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Archive of works - Alexei Kostroma
Alexei Kostroma
| 1962 | born in Kostroma (Russia), lives and works in Berlin |
| 1989 | graduated
from the Academy of Arts (Repin Institute), Department of Painting, Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg) |
| 1991 | founds
the "TUT-I-TAM" Group (in cooperation with Nadia Bukreeva),
begins to develop his concept of "inventorying". Numerates natural objects. Introduces the notion of "introspective action" |
| 1992 | makes
water self-destructing installations, begins to develop the idea of "feathering" makes a series of wide-scale actions "The Feathering of Names Symbols". Intensively uses |
| 1994 | feathers,
begins theoretical and laboratory investigations in the "organic way" |
| 1997 | develops the theory of "The Spiral-Driven Development of Colour" |
| 2000- 2004 | expands
his special vision of the pictorial space, connected with the figure and time on the basis of experiments and theoretic investigations of colour. Develops the idea of "Figurative-numerical painting" |
| 2003 | leaving for Berlin |
| 2005 | becomes a member of the Union of Artists of Germany |
One Man Shows (selected):
| 2010 | The
Way to the Sign. Works from 1988-2010. Galerie Sandmann, Berlin Feathered Chaos. Wilde Gallery, Berlin |
| 2008 | What
a Nice Day. Galerie Sandmann, Berlin “Speed of Falling”, multimedia installation, “Dolce Vita”, video. VII International Month of Photography “Photobiennale-2008”, Zurab Gallery, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow |
| 2007 | “Feathering
the Bus Station”, installation, “Big Play”, performance.
V Biennale of Contemporary Art in Shiryaevo, Russia Fucking Dreams. Moscow International Festival “Fashion & Style in Photography”, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow |
| 2006 | H5N1.
Sweet Sleep. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow RED. Mein Kampf. VI International Month of Photography in Moscow “Photobiennale-2006”, Yakut Gallery, Moscow |
| 2004 | Feel Yourself. Gallery Art Digital (GAD), Berlin |
| 2002 | The
Fractal Geometry of Leaves. Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis Museum, Amsterdam
Smoke, Feather and Butterflies. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg |
| 2001 | A Life 2000 Meters Long. Hair Chronicle. State Museum of Military History, Saint-Petersburg |
| 2000 | Organic Way. A Glance at the Sun. Harry Blom Gallery, Brussels |
| 1999 | Organic Way. Penguin Spiral. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg |
| 1998 | Pinguingang. Galerie im Kornhaus, Kirchheim, Germany |
| 1996 | Feathering
and Organica. Kuenstlertreff-Reihe 22 Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1994 | Feathering Exhibition. State Museum of the History of Saint-Petersburg |
Group exhibitions (selected):
| 2010 | Sanatorium
of Art. A Glance at the Sun installation. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow BRIC. Saatchi Gallery, London |
| 2009 | INVENTORY
#2. Wilde Gallery, Berlin New Old Cold War. 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Red October, Moscow Not Toys!?. 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Art About Art. Ludwig Museum in State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg Krieg der Engel. Aktuelle Russische Kunst. Kunstverein "Talstrasse" e.V., Halle, Gemany |
| 2008 | INVENTORY
#1. Wilde Gallery, Berlin Russian Dreams… Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, USA |
| 2007 | Adventure of the Black Square. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg |
| 2006 | BERLIN:TENDENZEN. La Capella, Barcelona |
| 2005 | Collage
of the 20th Century. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg Free Will. Arena Berlin. M.A.I.S.VI. Berlin |
| 2004 | White
Wood. Schloss and Gut Liebenberg, Germany Na kurort! Russische Kunst heute, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany |
| 2003 | Neutral
Zone Flowers. Gallery in Parliament, Berlin Ko: ma – a Diary of a Life. Alexanderplatz-Bunker, Berlin Directions. Inside – Outside. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Espoo Art Museum, Galleria Otso, Espoo, Finland |
| 2002 | Feathering
Aggression. Liverpool Biennial, Basement IX, Liverpool, UK Crystallization. Birth of a Snowflake, Rauma Biennale Balticum, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland |
| 1999 | Organica: The Non-Objective World of Nature in the Russian Avant-Garde of the 20th Century, Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany |
| 1993 | Metaphern
des Entruecktseins: Aktuelle Kunst aus Sankt Petersburg, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany |
Public Collections:
State
Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
State Museum of the History of Saint Petersburg
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Moscow House of Photography Museum, Moscow
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