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		BUGAEV Sergey (Africa)

Biographical information: Born in Novorossisk, on the Black Sea, Russia, 1966
Lives and works in St. Petersburg, Russia
Collaborated with rock groups Aquarium, Kino and Zvuki Mu and Popular Mechanics orchestra (from mid- 1980s).
Associated with Timur Novikov and the New Artists group and painted painted his first pictures in a Neo-Expressionist style (from mid — 1980s).
Starred in the main role in Sergei Solovyov`s film ASSA (1987).
Editor of the scientific research magazine for modern art, philosophy and psychiatry Cabinet (from 1991).
Collections where works are held: the Russian Museum, St. Peterburg
Museum of contemporary art ART4.RU, Moscow
Freud`s Dreams museum, St. Peterburg
Participation in exhibitions and auctions: SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Sergei Bugaev Afrika, I-20 Gallery, New York Afrika, Forsblom Projects, Helsinki, Finland
Sergei Bugaev Afrika,, curated by Walter Smerling. Museum Kuppersmuhle Für Moderne Kunst, Duisberg, Germany
2005 Sergei Bugaev Afrika, State Tratyakov Gallery, The National Russian Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia
2002 Stalker 3, I-20 Gallery, New York
2000 Mir: Made in the XX Century, I-20 Gallery, New York (cat.)
1999 Russian Federation Pavilion, 48th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (cat.)
Space Day (with Adam Bartos), Space Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
1998 Sergei Bugaev Afrika: New Photographs. The New Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia
1997 Rebus II: Works on Copper. I-20 Gallery, New York (cat.)
1995 Sergei Bugaev Afrika. Krimania: Monuments, Icons, Mazafaka. MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. Curated by Peter Noever. (cat.)
1994 Afrika. l`Espace Montjoie, La Plaine St. Denis, Paris, France. Curated by Paul Judelson and Emanuel Javogue.
1993 Method (one-room installation). The Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland. (cat.)
1990 Donaldestruction. The Lenin Museum, Leningrad.
1989 Afrika and Timur Novikov. The Raab Gallery, London.
1986 Afrika. Gallery "ASSA," Leningrad

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 VIBE, RNA Foundation at the Louise Blouin Institute, London, England
The Future Depends On You. New Rules, Vladivostok, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Krasnodar, Kaliningrad, Russia
2007 Russia Miami 2007, curated by Julie Sylvester, Miami Design District, Miami, FL The Storm and the Harbour, curated by Oxana Maleeva.
52nd Venice Biennale: collateral event, Venice, Italy Petroliana, curated by Elena Sorokina. 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2005 Russia!, curated by Valerie Hillings, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY. Traveled to The Guggenheim Museum Bilboa, Spain, 2006.
“Ars Digital. Curated by Joulia Strauss. The 1st Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia
2004 Berlin-Moscow/Moscow-Berlin 1950-2000, State Tretyakov Gallery, The National Russian Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia (cat)
2002 Cutting Edge (curated section), ARCO, Madrid, Spain
2001 The1st Valencia Biennial, Valencia, Spain (cat.)
2000 Mare Balticum, Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.)
Seeing Isn’t Believing: Russian Art Since Glasnost, The Lamont Gallery at Phillip Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH. Curated by Gail Roman (cat.)
1999 New Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
1997 Kabinet, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Curated by Rudi Fuchs and Guert Imanse. (cat.)
1993 Drawing the Line Against AIDS: 41st Venice Biennale. The Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy. Travelled to the Guggenheim Musuem in Soho, New York. (cata.)
1992 Art Meets Ads, Dusseldorf Kunsthalle: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Dusseldorf, Germany. Curated by Jurgen Harten and Michael Schirner. (cat.)
1984 Third Exhibition of the New Artists. Gallery "ASSA," Leningrad, USSR
Society of Experimental Art Exhibitions. The Palace of Youth, Kirov Palace of Culture, Leningrad, USSR
1983 Second Exhibition of the New Artists. Gallery "ASSA," Leningrad, USSR
1982 The New Artists. Gallery "ASSA." Leningrad, USSR

PROJECTS

1999-1997
Three Piglets. Founded the weekly radio program in St. Petersburg, until censured by Russian Federal Security Bureau (1999)
Yablanka (Apple). Worked as an advisor to a parliament member of this liberal political party, Russian State Parliament, Moscow
1996
Short Stories Around Russia. Create this program for Vzjliyad (Look), Russian State Television, Russia
1993
Kabinet. Co-founded and edited this biannual journal of science and arts, St. Petersburg. An English anthology published in 1997 by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, in conjunction with the exhibition, Kabinet
1990
August Pace. Set and Costume Designs. The Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Organized by John Cage and Merce Cunningham. Performances in 1990 and 1993 at the University of California, Berkeley; the City Center, New York; and the Paris Opera
1985 –1993
Popular Mechanics. Performances with the Lenignrad-St. Petersburg experimental orchestra. Founded by Sergei Kuyokhin, director and composer (died 1997)
1987
"ASSA." Played the main role in the landmark film from the new Russian cinema. Directed by Sergei Solovjev. Screened in 1996 Russian Film Festival at Lincoln Center, New York.
1984
Anna Karenina. Set and costume design. Performances by the New Theatre, Leningrad
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