Constantin Zvezdochotov


1958 born in Moscow
1976-81 Moscow Art Theatre School (stage design)
among organizers of the APTART group
member of Mukhomor group
initiator of the group World Champions
founding member of the Avantgarde Club (CLAVA)


Solo exhibitions

1982
Exhibition of Painting. APTART Gallery, Moscow

1983
Decorator and Life. APTART Gallery, Moscow

1984
For the Soul and the Flesh (joint with N.Alexeyev). As above

1991
Sangria di artista. Galeria Carini, Florence, Italy

1992
Old Echo (with L.Rezun-Zvezdochotova). Museum of Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland
Dharmendra. L Gallery, Moscow

1994
Artists - to Metro Builders (with Yu.Neprintsev). Regina Gallery, Moscow

1995
For those who chose Pepsi. XL Gallery, Moscow

1996
Night Beuys, or Non-Russian Boys (with S.Epikhin). XL Gallery, Moscow
Erotics ruins consciousness. XL Gallery. Moscow

1997
One potato, two potato. XL Gallery, Moscow

2000
Gestapo Kolkhoz. XL Gallery, Moscow

2002
Palinton-2. XL Gallery, Moscow

2004
Men At Work. XL Gallery, Moscow

2005
Losses. XL gallery. Moscow


Selected group exhibitions

1978
Experiment. 28 Malaya Gruzinskaya St., Moscow

1979
20 Portraits, 5 Self-Portraits. College of Physics and Engineering; Rockwell Kent Club, Moscow

1982
1st exhibition of APTART Gallery, Moscow

1982-84
Russian Samizdat Art. New York, Rochester, Westchester, Washington, Richmond, Seattle, Pittsburg, Los Angeles, USA; Vancouver,Canada

1983
Come Yesterday and You’ll Be First. City without Walls: an Urban Artists Collective
Inc. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America. Newark, New Jersey, New York

1984
APTART in Tribeca. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York

1985
APTART. Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, USA

1986
Oh, Malta. Maltese embassy, Moscow

1987
1st exhibition of Avantgarde Club (CLAVA). Peresvetov Lane, Moscow

1988
Ich lebe - ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland

1989
Momentaufnahme: Junge Kunst aus Moskau. Munster, Koln, Bielefeld, Germany
Mosca - Terza Roma. Sala 1, Rome, Italy

1989-90
10 + 10. San Francisco, Buffalo, Washington, USA; Central Artists’ Club, Moscow

1990
XIX Esposizione Internazionale D’Arte. La Biennale di Venezia. Aperto. Venice, Italy
The Work of Art in the Age of Perestroika. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA
Absolut Glasnost. Staged by Absolut Vodka Co. New York, USA

1990-91
Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism. Tacoma Art Museum; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Des Moines Art Center, USA

1991
In de USSR en Erbuiten. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1991-92
Sowjetische Kunst um 1990 (Binazionale). Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany;
Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Central House of artists, Moscow

1992
Documenta IX. Kassel, Germany
3rd International Istanbul Biennal. Istanbul, Turkey

1993
Adresse provisoire pour l’art contemporain russe. Musee de la Poste, Paris, France

1994
Cetinjski Bienale II. Cetine, Montenegro

1995
Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland 1957-1995. Collection of contemporary art of Tsaritsino Museum, Moscow; Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany
Esotericum. XL Gallery, Moscow

1996
A Visit to the Fairy Tale. Contemporary Art Center, Moscow

2001
ArtMoscow workshops. Central House of Artists, Moscow

2002
Contemporary Russian painting. XL Gallery at New Manege, Moscow

2003
50-th Venice Biennale. Russian Pavilion, Venice
Moscow-Berlin. Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

2004
Moscow-Berlin. State Historical museum, Moscow

2005
Angels of History. MUHKA, Antwerp
Russian Pop Art. Tretyakov gallery, Moscow