Osmolovsky Anatoly

Bio

www.osmopolis.com

1969 was born in Moscow

1990-1992 leader of the movement E. T. I. (Expropriation of the territory of art)

1993-1994 organizer of the revolutionary rival Necsiudic program

since 1993 Editor-in-chief of Radek magazine

1995 Scholarship of the Berlin Senate at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Germany

1998 organizer of the group “Non-Governmental Control Commission”

organizer of the campaign “Vote against all! Now"

2000 founder of the Radek group

Lives and works in Moscow

Collections

EVN Sammlung, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria

Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana

Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Art4.ru Museum, Moscow

Selected solo exhibitions

1991 Day of Knowledge (movement of E.T.I. together with Konstantin Zvezdochetov). Regina Gallery, Moscow

1992 Leopards burst into the temple. Regina Gallery, Moscow

1994 My way. M. Gelman Gallery, Moscow

Chewing gum with hair. XL Gallery, Moscow

1996 Situative Action für PDS. Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

My Bloody Love (with Tanya Hangstler). XL Gallery, Moscow

Chechen kebab. M. Gelman Gallery, Moscow

Something from time to time falling out of the garbage can. XL Gallery, Moscow

1997 Order on the Army of the Arts. XL Gallery, Moscow

1999 Sheets. XL Gallery, Moscow

2001 Inposition. Central House of Artists, Moscow

2003 Seven deaths in Moscow. XL Gallery, Moscow

2004 How political positions turn into form. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

2006 Natal Sarrot's Golden Fruit. Foundation "Modern City", Moscow

Helen's shoulders (together with Victor Alimpiev). Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

Products. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

2008 New works. M & Yu Gelman Gallery, Moscow

Selected group exhibitions

1992 Multiplicity Culture. Itinerari dell arte in un mondo che cambia. Museo del Folklore, Rome

4th International Biennale. Istanbul, Turkey

1993 Trio acoustico: Dmitry Gutov, Yury Leiderman, Anatoly Osmolovsky. Center pour la Creation Contemporaine, Tours, France

Aperto’93. La 45 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

Labor and capital. Central House of Artists, Moscow

1994 Identity and Selfhood. Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

Fluchtpunkt Moskau. Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany

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

1995 No Man’s Land. Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen

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

1996 Steirische Herbst. Graz, Austria

1997 Moscou Vandaag. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium

2002 25 Bienal de Sao Paulo. Sao paulo brazil

Horizons of Reality. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium

2003 Utopia Station. La 50 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

Berlin - Moskau / Moskau - Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

2004 Berlin-Moscow / Moscow - Berlin 1950-2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow

Za Czerwonym Horyzontem. Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw

2005 Comembers. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Russian pop art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Angels of History. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

Kollektive Kreativität. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

2006 ¡Rusia! Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain

Modus R: Russian Formalism Today. Newton Building, Miami, USA

2007 I believe! Center for Contemporary Art "Winery", Moscow

Urban formalism. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

Sots-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris

Thinking realism. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

From Russia with Love. Merano arte edificio Cassa di Risparmio, Merano, Italy

Ontmoeting. Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

documenta XII. Kassel, Germany

2008-2009 That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Ca ’Rezzonico, Venice, Italy

2010 Modernikon. Fondanzione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Milan, Italy

2012 Haunted Moscow. Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China

Selected Performances

1991 A series of street performances-provocations as a member of the movement E.T.I., Moscow

1993 Travel to the country of Brobdingnegov (Mayakovsky / Osmolovsky). Triumfalnaya Square, Moscow

1998 Barricade (dedicated to the events of 1968 in Paris). Herzen Street, Moscow

Works

Anatoly Osmolovsky. A Voyage to Brobdingnag Land (Mayakovsky / Osmolovsky). 1993/2003. Documentation of performance. Black and white photograph mounted on dibond. Photo: Igor Mukhin. 200x150 cm.