Oleg Kulik
Bio
1961
was born in Kiev, USSR
1979
graduated from the Kiev art school
1982
graduated from the Kiev Geological College
1990
Fellow of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, USA
1990-1993
art director and exhibitor at the Regina Gallery, Moscow
1995-1996
Fellow of the Berlin Senate, Germany
Lives and works in Moscow

Collections
Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej, Warsaw
Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
PinchukArtCentre, Kiev
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Art4.ru Museum, Moscow
Selected solo exhibitions
1988
Paradox as a method. Exhibition Hall of the Sevastopol District, Moscow
Dialog. Research Institute of Long-Range Radio Communications, Moscow
1989
Premonition of unfreedom. Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow
1990
Untitled. Exterior windows of the Design Center, Moscow
1994
I love Gorby. M. Gelman Gallery, Moscow
1995
The same and Skotinin. XL Gallery, Moscow
My family, or Nature is perfect. M. Gelman Gallery, Moscow
The end of history, or Kulik visiting emperors. XL Gallery, Moscow
1996
Evening of Kulik's memories. TV gallery, Moscow
1997
Virtual dog. M. Gelman Gallery, Moscow
I bite America, America bites me (together with Mila Bredikhina). Deitch Projects, New York, USA
1998
Claire Quilty Jr. XL Gallery, Moscow
Oleg Kulik. Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris
Oleg Kulik. Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs, Riga
1999
Red Corner (together with Yuri Babich). XL Gallery, Moscow
Russian. Regina Gallery, Moscow
2000
Alice vs. Lolita. Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris
Oleg Kulik in Warsaw. Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw
2001
Museum of Nature (New Paradise). Central House of Artists, Moscow
Architectural excesses. M. Gelman Gallery, Moscow
House and Windows. La 49 Biennale di Venezia, Yogoslavian Pavillion, Venice, Italy
Deep into Russia. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2002
Museum. XL Gallery, Moscow
Lolita theme with variations. Gallery "D137", St. Petersburg
2003
The slogan. Regina Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Museum (Cosmonaut). State Museum of Architecture A.V. Schuseva, Moscow
Coordinate system. Central House of Artists, Moscow
Oleg Kulik. Centra d’arte contemporanea, Naples, Italy
2004
Test of the Gobi (Summer). Gallery "XL-projects", Moscow
2005
Test of the Gobi (Winter). XL Gallery, Moscow
2007
Chronicle. 1987-2007. Central House of Artists, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions
1989
Out of the genre. Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow
1990
The logic of paradox. Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow
Vanguard-90. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Moscow
1992
About the transparent. The territory of the pioneer camp. Gagarina, Zimenki village, Moscow region
1993
The VII Congress of People's Deputies is dedicated. Central House of Artists, Moscow
Vanguard and tradition. Books of Russian artists of the XX century. Russian State Library, Moscow
1994
Impudent, insensitive, ignorant, suffering from delusions of persecution, unreliable, animals, drug addicts, strange, poor, subjected
indoctrinated, careerists, naive, fashionable, cruel, fake, inhospitable, insane, stubborn. Regina Gallery, Moscow
1995
No Man’s Land. Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen
Der Grosse Zuricher Ausstellung. Kunsthause "Orlikon", Zurich, Switzerland
1996
De Rode Poort. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Discort: Sabotage of Realities. Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1997
It’s a Better World. Russischer Aktionismus und sein Kontext. Wienner Secession, Vienna
Europarte. 5 giovani proposteper la Fondazione Bevilacqua Editrice Venezia. Fondazione Bevilaqua la Masa, Venice, Italy
Lioghi Ritrovati. Centra d’arte contemporanea, Serre di Rapolano, Siena, Italy
Sélest’Art. The 1st Biennale. Center d’art contemporain, Celeste, France
III Cetinjski Bienale. Cetinje, Montenegro
V Istanbul International Biennale. Istanbul, Turkey
Moscou Vandaag. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
1998
L’Arte dans le monde. Passage de Retz, Paris
Medialization. Edsvik Konst-Kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden
Voor het verdwijnt en erna. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Body and the East. From the 1960s to the Present. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
24 Bienal de Sao Paulo. Sao paulo brazil
1999
Locally Interested. National Gallery for Alien Art, Sofia
Eclipses. Center européen d’actions artistiques contemporaines, Strasbourg, France
1999-2000
After the Wall. Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Hamburger Bahnhoff, Berlin; Lúdwig Museum, Budapest
2000
L‘autre moitié de l‘Europe. Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Performing Bodies. Tate Modern, London
Herausforderung Tier - von Beuys bis Kabakov. Stadtlische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
2001
I Bienal de Valencia. Valencia, Spain
Trans Sexual Express Barselona. Center d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
ISKUSSTWO-2000. Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany
2002
Reclamation. I festival of contemporary art in the open air. Pension "Klyazminskoe reservoir", Moscow region
Le Tribu dell’arte. Museo d’arte contemporanea della citta, Rome
The Russian Patient. Freud Museum, London
IV Cetinjski Bienale. Cetinje, Montenegro
2003
Horizons of reality. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
II Bienal de Valencia. Valencia, Spain
Berlin - Moskau / Moskau - Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
live culture. Tate Modern, London
2004
Rencontres d’Arles. Dépôt, Arles, France
System of Coordinates. Muzej Suvremene Imjetnosti, Zagreb
Za Czerwonym Horyzontem. Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw
Berlin - Moscow / Moscow - Berlin 1950-2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow
Busan Biennale 2004. Busan, South Korea
2005
Comembers. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
StarZ. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
La 51 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy
Russian pop art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Angels of History. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
The Gravity in Art. De Appel, Amsterdam
2006
The Origin of Species. Museum of Modern Art, Toyama; Hiroshima city múseum
of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Reiz & Risiko. Museum Haus für Kunst, Altdorf, Switzerland
¡Rusia! Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
Crossing Frontiers. Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany; Ludwig Múseum, Budapest
Postorange. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2007
Sots-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
Reflection. PinchukArtCentre, Kiev
Learning from Moscow. Stadtische Galerie, Dresden, Germany
Space Is the Place. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, United States
I am making Art - Chapitre 1 - Rituel, Transgression, Endurance, Risque. Center d’Art Contemporain Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
2008
Thaw: Russian Art From Glasnost to the Present. Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
Space Is the Place. Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA