeisky district exhibition hall, Moscow
Erosion: Soviet Art from the P. Halonen Collection. Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki
1991
Solitary Pursuits. 1.0 Gallery, Soljanka Exhibition Hall, Moscow
Artistos Russos Contemporaneos. Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela
MANI Museum - 40 Moskauer Kuenstler im Frankfurter Karmelitenkloster. Frankfurt am Main
Gulliver’s Travels. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne
OstKunst – WestKunst. Ludwig Forum, Aachen
1991-1993
Perspectives of Conceptualism. The University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu; Clocktower Gallery, P.S.1, New York; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina
1992
CocArt. Galleria Bianca Pilat, Milan
III International Istanbul Biennale. Istanbul
1992-1993
a Mosca ... a Mosca ... Villa Campoleto, Ercolaneo; Galleria Communale d’Arte Moderne, Bologna
1993
RINACO Collection of Contemporary Art. Central Artist’s Union Hall, Moscow; Espace d’Exposition, Caisse de Depots et Consignations, Paris
1994
Fluchtpunkt Moskau. Ludwig Forum, Aachen
II International Biennale Cetinje. Montenegro
Artist instead of Piece of Art. Central Artist’s Union Hall, Moscow
The Border Zones of Art. Art Museum, Sotchi
Private Mix, Eigen+Art Galerie, Berlin
1995
Kunst im Verborgenen, Nonkonformisten Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatlicher Lindenau Museum, Altenburg
in Moskau ... in Moskau... Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Kräftemesse. Privatisierungen. Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Strasse 13, Munich
Zeichnungen der Moskauer Szene. Hohenthal und Littler Galerie, Munich
Einblicke (Werkstatt Moskau II). Galerie im Marstall, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Dry Water. Bakhchisarai Museum, Bakhchisarai, Crimea
New Russian Art: Paintings from the Christian Keesee Collection. City Art Center, Oklahoma-City, USA
Multiplication. Exhibition Hall at Kashirskaya, Moscow
1995 - 1996
Flug, Entfernung, Verschwinden - konzeptuelle Moskauer Kunst. Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel; Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy, Prague
1996
Fluxus: вчера, сегодня, завтра. История без границ (работы из коллекции Музея МАНИ). ЦДХ, Москва
Ostsee Biennale’96. Bekannt (-) Machung. Kunsthalle Rostock
KLAVA – 96. Exhibition of KLAVA. ICA, Moscow
nature? Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn
1997
Ecology of Emptiness. KLAVA, ICA, Moscow
III International Biennale Cetinje. Montenegro
Russian Art in 15 Biographies (from Tsaritsino Museum’s collection of contemporary art). Mucharnok Exhibition Palace, Budapest
Faces of History. Fine Art Museum, Novosibirsk; Picture Gallery, Nizhniy Novgorod; Picture Gallery, Samara; Fine Art Museum, Yekaterinburg
Mystical Correct. Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin
1998
11th Tallinn Print Triennale. Tallinn
Malewitsch und das Schwarze Quadrat. Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin
Against Pushkin’s background. Picture Gallery, Nizhniy Novgorod
Fauna. Maly Manezh, Moscow
1998-2001
Modernism and Post-Modernism: Russian Art of the Ending Millennium. The Yager Museum, Oneonta, NY; Plattsburg Art Museum, SUNI, Plattsburg, NY; Elain L. Jacob Gallery Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan; Evergreen House Museum, The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland; Fondo del Sol Visual Arts Centre and Museum, Washington, DC; Willington B. Gray Gallery, School of Art, East Carolina University, Greenville, South Carolina
Präprintium. Moskauer Bücher aus dem Samizdat. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Wien, Minoritenkloster Graz, PrinzMaxPalais Karlsruhe
1999
Russian Art 1980-1990 from the collection of Contemporary Art Tsaritsino. Central Artist‘s Union Hall, Moscow
Motherland or Death. Zverev Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Museum of Nonconformist Art, Sankt-Peterburg
1999-2000
Le Fou dedouble. L’idiotie comme strategie contemporaine. Central Artist‘s Union Hall, Moscow; Central Exhibition Hall, Nizhniy Novgorod; Regional Art Museum, Samara; Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg; Chateau d’Oiron, Oiron, France
2000
Bons baisers de Russie. Espase EDF Bazacle, Toulouse
KLAVA’s lovers. Exhibition of KLAVA, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
2000-2002
2000+Arteast Collection: The Art of Eastern Europe in Dialogue with the West. Moderna galerija, Ljubljana; Orangerie Congress, Innsbruck; ZKM, Karlsruhe; Umetnička galerija Skopje
2001
Mysterious relation. Museum of Mineralogy, Moscow
Russian Abstraction of XX century. State Russian Museum, Sankt-Peterburg
Das rote Haus. Zeitgenossische russische Kunst aus der Sammlung Bierfreind. Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen; Städtische Galerie Willa Zanders, Bergisch-Gladbach
2002
Die russische Avantgarde und Paul Cézanne. Gustav-Lübke-Museum, Hamm
MM (Moscow Minimalism), Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
Aus anderer Sicht. Galerie im Bürgerhaus, Neunkirchen (Saar)
Zu neuen Ufern. Schloss Auerstadt
2003
Berlin-Moscow/Moscow-Berlin. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Moskauer Konzeptualismus. Sammlung H. G. Oroschakoff & Sammlung, Verlag und Archiv V. Zakharov. Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
2004
Berlin-Moscow/Moscow-Berlin. State Museum of History, Moscow
Einladung zur Hinrichtung. Galerie Schueppenhauer, Cologne
7 Sins. Moderna galerija, Ljubljana
My Kabakov. Stella art gallery, Moscow
2005
Apt-Art, 1982-1984. EK-Artbureau Gallery, Moscow
Apartment Exhibitions 1956-1979. RGGU Museum Centre, Moscow
Accessories. Collective and Interactive Works in Russian Art 1960-2000. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Works on the Edge. Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Reflexion. NCCA, Moscow; NCCA, Yekaterinburg
Allusive Form: Painting as Idea. The Jane Voorhees Zimmerly Art Museum, New Jersey
Russian Pop-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Angels of History. Moscow conceptualism and its influence. MuHKA, Antwerp
Portrait of Face. Guelman Gallery and MARS Art Centre, Moscow
Essence of Life – Essence of Art. Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Collage in Russia. The 20th Century. The State Russian Museum, Sankt-Peterburg
2006
Innovation, NCCA, Moscow
Artists Against the State: Perestroika Revisited, Roland Feldman Gallery, NY
Soft Opening. Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin
Signs of Reality. “Victoria” Gallery, Samara; Museum of Fine Arts, Izhevsk
2007
The History of Russian Videoart, volume 1. MMCA, Moscow
I believe. Winzavod, Moscow
Heterotopias - First Contemporary Art Biennale of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki, Greece
The Artists Diary. Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
The Word and the Picture. State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
The Woes of Wit. Literature Museum, Moscow
Thinking Realism. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Adventures of Black Square. The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
On Geekdom. Benaki Museum, Athens
Nominants of Kandinsky Prize. Winzavod, Moscow
2008
The Future Depends On You. New Rules. The Arsenyev Primorsky Joint
State museum, Vladivostok; The Krasnoyarsk museum center, Krasnoyarsk; The Far East Art museum, Habarovsk; Tolmachevo airport, Novosibirsk; Sverdlovsk Regional museum of Local History, Ekaterinburg; The Samara Regional Art museum, Samara; The Kovalenko Krasnodar krai Art museum, Krasnodar
Nominants of Kandinsky Prize, Latvian Railway history museum, Riga; Palazzo Italia, Berlin
Total Enlightment. Moscow Conceptual Art 1960 – 1990, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt-am-Main / Fundación Juan March, Madrid
That Obscure Object of Art, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vien
Russian Povera, River Station Hall, Perm
Suspended. Georgien/Russland – Begegnung auf einem anderen Terrain, Neues Kunstforum, Köln
2009
Excuse me, are you famous? WL project, Berlin
That Obscure Object of Art, Ca’Rezzonico, Venice
The Making of Art, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt-am-Main
Art about Art, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
The History of Russian Videoart, volume 2. Moscow Museum of Modern Art
The Russian Lettrism, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
Collection and Archive of Vadim Yakharov, NCCA, Moscow
3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow
By Hook or by Crook, PROEKT_FABRIKA, Moscow
Identity Crisis. Open Gallery, Moscow
2010
Manifestes. Centre d’art Passerelle, Brest, France
Au Present. NCCA, Moscow/FRAC Bretagne, Brest
Aesthetics Vs. Information. Klaipėda Culture Communication Centre Exhibition Hall
Le contrepoint Russe. Louvre, Paris
Field of Action. The Moscow Conceptualist School in Context 1970s-1980s, The Cultural Foundation EKATERINA, Moscow
Memories and Dreams. Open Gallery, Moscow
2011
Expanded Cinema, Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Yuri Albert, Konstantin Zvezdochetov and Andrei Filippov. Literati.
State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Looking for a Masterpiece. Open Gallery, Moscow
Hostages of Voids. Aesthetics of empty space in Russian Art during 19-20th centuries. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; 16th LINE, Rostov-upon-Don
Paper Time. State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Looking for a Masterpiece. Open gallery, Moscow
2012
Norman. Archetypal Variations, NCCA, Moscow
I've Been Here! Open Gallery, Moscow
2013
Lost in Translation. Ca' Foscari Esposizioni, Venice
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. ARTPLAY, Moscow
Reconstruction. Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow
Weightlessness. Worker and Collective Farmer, Moscow
2014
Contemporaries of the Future. Jewish Artists in The Russian Avant-Garde, 1910s-1980s. Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow
2015
Laughter in the Gallery. On Shabolovka Gallery, Moscow
Museum of Great Hopes. Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod
Grammar of Freedom / Five Lessons: Works from the Arteast 2000+ Collection. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Face-to-Face: The American National Exhibition in Moscow, 1959/2015. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2016
Kollektsia! Contemporary Art in the USSR and Russia. 1950-2000. Centre Pompidou, Paris
Thinking Pictures. Moscow Conceptual Art in thq Dodge Collection. Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
2017
Stealing from the West. Akademie der Künste der Welt, Köln
One Work — Thirty Five Comments. Freehome, Berlin
MbhalffullMD. Freehome, Berlin
Bin überfordet. Freehome, Berlin
Simple Feelings. Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod
From Pages to Sculpture: Artists’ Books 1430 to the Present. White Space Gallery, London
2018
General Rehearsal. MMOMA, Moscow
2019
A Very Important Message. The New Archive of Limited Edition Art (NATI). New Tretyakov, Moscow
Sekretiki: Digging Up Soviet Underground Culture, 1966–1985. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
