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		BRUSKIN Grisha

Biographical information: 1945 born in Moscow
1968 graduates from the Art Department, Moscow Textile Institute, Moscow
1969 becomes a member of the Soviet Artists` Union
1988 1st Sotheby`s Auction in Moscow. Bruskin`s picture "Fundamental Lexicon" was placed on the poster and catalogue cover. His six pieces were sold at the record for contemporary Russian art prices
1989 designs poster for the Chicago International Art Exposition
Since 1988 lives and works in New York City
Collections where works are held: Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Art Institute of Chicago
Galeria de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venesuela
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jewish Museum, New York
Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
Milwaukee Art Museum
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum of Mo dern Art, New York
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Participation in exhibitions and auctions: SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2007 Summer Exhibition, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY June 6 - August
2006 Sculpture, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Sculptures Monumentales à Saint-Tropez, La Citadelle, Saint-Tropez, France (exhibition catalogue)
2004 Grisha Bruskin: Modern Archaeology, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York (exhibition catalog) (solo)
2003 Grisha Bruskin, The Archeologist’s Collection, Judengasse Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (exhibition catalog) (solo)
2003 La Fete, Le Bellevue, Biarritz, Museo Valenciano de la Illustracion y la Modernidad, Valencia, Spain (exhibition catalog)
2002 La Parade des Animaux, Festival International de Sculpture de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
2002 Das Alphabet des Grsiha Bruskin, Kunsthalle, Emden, Germany (exhibition catalog) (solo)
2001 Grisha Bruskin: Life is Everywhere, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (solo)
2001 Das rote Huse, leitgenossische russische Kunst aus der Sammlung Bierfreund, Stadtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Stadtische Galerie Villa landers Bergisch Gladbach, Munich, Germany (through 2002
2000 Dumbo Double Deuce: New York and Russian Artists, Brooklyn, New York
2000 Grisha Bruskin, Marlborough Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida (solo)
1999 Grisha Bruskin: Life is Everywhere, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York (exhibition catalog) (solo)
1999 20th Century Sculpture, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
1998 Forbidden Art - The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde, ArtCenter, College of Design, Alyce
1997 Artistas NAO CONFORMISTAS da Uniao Soviética, The Nancy and Norton Dodge Collection at the Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey
1997 Grisha Buskin: Birth of the Hero, Galerie Andy Jllien, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1996 Grisha Bruskin: Mythical Imagery, Meyerovich Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo)
1996 Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Exhibition Hall of Baier Department
1995 Reinventing the Emblem, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
1995 Grisha Bruskin, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
1994 Grisha Bruskin: Metamorphoses, Meyerovich Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo)
1994 Itinere, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1993 Drawing the Line Against Aids, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; traveled to Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, New York (exhibition catalog)
1993 Grisha Bruskin: Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Struve Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
1992 Grisha Bruskin, Alex Lachmann Gallery, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1992 On Paper, Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York (exhibition catalog)
1991 Artistas Rusos Contemporaneos, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (exhibition catalog)
1991Grisha Bruskin: Paintings and Sculpture, Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida (solo)
1990 Marlborough Gallery, New York, New York (exhibition catalog) (solo)
1990 Chagall to Kitaj: The Jewish Experience in 20th Century Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England (exhibition catalog) 1989 100 Years of Russian Art 1889-1989: From Private Collections in the USSR, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England; traveled through the United Kingdom and Russia
1984 Grisha Bruskin, Central House of Workers in the Arts, Moscow, Russia (solo)
1983 Grisha Bruskin, Vilnius, Lithuania (solo)
1976 House of Artists, Moscow, Russia (solo)
Autobiographical notes
What the critics say
Bibliography: Gladstone, Valerie. "Grisha Bruskin: Twilight of the Gods." City Arts, October 07, 2009
Baker, Kenneth. "Grisha Bruskin puts his own spin on symbols." San Francisco Chronicle, December 30, 2006
Pin, Dan. "Russian artist explores crumbled Soviet empire, Jewish themes." The Jewish News Weekly, vol.110, November 17, 2006, p. 45 Section N
Huther, Christian. "Archaologe und Archivar." Main-Echo, October 17, 2003
Glusberg, Jorge. "Grisha Bruskin desenmascara el credo comunista." Ambito Financiero, November 08, 1995, p. 4

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