Boris Orlov
Bio
1941
was born in Khimki, Moscow Oblast
1966
studied at MVHPU
1975
joined the Union of Artists of the USSR
1976-1986
one of the organizers of regular evenings and one-day exhibitions at the Sculptors Club in the House of Artists on Kuznetsky Most
1987
one of the organizers of the First creative association of Moscow artists
Lives and works in Moscow
Collections
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Art Institute of Chicago Museum, Chicago
Museum fuer Modern Kunst im Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
Ludwig Forum fuer Internationale Kunst, Aachen
Ludwig Forum fuer Internationale Kunst, Budapest
Collection of Contemporary Sculpture, Seoul Olympic Park, Seoul
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin, Moscow
Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
Cultural Foundation "Catherine", Moscow
Novy Fund, Moscow
Art4.ru, Moscow
Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Selected solo exhibitions
1972
One-day exhibition. House of artists on Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow
1979
Open door days in the artist’s workshop (together with D. A. Prigov). Moscow
1980
One-day exhibition. House of artists on Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow
1986
15 sculptures. Exhibition Hall of the Krasnogvardeisky District (“On Kashirka”), Moscow
1989
Boris Orlov, Dmitry Prigov. Struve Gallery, Chicago, USA
1990
Boris Orlov. Struve Gallery, Chicago, USA
Boris Orlov. Sonsbeek Art Center, Sonsbeek, Netherlands
1991
Death of the gods. Regina Gallery, Moscow
Military Games. Gorchakova-Diethrix Art Studio, New York, USA
1992
Catherine. Regina Gallery, Moscow
1994
Parade of astral bodies. Regina Gallery, Moscow
1995
Farewell anniversary (together with Semyon Faybisovich). Regina Gallery, Moscow
Boris Orlov. Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno, Moscow
1998
Architecture with excesses. Velta Gallery, Moscow
2002
Victory over the sun. Regina Gallery, Moscow
2004
The process. The contours of time. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Retrospection. XL Gallery, Moscow
2005
Property of the author. 1973-2000. Collectors Club, Moscow
2006
Boris Orlov. Yakut Gallery, Moscow
2008
The host of the earth and the host of heaven. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
2010
Circle of heroes. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Selected group exhibitions
1969
Young Artists Exhibition. Artists’ House at Kuznetsky Most, Moscow
1972
Spring Exhibition. Artists’ House at Kuznetsky Most, Moscow
1981
Nouvelles Tendences de l’Art Russe Non-Officiel. 1970–1980. Centre Culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France
1987
Retrospection 1957–1987. Hermitage Amateur Society, Exhibition Hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
1988
Ich lebe - Ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern
Olympiad of Art. Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul
Glassnost. Kunsthalle, Amden; Galerie Valentine, Stuttgart, FRG
1989
Expensive Art (Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club). Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow
Jenseits des Streites - Neue Kunst aus Moskau. Krings-Ernst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1990
Logic of Paradox. Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow
Towards an Object. Sadovniki Gallery (Krasnogvardeisky district Exhibition Hall), Moscow
Adaptation and Negation of Socialist Realism. Contemporary Soviet Art. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, USA
1991
In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1992
Sots Art. Lenin Museum, Moscow
1992–1993
a Mosca... a Mosca. Villa Campoleto, Herculaneum; Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
1993
Adresse provisoire pour I’art contemporain russe. Musée de la Poste, Paris
Art in Politics. 3rd Minos Beach Art Symposium. Agios Nikolaus, Minos, Greece
1994
Fluchtpunkt Moskau. Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
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; Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1997
III Cetinjski Bienale. Cetinje, Montenegro
1998
It’s the Real Thing. Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
1998–1999
Forbidden Art: The Post War Russian Avant-Garde. Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center, College of Design, Pasadena, USA; State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, USA
2000
Left, Left, Left Right Left. Russian Avant-Garde of the 1910–1960s. New Hermitage Gallery, Moscow
2001
Piggy Bank. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2002
The Space of the Object. Museum of Applied and Folk Art, Moscow
2003-2004
Berlin – Moskau / Moskau – Berlin 1950–2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; State Historical Museum, Moscow
2004–2005
Warszawa-Moskwa / Moscow-Warsaw. 1900–2000. Zach˛ eta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2005
Private Exhibitions. 1956–1979. Museum Centre of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Russian Pop Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2006
¡Rusia! Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
Planisfero Weltanschauung - Visione del mondo. Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Palazzo Belmonte Riso, Palermo, Italy
2007
Learning from Moscow. Staedtischen Galerie, Dresden, Germany
Sots Art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
2008
Die totale Aufklärung - Moskauer Konzeptkunst. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Fundación Juan March, Madrid
2008-2009
That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Ca' Rezzonico, Venice, Italy
