Sergey Shutov
Born in 1955 in Potsdam, Germany. Artist, the spectre of his artistic media varies from painting, graphic and sculpture to photography, audi- and videoinstallation.
Since 1978 member of the Municipal Committee of Graphic Artists, Moscow. Since 1987 member of the "Hermitage" Association , Moscow. Member of the Mayakovsky Friends' Club. First Academician of Academy of Every Kind of Arts (Moscow-Leningrad). Since 1989 head of the Graphic Art Section at the Free Academy (Moscow). Since 1993 President of the Institute of Art Technology. Since 1994 Practical Work Supervisor at the Moscow Art Laboratory of New Media.
Worked in the State Museum of Fine Arts and in the East Art Museum, lectured in the Moscow Planetarium, worked in the Moscow Zoo. Collaborated with the Radio Station (106,8), was the first Russian VJ-artist (Ptyuch Club), an actor and the artist of the ASSA film. Musician, participant of the Popular Mechanic, author of the soundtrack for "Doctor Caligari's Cabinet " film (with Timur Novikov). Author of "1998" music album.
In 2001 represented Russia at the 49-th Venice Biennial with the installation ABACUS. In 2002 nominant of the State Award (Russia).
Lives and works in Moscow.
One Man Shows:
1986
“In Memoriam Daniil Kharms”, Mayakovsky Museum, Moscow
1989
“Sergey Shutov. Painting”, Katja Granoff Gallery, Paris
“New Beginnings”, Barbizon Gallery, Glasgow
1990
“Sergey Shutov. Painting”, Helen Drutt Gallery, New York
“Metal Graphics” (with Yury Avvakumov), Dominus Gallery, Moscow
1991
“Art”, Dominus Gallery, Exhibition hall at Tverskaya 25, Moscow
1992
“Labour”, Trust, Frankfurt
“Sensual Experiments”, Shkola Gallery, Moscow
“Illiquid Assets” (with Yury Avvakumov), First Gallery, Moscow
1994
“High and Low”, Central House of Cinematographers, Moscow
“Terminal TV”, ANIGRAPH'94, Moscow
1995
“Caviar TV”, Ptyuch video gallery, Moscow
“Katya”, Aidan Gallery, Moscow
1996
“The Moon. The Moon”, Aidan Gallery, Moscow
“New and Old Russian”, L Gallery, Moscow
“Videophotography”, New Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
“Healing art”, Paletot Gallery, Moscow
1997
“New works” (with Aidan Salakhova), New Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
1998
“Moon 2.0”, Aidan Gallery, Moscow
“I do not eat anybody”, XL Gallery, Moscow
1999
“Winter Landscape”, Aidan Gallery, Moscow
2000
“No aliens trespassing (Russian Interactive Landscape)”, XL Gallery, Moscow
2001
“ABACUS”, Russian Pavilion, IXL Biennale di Venezia
“Nimbus”, Aidan Gallery, Moscow
2003
“SKY…SKY…”, Aidan Gallery, Moscow
“Carpet-Hydrangea”, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2004
“Instead of Minotaurus”, XL Gallery, Moscow
“Carpet-Hydrangea. St. Petersburg”, Museum for Contemporary Art, New Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg
“Tops and Roots”, Arka Gallery, Vladivostok; Novosibirsk Art Museum, Novosibirsk, Russia
“Wage Labour and Capital”, Gallery KINO, Moscow
2005
“New thoughts about books”, Lisa Plavinskaya's gallery, ARTSTRELKA center, Moscow
“Zukunfstroman 1”, Atelier Am Eck, Dusseldorf
“The Major Project” (workshop), Lisa Plavinskaya's gallery, ARTSTRELKA center, Moscow
“Sergey Shutov (from private collections)”, Contemporary Art Collectors' Gallery, ARTSTRELKA center, Moscow
“The Major Project (Russian Melancholy of Suzy Wong)”, Suzy Wong gallery, Moscow
“Abacus at The Wapping Project”, London
2006
“APOKASTASIS NOW”, Zverev center for contemporary art, Moscow
"ICASTICA", Michela Rizzo gallery, Venice
"How did I spend the summer", Gallery KINO, Moscow
2007
"Elevation", Krokin-gallery, Moscow
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1978-1985
Spring and Autumn exhibitions, Municipal Committee of Graphic artists, Moscow
1986
“XVII Exhibition of Young Artists”, House of Artists at Kuznetsky Most, Moscow
“One Night Show” (one-day exhibitions with German Vinogradov, Sven Gundlaj and others), House of Artists at Kuznetsky Most, Moscow; Dukat Culture Palace, Moscow
“Habitat”, Hermitage Society, Moscow
“Representation”, Hermitage Society, Moscow
“Visual Culture”, Hermitage Society, Moscow
1987
“Moscow painting retrospective review 1957-1987”, Hermitage Society, Moscow
“First auction of Moscow young painter's works of arts”, Russian Culture Foundation, Moscow
“Exhibition for XV Moscow Cinema Festival”, Central House of Cinematographers, Moscow
1988
“Russian Avant-Garde and Soviet Contemporary Art”, Sotheby's, International Trade Center, Moscow
“Urbi et Orbi: Moscow Graphics”, Central House of Artists, Moscow
“Labirynth”, Palace of Youth, Moscow
“Hermitage in Holland”, Technische Universiteie, Eindhoven
“Stakhanovites of Art”, Moscow
“Auction” (“Anti-Sotheby's”), performance (with “Champions of the World” group), Georgy Nikich and Georgy Puzenkov studio, Moscow
“Contemporary Soviet Artists”, Studio Iaanini, Milano
“Zatulovskaya, Infante, Dybsky, Shutov”, Kaj Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki
“The New Russians”, Palace of Science and Culture, Warsaw
“XVIII Exhibition of Young Artists”, Central exhibition hall Manege, Moscow
1989
“Moscow to London”, Thumb Gallery, London
“XXI Festival des Arts”, Cannes
“Furmanny Zaulek”, Dawne Zaklady Norblina, Warsaw
“Glasnost”, Henri Nannen Assembli, Kunsthalle Emden
“Soviet Artists”, Kostaki's Gallery, Athens
”XX century masters' paintings”, (auction), Katherine Charbonneau, Paris
1989-1990
1990
“Contemporary Soviet painters”, Showroom, London
“L. Tabenkin, A. Nassedkin, E. Dybsky, A. Medvedev, S. Shutov”, Contemporary Art Museum, Porto, Lisbon
“Russian and Soviet Art”, (auction), Phillips, London
1990-1991
“5+1 Artists from Moscow”, Museu Nacional de Arte Contempor?nea, Lisboa
1991
“Moscow-Leningrad-Tbilisi”, Nouveau Theatre d' Angers, Angers, France; Round-up, CP Gallery, Moscow
“Raid”, Chistye Prudy Gallery, Moscow
“ART MIF 2”, Central exhibition hall Manege, Moscow
“Happy New Year, comrades!”, Russian Culture Foundation exhibition hall, Moscow
1992
“3rd International Istanbul Biennale”, Istambul
1993
“Multi-media Festival”, Finland
“Livres d'artistes russes et sovietiques. 1910-1993”, Espace Vesere, Ouserge, France
“ART MIF 3”, Dablus – Institute of Art Technology, Central exhibition hall Manege, Moscow
“Virtual Garden”, ANIGRAPH‘93, Institute of Art Technology, VDNKh, Moscow
“The Third Reality”, Institute of Art Technology (presentation), House of Cinema, Moscow
“Contemporary Art from Moskovia Bank Collection”, Odessa Art Museum, Odessa; National Museum of Russian Art, Kiev; Lvov Picture Gallery, Lvov
1994-1995
“Contemporary Art from Incombank Collection”, Ulyanovsk Regional Art Museum, Ulyanovsk; Samara Regional Art Museum, Samara; Magnitogorsk Picture Gallery, Magnitogorsk; Artists Union's Exhibition Hall, Chelyabinsk; Ekaterinburg Art Museum, Ekaterinburg; Mikhail Vrubel Regional Fine Arts Museum in the, Omsk; Caryatid exhibition center, Nizhni Novgorod; Art Museum, Rostov-on-Don
1994
“Depositary” (Acquisitions of the Russian Ministry of Culture Foundation), Na Solyanke exhibition hall, Moscow
“Arte Contemporanea dalla Collezione della Federazione delle Cooperative Migros”, Museo Cantonale d'Arte di Lugano, Lugano
“Exhibition of graphic arts”, Aidan Gallery, Central House of Artists, Moscow
1995
“Kunst im verbordennen. Nonconformisten Russland 1957-1995” (contemporary art collection from the Tzaritzyno Museum-Reserve), Wilchelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Museum, Altenburg
“Artists against Sex”, Manhattan Express Club, Moscow
“Festival 99-99” (program of the Institute of Art Technology), Feodor Dostoevsky Museum, St. Petersburg
“Contemporary Russian Paintings and Graphics” (Sotheby's charity auction), “ART MIF”, Metropole Hotel, Moscow
“Apocalypses”, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
1996
“Visiting the fairy-tale”, Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
“Silk-screens of Art”, Kaluga Art Museum, Kaluga; Ryazan Regional Museum of Art, Ryazan; Nirniran Gallery, Washington
“Silk-screens from Russia”, Mimi Firzt Gallery, New York
1997
“Russian Portrait” (contemporary art collection from the Tzaritzyno Museum-Reserve), Caryatid exhibition center, Nizhni Novgorod; Perm Municipal Picture Gallery, Perm
“History in the Faces”, State Art Museum, Nizhni Novgorod; Samara Regional Art Museum, Samara; Perm Municipal Picture Gallery, Perm; Novosibirsk Picture Gallery, Novosibirsk; Ekaterinburg Art Museum, Ekaterinburg
III Cetinjski Bijenale, Cetinje, Montenegro
“Photo exhibition”, New Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
“Nonconformist Art” (contemporary art collection from the Tzaritzyno Museum-Reserve), Mucsarnok, Budapest
Moscow Forum of Art Initiatives'97, Maly Manege state exhibition hall, Moscow
1998
“Art-Moscow”, Novy Manege exhibition hall, Moscow
“Photobiennale ‘98”, Central exhibition hall Manege, Moscow
“Senses Test Station”, Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives'98, Novy Manege exhibition hall, Moscow
“LISTE ‘98”, The Young Art Fair, Basel
“Russian landscape at the end of XX century”, Galerie des Fondation Initiative Russe pour la culture, Geneve
“Motherland”, Ilya Repin Home-Museum, Samara
“Art Forum”, Berlin
1999
“MG Star. Contemporary Russian Art of the 1990s”, Na Strelke (At the Spit) Krasnoyarsk Museum, Krasnoyarsk; Kemerovo Regional Fine Arts Museum, Kemerovo; Novosibirsk Picture Gallery, Novosibirsk
“Kunst '99”, Zurich Helmhaus, Zurich
“Lightness Inspiration”, Moscow Art Center, Moscow
“Russian seasons”, Culture Center, Leverkusen
Proposals for the Biennale di Venezia (“ABACUS”), Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives, Novy Manege exhibition hall, Moscow
“LISTE '99”, The Young Art Fair, Basel
“Total recall”, TV Gallery, Moscow
2000
“Art-Moscow”, Central House of Artists, Moscow
“Life and Death”, Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
“LISTE '2000”, The Young Art Fair, Basel
“Aidan Gallery Artists' Group Show in the New Gallery Space”, Aidan Gallery, Moscow
“ARCO 2000”, Madrid
“Art Forum”, Berlin
“Vienna Biennale”, Vienna
“Instrumenta. Art of Useful”, Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives, Novy Manege exhibition hall, Moscow
2001
“Art-Moscow”, Central House of Artists, Moscow
“Abstract Art in Russia. The 20-th Century”, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
“Feedback (Abstract Art in Russia. Up-to-date technologies. The 21-st Century)”, D-137 Gallery, St. Petersburg
“Timur Novikov image in the art of the last third of the 20-th century”, New Academy of Fine Arts' Museum, St. Petersburg
2002
“Energy of Art”, Museum of Revolution, Moscow
“Synopsis II-Theologies”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
“Abacus”, Sharlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
“Moscow Time. Contemporary Russian Art Exhibition”, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow; Siuolaikinio Meno Centras, Vilnius; Nizhni Novgorod Radio Laboratory memorial museum, Nizhni Novgorod
“Contemporary Russian Paintings. 1992-2002”, Novy Manege exhibition hall, Moscow
“Group show”, Aidan Gallery, Moscow
2003
“Art-Moscow”, Central House of Artists, Moscow
“The Armory Show”, New York
2004
“Planes and Flights”, Na Brestskoi Club, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
“The Body, the Culture and the optic illusions”, Other Art Museum, Russian State University for Humanities, Moscow
“From Synesthesia to Anesthesia”, Very Intelligent Dance Music Festival “Abracadabra”, Kryliya Sovetov training complex, Moscow
“Paper Definitions. Definition du papier”, Central House of Artists, Moscow
“Golden Apples of the Russian Psychedelic Fairy-tale”, Casket Gallery, Moscow
“New Acquisitions”, National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA), Moscow
“North-South”, KINO gallery, State Eshibition Hall "Novy Manezh", Moscow
“PUSTO”, 3rd open-air video art festival, Moscow
“ORIENT INN”, Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Venezia
“ART MOSCOW Workshop”, Central House of Artists, Moscow
“Once upon a time... The fabula of video art in Russia”, gallery for contemporary arts RuArts, Moscow
2005
International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery - Veletrzny palac, Prague
Õ Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives “ÌÛ/WE”, State exhibition hall “Novy Manezh”, Moscow
“PUSTO”, 4th open-air video art festival, Moscow
“Cow Parade”, Moscow
“Russian Pop Art”, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
“¹8 1/2. Artists of the beginning of the century. Video art”, WAM gallery, Moscow
“Artist and weapons”, contemporary art center M'Ars, Moscow
2006
"RUSSIA!", Guggenheim museum, Bilbao, Spain
"Time of changes. Art between 1960-1985 in Soviet union", State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
"VYBOR: SELECTION, CHOICE, ALTERNATIVE", Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives, Novy Manezh, Moscow
"MESSAGES from Moscow Artists", HELIOS Fukuno Creative Cultural Center, Norito, Japan
"New in collection", National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
"Soviet Alternative Art (1956-1988) from the Costacis collections", State Museum of contemporary art, Saloniki, Greece
"Club culture and video ecstasy birth" in the framework of 5-th Moscow street video art festival PUSTO, club IKRA, Moscow
"Hermitage Society" 1986-1988, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2007
"History of Russian Video Art. Volume 1", Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
"The Black Square" (ART Moscow Workshop), Central House of Artists, Moscow
10 Triennale Kleinplastik BODYCHECK, Fellbach, Germany
Festival of North Norway, Harstad, Norway
Die Abteilung (Workshop). Art of Technologies, Cultureal and exhibition center GALILEI, Moscow
Videography
“Sun, Submarine, Airplane, Penguins” (with Timur Novikov), 1989
“Neva” (with Timur Novikov), 1989
“Pirate TV” (Moscow bureau), series of TV-programs, 1989-1993
“CNOC AN TURSA”, 1990 (sound by “Majordom” (A. Artsimovitch)) “Celestial Tub - 2”, 1992, 20 min
“Sensual Experiments”, 1993, 18 min
“Amazing, how silently it is” (Celestial Tub - 3), 1994, 20 min
“Mystery of Two Oceans”, 1994, 4 min
“Caviar TV”, 1995, 240 min
“Carpet-Hydrangea”, 2003, 12 min
“Instead of Minotaurus”, 2004, 13 min
“Ghosts”, 2004, 16 min
“Karaoke”, 2004, 10 min
“Outer Europe (The Magic Well)”, 2004, 15 min
“Junk songs”, 2004, 10 min
"GOELRO (State Electrification of Russia) ", 2005, 15'00''
"Apokastasis Now", 2006, 5'21''
"The image of scientist in soviet cinema", 2006, 6'47''
Curated Projects
1993
Dablus. Institute of Art Technology, Manege exhibition hall,
Moscow Virtual Garden. Institute of Art Technologies, Anigraph 93, Moscow
Collections
The State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Tsaritsyno Contemporary art museum, Moscow, Russia
Russian Ministry of Culture collection, Moscow, Russia
The New Academy of Fine Arts collection, St. Petersburg, Russia
Lufthansa collection, Germany
Peter Bier Freuind collection, Germany
Kiejld Bernager collection, Denmark
Christina Burrus collection, France
Andre Schaleure collection, France
Lis Janstrup & Jens Gregersen collection, Netherlands
Chronolux Art Collection, Moscow, Russia