Rīgas Galerija

KONSTANTIN ZVEZDOCHETOV

1958 Born in Moscow (SU)

1976 - 1981 Moscow Art Theatre School (stage design)

among organizers of the APTART group

member of Mukhomor group

initiator of the artist group World Champions

founding member of the Avantgarde Club (CLAVA)



Selected Solo exhibitions:

2009 Normal civilization - XL Gallery, Moscow

2006    KONSTANTIN ZVEZDOCHETOV - Hello, Dear Boltansky! - painting - D137 - The Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg

2005    Losses. XL gallery. Moscow

2004    Men At Work. XL Gallery, Moscow

2002    Palinton-2. XL Gallery, Moscow

2000    Gestapo Kolkhoz. XL Gallery, Moscow

1997    One potato, two potato. XL Gallery, Moscow

1996    Night Beuys, or Non-Russian Boys (with S.Epikhin). XL Gallery, Moscow
    Erotics ruins consciousness. XL Gallery. Moscow

1995    For those who chose Pepsi. XL Gallery, Moscow

1994 Constantin Zvezdochotov - For Those Who Chose Pepsi - XL Gallery, Moscow
             Artists - to Metro Builders (with Yu.Neprintsev). Regina Gallery, Moscow

1992    Old Echo (with L.Rezun-Zvezdochotova). Museum of Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland
             Dharmendra. L Gallery, Moscow1982
             Exhibition of Painting. APTART Gallery, Moscow

1991    Sangria di artista. Galeria Carini, Florence, Italy1983
             Decorator and Life. APTART Gallery, Moscow

1984    For the Soul and the Flesh (joint with N.Alexeyev). As above

Selected Group exhibitions:

2009     By Hook or by Crook - PROEKT_FABRIKA, Moscow
    Future depends on you. New Rules - Moscow museum of modern art - MMOMA, Moscow
         21 RUSSIA. Group exhibition of the contemporary Russian artists - PinchukArtCentre, Kiev

2008     FATTO BENE! - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato

2007     Collectiepresentatie XXI - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
    Sots Art. Art politique en Russie de 1972 à aujourd'hui - La Maison Rouge, Paris

2006     Artists Against The State: Perestroika Revisited - Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc, New York City, NY
     Infinite Painting - Contemporary Painting and Global Realism - Villa Manin. Centro d'arte contemporanea, Codroipo (UD)

2005     Angels of History - Moscow Conceptualism and its influence - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
     collectie zomer 2005 - de Zomer van Middelburg - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
    Russian Pop Art. Tretyakov gallery, Moscow

2004     The Seven Sins - Moderna Galerija - Ljubljana, Ljubljana
    My Kabakov - Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
    Moscow-Berlin. State Historical museum, Moscow

2003    Berlin-Moskau Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000 - , Berlin
              50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice

2002    Contemporary Russian painting. XL Gallery at New Manege, Moscow

2001    ArtMoscow workshops. Central House of Artists, Moscow

1999     Contemporary Art Department - Recent Acquisitions - The State Russian Museum - Benois Wing, St. Petersburg

1996    Visit to the Fairy Tale. Contemporary Art Center, Moscow

1995    Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Collection of contemporary art of Tsaritsino Museum, Moscow; Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany
    Esotericum. XL Gallery, Moscow

1994    Cetinjski Bienale II. Cetine, Montenegro

1993    Adresse provisoire pour l’art contemporain russe. Musee de la Poste, Paris, France

1992     3. International İstanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
    Documenta IX - Documenta, Kassel, Germany

1991        In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1990-91 Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism. Tacoma Art Museum; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Des Moines Art Center, USA

1990     La Collezione 88-90 - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
              XIX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte 1990 - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
    Artisti russi contemporanei - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
                The Work of Art in the Age of Perestroika. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA
       Absolut Glasnost. Staged by Absolut Vodka Co. New York, USA

1989-90    10 + 10. San Francisco, Buffalo, Washington, USA; Central Artists’ Club, Moscow

1989    Momentaufnahme: Junge Kunst aus Moskau. Munster, Koln, Bielefeld, Germany
              Mosca - Terza Roma. Sala 1, Rome, Italy

1988    Ich lebe - ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland

1987    1st exhibition of Avantgarde Club (CLAVA). Peresvetov Lane, Moscow

1986    Oh, Malta. Maltese embassy, Moscow

1985    APTART. Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, USA

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

1983    Come Yesterday and You’ll Be First. City without Walls: an Urban Artists Collective Inc. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America. Newark, New Jersey, New York

1982    1st exhibition of APTART Gallery, Moscow

1979    20 Portraits, 5 Self-Portraits. College of Physics and Engineering; Rockwell Kent Club, Moscow

1978    Experiment. 28 Malaya Gruzinskaya St., Moscow

Selected Public collections:

Belgium:     MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp

Italy:     Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato

Russia:     Art4.ru - contemporary art museum, Moscow
          Moscow museum of modern art - MMOMA, Moscow
         Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
        The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Slovenia:     Moderna Galerija - Ljubljana, Ljubljana