Makarevich Igor

Bio

1943 was born in the village of Trialeti, Georgia

1951 moved with his parents to Moscow

1968 graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow

since 1970 engaged in book illustration, designed theater performances

since 1979 member of the collective action group

since 1987 member of the Avant-Garde Club (KlAva)

1984 received the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR

Lives and works in Moscow

Selected solo exhibitions

1970 One-day personal exhibition. Cinema of the Exhibition Hall of the Ministry of Agriculture on Kuznetskiy Most, 11, Moscow

1971 One-day personal exhibition. Central House of Artists, Moscow

1979 Igor Makarevich. Exhibition Hall of the Moscow branch of the Union of Artists on the street. Vavilova, 65, Moscow

Abramov. Chuikov. Makarevitch. Center Georges Pompidou, Paris

1990 Freedom - Liberty. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA

1991 Kabakov. Kizevalter. Makarevich. Galeria PARAL.LEL 39, Valencia, Spain

1992 A.P. Chekhov. Three views (together with O. Vasilyev and Y. Vashchenko). National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow; Murmansk Regional Art Museum, Murmansk

1993 Between Abandonment and Hope. Velta Gallery, Moscow

1994 Die Mowe. Galerie Art III Inge Herbert, Berlin

1996 Lignomania. XL Gallery, Moscow

Die Mowe. Karin Hertin Galerie, Berlin

1997 Partial change. Gallery "Obscuri Viri", Moscow

Homo Lignum. XL Gallery, Moscow

1998 The Search for Paradise. XL Gallery, Moscow

Selections from the Diary of Nikolai Ivanovich Borisov. Hand Print Workshop International, Alexandria, USA

1999 Selected places from the notes of Nikolai Ivanovich Borisov or The Secret Life of Trees. XL Gallery, Moscow

Homo Lignum 99. “Sider & Mouse” Gallery, Moscow

2000 Notes - photographic comments on CD shares (together with V. Stigneyev). Cultural Center "HOUSE", Moscow

Pictures of old Soviet masters. XL Gallery, Moscow

A.P. Chekhov. Three views (together with O. Vasiliev and Y. Vashchenko). Sakhalin Regional Art Museum, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia

2001 Zooanthropomoses. Central House of Artists, Moscow

Book of Radiance. Hand Print Workshop International, Alexandria, USA

2003 Graphics 1993 - 2003. Editorial office of the Pinakothek magazine, Moscow

Homo Lignum 03. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow

2009 In Situ (together with Elena Elagina). Kunsthistorisches Museum. Vein

Selected group exhibitions

970 Soviet Russia. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Moscow

1976 Glory to work. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Moscow

Youth of Russia. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Moscow

1979 Photographic art. Exhibition Hall on the street Malaya Gruzinskaya, 28, Moscow

20 Jahre unabhongige Kunst aus der Sowjetunion. Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany

1980 Nonconformists. Contemporary Commentary from the Soviet Union. Art Gallery, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA

New Tendencies in Russian Unofficial Art: 1970 - 1980. Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art, Jersey City, USA

1981 Nouvelles Tendences de l’Art Russe Non-Officiel. 1970-1980. Center Culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France

25 Years of Soviet Unofficial Art. 1956 - 1981. Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art, Jersey City, USA

2 Międzynarodowego Triennale Rysunku. Wroclaw, Poland

Russian New Wave. Contemporary Russian Art Center, New York, USA

1982 Transplantation of Russian Spirituality. Visuals Studies Workshop, New York

Aspekte sowjetscher Kunst der Gegenwart. Neue Galerie-Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany

The first exhibition of Apt Art. Apt-Art Gallery (N. Alekseev’s apartment), Moscow

1984 Les Russes au present. Le center culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France

1987 Creative atmosphere and art process. The first exhibition of the Vanguard Club. Exhibition Hall of the Proletarsky District on Vostochnaya St., Moscow

Retrospection of the work of Moscow artists. 1957-1987. The Hermitage Amateur Society, exhibition hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow

Object-1. Exhibition Hall on the street Malaya Gruzinskaya, 28, Moscow

1988 Nowe ruskie. Palac Nauki I kultury, Warsaw

Sowjetkunst heute. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

Post-Socialist Realism: The New Soviet Reality. St. Mary’s College of Maryland Historic St. Mary's City, Maryland, United States

1989 Expensive art (exhibition of the Avant-Garde Club). Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow

The Green Show. Exit Art, New York, USA; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada

1990 Towards the facility. Gardeners Gallery (exhibition hall of the Krasnogvardeisky district), Moscow

Adaptation and Negation of Socialist Realism. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, United States

In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1990-1991 Another art. Moscow 1956-1976. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, Leningrad

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 Mani Museum - 40 Moskauer Künstler. Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt, Germany

Private lessons. Exhibition Hall "On Solyanka", Moscow

1991-1993 Perspectives of Conceptualism. The University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu; Clocktower Gallery, P.S.1, New York; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, United States

1992-1993 a Mosca ... a Mosca. Villa Campoleto, Herculaneum; Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy

1994 Fluchtpunkt Moskau. Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany

An artist instead of a work, or Jump into the Void. Central House of Artists, Moscow

II Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro

1995 Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Ruβland 1957-1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Moscow

Zeichnungen der Moskauer Szene. Galerie Hohenthal & Littler, Munich, Germany

1995-1996 Plug, Entfernung, Verschwinden. Konzeptuelle Moskauer Kunst. Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy, Prague; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel, Germany

1996 Fluxus: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A story without borders. Central House of Artists, Moscow

KlAva-96. Exhibition Hall of the Proletarsky District in Peresvetovoy per., Moscow

From GULAG to Glasnost. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA

1997 Collective Actions. Exit Art, New York, USA

III Cetinjski Bienale. Cetinje, Montenegro

1998 Body and the East. From the 1960s to the Present. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana

1998-1999 Fauna. State Exhibition Hall "New Manege", Moscow; Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw

1999 Book of the artist. 1970-1990s. State Museum of Fine Arts A.S. Pushkin, Moscow

2000 The lovers of Clav. Central House of Artists, Moscow

2001 Fathers and Sons. State Literary Museum, Moscow

Deep Germany. Exhibition Hall of the Krasnogvardeisky District (“On Kashirka”), Moscow

2002 Actual Russian painting. State Exhibition Hall "New Manege", Moscow

II international festival of photography "ProVision". Nizhny Novgorod Fair, Nizhny Novgorod

2003-2004 Berlin-Moskau / Moscow-Berlin 1950 - 2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; State Historical Museum, Moscow

2004 Esotericum. Tarot cards. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

My Kabakov. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

2004-2005 Warszawa-Moskwa / Moscow-Warsaw. 1900 - 2000. Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

2005 Comembers. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Russian pop art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

2007 Woe from the mind. State Literary Museum, Moscow

2008 Total Enlightenment. Conceptual Art in Moscow 1960-1990. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany; Fundación Juan March, Madrid

2009 La 53 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy

2010 Handbook. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow

Portraits of second-hand. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow2011

Snowstorm. Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod

Empty Zones. Andrei Monastyrski and Collective Actions. La 54 Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Russo, Venice, Italy