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"
1994
makes a series of wide-scale actions "The Feathering of Names Symbols".
Intensively uses 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
SOLO SHOWS (selected):
2010
Dolce Vita, video, in frame of GOGOLFEST, O.Dovzhenko Film Studio, Kyiv,
Ukraine
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 SHOWS (selected):
2010
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
1996
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
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
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