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Oleg Kulik

Work by Oleg Kulik
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1961        born in Kiev
1981-84  director of a rural club, Tver Region
1990-93  curator at Regina Gallery
1995       Berlin Senate grant winner


Selected solo exhibitions

2007
From the dustbin. XL Gallery, Moscow

2006
Oleg Kulik. Chronicle. Moscow Museum of Modern Art at Central House of Artists, Moscow

2005
Gobi Test 2, XL Gallery, Moscow

2004
Gobi Test, XL Gallery, Moscow

2003
Slogans. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

2002
Museum. XL Gallery, Moscow

2001
Kuliks, Ikon Gallery. Birmingham
Deep into Russia. SMAK, Gent
Museum of Nature, New Paradise. XL Gallery at Arka gallery, Vladivostok
Oleg Kulik in Warsaw. Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw
Alice vs. Lolita. Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris

1999
Red Corner. XL Gallery, Moscow

1998
Clare Quilty, Jr. XL Gallery, Moscow

1997
Watchdog. M.Guelman’s Gallery, Moscow
I Bite America, America Bites Me. Deitch Projects, New York
Kulik is a bird as well. M.Guelman’s Gallery, Moscow

1994
I Love Gorby. M.Guelman’s Gallery, Moscow
The Same. Enter Skotinin. XL Gallery, Moscow
My Family, or Nature is Perfect. M.Guelman’s Gallery, Moscow
The End of History. XL Gallery, Moscow

1989
Premonition of Shackles to Freedom. Moscow Youth Club

1988
Paradox as Method. Exhibition rooms of Sevastopol District, Moscow


Selected group exhibitions

2009
Sketches of installations. XL Gallery, Moscow

2006
Space is the place. Cranbrook Art Museum, Michigan, USA

2005
Venice biennale. Venice
Angels of History. MUHKA, Antwerp

2004
Moscow-Berlin. State Historic Museum, Moscow
Oopsa! Contemporary Russian art. National Museum of contemporary art, Oslo

2003
Absolut Generations, 50 Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Zenobio, Âåíåöèÿ
Moscow-Berlin. Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

2002
Le Tribu dell’arte. City Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome
IV Cetinjski biennale; Cetinje, Montenegro
“Davaj!”: Russian Art Now; Postfuhrant, Berlin; MAK, Vienna
The Russian Patient. Freud Museum, London
Under the Skin. Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Trans Sexual Express. Barcelona. Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona
The Body & Sin. Bienal de Valencia, Valencia
Dream team. XL gallery, Moscow
49 Venice Biennale, Yugoslavian pavillion, Venice

2000
L’Autre moitie de l’Europe. Jeu de Paumpe, Paris
Performing Bodies. Tate Modern, London
Videoentropy. CCA, Kiev
Herausforderung Tier - von Beuys bis Kabakov (Animal Challenge). Stadtlische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe

1999
Locally Interested. National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia
Zeitwenden. Kunstmuseum, Bonn
After the Wall. Modern Museum, Stockholm

1998
L'Arte dans le monde. Passage de Retz, Paris
Medialization. Edsvik konst och kultur, Stockholm
Summer exhibition. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent
XXIV Sao Paolo biennale. Sao Paolo, Brasil

1997
It's a better world (with Lyudmila Bredikhina). Wienner Secession, Vienna
Europarte. Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, XLVII Venice Biennale, Venice
I Lioghi Ritrovati. CCA, Serre Di Rapolano, Siena
III Cetinjski biennale. Cetinje (Montenegro)
V Istanbul International biennale, Imper Mint, Istanbul
Moscow today. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent

1996
Manifesta 1. Rotterdam, Holland
Interpol. Stockholm, Sweden

1995
No Man’s Land. Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark
Kiev Art Meeting. XL Gallery. Ukrainian House, Kiev, Ukraine

1993
Two Museums. Sala Communale, Rome
Philosophy of the Name. Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow

1992
Art at First Hands, or Apology of Shyness. Regina Gallery, Moscow
Animalist Projects. Installations Festival. Regina Gallery, Moscow
Philosophy of the Name. Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow

1990
Exhibition of Young Soviet Artists. Poland
The Logic of the Paradox. Moscow Youth Club
Avantgarde-90. Manege, Moscow

1989
Collection-89. Helsinki, Finland


Selected actions and performances

2003
Armadillo for your show. Tate Modern, London

2000
Two Kuliks. Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

1999
Armadillo for your show - 2. Stedelijk Museum voor Aktuelle Kunst, Gent

1996
Pavlov’s Dog. Manifesta 1, Rotterdam
Armadillo for your show. Museum Van Hedendaagste Kunst, Gent

1995
Reservoir Dog. Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Alter Aegis. Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow
With you I am a Beast. Polytechnical Museum, Moscow
A Man with Political Identity. Tverskaya St., Moscow
Zoocentrism Experience. Moscow Zoo

1994
New Sermon. Danilovsky Market, Moscow
Mad Dog, or the Last Taboo Guarded by the Lonely Cerberus (with A.Brener). M.Guelman’s Gallery, Moscow
Kulik is your Deputy, election campaign disco, Pilot night club, Moscow