Alexander Ponomarev
Bio
1957
Born in Dnepropetrovsk, USSR
1973
Graduated from Orel Art School, Orel, USSR
1979
Graduated from the Higher Naval Engineering College in Odessa, USSR
Lives in Moscow

Collections
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
FNAC (Fonds National d‘Art Contemporain), France
Foundation F. R., Los Angeles, USA
FRAC (Fonds Regional d‘Art Contemporain), Bretagne, France
Judishes Museum Rheinsburg, Rheinsburg, Germany
National Museum Singapore, Singapore
Picardy Art Museum, Amiens, France
Universitat Jaumi, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, USA
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
Yekaterinburg Fine Arts Museum, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Nizhny Tagil Fine Arts Museum, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Orel Fine Arts Museum, Orel, Russia
Selected solo exhibitions
1990
Alexander Ponomarev, Alexander Konstantinov. Hermitage Gallery, Moscow
1991
Alexander Ponomarev. Eugenia Gortchakova. Galerie East-West, Copenhagen
1992
Alexander Ponomarev. Galeria Espai 29, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
1993
Alexander Ponomarev. Galeria 6 de febrero, Valencia, Spain
1996
Ship Resurrection. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Alexander Ponomarev. Kino Gallery, Moscow
1997
Le souffle de l’Océan. Expo-98, Lisbon
1998
Ocean Breath. Soros Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2001
Maya. Lost Island. Novaya Kollektsiya Gallery, Moscow
Maya. Lost Island. Central House of Artist, Moscow
Alexander Ponomarev. Palitra Gallery, Kharkoiv, Ukraine
2002
Smoke without Fire. A. D. Sakharov Museum and Public Center, Moscow
Mémoires de l’eau. Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris
2003
Recycler la meute [I] / Base. Résidence à l’Atelier Calder à Saché, Saché, France
Recycler la meute [III] / Quelle Profondeur? Quelle Profondeur! Loire à Tours, Tours, France
2004
Alexander Ponomarev. TNT Center, Bordeaux, France
2005
Topology of Absolute Zero. Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
Traccia settentrionale di Leonardo. Galleria Nina Lumer, Milan, Italy
Le vent enrose. Rabouan-Moussion Galerie, Paris
Nemo-Verne. Bay of Somme, Crotoy, France
2006
Narcisse inversé. Le Granit, Scène Nationale, Belfort, France
Au jardin de la meute des loups. Louvre, Paris
2007
Verticale parallèle. Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière, Paris
Clickihope (with Julia Milner, Arseny Meshcheryakov, Andrei Bartenev, and AES+F Group). La 52 Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Russo, Venice, Italy
2008
Surface Tension. Cueto Project, New York, USA
Punto di vista. Galleria Nina Lumer, Milan, Italy
Selected group exhibitions
1989
Trans-avant-garde and Neoclassicism. Kinotsentr, Moscow
1991
Gruppe Я (Ja - Ich) - Gruppe R. Na Solyanke Exhibition Hall, Moscow; Judisches Museum Rheinsburg, Rheinsburg; Kunstmuseum, Schleswig; Stadtmuseum, Kiel; Kunstmuseum, Husum, Germany
New Circle. Martin Luther King Centre, Washington; Art Centre, Denver, USA
Artists to Malevich. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
1992
Los tres artistas rusos. Galeria Octubre, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Magnitsky’s Lessons. Geometric Abstraction: Moscow Experience. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
1993
Ideal City. Trends in Contemporary Russian Art. National Museum, Singapore
1995
III KUKART International Arts Festival. Tsarskoye Selo, Leningrad region, Russia
1997
Credo. Russian Cultural Foundation, Moscow
1999
ACT 99. Art-Communication Tour. Galerie der Universitat fur Gestallung, Linz, Austria; Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
2000
Auto-mobil. Polytechnic Museum, Moscow
2001
De Moscau. Le Quartier centre d’art contemporain de Quimper, Quimper, France
Abstraction in Russia. 20th Century. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2002
La Toison d’or. Apollonia, Strasbourg, France
Les Songes. Centre des monuments nationaux, Le Mont St. Michel, France
2003
Moscow Abstraction. Late 20th century. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2004
Passage d’Europe. Musée d’art moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
Rivages. Musée d’Art et d’histoire de Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Brieuc, France
2005
Sous les ponts, le long de la rivière II. Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg
2006
ARS 06. Kiasma, Helsinki
2007
Zeitgeist. Cueto Project, New York, USA
Design of Siberia. VII Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
I Believe! Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
Floods. Ex Chiesa Di Sant’Agostino, Bergamo, Italy
2009
That Obscure Object of Art. Ca' Rezzonico, Venice, Italy