Vagrich Bakhchanyan
Bio
1938
was born in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR
1960
moves to Moscow
1974
emigrates to the USA
2009
passed away in New York, USA
Collections
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev
Paul Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers Universiry, New Brunswick, USA
Selected solo exhibitions
1968
Vagrich Bahchanyan. Cafe "Blue Bird". Moscow
1973
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Galerie Charley Chevalier. Paris
1974
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Galerie Gras, Vienna
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Galerie Sazenhofen, Salzburg, Austria
1977
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Galerie Gras, Vienna
Save Time. New York, USA
1979
Agitpunkt (performance). Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1982
Vagrich Bakhchanyan. Galerie Micro Hall Center, Edewecht, Germany
2003
Not a day without a line. State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2007
Labor and days. Era Foundation, Moscow
2008
Picasso - USSR. Gallery "pop / off / art", Moscow
Selected group exhibitions
1965
Unofficial artists and poets. Kharkov, Ukraine
1974
Progressive Strömungen in Moskau 1957-70. Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
1976
La peinture russe contemporaine. Palais des Congres, Paris
1977
New Art from the Soviet Union. Arts Club of Washington, Washington
Exhibition in Favor of the Children of the Soviet Political Prisoners. Parkway Focus Gallery, London
Nonkonformisten aus Moskau. Galerie Stantschev, Dusseldorf, Germany
La nuova arte sovietica: una prospettiva non ufficiale. La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1978
Aspetti e documentazione degli artisti non conformisti dell` Union Sovietica. Museo Civico di Lodi, Lodi, Italy
Rassegna sul dissenso culturale nell`Est europio. Scuola Art e Mestiert, Aula Magna Scuola cantonale di Commercio, Aula Magna Municipio, Sala Patriziale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
New Art from the Soviet Union. Pratt Institute Gallery, Colombia; Montgomery Hall, St'Mary College, Maryland, USA
L'art russe non officiel. Musee des Beaux-Arts de Chartres. Chartres, France
1979
Artists Books. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; Center Georges Pompidou, Paris
20 Jahre unabhongige Kunst aus der Sowjetunion. Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
1980
Premiere Biennale des painters russes. Vesinet, Center des arts et loisses, Montgeron, France
Nonconformists. Contemporary Commentary from the Soviet Union. Art Gallery, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA
1981
Russian New Wave. Contemporary Russian Art Center, New York, USA
Nouvelles Tendences de l'Art Russe Non-Officiel. 1970-1980. Center Culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France
16 Bienal de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil
1982 - 1984
Russian Samizdat Art. Franklin Furnace Gallery, New York; Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester; Chappaqua Gallery, Westchester; Washington Project for the Arts, Washington; Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York; Anderson Gallery, Commonwelth University, Richmond; Hewlett Gallery, Carnegy-Mellon University, Pittsburgh; LACE Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1984
Les Russes au present. Le center culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France
1990-91
Another art. Moscow 1956-1976. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, Leningrad
1995
Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen on the Rhine; documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Moscow
1996
Nonconformists. The second Russian avant-garde. 1955-1988. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
1997
The story in the faces. 1956-1996. Central Exhibition Hall, Nizhny Novgorod; Regional Art Museum, Samara; Perm City Art Gallery, Perm; Novosibirsk Regional Art Gallery, Novosibirsk; Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg
1998-2001
Praprintium. Staatsbibliothek, Berlin; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen; Museum fuer literatur am Oberrhein, Karlsruhe, Germany; Oesterreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Vienna; Minoritenkloster, Graz, Austria
2000
Non-conformisti dalla Collezione Bar-Gera. Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
Cold War / Hot Culture. M. Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, United States
2003
Multiples. Kingsborough College of CUNY, New York, USA
Ortstermin Moskau - 1970 und die Zeit danach. Galerie Sandmann, Berlin
2005
Avantgarde im Untergrund. Russische Nonkonformisten aus der Sammlung Bar-Gera. Kunstmuseum, Bern
New Arrivals. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Moscow Grafika: Artists' Prints 1961-2005. International Print Center New York. New York, USA
Author's book - 2. State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2006
Artists Against The State: Perestroika Revisited. Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York, USA
Russian Art of the 20th century: Then and Now. Ober Gallery, Kent, USA
2007
Sots Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
Forbidden Art 2006. Museum and Community Center named after A. Sakharova, Moscow
Word and image. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
The Adventures of the Black Square. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Sztuka Buntu. Muzeum Historii Miasta Łodzi, Lodz; Muzeum Regionalne, Radomsky, Poland
The fate of the country is the fate of the artist. Primorsky State Art Gallery, Vladivostok
Russian America. Primorsky State Art Gallery, Vladivostok
2008
+7 (495) ... State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Moscow - New York = Parallel Play. Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
2008-2009
That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Ca 'Rezzonico, Venice
