Leonid Sokov
Bio
1941
was born in s. Mikhalevo, Kalinin region, USSR
1961
graduated from Moscow High School of Art
1961; 1964-1969
studied at the sculpture department of the Moscow Higher Art and Industrial School (formerly Stroganov)
since 1972
member of the Moscow Union of Artists
1979
emigrated to Austria
1980
moved to USA
Lives and works in New York, USA
Collections
Ca ’La Ghironda - Museo d’Arte Classica, Moderna e Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
Selected solo exhibitions
1976
One-day exhibition. Exhibition Hall MOSH on Begovaya, 7, Moscow
1983
Question and Exclamation. Storefront Gallery, New York, USA
1985
Sculpted Soviets. Storefront Gallery, New York, USA
1986
Leonid Sokov. Semaphore Gallery, New York, USA
Leonid Sokov. A & P Gallery, New York, USA
Leonid Sokov. Zeus-Trabia Gallery, New York, USA
1987
Glasnost. Zeus-Trabia Gallery, New York, USA
1988
Leonid Sokov. Trabia-MacAfee Gallery, New York, USA
1990
Leonid Sokov. Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York, USA
1991
Leonid Sokov. Galeria Carini, Florence, Italy
1992
Leonid Sokov. Berman Gallery, New York, USA
1994
Leonid Sokov. Berman Gallery, New York, USA
1995
Leonid Sokov. Farsettiarte, Prato, Italy
1997
Leonid Sokov. Galeria Severiarte, Bologna, Italy
1999
Leonid Sokov. Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
2001
The Shadows of 20th Century Sculpture. La 49 Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Russo, Venice, Italy
2004
Leonid Sokov. The Albright College, Cultural Center, Reading, United States
Selected group exhibitions
1977
La nuova arte Sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale. La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1978
La nuova arte sovietica. Palazzo Reale, Turin, Italy
1979
20 Jahre unabhongige Kunst aus der Sowjetunion. Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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, United States
Russian New Wave. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York, USA
1983
Come Yesterday and You’ll Be First. City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, USA
1984
Russian Mock-Heroic Style. Semaphore Gallery, New York, USA
New Portrait. P. S. 1 Museum, Long Island, United States
East-Europian Show. No Se No Gallery, New York; Nico Smith Gallery, New York, USA
Micro Show. NOW gallery, New York, USA
Les Russes au present. Le center culturel de la Villedieu, Elancourt, France
1985
Surrealist Brunch. No Se No Gallery, New York - Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, USA
Monsters Show. Nico Smith Gallery, New York, USA
New Sculpture. NOW Gallery, New York, USA
Eastern Europeans in New York. La Galeria en Behio, New York; St. Mark’s Gallery,
New York; Semaphore Gallery, New York, USA
Microwave. NOW Gallery, New York; A & P Gallery, New York, USA
Sculpture. No Se No Gallery, New York; A & P Gallery, New York, USA
1986
The Rivingston School. 1st Street Gallery, New York, USA
Dolls ’Show. Art Gallery of Long Island University, New York, USA
Russia: Dreams and Realities. Zeus-Trabia Gallery, New York, USA
Sculpture Garden. Zeus-Trabia Gallery, New York, USA
Church and State. Zeus-Trabia Gallery, New York, USA
Transculture, Transmedia. Exit Art, New York, USA
Sots Art. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
1987
New Voices. Pondo del Sol, Washington
Art on the Beach. Hunter’s Point, New York, USA
Retrospection of the work of Moscow artists. 1957-1987. The Hermitage Amateur Society, Moscow
1988
Birds and Beasts? Home Box Office, New York, USA
Vital Signs. Main Street Windows, New York, USA
1990
Transit: Russian Artists Between the East and West. Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York; Pine Arts Museum of Long Island, New York; State Russian
Museum, Leningrad; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
The logic of paradox. Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow
Towards the object. Gardeners Gallery (exhibition hall of the Krasnogvardeisky district), Moscow
1990-1991
Another art. Moscow 1956-1976. State Tretyakov Gallery,
Moscow; State Russian Museum, Leningrad
1991
Back to Square One. Berman - E. N. Gallery, New York, USA
1992
Sots-art. Museum of V.I. Lenin, Moscow
1993
Coca-Cola. Galeria Bianca Pilat, Rome
1994
II Cetinjski Bienale II. Cetinje, Montenegro
1995
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
1999
It’s the Real Thing. Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States
2000
Contemporary Russian Masters. Part 2. Sloane Gallery of Art, Denver, USA
Cold War - Hot Culture. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
2003
M_ARS - Art and War. Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Remembrance: Russian Post-Modern Nostalgia. Yeshiva University Museum, New York, USA
Berlin - Moskau / Moskau - Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2004
5th Gwangju Biennal. Gwangju, South Korea
Berlin - Moscow / Moscow - Berlin 1950-2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow
2005
Schatten und Licht in der zeitgenössischen kunst. Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany
Remembrance: Russian Post-Modern Nostalgia. Grossman Gallery, Williams Visual Arts Building, Easton, USA
Russian pop art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Schattenspiel. Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
2006
Masters of Humor & Satire. Sloane Gallery of Art, Denver, United States
¡Rusia! Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
2006-2007
Territories of Terror: Mythologies and Memories of the GULAG in Contemporary Russian-
American Art. Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, USA
2007
Bare Life. Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
Sots-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
Attitude 2007. Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
2008
Die totale Aufklärung. Moskauer Konzeptkunst. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany 2008-2009
That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Ca ’Rezzonico, Venice, Italy
