Erik Bulatov

BIOGRAPHY
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ERIK BULATOV
1933 Born in Sverdlovsk, Ural
  Lives and works in Paris
   
Training  
1990 Residence in New York
1952-1958 Graduated from the Surikov Art Institute, Moscow
1947-1952 Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
   
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Contrepoint, l’art contemporain russe – De l’icône à l’avant­garde en passant par le musé, Musée du Louvre. Paris 
  mamco ­Musee d'art moderne et contemporain, Genf 
2009 Erik Bulatov, Arndt & Partner, Berlin
2007 Jour­Nuit, Art Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland 
  Jour­Nuit, Galerie Skopia, Geneva, Switzerland 
  La voûte célèste, Galerie Pièce Unique, Paris 
  Erik Boulatov. ICI, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris 
2006 Erik Bulatov. BOT, State Tretyakov Gallery – The National Museum of Russian Fine Art, Moscow; Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow 
  Erik Bulatov. Freiheit ist Freiheit, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany 
2003 Erik Bulatov. The Drawings, State Tretyakov Gallery – The National Museum of Russian Fine Art, Moscow
1999 Musée Maillol, Fondation Dina Vierny, Paris
1998 Erik Bulatov. Das Bild ist tot. Es lebe das Bild!, Galerie Berndt and Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany 
1995-1996 Erik Bulatov. Nicht verbindbare Räume, Galerie Berndt and Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany; 
  Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland 1994 Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York 
1992 Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris
1991 Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York
1988-1999 Erik Boulatov, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland;  Portikus, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Kunstverein Bonn, Bonn, Germany; De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam; Kunstverein Freiburg, Fribourg, Switzerland; Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; List Visual Art Center, Boston, USA; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, USA; The University of Chicago, USA
   
Selected Group Exhibitions 
2011 East Ex East, Brand New Gallery Milan, Italy
2009 1968. Die Große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany 
  Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia 
  1989. Ende der Geschichte oder Beginn der Zukunft?, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna 
2008 Moscow – New York / Thaw, Chelsea Art Museum, New York 
  Die Totale Aufklärung, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt 
  Die Totale Aufklärung, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid 
2007 The Aggression of Beauty II, Arndt & Partner, Berlin 
  Marilyn Monroe: I'am an artificial product, Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
2006 Essence of Life Art, The State Russian Museum – Marble Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia 
  Russia!, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain 
2005 Russia!, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 
  Essence of Life Art, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art Budapest, Budapest; 
  State Tretyakov Gallery – The National Museum of Russian Fine Art, Moscow 
  Angels of History – Moscow Conceptualism and its influence, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium 
  The Theatre of Art – Masterpieces from the Collection of the Ludwig Museum, Colo Villa Manin, Centro d‘arte contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy 
2004 Moi! Autoportraits du XXème siècle, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris; Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy 
  Eine kurze Zeit ... lang, Dany Keller Galerie, Munich, Germany
  Non­Konformisten aus Moskau, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
2003-2004 Berlin – Moskau / Moskau – Berlin 1950–2000, Martin­Gropius­Bau, Berlin; State Tretyakov Gallery – The National Museum of Russian Fine Art, Moscow
  Traumfabrik Kommunismus Die. Visuelle Kultur der Stalinzeit,  Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2003 Painting: from Rauschenberg to Murakami 1964–2003, Museo Correr, 50th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
  Artconstitution, Moscow Contemporary Art Museum, Moscow
2002 Inaugurazione, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi, Italy
  Malevich and Film, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lissabon; Fundación La Caixa, Madrid
2000-2001 Hypermental – Wahnhafte Wirklichkeit 1955–2000, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland; Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2000 Cosmos, Palazzo Grassi, Venice
1999 Europe in Motion. The Berlin Wall Artists for Freedom, The Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus
  Forbidden Art. The Postwar Russian Avant­Garde, Museum of St. Petesburg;State Tretyakov Gallery – The National Museum of Russian Fine Art, Moscow
  Examining Pictures, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
1997-1998 Selection from the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet  Union, Culturgest, Lisbon; Mücsarnok Palace of Art, Budapest; Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn; Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, Florida, USA; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1997 Speed, Space, Hybrid, Power, Becoming, Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea
1996-1997 The Nonconformists. The Second Russian Avantgarde 1955–1988, Sammlung Bar­Gera, The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; State Tretyakov Gallery – The National Museum of Russian Fine Art, Moscow; Städelmuseum, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany; Museum Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
1996 Flug – Entfernung – Verschwinden. Konzeptuelle Kunst aus Moskau, Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel, Germany; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin 
  Illusion – Emotion – Reality, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
  Face à l’Histoire. 1933–1996, Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris
  Zeitgenössische Kunst im Museum Ludwig. Neuerwerbungen. 1992–1996, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
1995 Kunst im Verborgenen: Nonkonformisten Rußland. 1957–1995, Wilhelm­Hack­Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany;documenta­Halle, Kassel, Germany; Staatliches Lindenau­Museum, Altenberg, Germany; Manez Gallery, Moscow 
  Our Century. Images of Man – A World of Images, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
  Russian Jewish Artists in a Century of Change 1890–1990, The Jewish Museum, New York
1994-1995 Humanism and Technology. The Human Figure in Industrial Society, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
1994 Das Jahrhundert der Avantgarde in Mittel­und Osteuropa, Kunst­und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
1993 Do All Roads lead to Rome?, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome 
  The Russian Art Avant­Garde in the 20th Century, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
1990 U.S.S.R. Today, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  The Quest for Self­Expression. Painting in Moscow and Leningrad 1965–1990, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, USA
  Another Art, State Tretyakov Gallery – The National Museum of Russian Fine Art, Moscow
  Contemporary Russian Artists, Auditoria de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1989 Les Magiciens de la terre, Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris 
  Post­Utopia. Paintings and Installations by Soviet Conceptualists: Bulatov, Kabakov, Komar & Melamid, Southeastern Massachusetts University, Dartmouth, USA
1988 43rd Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
  Ich lebe – Ich sehe, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  Erik Bulatow, Wladimir Jankilewski, Ilja Kabakow, Oleg Wassiljew, Kupferstich­Kabinett Dresden, Dresden, Germany
1986 Sots Art, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
1984 Sots Art, Semaphore Gallery, New York
1982 Photography and Painting, Center of Aesthetics, Moscow
1976 La nuova arte sovietica: Una prospettiva non ufficiale, 37th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
1973 Avant­Garde Russe. Moscou 1973, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris