Boris Koshelokhov (born 1942) — contemporary russian artist.
Lives and works in Saint Petersburg.
1942 | Born in Zlatoust (Southern Urals) |
1962 | Moves to Leningrad. Enters medical school |
1962-76 | Works as an electrician, medical orderly, driver, construction worker. Participates in geological expeditions. Studies philosophy independently |
1976 | Begins artistic work: paintings, assemblages, volumetric compositions. Organizes the Chronicle (Letopis) group. Joins the Society for Experimental Exhibitions (TEV) |
1978 | Spends several months in Italy |
1979 | Joins the Society for Experimental Visual Art (TEII). Participates in dozens of group shows with other unofficial Leningrad artists |
1982 | Produces approximately fifty wooden sculptures |
1982 | Works on plastic volumetric compositions |
1989 | Puppets of the World March Around the World (oil on canvas, 23 meters x 6 meters) |
1989 | Residency in Amsterdam |
1992 | Heilige Suender (oil on canvas, 120 meters x 3 meters) |
1994 | Starts Two Highways project |
2000 | Festival of Contemporary Petersburg Art (Esberg, Denmark) |
2002 | The second stage (6000 pastels) of Two Highways is completed |
2000-02 | Works on styrofoam compositions |
2008 | Works in digital media. Ex Machina series of 1600 digital graphic works |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1978 | Rome, Soverato, Catanzaro |
1982 | Apt-Art Exhibition (Leningrad) |
1986 | Directorate for Regional Museums (The first official exhibition of an “unofficial” artist in Leningrad since 1924) |
1987 | Central Exhibition Hall (Leningrad) |
1986В | Mars Gallery (Moskow) |
1988-89В | Kanta Sztuka Gallery (Gdansk) |
1989 | Warsaw, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Amsterdam |
1990 | Henry Pochon Gallery (Lyon/Paris) |
1992 | Manege Central Exhibition Hall (Saint Petersburg) |
1992 | Fedor Gallery (Sestroretsk, Russia) |
1992 | The Kremer Studio (Berlin) |
1992 | Werdermann Art Gallery (Hamburg) |
1997 | Werdermann Art Gallery (Hamburg) |
2000 | Festival of Contemporary Petersburg Art (Esberg, Denmark) |
2001 | The State Russian Museum (Saint Petersburg) |
2002 | Manege Central Exhibition Hall (Saint Petersburg) |
2002 | Na Obvodnom Gallery (Saint Petersburg) |
2005 | Village Life Gallery (Saint Petersburg) |
2008 | Anna Nova Gallery (Saint Petersburg) |
2008 | Era Foundation (Moscow) |
2010 | Anna Nova Gallery (Saint Petersburg) |
GROUP SHOWS
1976 | The Peter and Paul Fortress (Leningrad) (with TEV) |
1978 | В В Venice Biennale |
1978 | Leningrad Youth Hall, Kirov Culture Palace, Theatre of Peoples Art (with Chronicle) |
1978-91 | Apt-Art exhibitions, Leningrad |
1986 | Kadriorg Art Museum (Tallinn) |
1987 | Warsaw, Gdansk |
1988 | Kunsthalle in Emden (Germany) |
1988 | Art Against Commerce (Amsterdam) |
1988-89 | TEII American tour: Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York |
1989В | Moscow |
1989/90 | Stockholm, Gothenburg |
1992-2010 | Annual exhibitions in Manege Central Exhibition Hall (Saint Petersburg) |
1995 | Oslo |
2000 | Esberg (Denmark) |
2007 | Moscow Museum of Modern Art |
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COLLECTIONS
State Russian Museum (Saint Petersburg), Sebastopol Regional Museum, Khabarovsk Regional Museum, State Museum for Art and Design (Nuremberg); private collections in the former Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, England, Poland, Czech Republic, USA, Japan, and South Korea.