Yevgeniy Fiks
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Né en 1972 à Moscou. Il vit et travaille à New York depuis 1994.
Born in 1972 in Moscow. He lives and works in New York since 1994.
FORMATION / EDUCATION
1999 School of Visual Arts, New York, M.F.A.
1997 Brooklyn College, New York, B.F.A.
1993 V. I. Surikov Art Institute, Moscou
1991 Art College in Memory of 1905 Revolution, Moscow
EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES / SOLO SHOW (selection)
2024
NATO INYIDDISHLAND, Yiddish.Berlin @ Galerie Zeitzone, Berlin, DE
2023
MODERN-ISH: YONIA AND THE ART HISTORY OF YIDDISHLAND, The James Gallery, Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA
THE WAYLAND RUDD COLLECTION, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York,USA
THE WAYLAND RUDD COLLECTION, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA
2022
SOVIET UNION, JULY 1991 (retroactive sketching toward the "Russian Stonewall"), FLATGALLERY, Bratislava, SVK
YIDDISHLAND PAVILION, (a collaborative project), Venice, IT & online
DICTIONARY OF THE QUEER INTERNATIONAL, Sofia Arsenal – Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia, BG
2021
PAS DE TROIS, Tallinn City Gallery, Tallin, ES
2019
HIML UN ERD (YIDDISH COSMOS), 2B Galeria, Budapest, HUNG
MOTHER TONGUE, Pushkin House, London, UK
MOSCOW: GAY CRUISING SITES OF THE SOVIET CAPITAL, 1920s-1980s, The Harriman Institute at Columbia University, New York, USA
MISTER DEVIANT, COMRADE DEGENERATE: SELECTED WORKS BY YEVGENIY FIKS, The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
YIDDISH COSMOS, CCI Fabrica, Moscow, RS
HEAVEN AND EARTH (YIDDISH COSMOS), Stanton Street Shul, London, UK
HEAVEN AND EARTH (YIDDISH COSMOS), galerie Sator, Paris, FR
2018
MOTHER TONGUE, Aperto Raum, Berlin, DE
2016
LANDSCAPES OF THE JEWISH AUTONOMOUS REGION, galerie Sator, Paris, FR
2015
PULSE NY, galerie Sator, New York, USA
2014
THE LENIN MUSEUM, The James Gallery, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, USA
MONUMENT TO COLD WAR VICTORY (a collaborative project), The Cooper Union, New York, USA
A GIFT TO BIROBIDZHAN, 21ST.PROJECTS/Critical Practices Inc., New York, USA
IMPOSSIBLE HISTORIES, IMPOSSIBLE SITES, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
THE WAYLAND RUDD COLLECTION (a collaborative project), Winkleman Gallery, New York; traveled to First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, ZW
HOMOSEXUALITY IS STALIN’S ATOM BOMB TO DESTROY AMERICA, Galerie Sator, Paris, FR
2013
HOMOSEXUALITY IS STALIN’S ATOM BOMB TO DESTROY AMERICA, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA
2012
TOUR OF MOMA WITH CONGRESSMAN DONDERO, Galeria HIT, Bratislava, Slovaquie, SK
MAGNITOGORSK TOUR OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, National Gallery of Art (guerilla performance), Washington, D.C., USA
KIMJONGILIAS, a.k.a. “Flower Paintings” and Magnitogorsk Guide to the National Gallery of Art, Galerie Blue Square, Washington, D.C., USA
COMMUNIST TOUR OF MOMA, a performance as part of Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
MODERN ART SHACKLED TO COMMUNISM, Galerie Sator, Paris, FR
2011
RED KADDISH, Museum at Eldridge Street/A Landmark Synagogue Story, New York, USA
LENINIANA, Palazzo Panichi, Pietrasanta, Italie, IT
2010
COMMUNIST TOUR OF THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART (performance), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA
COMMUNIST CONSPIRACY IN ART THREATENS AMERICAN MUSEUMS, Temple Gallery at Tyler School of Art/ Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
AYN RAND IN ILLUSTRATIONS, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA
COMMUNIST TOUR OF MOMA, Low Road Gallery/DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, USA
COMMUNIST TOUR OF MOMA, Museum of Modern Art (guerrilla performance), New York, USA
2009
AMERICAN COMMUNISTS IN MOSCOW: Walking Tours, 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, USA
THE SONG OF RUSSIA, Galerie Blue Square, Paris, FR
2008
COMMUNIST GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY, Barnard College, New York, USA
ADOPT LENIN, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA
READING LENIN WITH CORPORATIONS (in collaboration with K. Hansen, O. Kopenkina, and A. Lerman), PS 122 Gallery, New York, USA
MONITORING LENIN’S SALES ON AMAZON.COM, Contemporary City Foundation, Moscow, RU
COMMUNIST GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY, Common Room 2, New York, USA
2007
COMMUNIST PARTY USA, Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, USA
LENIN FOR YOUR LIBRARY? Lenin Museo, Tampere, Finlande, FI
2006
LENIN FOR YOUR LIBRARY? State Museum of Russian Political History (1st St.Petersburg Biennale of Contemporary Art), Saint Petersbourg, RU
LENIN-BY-MAIL, Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, RU
2005
THE SONG OF RUSSIA, ARTStrelka Projects, Moscow, RU
EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES / GROUPSHOW (selection)
2024
THE NEW SUBJECT. MUTATING RIGHTS AND CONDITIONS OF LIVING BODIES, KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
FROM NOW ON. STORIES FOR A NEXT TOMMORROW, MOMus-Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, GR
THE NEW SUBJECT. MUTATING RIGHTS AND CONDITIONS OF LIVING BODIES, Oksasenkatu 11, Helsinki, FIN
2023
MODERN-ISH : YONIA FAIN AND THE ART HISTORY OF YIDDISHLAND, The James Gallery, The Graduate Center of City University of New York, New York US
2022
THE WORK OF LOVE, THE QUEER OF LABOR, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, USA
TEXAS BAR BORDEL, Corentin Canesson + invité.e.s, galerie Sator-Komunuma, Romainville, FR
ANGELA DAVIS - SEIZE THE TIME, Oakland Museum of California (OMCA), Oakland, CA, USA
2021
ANGELA DAVIS - SEIZE THE TIME, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
2019
PORTABLE LANDSCAPES : MEMORIES AND IMAGINARIES OF REFUGEE MODERNISM, James Gallery, New York, USA
2018
GALERISTES #3, galerie Sator, Carreau du Temple, Paris, FR
2017
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION : A CONTESTED LEGACY, International Print Center, New York, USA
RED !!! RUSSIAN - AMERICAN XXI c. VISIONS - Georges Mason University, Virginie, USA
OPTICA BRONSTEIN - V-A-C foundation, Venise, IT
2016
YIA ART FAIR #06, galerie Sator, Le Louise 186, Brussels, BE
THINGS FALL APART, Calvert 22 Gallery, (curated by Mark Nash), London, UK
IT’S POLITICAL ECONOMY, STUPID, DAAP Galleries at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (curated by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette), USA
2015
ET AUTRES IDENTITES..., Le Pavillon Vendôme Centre d’art contemporain, Clichy, FR
LE DESSIN ENGAGÉ, Committed drawing, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris, FR
IDENT-ALTER-ITY, (5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art), curated by Theodore Markoglo and Syrago Tsiara, Center of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, GR
AN IMAGINARY ARCHIVE IS YOU: A project by Greg Sholette in “Traces in the Dark”, Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphie, USA
2014
LENIN: ICEBREAKER REVISITED, (curated by Olga Kopenkina), Austrian Cultural Forum New York, New York, USA
TRANS-RUSSIAN ART PROJECT “9000 KM,” KCCC Exhibition Hall, Klaipeda, LT
IT NARRATIVES, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, CT (curated by Brian Droitcour & Zanna Gilbert)
INTERCHANGE, The Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphie, USA
AMERIKA, Camberwell Space, London, UK
IT’S THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, STUPID, Gallery Nova, Zagreb, Croatia; traveled to NeMe Arts Centre, Limassol, Chypres (curated by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette), HR
AN IMAGINARY ARCHIVE IS YOU: A project by Greg Sholette, Kurbas Center, Kiev, UA
THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF MATTER, Hordaland Art Centre, Bergen, Norvège (curated by Frans Jacobi and Åse Løvgren), NO
2013
IS THE FUTURE BORING? Galeria HIT, Bratislava, SK
SPACES OF EXCEPTION (5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art), ARTPLAY, Moscow, RU
AN IMAGINARY ARCHIVE IS YOU: A project by Greg Sholette, Rotor Gallery, Graz, AT
SLOW REVOLUTION, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, LV
KULTURUS FESTIVAL: Russian Actual Culture, Pilot Klub, Prague, CZ
IT’S THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, STUPID, Pori Museum, FI; traveled to Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Belgrade, Serbie; traveled to Gallery 400/University of Illinois, Chicago (curated by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette)
SEND ME THE JPEG, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA
ECONOMY, Center for Contemporary Art, Glasgow; Stills, Edinburgh, UK
2012
SPACES OF MEMORY - FIELDS OF VISION, curated by Syrago Tsiara, Center of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GR
CO- RE-CREATING SPACES, CentralTrak, The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA
REQUIRED READING: PRINTED MATERIAL AS AGENT OF INTERVENTION, The Center for Book Arts, New York City, USA
IT’S THE POLITICAL ECONOMY, STUPID, curated by Greg Sholette and Oliver Ressler, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City; traveled to the Center of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, GR (catalog)
OPEN//CLOSED, 601Artspace, New York, USA
MIGRATION, Proteus Gowanus, New York, USA
CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE TOO, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA
2011
IMAGINARY ARCHIVE: GALWAY, Chapter Two, (a project by Greg Sholette) 126 Gallery, Tulca Art Festival, Galway, IR
INCIPIT, Galerie Sator, Paris, FR
MARKET, (as part of Creative Times’ “Living As Form”), Essex Street Market, New York, USA
MEDIA IMPACT. International Festival of Activist Art (4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art), ARTPLAY, Moscow, RU
REWRITING WORLDS, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU
THE IMPOSSIBLE COMMUNITIES, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RU
IMAGE WARS, Abrons Art Center, New York City, USA
OSTALGIA, New Museum (as part of Chto Delat’s installation), New York City, USA
THE WORKERS: PRECARITY/INVISIBILITY/MOBILITY, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
OUT OF PRINT, The Kitchen, New York City, USA
THE TYPHOON CONTINUES AND SO DO YOU, Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York, USA
HOME GUN, Dommer & Byars Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2010
EN CADA INSTANTE, RUPTURA (In Every Instant, A Rupture), Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, MX
ENGINEERS OF THE SOUL, Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA
ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR: The Social at the Berardo Collection (Tudo o que é sólido dissolve-se no ar: O político na Colecção Berardo), Museu Colecção Berardo, PT
Wellington Collaboratorium: AN IMAGINARY ARCHIVE, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
MIRROR, MIRROR, Postmasters Gallery, New York, USA
#CLASS, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA
WHEN ONE HAS TO SAY “We”: Art as the Practice of Solidarity (screening program), European University, St.Petersbourg, RU
ARTISTES RUSSES: Un art au superlatif, Abbaye Saint André Centre d’art Contemporain, Meymac, FR
2009
BEYOND THE INSTANCE OF AN ENDING: projects and events, Herter Art Gallery at University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
MIGUEL AMADO PRESENTS, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), Brooklyn, New York, USA
ULTRA NEW MATERIALITY, (3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art), Moscow, RU
EUROPEAN ATELIER, Central Artists’ House, Moscow, RU
VYSOCANSKY CONGRESS (SCREENING), National Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscou THINGS FALL APART, Winkleman Gallery, New York, USA
2008
METRO POLES, Art in Action, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, New York, USA
SUBJECTIVE EVENTS, Sometimes Recorded, Art Laboratory Berlin, Berlin, GE
IN TRANSITION, National Center for Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg; National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU
TINA B: The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, CZ
16TH BIENNALE OF SYDNEY, Sydney, AU
1st Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU
L’IMPRESA DELL’ARTE (The Enterprise of Art), PAN | Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, IT
PROPERLY PAST, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2007
ARTIST AS ACTIVIST FESTIVAL, Tokyo, JP
VII KRASNOYARSK MUSEUM BIENNALE, Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, RU
1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, International Workshop of Young Artists, The Archeological Museum, Thessaloniki, GR
CRITICALLY IN BETWEEN, “Art Athens” Art Fair, Helexpo, Athènes, GR
THE RETURN OF MEMORY: NEW ART FROM RUSSIA, Art Museum Kumu, Tallinn, EE
PROGRESSIVE NOSTALGIA: Contemporary Art from the Former USSR, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, IT
9000 KM (traveling project of the National Center for Contemporary Art), Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RU
WITNESSES TO THE IMPOSSIBLE (2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art), Moscow Center for the Arts, Moscow, RU
LEFT POP (Bringing It Back Home) (2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art), Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RU
PETROLIANA (2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art), Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RU
PARTNERS IN CRIME, Gallery MC, New York, USA
2006
9000 KM (traveling project of the National Center for Contemporary Art), European University in St. PETERSBURG, St. Petersburg (1st St. Petersburg Biennale of Contemporary Art); Kemerovo University Exhibition Hall, Kemerovo, RU
XI Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives, Novy Manezh, Moscow, RU
CONTESTED SPACES IN POST-SOVIET ART, Sydney Mishkin Gallery at Baruch College, New York, USA
THE STUDIO VISIT, Exit Art, New York, USA
OUTSOURCED: CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN ART, Current Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2005
ARTIST & ARMS, Mar’s Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU
RUSSIA REDUX #1, Schroeder Romero, New York, USA
ENEMY IMAGE, Momenta Art, New York, USA
X Moscow International Forum of Art Initiatives, Novy Manezh, Moscow, RU
VI KRASNOYARSK MUSEUM BIENNALE, Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, RU
POST-DIASPORAS: VOYAGES AND MISSIONS (1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art), Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RU
BRING IN THE CLONES, VertexList, New York, USA
2004
THE PRESIDENCY, Exit Art, New York, USA
CRUDE OIL PAINTINGS, White Columns, New York (traveled to Akus Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University, Connecticut), USA
ARTKLIAZMA FESTIVAL 2004, Kliazma Reservoir Resort, Moscow, RU
ARTIST & ARMS, National Center for Contemporary Art, Kaliningrad, RU
2003
ARTKLIAZMA FESTIVAL 2003, Kliazma Reservoir Resort, Moscow, RU
D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival 2003, New York, , USA
BREWSTER PROJECT 2003, A Site-specific Contemporary Art Event, Brewster, New York, USA
2002
Digital DUMBO, Mastel+Mastel Gallery, New York, USA
2000
E-EUROPE, The Bronx River Art Center, New York, USA
1996
SOHO ARTS FESTIVAL 96, 420 West Broadway, New York INVERTED PERSPECTIVE, Eight Floor Gallery, New York, USA
1995
ART IN THE ANCHORAGE 95, Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage Museum, New York, USA
COMMISSARIAT / CURATING
2022
The Yiddishland Pavillon, 59th Venice Biennale and online, cur. with Maria Veits
2017
In Edenia, a City of the Future - Yermilov Center Kharkiv, UA
The Work of Love, The Queer of Labor - Franklin Street Works, Stamford, USA
TALKS / TALKS
2017
1917-2017 Regards croisés sur les avant-gardes artistiques soviétiques, Université Paris Xâ, Bât Max Weber, Salle des Conférences, Nanterre, FR