*1962 in Kostroma, RU
lebt und arbeitet / lives and works in Berlin, D


AUSBILDUNG / EDUCATION

1989 Alexei Kostroma graduates from the Russian Academy of Fine Arts (Repin Institute), Department of Painting, Saint Petersburg (Russia)


Selected Solo Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Einzelaustellungen

2016
TIME OF PIGGY, 401contemporary, Berlin (Germany)
2015
UNO, Museum of Organic Culture, Kolomna, Russia
2014
ANTICIPATION, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (Germany)
NO CASH NO FLASH, NK Gallery, Antwerpen (Belgium)
2013
NO PAIN NO BRAIN, LSD Gallery, Berlin (Germany)
2012
INVISIBLE WORLD, Pechersky Gallery, Moscow (Russia)
ALEXEI KOSTROMA. SELECTED WORKS, NK Gallery, Antwerp (Belgium)

FEATHERED DIARY, Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, FilmKunstFest, Schwerin (Germany)

BLACK DIARY, Pecherskiy Gallery, Moscow (Russia)

KEEP SMILE, German Embassy, Moscow (Russia)
2011
HOME COSMIC LAB, Matthew Bown Gallery, Berlin (Germany)
2010
THE WAY TO THE SIGN. WORKS FROM 1988-2010, 
Galerie Sandmann, Berlin (Germany)

DOLCE VITA, video, in frame of GOGOLFEST, O. Dovzhenko Film Studio, Kiev (Ukraine)

FEATHERED CHAOS, Wilde Gallery, Berlin (Germany)
2008
WHAT A NICE DAY, Galerie Sandmann, Berlin (Germany)
SPEED OF FALLING, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow (Russia)
2007
FEATHERING THE BUS STATION, installation, “Big Play”, perfor- mance, V Biennale of Contemporary Art in Shiryaevo (Russia)
FUCKING DREAMS, Moscow International Festival “Fashion & Style in Photography”, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow (Russia)
2006
H5N1, sweet sleep, Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow (Russia)
RED, Mein Kampf, VI International Month of Photography in Moscow “Photobiennale-2006”, Yakut Gallery, Moscow (Russia)
2004
FEEL YOURSELF, Gallery Art Digital (GAD), Berlin
2002
THE FRACTAL GEOMETRY OF LEAVES, Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis Museum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

SMOKE, FEATHER AND BUTTERFLIES, Ludwig Museum in
 State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg (Russia)
2001
A LIFE 2000 METERS LONG. HAIR CHRONICLE, State Museum of Military History, Saint Petersburg (Russia)
2000
ORGANIC WAY. A GLANCE AT THE SUN, Harry Blom Gallery, Brussels (Belgium)
1999
ORGANIC WAY, Penguin Spiral, Ludwig Museum in State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg (Russia)
1998
PINGUINGANG, Galerie im Kornhaus, Kirchheim (Germany)
INVENTORY OF YELLOW RAIN, Navicula Artis Gallery, Saint Petersburg (Russia)
1996
FEATHERING AND ORGANICA, Kuenstlertreff-Reihe 22 Gallery, Stuttgart (Germany)
1994
FEATHERING EXHIBITION, State Museum of the History of Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg (Russia)
1991
INVENTORY 1,2,3. Introspective actions, Kiel (Germany)

Selected Group Exhibitions / Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen

2015
KOSMOS SEVEN, Poernbach Contemporary (Germany)
2013
RUSSISCHE KUNST NA DE PERESTROIJKA, CODA Museum Apeldoorn (Netherlands)
2011
BEYOND EXPRESS, Rizzordi Art Foundation, Saint Petersburg (Russia)

PROCHES, Docs en Seine, Paris (France)
NECESSARY ART, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Gorky Park, Moscow (Russia)

ARTHOUSE SQUAT FORUM, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow (Russia)
PHANTOM MONUMENTS, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (Russia)
2010
SANATORIUM OF ART. A GLANCE AT THE SUN, installation, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Russia)

BRIC, Saatchi Gallery, London (United Kingdom)
2009
INVENTORY #2, Wilde Gallery, Berlin (Germany)

NEW OLD COLD WAR, 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Red October, Moscow (Russia)

NOT TOYS!?, 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Russia)

ART ABOUT ART, Ludwig Museum in State Russian Museum,
 Saint Petersburg (Russia)
KRIEG DER ENGEL, Aktuelle Russische Kunst, Kunstverein "Talstrasse" e.V., Halle (Germany)
2008
INVENTORY #1, Wilde Gallery, Berlin (Germany)

RUSSIAN DREAMS..., Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach (USA)
2007
ADVENTURE OF THE BLACK SQUARE, State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg (Russia)
2006
BERLIN:TENDENZEN, La Capella, Barcelona (Spain)
2005
COLLAGE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg (Russia)

FREE WILL, Arena Berlin, M.A.I.S.VI, Berlin (Germany)
2004
WHITE WOOD, Schloss and Gut Liebenberg (Germany)

NA KURORT! RUSSISCHE KUNST HEUTE, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (Germany)
2003
NEUTRAL ZONE FLOWERS, Gallery in Parliament, Berlin (Germany)
KO: MA – A DIARY OF A LIFE, Alexanderplatz-Bunker, Berlin (Germany)

DIRECTIONS. INSIDE – OUTSIDE, State Russian Museum,
 Saint Petersburg (Russia) / Espoo Art Museum, Galleria Otso, Espoo (Finland)
2002
FEATHERING AGGRESSION, Liverpool Biennial, Basement IX, Liverpool (United Kingdom)

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 20th Century, Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne (Germany)
1996
METAPHERN DES ENTRÜCKTSEINS: AKTUELLE KUNST AUS SANKT PETERSBURG, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (Germany)
1991
FEATHERING actions and installations with TUT-I-TAM Group, Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Grants and Awards / Auszeichnungen und Stipendien

2011
5th Kandinsky Prize, "Project of a Year", Central House of Artists, Moscow (Russia)
2000
FORD Foundation Prize
2000
FORD Foundation Prize

Public Collections / Öffentliche Sammlungen

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg (Russia)

State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (Russia)
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Russia)
Museum of Organic Culture, Kolomna (Russia)