Kirtsova Alyona

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