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Yuri Avvakumov

Bio
1957 born in Tiraspol, USSR
1981 graduated from the Moscow Architecture Institute
1983-1988 taught at Moscow Architecture Institute
1984 reintroduced the term paper architecture to describe the genre of conceptual design in the USSR of the 1980s
from 1985 member of the Union of Architects of Russia
1988 started AgitArch studio
1993 established Utopia foundation, Moscow
1993-1994 taught at Hochschule fur Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany
2010 the Innovation prize for the best curatorial project Doors open day. A mansion — a gymnasium — a clinic — a museum. The 10th anniversary of the Moscow Museum of Modern Art
from 2012 corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts
from 2017 full member of the Russian Academy of Arts
2019 published the book Paper Architecture. An Anthology
  lives and works in Moscow
Collections
  Alberto Sandretti Foundation, Milan
  ART4.RU Contemporary Art Museum
  Centre Pompidou, Paris
  Fondation pour l’Architecture, Brussels
  German Architecture Museum, Frankfurt
  Hechinger Collection, Washington
  Kaliningrad Art Gallery, Kaliningrad
  Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk
  Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
  Multimedia Art Museum / Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
  Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana
  Museum of Modern Art, New York
  Museum of the Moscow Architecture Institute, Moscow
  Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
  National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
  Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
  Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
  Schusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
  Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
  Victoria & Albert Museum, London
  Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick
  ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe
Selected solo exhibitions
1989 AgitArch. Linssen Gallery, Cologne
  La Cupola, La Gondola. Culture House of the Moscow Electric Lamp Factory, Moscow
1991 Walls and Ladders (with Alyona Kirtsova). Shchusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
1992 Illiquid Assets (with Sergey Shutov). 1st Gallery, Moscow
  Temporary Monuments. State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
1993 Temporary Monuments. Shchusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
1994 1:43. Karlheinz Meyer Gallery, Karlsruhe
1996 Russian Utopia: a Depository. Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice
1997 Russian Utopia: a Depository. Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam
  Russian Utopia: a Depository. Shchusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
1998 Russian Utopia: a Depository. Museum and Exhibition Center, Volgograd
1999 A. S. Pushkin and Money. XL Gallery, Moscow
2000 MiSCeLLaNeouS. Shchusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
  Russian Utopia: a Depository. State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
2005 La Scala. Krokin Gallery, Moscow
2006 Russian Utopia: a Depository. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2012 Visual Test. Triumph Gallery, Moscow
  Manege. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
2016 Towers. Krokin Gallery, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions
1982 Dolls House. RIBA, London
1983 Pražské Quadriennale. Prague
1984 Paper architecture. Editorial office of the magazine Youth, Moscow
1986 Young Soviet Architecture – From Clothes to Cities. SKUC Gallery, Ljubljana
1987 Representation. The Hermitage Amateur Society, exhibition hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
1988 Fantasy vs Utopia. XVII Triennale di Milano. Palazzo dell’Arte, Milan
  Architecture de Papier d’URSS. Grande Halle de La Vilette, Paris
  Art Drummers. Art-rock parade ACCA. House of Culture MELZ, Moscow
  Soviet Architecture: 1917-1988. Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki
  Soviet Architecture: 1917-1988. Arkitekturmuseet Skeppsholmen, Stockholm
1989 Soviet Architecture: 1917-1988. Stichting de Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
  Architectuur en Verbeelding. Fort Asperen, Leerdam
  Architecture et Utopie. Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris
  Papierarchitekture. Neue Projecte Aus Des Sowjetunion. Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
1990 Avantgarde 20/90. Manege, Moscow
  In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  Construir! Fondation pour l’architecture, Brussels
  Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism. Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma
  Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
1991 Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism. Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines
  Vision von Raum. FIAC, Paris
  Vision von Raum. Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
  Avvakumov/Brodsky/Utkin: Conceptual Soviet Architecture. Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco
1992 Paper Architecture. Alma Mater. Moscow Architectural Institute
  3-rd International Biennale. Istanbul
1993 Aspects Actuels De La Mouvance Construite Internationale. Musee des Beaux-Arts de Vevriers
  Aspects Actuels De La Mouvance Construite Internationale. Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimee, La Louviere
  From Utopia to Utopia. Galerie Lachmann. Cologne
  Utopia Factory. Russian Visionary Architecture. State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
1995 Arte Russa. Villa Zorn, Sesto San Jiovanni /
  Einblicke. Werkstatt Moskau II. Akademie der Kunste, Berlin
  Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
  Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Documenta-Halle, Kassel
  Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg
  Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Manege, Moscow
1996 Die Kunst Des Fliegens. Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen
  The Archaeology of the Future City. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
  The Archaeology of the Future City. Hiroshima Museum of Art
  The Archaeology of the Future City. Gifu Prefectural Museum
  Sensing the Future. Architect as Seismograph. VI International Exhibition of Architecture, Venice
1997 Living Bridges. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
1999 Easy Breathing. Moscow Centre for Art, Moscow
2000 Das Funfte Element. Geld oder Kunst. Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf
  View from Here. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2001 Family Album: Brooklyn Collects, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
2002 Art Moscow Studios. Central House of the Artist, Moscow
  Melioration. I festival of contemporary art in the open air. Klyazma, Moscow region
2003 Form Specific. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana
  Utopia Station. La 50 Biennale di Venezia, Venice
  Berlin-Moscow. Moscow-Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2004 Berlin-Moscow. Moscow-Berlin 1950-2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow
  Imagine Limerick. City Gallery of Art, Limerick
  Malign Muses. Mode Museum, Antwerp
  Critic's Choice. Lodz Biennale
2009 Moscow polis. Perm Museum of Modern Art, Perm
 
2005 Accomplices. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
  I Click, Therefore I Am. M’ARS Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
  RE:MODERN. Kunstlerhaus, Wien
  Essence of Life. Ludwig Museum, Budapest
  Essence of Life. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
  Barbiezone. RuArts Gallery, Moscow
  Miracle of Light. New Manege, Moscow
2006 Artists Against the State: Perestroika Revisited. Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York
  ARCHstoyanie. Open-air festival, Nikola-Lenivets village
  Depository of Dreams. White Space Gallery, London
  Whitney Peace Tower. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2007 Design of Siberia. VII Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk
  Barocco. Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art
  10 Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach
  Kandinsky Prize. Winzavod, Moscow
  Maternity hospital / Bornhouse. Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg
  Maternity hospital / Bornhouse. Gallery "VKHUTEMAS", Moscow
  Architecture: ad marginem. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
  Sots-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
  Sots-art. La Maison Rouge, Paris
2008 Discovery of Light. State Museum of Modern History of Russia, Moscow
  Kulibin. Krokin Gallery, Moscow
  Persymphans. State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
  Tunguska Explosive. Krasnoyarsk Museum Center
  Constructed. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
  Bornhouse. XI International Exhibition of Architecture, Chiesa di San Stae, Venice
  RUSSIAN DREAMS... Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach
2009 MOSKVAPOLIS. Perm Museum of Modern Art, Perm
  Fall of Berlin Wall. Manege, Moscow
  Expanse. VII Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk
  Doors Open Day. MMOMA, Moscow
2010 Russian Utopias. Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow
2011 Svoboda. Spazio Carbonesi, Bologna
  Russian Cosmos. Castello di Rivoli, Turin
  Russian Cosmos. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
2013 Trespassing Modernities. Salt Galata, Istanbul
2014 Antarctopia. Antarctic Pavilion, Venice Biennale of Architecture
  Antarctopia. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
2016 Russian Participants of The Biennale in Venice. Selected Works. Manege, Saint Petersburg
  Kollektsia! Contemporary Art in the USSR and Russia, 1950-2000. Centre Pompidou, Paris