Alyona Kirtsova
Bio
1954
was born in the village. Barentsburg, Svalbard, Norway
1973-1975
studied painting at the private school of Vasily Sitnikov, Moscow
1986
one of the founders and a member of the Hermitage amateur association, Moscow
1993
one of the founders of the Utopia Foundation, Moscow
Lives and works in Moscow
Collections
Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Krasnoyarsk cultural and historical museum complex, Krasnoyarsk
Selected solo exhibitions
1990
Alyona Kirtsova. Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosova, Moscow
1991
Alyona Kirtsova. First Gallery, Moscow
Walls and Stairs (together with Yuri Avvakumov). State Museum of Architecture A.V. Schuseva, Moscow
1994
Alyona Kirtsova. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
1996
Frankfurt-Aufenthalle. Galerie im Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt, Germany
Red Wine - Green Grass. Rosa Azora Gallery, Moscow
2002
Retrospective. Moscow Center for the Arts, Moscow
2006
Color Guide. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2010
North. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions
1986
Art vs. Commerce. Bitsevsky Park, Moscow
1987
Housing. The Hermitage Amateur Society, exhibition hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
Representation. The Hermitage Amateur Society, exhibition hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
Retrospection of the work of Moscow artists. 1957-1987. The Hermitage Amateur Society, exhibition hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
1988
Art Drummers. Art-rock parade "ACCA". House of Culture MELZ, Moscow
A. Kirtsova, R. Meel, V. Salnikov. Exhibition Hall of the Kirovsky District, Moscow
1990
Vanguard 20 / 90. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Moscow
1992
The lessons of Magnitsky. Geometric abstraction: Moscow experience. Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
1995
La Terra Ritrovata. Villa Ormond, San Remo, Italy
Arte Russa. Villa Zorn, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy
1997-1998
Russian Constructivist Roots: Present Concerns. The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, Maryland; The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire; Dickinson College, PA; World Bank, Washington
1998
Russian Manchester. Ivanovo Regional Art Museum, Ivanovo, Russia
2001
Manufactory. State Exhibition Hall "New Manege", Moscow
Abstraction in Russia. XX century. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2002
Feminine art. Female artists in Russia of the XV-XX centuries. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Reclamation. I festival of contemporary art in the open air. Pension "Klyazminskoe reservoir", Moscow region
2003
Moscow abstraction of the second half of the twentieth century. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2007
This is not food ... / Ceci n’est pas nourriture ... Era Foundation, Moscow
