Zakharov Vadim

Bio

www.vadimzakharov.com

1959 was born in Dushanbe, USSR

1982 graduated from Moscow State Polygraphic Institute

since 1992 publisher of the almanacs "Pastor" and "Pastor Probe Edition"

Lives and works in Cologne, Germany

Collections

Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany

Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana

National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

State Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow

Selected solo exhibitions

1983 SZ (Skersis / Zakharov). Apt-Art Gallery (Apartment of N. Alekseev), Moscow

1984 Vadim Zakharov. Apt-Art Gallery (Apartment of N. Alekseev), Moscow

1988 Fragments of the Moscow Underground (with Yuri Albert). Taidehalli, Helsinki

1989 Vadim Zakharov. Kunstverein, Freiburg an der Breisgau, Germany

Vadim Zakharov. Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna

Vadim Zakharov. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany

1990 Bruder Karamazoff (together with Victor Skersis). Sophia Ungers Gallery, Cologne, Germany

Sechs Monate bis zur Herausseifung des Marquis durch Aida. Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna

1991 Das Weissanstreichen von Peter und dem Wolf auf dem Territorium der Garnitur von

Madame Schleuse. Walcheturm Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

1992 Publisher Alexander Pushkin. L-gallery, Moscow

Provincial Bubbles of Cologne Pastor. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

Pastor’s Schleuse. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany

1994 Typographische Erhebung. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany

Ilja Kabakov, Ivan Tchouikov, Vadim Zakharov. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

1995 Der letzte Spaziergang durch die Elysischen Felder. Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

1996 Stories of the Black Widow. Kunsthøgskolen, Oslo

Funny and Sad Adventures of Foolish Pastor. Atopic Site, Tokyo

1997 Japanisches Heft No. 3. Begegnung mit einem Rocker auf dem Christusgrab im dorf Schingo (Provinz Aomori). Galerie Carla Stützer, Cologne, Germany

The impasse of our time (together with Sergei Anufriev). Institute of Problems

contemporary art; Gallery Obscuri Viri; TV gallery, Moscow

1998 Der letzter Punkt des Verlegers Pastor Zond. Verlegerstatigkeit 1992-1998. Galerie Hohenthal und Bergen, Berlin

1999 Psychedelics of Choice. Funen Art Academy, Odense, Denmark

2001 Cults, Prophets, Images. TV gallery, Moscow

2002 Die Ekstase eines Zuschauers gebiert den Autor. Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Wiepersdorf, Germany

2003 Projekt und Errichtung Theodor W. Adorno Denkmals anlässlich seines 100. Gebutstages, Theodor W. Adorno Platz, Frankfurt, Germany

Nothing New. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow

2004 Hunting for a mouse (together with Andrei Monastyrsky). Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

SZ Group (together with Victor Skersis). E. K. Art Bureau, Moscow

2005 Moscow Conceptualism (together with Catherine Degot). WAM Gallery, Moscow

2006 Vadim Zakharov. 25 years on one page. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Lessons in the boudoir. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

Monument of Utopia (homage to the exhibition of Pavel Filonov “Witness of the Unseen”). State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; Museum of Private Collections, Moscow

2007 Caramel in the Botanical Garden. A late commentary on an article by Boris Groys “Moscow romantic conceptualism”. Foundation "Modern City", Moscow

2009 Collection and archive of Vadim Zakharov. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow

2011 OBAMAinBERLIN (Vadim Zakharov / Niklas Nitsche). Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany

Artsound (together with Leonid Tishkov and Vladimir Tarasov). RAM radioartemobile, Rome

2013 OBAMAinBERLIN (Vadim Zakharov / Niklas Nitsche). nbk, Berlin

Ideological fashion show, based on "Met. Book of Changes ”by Berhold Brecht (together with Maria Porudominskaya). Arsenal, Nizhny Novgorod

Danae.La 55 Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Russo, Venice, Italy

Selected group exhibitions

1983 Come Yesterday and You’ll Be First. City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, USA

1984 AptArt in Tribeca. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York, USA

1985 AptArt. Moscow Vanguard in the ‘80s. Washington Project for the Arts, Washington

1986 Art vs. Commerce. Bitsevsky Park, Moscow

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

1988 Ich lebe - Ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern

Sowjetkunst heute. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

1989-1990 10 + 10: Contemporary Soviet and American Painting. Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; USA; Central House of Artists, Moscow; State Art Gallery of Georgia, Tbilisi; Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Leningrad

1990 Artisti russi contemporanei. Museo d’árte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy

Von der Revolution zur Perestrojka. Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland

In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1990-1991 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

BiNationale (Israelische - Sowjetische Kunst um 1990). Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; Central House of Artists, Moscow

Metropolis. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

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 Kunst Heimat Kunst. Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria

1993 Trade Routes. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA

Plötzlich ist eine Zeit herangebrochen, in der alles möglich sein sollte. Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany

11. Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany

Die Sprache der Kunst. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

1994 Fluchtpunkt Moskau. Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany

Ritratto Autoritratto. Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy

1995 Heart of Darkness. Kröller-Müller Museum, De Hog-Veluw, Netherlands

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 Ostsee Biennale-96. Bekannt (-) Machung. Kunsthalle, Rostock, Germany

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

Artists for Nature. Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn, Germany

1997 Fort! Da! Cooperations. Villa Merkel, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany

1998 Vollkommen Gewönlich. Kunstverein Freiburg im Marienbad, Marienbad; Germanische Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg; Kunstverein, Braunschweig; Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany

Someone Else with my Fingerprints. SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln, Cologne, Germany

1999-2000 Zeitwenden Rückblick und Ausblick. Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna

2000 L‘autre moitié de l‘Europe. Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris

Amnesia. Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany

2001 Beyond the Sentence. Bard College, Annandale upon Hudson, USA

Milano - Europe 2000. Palazzo Triennale, Milan, Italy

La 49 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy

ARS 01. Kiasma, Helsinki

2002 Bangkok meets Cologne. Art Center, Silpakorn University, Bangkok

The Small World. Art Center, Silpakorn University, Bangkok

Babel 2002. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

Chilufim. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Herzlya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel

Synopsis 2 - Theologies. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

2003 Berlin - Moskau / Moskau - Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin

Moskauer Konzeptualismus. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin

Transfer / Chilufim. Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany

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

Privatisierungen - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Osteuropa. KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

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

My Kabakov. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow

2005 Comembers. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

International Biennale of Contemporary Art 2005. Prague

What’s New, Pussycat? Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany

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

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

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

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

1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. Thessaloniki, Greece

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

Woe from the mind. State Literary Museum, Moscow

2008 Die totale Aufklärung - Moskauer Konzeptkunst. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany

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