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		Galkina Alexandra

Biographical information

1982 - born in Moscow
1997-1998 member of School of Contemporary Art by Avdey Ter-Oganjan, Moscow, Russia
Until 2005 member of Radek Community, Moscow
2010 - was granted a special prize from Stella Art Foundation in the framework of Annual Russian Competition in contemporary art “Innovation”
Lives and works in Moscow

Collections where works are held

State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)
State Russian Musseum (S.-Petersburg)
Museo d’árte contemporanea Luigi Pecci (Italy)

Participation in exhibitions and auctions

Personal exhibitions:

2009 Peep Show, Cheryomushki Apartment Gallery, Moscow
2008 Free all jpegs!!!!! (in collaboration with David Ter-Oganyan), Reflex Gallery, Moscow
2006 You’re under Arrest (in collaboration with David Ter-Oganyan), Basmanny District Internal Affairs Department, Moscow
2005 Untitled. Vitrina Gallery, ARTStrelka Cultural centre, Moscow
2003 Painted-Over Graffiti. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2004 Stencils. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Selected group exhibitions

2010 Manifesta 8, the region of Murcia, Spain
2010 Modernikon, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy
2010 Сonceptualism: here and there. I South-Russian Biennale of Contemporary Art, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
2010 Exhibition of the nominates of “Innovation”, NCCA, Moscow
2010 From City to City, Musical theatre, Kiev, Ukraine
2010 To Catch up and Surpass the center, Zverev Center of contemporary art, Moscow
2010 The City of Conquerors, Victoria gallery, Samara
2009 Conquered city, Regina gallery, Moscow
2009 megazine.biz
2009 Russia 21, Pinchuk Art Center, Kiev
2009 Rebellion Mausoleum, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2008 The Young, Aggressive. Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo
2008 No jury, no prize
2008 68.08. Politics in the Streets! Proekt Fabrika, Moscow
2008 Destination unknown, Moscow Centre of Art, Moscow
2008 Public space, Kiev
2008 Mediaforum, Moscow
2008 Non-stop media IV, Kharkov
2007 Witness to the Impossible. Moscow Centre of Art, Moscow
2007 Good, Bud, Ugly. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2007 On Geekdom. Benaki Museum, Athens
2007 Adventures of the Black Square. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
2007 Progressive Nostalgia. Centro per l`arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
2007 14 Group Photographs. Reflex Gallery, Moscow
2006 8=8. L-gallery, Moscow
2006 Modus R: Russian Formalism Today. Newton Building, Miami, USA
2005 No comments? Fabrika Project, Moscow
2005 Accomplices. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2005 Doublethink. Stella Art Gallery, Moscow
2005 Portrait of a Face. M`ARS Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
2005 Collective Creativity. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2005 L`International. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2004 Nah kurort! Baden-Baden, Germany
2004 tomu ver ty…, Bratislava, Slovakia
2003 Contested Space. Florence, Italy
2003 Viewing Pad. Central House of Artist, Moscow
2003 II International festival of contemporary arts “Melioration”, Moscow region
2002 Pop/Art. Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
1998 Barricade. Gertsen street, Moscow

Autobiographical notes

What the critics say

Alexandra Galkina is a member of several autonomous collectives in Moscow. Galkina`s practice is, on the one hand, connected to the contemporary interpretation of the Russian avant-garde. On the other hand, it is an observation which highlights those elements in the urban sphere which may not be immediately obvious or striking. In Pavilion 2, Galkina deciphers the traces and relics left from the 1990s when the building, after it was no longer utilised for military barracks, became home to a colony of squatters. Galkina`s frottages are placed on the same spots where the graffiti was painted and scratched, making these interventions more easily visible to visitors.

Источник - http://www.manifesta8.com/manifesta/manifesta8.artist?nombre=Alexandra-Galkina&codigo=86

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