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Sergey (Afrika) Bugaev

Bio
1960 was born in Novorossiysk, USSR
since 1980 lives and works in Leningrad (St. Petersburg)
since 1981 participant of the Pop Mechanics project, Leningrad
since 1983 member of the New Artists group, Leningrad
since 1985 Chairman of the Mayakovsky Friends Club, Leningrad
since 1993 Member of the Crimean Association of Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Psychotherapists
  Lives and works in Moscow and St. Petersburg
Collections
  Kolodzei Art Foundation, Highland Park, USA
  Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna
  Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
  State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
  State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
  Art4.ru Museum, Moscow
  Museum of the New Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
  Sigmund Freud Dream Museum, St. Petersburg
Selected solo exhibitions
1982-1985 Personal exhibitions in the workshop of T. Novikov. Leningrad
1986 Africa. ACCA Gallery, Leningrad
1989 Afrika and Timur Novikov. The Raab Gallery, London
1990 Donaldestruction. Leningrad branch of the Central Museum of V.I. Lenin, Leningrad
1991 Donalddestruction. The Clocktower, New York, USA
1992 Afrika. Queens Museum of Art, New York, USA
1993 Africa. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
  Method. Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland
1994 Afrika. L’Espace Montjoie, Paris
1995 Krimania: Ikonen, Monumente, Mazafaka. Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna
1996 Tohtori ja potilas: Muisti ja muistinmenetys (with Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger). Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland
1997 Rebus 11: Works on Copper. I-20 Gallery, New York, USA
1999 MIR: Made in 20th century. La 48 Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Russo, Venice, Italy
2001 Jacobson's Dream (Big Rebus). Central House of Artists, Moscow
2002 Stalker 3. I-20 Gallery, New York, USA
2004 Industrial Unconscious. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
2005 Unconscious: do not believe the eyes. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2006 Afrika. Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland
2008 Good Ballerina Is Always Right. I-20 Gallery, New York, USA
  Sergey Bugaev Afrika. Museum Kuppersmuhle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Selected group exhibitions
1982 1st exhibition of the New Artists group. Institute of Textile and Light Industry S. M. Kirova, Leningrad
1983 2nd exhibition of the New Artists group. ACCA Gallery, Leningrad
1984 3rd exhibition of the New Artists group. ACCA Gallery, Leningrad
1985 4th and 5th exhibitions of the New Artists group. ACCA Gallery, Leningrad
1986 "New Artists" at the festival of the city. Peter and Paul Fortress, Leningrad
1987 The final exhibition of New Artists at the premiere of the film ACCA. Youth Palace, Leningrad
  Exhibition of "New Artists", dedicated to the closure of the gallery "ACCA". ACCA Gallery, Leningrad
1988 De Nya Fran Leningrad. Kulterhuset, Stockholm
  80 Talents Nua Ruska Awangarde. Art Atrium, Stockholm
  40 years of unofficial art of Leningrad. Exhibition Pavilion in the Harbor, Leningrad
  Da Da Majakowski. Dionysus Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  Art Drummers. Art-rock parade "ACCA". DK MELZ, Moscow
1989 The Green Show. Exit Art, New York, USA; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
  First North American Exhibition of the Friends of Mayakovsky Club. Paul Judelson Arts, New York, USA
  Soviet Art from Leningrad. Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK
1990 Jovenes Artistas de Leningrado. Museo de Arte Moderna, Mexico City, Mexico
  The territory of the arts. Institute des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques, Paris; State Russian Museum, Leningrad
  In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  Friends of Mayakovsky Club: Exhibition II. Paul Judelson Arts, New York, USA
1990-1991 Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism. Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, United States
1991 BiNationale (Israelische - Sowjetische Kunst um 1990). Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; Central House
  artist, Moscow
  Geopolitics. State Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of the USSR, St. Petersburg
  Neo-academicism. Leningrad branch of the Central Museum of V.I. Lenin, St. Petersburg
1992 Art Meets Ads. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
  Montage and Modern Life: 1919-1942. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
1993 Aesthetic Arsenal: Socialist Realism under Stalin. P. S. 1, New York, USA
  Labor and capital. Central House of Artists, Moscow
1994 Renaissance and Resistance. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
1994-1995 Self-identification. Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo; Pánstwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland; Sophienholm, Stockholm; Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", St. Petersburg
1995 Cocido y Crudo. Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
  From GULAG to Glasnost. The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, United States
1996 Strangers in the Arctic: 'Ultima Thule' and Modernity. Rundetarn, Copenhagen; Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland; Nykytaiteen Museo, Helsinki; Art Gallery of Ontario, Ontario, Canada
  Metaphern des Entrücktseins: Aktuelle Kunst aus St. Petersburg. Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
1997 Cabinet. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1998 It’s the Real Thing: Soviet and Russian Sots Art. Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
2000 Mare Balticum. Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
2001 I Bienal de Valencia. Valencia, Spain
2003 American Effect: A Look at how America is seen by Artists from around the World. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
  Attack! Kunst und Krieg in den Zeiten der Medien. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
  Berlin - Moskau / Moskau - Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2004 Lacoon Devoured. ARTIUM, Vitoria, Spain
  Berlin - Moscow / Moscow - Berlin 1950-2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow
2005 Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
  Comembers. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2006 ¡Rusia! Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
  Modus R: Russian Formalism Today. Newton Building, Miami, USA
2007 I believe! Center for Contemporary Art "Winery", Moscow
  Sots-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
2008 Exhibition of contemporary art of St. Petersburg from the collection of the State Russian Museum. Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod,
  Russia
Works
Sergey Bugaev (Afrika). Anufriev is Once Again at Home… When He’s Not There, You Want to Work the Soil With Your Own Hands… 1989. Oil on canvas. 73x100 cm.