Konstantin Zvezdochetov
Bio
1958
was born in Moscow
1976-1981
studied at the School-Studio at the Moscow Art Theater. A.P. Chekhov (production department)
1978
was a member of the Doubling-2 group
1978-1984
one of the founders and members of the Amanita Group
1982
one of the organizers of Apt Art
1986-1988
together with Gia Abramishvili initiated the creation of the group “World Champions”
1986
founding member of the Avant-Garde Club (ClAva)
since 1993
member of the Moscow Union of Artists
1994
member of the group “Sea of Sailors”
Lives and works in Moscow
Collections
Museo d’árte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Múcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, New Brunswick, United States
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, USA
Art4.ru Museum, Moscow
Selected solo exhibitions
1982
Exhibition of paintings. Gallery Apt-art (Apartment N. Alekseev), Moscow
1983
Decorator and life. Gallery Apt-art (Apartment N. Alekseev), Moscow
1984
For the soul and the calf (together with Nikita Alekseev). Gallery Apt-art (Apartment N. Alekseev), Moscow
1991
Sangria di artista. Galeria Carini, Florence, Italy
Day of knowledge (together with the movement of E. T. I.). Regina Gallery, Moscow
1992
Le vieil écho (together with Larisa Rezun-Zvezdrochetova). Musée d’Art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Dharmendra. L-gallery, Moscow
1994
Artists - to metro builders (together with Yuri Neprintsev). Regina Gallery, Moscow
1995
Choosing Pepsi. XL Gallery, Moscow
1996
Night Boyce, or Non-Russian Boys (together with Sergey Epikhin). XL Gallery, Moscow
Babies of Fakos. XL Gallery, Moscow
Diligence (together with George Litichevsky). Spider & Mouse Gallery, Moscow
1997
Erotica destroys consciousness (together with Lyudmila Borisova). XL Gallery, Moscow
You are what you eat. M. Gelman Gallery, Moscow
1998
One - Potato, Two - Potato ... XL Gallery, Moscow
Institute of Nutrition, or Zoo. Gallery Moscow Fine Art, Moscow
2000
Gestapo collective farm. XL Gallery, Moscow
2001
Bite. Central House of Artists, Moscow
2002
Palinton-2 / Critical Opera. XL Gallery, Moscow
The hellish pain of monsters, or the Reptiles of your time. WAM Gallery, Moscow
2003
Returning of the Artist (together with Alexander Vinogradov, Vladimir Dubosarsky, Valery Koshlyakov and Sergey Bratkov). La 50 Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Russo, Venice, Italy
2004
At work. XL Gallery, Moscow
2005
Losses. XL Gallery, Moscow
Woman and hell. Cultural Center "Art-arrow", Moscow
2006
Hello, dear Boltansky! Gallery "D137", St. Petersburg
2007
Hello, dear Boltansky, or Lamps and funny faces. Paperworks Gallery, Moscow
2009
I could not stand it. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Normal civilization. XL Gallery, Moscow
2011
Scribes (together with Yuri Albert and Andrei Filippov). State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Selected group exhibitions
1978
Experiment. Exhibition Hall on Malaya Gruzinskaya 28, Moscow
1979
20 portraits, 5 self-portraits. Rock club them. Rockwell Kent, Moscow
1982
The first exhibition of Apt Art. Apt-Art Gallery (Apartment of N. Alekseev), Moscow
1983
Come Yesterday and You’ll Be First. City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, USA
AptArt. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York, USA
1984
AptArt in Tribeca. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York, USA
1985
Russian Art Show. Danceteria, New York, USA
AptArt. Moscow Vanguard in the ‘80s. Washington Project for the Arts, Washington
1987
Creative atmosphere and art process. The first exhibition of the Vanguard Club. Exhibition Hall of the Proletarsky District on Vostochnaya St., Moscow
Housing. The Hermitage Amateur Society, Exhibition Hall on Profsoyuznaya 100, Moscow
Retrospection of the work of Moscow artists. 1957-1987. The Hermitage Amateur Society, Exhibition Hall on Profsoyuznaya 100, Moscow
1988
Art Drummers. Art-rock parade "ACCA". House of Culture MELZ, Moscow
Ich lebe - Ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern
Nowe ruskie. Palac Nauki i kultury, Warsaw
Steirischer Herbst-88. Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
1989
... to 33. Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow
Dialogue. Avant-Garde Russe et Art Contemporain Sovietique. Center Culturel Boris Vian, Paris
Expensive art (exhibition of the Avant-Garde Club). Moscow Youth Palace, Moscow
Momentaufnahme: Junge Kunst aus Moskau. Stadtmuseum Münster, Munster; BBK, Cologne; Ravensberger Spinnerei, Bielefeld, Germany
Moskau-Wien-New York: Kunst zur Zeit. Messepalast, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna
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
Aperto’90. La 44 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Shizokitay: Hallucination in power (exhibition of the Avant-Garde Club). Construction pavilion of VDNH on Frunzenskaya nab., Moscow
Towards the object. Gardeners Gallery (exhibition hall of the Krasnogvardeisky district), Moscow
In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Artisti russi contemporanei. Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
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
Private lessons. Exhibition Hall "On Solyanka", Moscow
Aesthetic experiences. Museum-Estate "Kuskovo", Moscow
MANI Museum - 40 Moskauer Künstler. Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt, Germany
Moscou-Leningrad-Tbilisi. Nouveau Theater d’Angers, Angers, France
Geopolitics. State Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of the USSR, St. Petersburg
BiNationale (Israelische - Sowjetische Kunst um 1990). Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; Central House of Artists, Moscow
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
documenta IX. Kassel, Germany
3rd International Istanbul Biennal. Istanbul, Turkey
Festival dell arte contemporaneo. Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
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 as power and power as Art. Central House of Artists, Moscow
1994
An artist instead of a work, or Jump into the Void. Central House of Artists, Moscow
II Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
Identita e rappresentazioni cartografiche. Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Luigi Pigorini, Rome
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
1997
III Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
1998
Book of the artist and poet. National Center for Contemporary Art, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
1999
Book of the artist. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2002
Actual Russian painting. State Exhibition Hall "New Manege", Moscow
2003
Moskauer Konzeptualismus. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2004
Berlin-Moscow / Moscow - Berlin 1950-2000. State Historical Museum, Moscow
My Kabakov. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Amanita. E. K. Art Bureau, Moscow
Esotericum. Tarot cards. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
2005
Comembers. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Apartment exhibitions. Yesterday and today. Museum Center of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
Angels of History. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
AptArt. 1982-1984. E. K. Art Bureau, Moscow
2007
Woe from the mind. State Literary Museum, Moscow
Sots-art. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; La Maison Rouge, Paris
Infinite Painting. Villa Manin, Centro d’arte contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy
2008-2009
That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Ca ’Rezzonico, Venice, Italy
2010
Portraits of second-hand. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
