1962
born in Kostroma, Russia. Lives and works in Berlin
1989
graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts (The Repin Institute of Arts),
Department of Painting by Prof. Evsei Moiseenko, Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)
1991
founded the TUT-I-TAM Group in Saint Petersburg
developed the INVENTORY concept and numerated the natural objects
developed the INTROSPECTIVE ACTIONS concept and organized the projects with social environment
selected the favorite artistic signs: white feather, eggshell, lemon yellow pigment and figures; later these 4 signs become his brands
1992
developed the ideas FEATHERING and EGGSHELL PAINTING
developed his artistic concept THE ORGANIC WAY
1994
realized the project ‚Feathering Names and Symbols‘. Intensively used the white feathers
1997
started a long-term project A GLANCE AT THE SUN
wrote the theory about color and time THE SPIRAL-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT OF COLOR
1999
developed the FIGURATIVE NUMERICAL PAINTING (FNP) concept
2003
moved to Berlin, Germany
2009
founded with Ekaterina Kondranina STUDIO KOSTROMA in Berlin
2014
developed the TMF concept about time, money and figures in social-monetary system
2017
gave the final definitions to THE ORGANIC WAY and THE POINT:
THE ORGANIC WAY IS A WAY OF KNOWING THE UNITY OF MEANINGS
THE POINT IS THE END AND BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected):
2022
ORGANIC WAY. POWER OF THE POINT. Fantom e.V. – Netzwerk fü r Kunst und Geschichte(n), Berlin, Germany
2018
Alexei Kostroma. Selected Works. Spaanshuis, Bussum, The Netherlands
2017
Ascension. Eyes Only project by Caro Jost Gallery, Munich, Germany
2016
Time of Piggy. 401contemporary Gallery, Berlin
2015
UNO. Museum of Organic Culture, Kolomna, Russia
2014
Anticipation. Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
No Cash No Flash. NK Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
2013
No Pain No Brain. LSD Gallery, Berlin
2012
Invisible World. Pechersky Gallery, Moscow
Alexei Kostroma. Selected Works. NK Gallery, Antwerpen, Belgium
Feathered Diary. Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, Schwerin, Germany
Black Diary. Pechersky Gallery, Moscow
Keep Smile. German Embassy, Moscow
2011
Home Cosmic Lab. Matthew Bown Gallery, Berlin
2010
The Way to the Sign. Works from the 1988-2010. Galerie Sandmann, Berlin
Feathered Chaos. Wilde Gallery, Berlin
2008
What a Nice Day. Galerie Sandmann, Berlin
Speed of Falling. VII International Month of Photography ‚Photobiennale-2008‘, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
2006
H5N1. Sweet Sleep. M&J Guelman Gallery, Moscow
Red. Мein Kampf. VI International Month of Photography in Moscow ‚Photobiennale-2006‘, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
2002
The Fractal Geometry of Leaves. Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis Museum, Amsterdam
Smoke, Feather and Butterflies. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
2001
Life 2000 Meters Long. Hair Chronicle. Military-Historical Museum, Saint Petersburg
2000
Organic Way. A Glance at the Sun. Harry Blom Gallery, Brussels
1999
Organic Way. The Penguin Spiral. The Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
1998
The Penguin Spiral. Galerie im Kornhaus, Kirchheim, Germany
Organic Way. Inventory of Yellow Rain. Navicula Artis, Saint Petersburg
1996
Feathering and Organica. Introspective action and installation. Kuenstlertreff- Reihe 22 Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
1994
Organic Way. Feathering Exhibition. The State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected):
2023
ZUSTANDS BERICHT. Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Herrmann. Kunstraum Potsdam, Germany
2022
ARTISTS ÜBERSCHAU #07 . 200 unter 2000 . CSR.ART Contemporary Show Romm, Berlin, Germany
2021
Taking Flight – Birds & Bicycles . MOMENTUM Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2020
Artists and Collectors – The Gifts to the Russian Museum. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2019
Long Live Rembrandt . Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Postcard Reloaded . Kunstraum Potsdam, Germany
Das Tier in der Kunst . Wurlitzer Art Quartier, Berlin, Germany
2018
Verzamelingen van Vrienden . CODA MUSEUM, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
2017
STRUCTURES. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
Hybrids and Monsters in contemporary art, Ca’Foscari, Venice Biennale, Italy
How to Slice Reality. REITER Gallery, Berlin
2016
Numerical Road. Seminaria Sogninterra Festival, Maranola, Italy
Painting After Painting. Academy of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, Moscow
2015
Kosmos Seven. Pörnbach Contemporary, Germany
2013
Russische Kunst Na De Perestroijka. CODA Museum Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
2011
Beyond Express. Rizzordi Art Foundation, Saint Petersburg
PROCHES. Docs en Seine, Paris
5th Kandinsky Prize. Central House of Artists, Moscow
Necessary Art. 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Gorky Park, Moscow
ARTHOUSE Squat Forum. 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Phantom Monuments. GARAGE Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2010
Sanatorium of Art. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
BRIC. Saatchi Gallery, London
2009
New Old Cold War. 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Red October, Moscow
Not Toys!? 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Art About Art. The Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
Krieg Der Engel. Aktuelle Russische Kunst. Kunstverein ‚Talstrasse‘ e.V., Halle, Germany
2008
Russian Dreams. The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, USA
2007
Adventure of the Black Square. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
2006
Berlin: Tendenzen. La Capella, Barcelona, Spain
2005
Collage of the 20th Century. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
Free Will. Arena Berlin, M.A.I.S.VI, Berlin
2004
NA KURORT! Russische Kunst Heute. Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
2003
Ko: ma – a Diary of a Life. Alexanderplatz-Bunker, Berlin
Directions. Inside – Outside. The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg; Espoo Art Museum, Finland
2002
Feathering Aggression. Liverpool Biennial, Basement IX, Liverpool, UK
Crystallization. Birth of a Snowflake. Rauma Biennale Balticum, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
1999
ORGANICA.The Non-Objective World of Nature in the Russian Avant-Garde of the XX Century. Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany
1996
Metaphern des Entruecktseins: Aktuelle Kunst aus Sankt Petersburg. Badische Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
1991-1996
TUT-I-TAM projects and introspective actions. Russia and Germany
AWARDS / PRIZES:
2011 5th Kandinsky Prize, nomination ‘PROJECT OF THE YEAR’, Moscow
2001 FORD Foundation Prize
2000 FORD Foundation Prize
1999 SOROS Foundation Prize
1998 SOROS Foundation Prize
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Kandinsky Library, The Centre Pompidou, Paris
The Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
Museum of Organic Culture, Kolomna
The Kostroma State Museum of Fine Arts, Kostroma