Oleg Kulik

Born in Kiev in 1961

1979 graduated from Kiev Art School

1982 graduated from Geological Institute, Kiev

Lives and works in Moscow

2007

Curatorial project I Believe, art-centre Winzavod, Moscow

Selected solo exhibitions:

2007

Retrospective exhibition, Central House of Artist, Moscow

Museum of Nature or New Paradise, Nina Lumer Gallery, Milan

2003

Oleg Kulik. Center for Contemporary Art, Naples

Slogans. Regina Gallery, Moscow

2001

Deep into Russia. S.M.A.K, Gent

Two Kuliks. Ikon Gallery, Burmingham

2000

Oleg Kulik in Warsaw. Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw

Lolita vs. Alica. Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris

1999

Red Room. XL Gallery, Moscow

Russian. Regina Gallery, Moscow

1998

Oleg Kulik. Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris

Oleg Kulik. Center for Contemporary Art, Riga

1997

Family of the Future. M.Guelman Gallery, XL Gallery, Moscow

Virtual Dog. M.Guelman Gallery, Moscow

I Bite America & America Bites Me (together with Mila Bredikhina). Deitch Projects, New York

1995

My Family, or the Nature is Perfect. M.Guelman Gallery, Moscow

The Same and Skotinin. XL Gallery, Moscow

The End of History. XL Gallery, Moscow

1994

I Love Gorby. M.Guelman Gallery, Moscow

1989

Presentiment of Unliberty. Palace of Youth, Moscow

1988

Paradox as a Method. Exhibitional Hall of Sevastopolsky region, Moscow

Selected group exhibitions:

2007

Sots Art. Political Art in Russia and China, State Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val (New Tretyakov Gallery)

The Diary of an Artist, Central House of Artists

2006

Crossing Frontiers – The Artistic Search for the Identity in the Eastern Europe,

Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg Origin of Species

Reiz und Risiko, Museum Haus für Kunst

Uri, Altdorf, Switzerland

Art in Epoch of Social Darvinism,

The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan

Videoinstallation of Oleg Kulik Performances, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, CCA in Kiev and Lublana

Tretiakovskaya Gallery 20th Century, Moscow

Russia! S. Guggenheim Museum, New York; S. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

2005

StarZ. Within the framework of the 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow

Always a Little Further. Arsenale, 51 Biennale di Venezia

Angels of History – Moscow Conceptualism and its influence. Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA), Antwerpen

2004

FIAC, M. Guelman Gallery booth, Paris

2003

Live Culture/Живая культура. Tate Modern, Лондон

Horizons of Reality/Горизонты реальности, Muhka, Антверпен

Lozung/Message, Государственный Русский музей, Санкт-Петербург

The Ideal City/Идеальный город. II Bienniale de Valencia, Валенсия

Absolute Generation/Абсолют-поколение, 50 Venice Bienniale, Palazzo Zenobio, Венеция

Berlin - Moskau/Москва-Берлин. 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; State Historical Museum, Moscow

Bunker. Bunker, Berlin

2002

Moskau: Paradise. Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna

Le Tribu dell'arte. City Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome

Under the Skin. Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg

IV Cetinjski Biennale, Museum of History and Arts, Cetine

The Russian Patient. Freud Museum, London

Davaj!: Russian Art Now, Postfuhrant, Berlin; MAK, Vienna

Socialais exhibicionisms. Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga

2001

49 Venice Bienniale. Yugoslavian Pavilion, Venice

The Body & Sin (Art Is the Virtue of Communication). I Biennale de Valencia, Valencia

Trans Sexual Express Barcelona. Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona

2000

L'Autre moitie de l'Europe. Jeu de Paume, Paris

Performing Bodies. Tate Modern, London

Nordic, Baltic and Russian photography. Finnish Museum of Photography (Cable Factory), Helsinki

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Oberhausen

Videoentropy. Center of Contemporary Art, Kiev

Herausforderung Tier – von Beuys bis Kabakov (Animal Challenge). Stadtlische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe

1999

Fauna. State Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow

Locally Interested. National Gallery for Foreign Art, Sofia

After the Wall. Modern Museum, Stockholm

Moskau heute. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent

1998

International Month of Photography, Moscow

L'Arte dans le monde, Passage de Retz, Paris

Die Medialization. Edsvik konst och kultur, Stockholm

Public Interest. Central House of Artists, Kiev

Sommerausstellung. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent

Flesh and Fall. Gallery Art Kiosk, Brussel

Body and the East. Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana

Spectacle de Groupe. FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Nantes

XXIV Sao Paolo biennale, Sao Paolo

1997

Virtual Dog. M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow

It's a Better World (together with Mila Bredikhina). Wiener Secession, Vienna

Europarte. Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, XLVII Venice Biennale, Venice

I Lioghi Ritrovatti. CCA, Serre Di Rapolano, Siena

Biennale Selest'Art (together with Mila Bredikhina), Center of Contemporary Art, Selesta

1996

Interpol. Fargfabriken, Stockholm

Manifesta I (together with Mila Bredikhina). V-2, Rotherdam

De Rode Poort. Museum van Hadendaagse Kunst, Gent

Discort: Sabotage of Realities (together with Mila Bredikhina). Kunsthalle, Hamburg

1995

No Man's Land (together with Mila Bredikhina). Center of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

Kiev Encounter. XL Gallery, Moscow; House of Ukraine, Kiev

Kunst im Verborgenen. Documenta-Halle, Kassel

Multiplication. Tsaritsyno Museum, Moscow

Der Grosse Zurcher Ausstellung. Kunsthause Orlikon, Zurich

1993

Devoted to the VII Congress of the Delegates. M. Guelman Gallery in the Central House of Artist, Moscow

Book Exhibition. Lenin Library, Moscow

1992

Apology of Shyness, or the First Hand Art. Regina Gallery, Moscow

On Transparency. Regina Gallery, Moscow; Zimenki village

Philosophy of a Name. Center of Contemporary Art on Yakimanka, Moscow

1990

Logic of Paradox. Palace of Youth, Moscow

Zen. Exhibition Hall at Kashirka, Moscow

Avant-garde-90. Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow

1989

Out of Genre. Palace of Youth, Moscow