Alexander Kosolapov
Bio
1943
was born in Moscow
1950-1961
studied at the Moscow secondary art school
1962-1968
with a break in military service he studied at the sculptural faculty of the Moscow Higher School of Industrial Art (formerly Stroganovskoe)
1975
emigrated to the USA
Lives and works in New York, USA, and Moscow
Collections
Albertina Museum, Vienna
Art Museum University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Worlen, Passau, Germany
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
National Jewish Museum, B’nai B’rith Klutznick, Washington
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, USA
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Art4.ru Museum, Moscow
Selected solo exhibitions
1985
Alexander Kosolapov. Semaphore Gallery, New York, USA
1987
Alexander Kosolapov. Galerie Anna Friebe, Cologne, Germany
1988
Alexander Kosolapov. Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany
1990
Alexander Kosolapov. Berman Gallery, New York, USA
1991
Alexander Kosolapov. Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, USA
Belkin, Chuikov, Kosolapov. Galerie Eva Poll, Berlin
1993
New Post-Communist Billboards oder Bilder aus dem Neuen Russland. Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne, Germany
1994
Alexander Kosolapov. Galerie Vorsetzen, Hamburg, Germany
1997
Alexander Kosolapov. Galerie Karenina, Vienna
2000
Sots Art / Pop Art. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, United States
2003
Mickey-Lenin. One Work Gallery, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions
1978
New Art from the Soviet Union. Pratt Institute Gallery, Colombia; Montgomery Hall, St’Mary College, Maryland, USA
1981
Nouvelles Tendences de l’Art Russe Non-Officiel. 1970-1980. Center Culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France
Russian New Wave. Contemporary Russian Art Center, New York, USA
1983
Come Yesterday and You’ll Be First. City Without Walls Gallery, Newark; Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, Jersey City, United States
1984
Sots Art. Semaphore Gallery, New York, USA
Les Russes au present. Le center culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France
1986
Sots Art. Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
1987
Retrospection of the work of Moscow artists. 1957-1987. The Hermitage Amateur Society, exhibition hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
1989-1990
Transit: Russian Artists Between the East and West / Transit: Russian artists between East and West. Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, USA; Central House of Artists, Moscow; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
1989
Reagan: American Icon. Central Gallery, Bucknell University, Louisburg, USA Hommage-Demontage. Neue Galerie - Ludwig Collection, Aachen; Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; Stadtisches Museum, Gelsenkirchen, Germany; Provinciaalmuseum, Hasselt, Belgium
1990
Art et Publicite. Center Georges Pompidou, Paris; Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Shizokitay: Hallucination in power (exhibition of the Avant-Garde Club). Construction pavilion of VDNH on Frunzenskaya nab., Moscow
1990-1991
Another art. Moscow 1956-1976. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, Leningrad
1991
Kunst: Europa, Sovietunion. Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1992
Ex USSR. Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
Sots-art. Museum of V.I. Lenin, Moscow
1993
3rd Minos Beach Sculpture Symposium. Agios Nikolaos, Greece
1994
An artist instead of a work, or Jump into the Void. Central House of Artists, Moscow
Before “Neo” and After “Post”. Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, USA
Who is Who. Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna
El Magico Mundo De Mickey Mouse. Cuartel conde Duque, Madrid; Palau Sant Jordi; Barcelona, Spain
II Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
1995
Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Moscow
Russian Jewish Artist in a Century of Change. Jewish Museum, New York, USA
Temporarily Possessed. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
1996
Here and There: Contemporary Artist from the Former Soviet Union. National Jewish Museum, B’nai B’rith Klutznick, Washington
1997
III Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
1998
Russlands Zweite Avantgarde. Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany
Mouse: An American Icon. Alternative Museum, New York, USA
It’s the Real Thing. Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, United States
1999
Kunst im untergrund. Albertina Museum, Vienna
2002
Russian Revolutions. Singer Gallery, Mizel Center for Arts and Culture, Denver, United States
2003
Berlin - Moskau / Moskau - Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Caution Religion! Museum and Community Center A. Sakharova, Moscow
2004
Berlin - Moscow / Moscow - Berlin 1950-2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow
2004-2005
Warszawa-Moskwa / Moscow-Warsaw. 1900-2000. Zache˛ta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2005
Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Russian pop art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Katharina prospekt. Modemuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
2006
Branding. Center PasquArt, Kunsthaus d’art, Bill Bien, Switzerland
Unlearn. Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Canada
2007
New Sculptures. Galerie Vallois Sculptures, Paris
Sots-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
2008
Die totale Aufklärung - Moskauer Konzeptkunst. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
2008-2009
That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Ca’Rezzonico, Venice, Italy
2010
Portraits of second-hand. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
