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Georgy Ostretsov, born in 1967 in Moscow, lives and works in Moscow.

 

  • 1984: graduated from the Theatre Art School at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

  • 1985: Flying Cranes exposition of the George&George group (Georgy Ostretsov & Georgy Litichevsky) held within the framework of the 7th Youth Exhibition, House of Artists, Moscow.

  • 1985-86: participation in group exhibitions with non-conformist artists from the Kindergarten group, Moscow.

  • 1987: group exhibition of the Hermitage Association of Artists led by L. Bazhanov, 100 Profsoyuznaya St., Moscow.

  • 1987: Assa festival; group exhibition held during the first night of Sergei Solovyov’s film Assa (Moscow).

  • 1987: Russian Non-Conformist Art of the 1980s: group exhibition of the Hermitage Association of Artists, CIRC Society, Amsterdam.

  • 1987: collection of costumes for the Star Wars performance; exposition hall and editorial office of the Moda (Fashion) magazine, Moscow.

  • 1987: exposition and performance in the House of Medics, Moscow.

  • 1987: Festive Culture group exhibition, Kashirskaya exhibition hall, Moscow.

  • 1988: Different Professions fancy dress performance in Sheremetyev’s Estate in Ostankino, Moscow.

  • 1988: Power Parade fancy dress performance, Kashirskaya exhibition hall, Moscow.

  • 1988: Red Wedding fancy dress performance, Kashirskaya exhibition hall, Moscow.

  • 1988-98: lives and works in Paris.

  • 1990: Arte Sacra Biennal, Pescara, Italy.

  • 1991: Archaeology collection (inspired by Russian folk toys), Znamensky Cathedral exhibition hall, Moscow.

  • 1992: Manifestation of France’s Illustrators, Villeurbanne City Library, France.

  • 1993: Contemporary Art Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey.

  • 1993: Ways of Truth curator project, Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow.

  • 1993-96: artist and designer of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Paris, France.

  • 1996: Collection of latex costumes and masks. Presentation in the galleries of the XIIIth arrondissement (Jenifer Flay Gallery, Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery, Gallery Praz-Delavallade, etc.) timed to coincide with the unveiling of the Contemporary Art Centre in Paris.

  • 1996: Correction one-man exhibition and performance, e. O.f. Gallery, Paris, France.

  • 1997: collection of latex masks for Luc Besson’s film Taxi, Paris. 

  • 1997: Noel en Latex (Christmas in Latex) one-man exhibition, Gay and Lesbian Associations Centre, Paris.

  • 1998: Mama group exhibition, Natasha Rukhadze Gallery, Moscow.

  • 1998: group exhibition of comics, Moscow Fine Arts Gallery.

  • 1998: Fashion and Style in Photography group exhibition, Grand Manege, Moscow.

  • 1998: Father performance in the Krai art club, Moscow.

  • 1999: Western Europe after the Berlin Wall: The Rape of Europe photo project, Marble Palace (branch of the State Russian Museum), St. Petersburg.

  • 1999: Motherland or Death group exhibition, Zverev Art Centre, Moscow.

  • 1999: founder and chief editor of Russian Jungle art magazine.

  • 1999: creation of propaganda comics for the Contemporary Arts Museum in Tsaritsyno, Moscow.

  • 1999: Collection #11 fancy dress performance at the Avant-garde Fashion Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia.

  • 1999: Collection #11 one-man photo exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Soros Foundation, Moscow.

  • 1999: Collection #11 fancy dress performance at the Alba Moda fashion festival, Ordzhonikidze Factory, Moscow.

  • 2000: group exhibition organised by Arte magazine, Milan, Italy.

  • 2000: Diventa la Vittima one-man exhibition, Nadia Baldeschi Arte Contemporanea, Venice, Italy.

  • 2000: Youth Welcomes the 3rd Millennium photo biennial, Central House of Artists, Moscow. 

  • 2000: New Government one-man exhibition, Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow.

  • 2000: Visitor one-man exhibition, Marble Palace (branch of the State Russian Museum), St. Petersburg.

  • 2000: Fotofo Photography Month, Bratislava, Czech Republic.

  • 2000: The Beauty and the Beast one-man exhibition, TV Gallery, Moscow.

  • 2001: Adaptation group exhibition, Andrei Sakharov Centre, Moscow.

  • 2001: Art Moscow, Marat Guelman Gallery.

  • Project Chechnya, National Art Collections Foundation.

  • The Beauty and the Beast installation, Moscow. 

  • 2001: “Defile” Exclusive Fashion Show in the Cloak-Room group exhibition. Art in actual context. Voenkomat (military recruitment office) fancy dress performance. The Hulk video installation. SALE window installation. L Gallery, Moscow.

  • 2001: Amidst Things group exhibition. Museum of Applied Arts, Moscow.

  • 2001: group exhibition in Hotel Moskva organised by M. Serebryakova, Moscow. 

  • 2001: Contemporary Art in a Traditional Museum festival organised by the Ford Foundation. Antarctic Eden one-man project in the Arctic and Antarctic Museum, St. Petersburg. 

  • 2001. Art for a Time project of Group 77. Super-Soldier video installation, Graz, Austria. 

  • 2001. Military Reform one-man exhibition, Velta Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2001: Art as Tourism: Forum of Art Initiatives group exhibition. Smoking Room installation, New Manege, Moscow. 

  • 2001: Agitating for Art group exhibition, Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2001. The Ecology of Art in Industrial Space seminar. Nizhni Tagil. 

  • 2001: The Phantoms one-man exhibition, American Cultural Centre, Moscow. 

  • 2002: Moscow Photo Biennial: Project Bulimia. Photo Centre at Gogolevsky Boulevard, Moscow. 

  • 2002: Freebies – 2: Postcards group exhibition. The Cult Club. Moscow. 

  • 2002: Motherland – Fatherland: Forum of Art Initiatives group exhibition, New Manege, Moscow 

  • 2002: Reconstruction Cetinje biennial. Projects Rubber Tower, Lastomer  (Pinniped), Shooting Gallery. Cetinje, Montenegro. 

  • 2002: Euro group exhibition, Andrei Sakharov Centre, Moscow. 

  • 2002: Group exhibition Amelioration, or Art for a Better Life. Project Propaganda Staff of the New Government: Heavenly and Earthly Power. Klyazma Reservoir, Moscow Region. 

  • 2002: A_REAL001 international festival of modern art in the urban medium. Project Impossible Clothes for Every Day. Yekaterinburg. 

  • 2002: One-man exhibition, Vandals and Generals of the New Government. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2003: One-man exhibition performance, The Ceremony of Granting the New Government’s Order “Silver Badge of Honour” to the Best People of the Russia Federation. S.Art Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2003: One-man exhibition, Rebels. Marat Guelman Gallery, Kiev. 

  • 2003: One-man project, Annual Report of the New Government, at the group exhibition, Master Salons of Art-Moscow. The Central House of Artists, Moscow. 

  • 2003: Group exhibition Reconnaissance in Art, Forum of Artistic Initiatives. New Manege, Moscow. 

  • 2003: Eat the Halfwit: wall mural in the Tretyakov Gallery at Krymsky Val, Modern Trends Department, the Hall of Actual Art. Moscow 

  • 2003: The Long Stories of Yekaterinburg: international festival of modern art in the urban medium. Exhibition of drawings, Project State Painting. Yekaterinburg. 

  • 2003: Group exhibition Art-Klyazma. Project The Unbeatable New Government. Klyazma Reservoir, Moscow Region. 

  • 2003: Group exhibition Surrogate; exhibition of young artists, Stop: Who Is It? RuArts Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2003: Group exhibition of jewellery, Art and Music in Silver. THT Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2003: Group exhibition Frontiers of Childhood; Project Phantoms. Artek Gallery, London. 

  • 2003: Group exhibition Panoramic View; Project Autobiography. The Central House of Artists at Krymsky Val, Moscow. 

  • 2003: Group project Art Constitution. Modern Arts Museum, Moscow. 

  • 2003: Group exhibition New Countdown: Digital Russia with Sony. Project The New Government Against Global Net. The Central House of Artists at Krymsky Val, Moscow. 

  • 2004: One-man exhibition performance, The 2-nd Ceremony of Granting the New Government’s Order “Silver Badge of Honour” to the Best People of the Russia Federation. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2004: One-man exhibition, War. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2004:  Group exhibition, Art-Moscow. The Central House of Artists, Moscow. 

  • 2004:  Group exhibition Controlled Democracy. White Space Gallery. London. 

  • 2004: Group exhibition Art-Klyazma. Project The Unbeatable New Government. Klyazma Reservoir, Moscow Region. 

  • 2004 – participation in the group exhibition Art Klyazma, project “Piss in the Loo,” Klyazma Reservoir holiday hotel, Moscow region.

  • 2004 – participation in the group exhibition “Act of Mercy,” ArtStrelka, Moscow. 

  • 2004 – participation in the group exhibition “Moscow-Warsaw,” Modern Art Center, Ujazd Castle, Warsaw.

  • 2005 – participation in the group exhibition “Bubble,” Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2005 – participation in the group exhibition “Russia-2,” Central House of Artists, Moscow .

  • 2005 – performance “Third Ceremony of Awarding the New Government’s Order of the Silver Badge of Honor, in five categories, to the best people of Russia,” Central House of Artists, Moscow.

  • 2005 – participation in a group exhibition within the 1st Moscow Biennial Exhibition of Modern Art, “Gender Passions,” Museum of Modern Art, Moscow.

  • 2005 –group project, “Front: wechsel,” Stift Vorau, Austria. 

  • 2005 – participation in a group exhibition within the 1st Moscow Biennial Exhibition of Modern Art, “Soobshchniki” (Partners), Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2005 – participation in the group exhibition “Moscow-Warsaw,” State Center of Modern Art, Moscow. 

  • 2005 -  group “George&George” exhibition “In process”, paintings, video. State Center of Modern Art, Moscow. 

  • 2005: WE: Forum of Art Initiatives group exhibition, New Manege, Moscow. 

  • 2005: Pusto-Empty: Video-art fesival, ArtStrelka, Moscow.

  • 2005: One-man exhibition, Lawlessness. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2005 – participation in the group exhibition “Subjective time”. Center of contemporary art M`Ars. Moscow. 

  • 2005 – participation in the group exhibition “Portrait of a face,” organizated by Marat Guelman Gallery. Center of contemporary art M`Ars. Moscow. 

  • 2005 – art-fair FIAC, stand of Marat Guelman Gallery. Paris. 

  • 2005 – 8-th biennale of graphics of the Baltic countries. Koenigsberg. 

  • 2005 – participation in the group exhibition “Art and Arms”. Center of contemporary art M`Ars. Moscow. 

  • 2005 – participation in the group exhibition “Barbie-Zone”. Ru-Arts Gallery. Moscow. 

  • 2005: Perfomance Tramps; exhibition of young artists, Stop: Who Is It? NCCA, Moscow. 

  • 2005 – participation in the group exhibition “Birche revolution”. Practika Gallery. Moscow. 

  • 2006 – performance “Forth Ceremony of Awarding the New Government’s Order of the Silver Badge of Honor, in five categories, to the best people of Russia,” Practika Gallery. Moscow. 

  • 2006 – participation in the group exhibition with G.Litichevskij “Physicians and poets or sex and the city”. Marat Guelman Gallery. Moscow. 

  • 2006 – participation in the group exhibition “Match-Revenge”. Suzy Wong Bar. Moscow. 

  • 2006 - Group exhibition, Tramp. The Central House of Artists, Moscow. 

  • 2006 – Independent project, Art-Moscow-2006. The Central House of Artists, Moscow. 

  • 2006 – Perfomance Tramps; The Maxim Boxer`s theatre, Moscow Region. 

  • 2006 – Cinemarathon curator project, Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2006 - Group exhibition, Swinging paintings. DomArt gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2006 - Group exhibition, Amateurs. Marres Art-Center, Maastricht, Netherlands. 

  • 2007 - One-man exhibition, Under repair. Moscow museum of contemporary art, Moscow. 

  • 2007 – participation in a group exhibition within the 2nd Moscow Biennial Exhibition of Modern Art, “Sots-Art,” Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. 

  • 2007 – participation in a group exhibition within the 2nd Moscow Biennial Exhibition of Modern Art, “Artist`s diary,” Central House of Artists, Moscow. 

  • 2007 – participation in a group exhibition, “Marat`s choice,” Russia’s contemporary history Museum, Moscow. 

  • 2007 – participation in a group exhibition, “Unionists,” Embassy of the European Union, Moscow. 

  • 2006 – participation in the group exhibition with Benjamin Barthel and Julie Sainton (Paris) “Spear-Hand”. National center of photography of Russian Federation. St-Petersburg. 

  • 2006 – Independent project, Morg (Moscow Organisation). The Central House of Artists, Moscow. 

  • 2007 - One-man exhibition, Rich-Bitch. One work gallery (Farid Bogdalov), Moscow. 

  • 2007 - performance, Marriage. VinZavod  centre of contemporary art, Moscow. 

  • 2007 – participation in the group exhibition with G.Litichevskij “Austrian story”. Resanita center of contemporary art. Graz, Austria. 

  • 2007 – participation in the group exhibition with G.Litichevskij “Austrian story”. Moscow museum of contemporary art, Moscow. 

  • 2007 - One-man exhibition, Salon Beaute. Rabouan-Moussion gallery. Paris, France. 

  • 2008 – participation in the group exhibition “Fast Art 24”. VinZavod  centre of contemporary art, Moscow. 

  • 2008 – Moscow photo biennial. Moscow museum of contemporary art, Moscow. 

  • 2008 – participation in the group exhibition “Laughterlife”. Paradise Row gallery, London

 

The works of Georgy Ostretsov can be seen in the collections of:

 

  •  The State Tretyakov Gallery, novel trends department led by A. Yerofeyev, Moscow.

  •  The State Russian Museum, novel trends department led A. Borovsky, St. Petersburg.

  •  The Moscow Contemporary Art Museum, Moscow.

  •  The Saatchi Gallery, London.

  •  The Arctic and Antarctic Museum, St. Petersburg.

  •  The Freud Museum of Dreams, St. Petersburg,

as well as in private collections.

 

 

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