Nikita Alexeev
Bio
1953
was born in Moscow
1968-1972
studied at the Moscow State Art College in memory of 1905 (department of industrial graphics and advertising)
1973-1976
studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute (faculty of art and technical design of printed materials)
1976-1983
member of the collective action group
1979
one of the organizers of the MANI (Moscow Archive of New Art)
1982-1984
one of the founders and director of the Apt-art gallery, Moscow
1987-1993
lived in France
2021
died in Moscow
Collections
Centre Pompidou, Paris
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Museum of Modern Art, New York
ART4.RU Contemporary Art Museum, Moscow
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
La Poste's Museum, Paris
Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma
Gelman Gallery, Moscow
Ekaterina Cultural Foundation
Private collections in Russia, Germany, France, Italy
Selected solo exhibitions
1984
For the soul and the calf (together with Konstantin Zvezdochetov). Gallery Apt-art (Apartment N. Alekseev), Moscow
1986
Nikita Alekseev. Kindergarten, Moscow
1989
Liebe und Tod des Nikita Alexeev. Galerie Roesinger, Cologne
1990
Nikita Alexeev. Galerie Roesinger, Cologne
1992
Cruciform songs. L-gallery, Moscow
Palais de I’arbre balais. La Base Center d’Art Contemporain, Levallois-Perret
1993
Painting, graphics, sculpture. Yakut Gallery, Moscow
1994
Heaviness and tenderness. L-gallery, Moscow
Two moons. XL Gallery, Moscow
1996
At 44 channels. XL Gallery, Moscow
2003
Dying drawings. May all breath bless the Lord. Gallery "Street O.G.I.", Moscow
2004
Installation. E.K. Art Bureau, Moscow
Towels. Memories of summer. XL Gallery, Moscow
2005
Twelve from Goltsheim (together with Ignat Daniltsev). Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow / Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
God, yes, yes. Photosynthesis. Phase 2. E.K. Art Bureau, Moscow
2006
Black towels for karachokhel. E.K. Art Bureau, Moscow
2007
54 winters. Museum Center of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
Screens. State Museum of Architecture A.V. Schuseva, Moscow
Silver – Gold. 33702 Putin and other stories. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow
2008
It is. This is not there. It is. GMG Gallery, Moscow
2009
Views of the District. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Trinity paintings and Poems / I see people, but they look like trees. CCI Fabrika, Moscow
2010
Kvazimir Muhlevich and others (with Оleg Yakovlev). Gallery at Vspolnom, Moscow
Impressions. GMG Gallery, Moscow
2011
The Mediterranean Questions and Answers. Museum of Literature of Silver Age, Moscow
Paper Chapels. GridchinHall, Moscow Region
Constancy of Cheburek. Cheburechnaya Druzhba, Moscow
Pin-Ups. Galerie Iragui, Moscow
Winter collection. Era Foundation, Moscow
2013
Eurasian Songs. KUAD Gallery, Istanbul
10.000 white tigers shaven by Occam. XL Gallery, Moscow
2014
Coast. Villa Concordia, Bamberg
A Modest Russian Landscape (with Boris Matrosov). GridchinHall, Moscow Region
Selected group exhibitions
1974
II Open Air Picture Exhibition. Izmailovo Park, Moscow
1975
Exhibition of works by Moscow artists. House of Culture, VDNH, Moscow
1977
La nuova arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale. La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
1981
Russian New Wave. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York
1982
First Apt Art Exhibition. Apt-Art Gallery (Apartment of N. Alekseev), Moscow
1983
Come Yesterday and You’ll Be First. City Without Walls Gallery, Newark
1984
AptArt in Tribeca. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York
1985
AptArt. Moscow Vanguard in the 1980s. Washington Project for the Arts, Washington
Russian Art Show. Danceteria, New York
1986
Art vs. Commerce. Bitsevsky Park, Moscow
1987
Creative atmosphere and art process. The first exhibition of the Avant-Garde Club. Exhibition Hall of the Proletarsky District on Vostochnaya St., Moscow
Retrospection of the work of Moscow artists. 1957-1987. The Hermitage Amateur Society, exhibition hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
1988
5 Russes à Toulouse. Center Culturel de L’Aerospatiale, Toulouse
1989
Expensive art (exhibition of the Avant-Garde Club). Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow
1991
MANI Museum - 40 Moskauer Künstler. Frankfurter Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt
1992
a Mosca ... a Mosca. Villa Campoleto, Herculaneum; Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna
1993
Adresse provisoire pour l’art contemporain russe. Musée de la Poste, Paris
APTART on Plein Air. Kalistovo, Moscow Region
1994
II Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
1995
Art in secret. Nonconformists in Russia 1957-1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein;
Art in secret. Nonconformists in Russia 1957-1995. Documenta-Halle, Kassel;
Art in secret. Nonconformists in Russia 1957-1995. Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany
Art in secret. Nonconformists in Russia 1957-1995. Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow
1996
Fluxus: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A story without borders. Central House of Artists, Moscow
1997
Ecology of the Void (exhibition of the Avant-Garde Club). Institute of Contemporary art, Moscow
Mystical Correct. Hohenthal und Bergen Galerie, Berlin
1998
ИсKUNSTво I. Kunstlerwerkstatt im Bahnhof Westend, Berlin
1999
Book of the artist. 1970-1990s. State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkina, Moscow
2000
Red Square. White Tower. City harbor (dry cargo ship Volgo-Balt, warehouse), Thessaloniki
2003
Moskauer Konzeptualismus. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
2005
Apt-art. 1982-1984. E.K. Art Bureau, Moscow
Apartment exhibitions. 1956-1979. Museum Center Russian State Humanities University, Moscow
Comembers. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
International Biennale of Contemporary Art 2005. Prague
2006
Warning: Glass. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
2007
Woe from the mind. State Literary Museum, Moscow
1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Thessaloniki, Greece
Sots-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Sots-art. La Maison Rouge, Paris
2008
Russian Dreams. The Bass Museum, Miami
2009
Tauwetter und die Zeit danach. Moskauer Kunstler 1958-2008. Sandmann Galerie, Берлин
2010
Kandinsky Prize nominees’ exhibition. Central house of artists, Moscow
German Titov Collection. The National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
Field of Action. Moscow Conceptualism and Its Context. 1970–1980. Ekaterina Foundation, Moscow
2011
Hostages of Void. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Paper Time. The National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
2012
Norman. Archetypal Variations. The National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
Fictions and Dissensions. The 3rd Canakkale Biennial
2013
Et in Arcadia Ego (special project of the 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art). Fabrika Project, Moscow
Uchronia (special project of the 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art). The State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
Albums Are Rare These Days. The State Museum of Alexander Pushkin, Moscow
Reconstruction. Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow
Dreaming Russia. Albertina, Vienna
2014
Island. The City Museum of Bamberg
Do It Moscow. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Actual Drawing. The State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
2015
Intertext. Erarta Museum, Saint-Petersburg
Parallel Ornithology, Belyaevo gallery, Moscow
Duhovka and Netlenka, Museum of Moscow
Canakkale Biennial, Istanbul
Notation, Fabrika Project
2016
Thinking pictures. Zimmerli Art Museum. New Jersey
2017
Japan Alps Art festival. Omachi, Japan
Doublethink: Double vision. Istanbul
2018
B is for Bird. Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen, Netherlands
