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Biography |
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1938 |
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Born in Kharkov (former USSR) |
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1994 |
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'Light Work' grant, Artist-in-Residence program, Syracuse University, NY, USA |
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1996 |
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Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award, Zürich, Switzerland |
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1996 |
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Awarded Landeskulturzentrum grant, Salzau, Germany |
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1998 - 1999 |
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Albert Renger-Patzsch Award, a support for European Photographic book projects by the Dietrich Oppenberg Foundation, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany |
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1998 - 1999 |
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Stipendium Landeshauptstadt München, Kulturreferat, Germany |
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1998 - 1999 |
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DAAD grant (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), Berlin, Germany |
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2001 |
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Kraszna-Krausz Book Award for the best books on photography, London, England |
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2001 |
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Citybank Private Bank Photography Prize, London, England |
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2001 |
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Visiting lecturer, Department of Visual and Enviromental Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
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2001 |
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'Le prix du Livre de Photographie des Recontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles 2000', Arles, France |
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2001 |
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Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography, Gothenburg, Sweden |
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2002 - 2003 |
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Guest lecturer, The Academy of Visual Art, Leipzig, Germany |
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2003 |
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General Satellite corporation art prize for a contribution to the development of the contemporary Russian art, Moscow |
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Lives and works in Berlin and Kharkov |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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Boris Mikhailov. Dusk, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium (solo) |
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2008 |
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The Wedding, Sprovieri Progetti, London, UK |
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2008 |
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Glück - Welches Glück, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Dresden |
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2007 |
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Biennale di Venezia, Ukrainian Pavilion |
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2007 |
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Yesterday, Kunst Meran im Haus der Sparkasse, Meran, Italy (solo) |
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2007 |
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Look at me I look at Water, Sprengelmuseum Hannover (solo) |
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2007 |
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Hot + Bothered: Looking at the Landscape/Thinking about the World, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York |
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2007 |
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What does the jellyfish want?, Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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2007 |
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Der Kontrakt des Fotografen, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen |
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2007 |
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Banzai!, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin (solo) |
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2007 |
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Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich (solo) |
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2006 |
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Yesterday’s Sandwich, Shugoarts, Tokyo (solo) |
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2006 |
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Der Kontrakt des Fotografen, Akademie der Künste, Berlin |
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2006 |
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Twilight-Photography in the Magic Hour, Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
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2006 |
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Die Schönheit der Chance, Institut für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg |
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2006 |
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In the Face of History, European Photographers in the 20th Century, Barbican Art Gallery, London |
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2006 |
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Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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2006 |
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Toucher l’indicible, Centre régional d’art contemporain, Languedoc-Roussillon |
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2006 |
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Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan |
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2005 |
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Circa Berlin, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen |
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2005 |
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Motor Blues, Fotografien aus der Schenkung AutroWerke von BMW Financial Services, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig |
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2005 |
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Information/Transformation, Extra City Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp |
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2005 |
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Zeit Raum Bild – 10 Jahre Dokumentarfotografie, Kulturforum, Berlin (solo) |
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2005 |
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Look at me I look at Water, If I were a German, I am not I, Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris (solo) |
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2005 |
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Butterbrot, Galerie Ilka Bree, Bordeaux (solo) |
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2005 |
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Welt – Bilder, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich |
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2005 |
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Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (solo) |
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2005 |
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Look at me I look at Water, Centre de la Photographie, Geneva (solo) |
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2005 |
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Rundlederwelten, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin |
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2004 |
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Privatisierungen. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Osteuropa, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin |
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2004 |
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In the Street, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin (solo) |
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2004 |
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (solo) |
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2004 |
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Boris Mikhailov, fotografies 60's-2003, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Spain (cat.) (solo) |
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2004 |
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Testimony of the negative, Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej Zamek (solo) |
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2004 |
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Verbal photography: Ilya Kabakov and Boris Mikhailov, Museum Serralves, Porto, Portugal (cat.) |
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2004 |
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Verworpenen en Zondaskinderen, De Hallen Harlem |
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2004 |
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Social Creatures. How Body becomes Art / Soziale Kreaturen. Wie Körper Kunst wird, Sprengel Museum Hannover |
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2004 |
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Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Staatliche Tretjakow-Galerie, Moscow |
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2004 |
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The Beauty of Darkness, Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam |
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2004 |
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Photo Exhibition, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich |
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2004 |
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Fotografia Verbal: Ilya Kabakov, Boris Mikhailov, Museuserralves, Museu de Arte Contamporanea, Porto |
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2004 |
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Channel Zero, Netherlands Media Arts Institute/Montevideo TBA, Amsterdam |
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2004 |
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Dorf in die Metropole - Rohkunstbau in Berlin, Studio 1, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
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2004 |
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Architektur der Obdachlosigkeit. Biss zu Gast in der Berlinischen Galerie, Berlinische Galerie |
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2004 |
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Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona (solo) |
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2004 |
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TV-Mania, Kunstverein Arnsberg (solo) |
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2004 |
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Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid (solo) |
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2003 |
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Berlin-Moscow-Berlin, Museum Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany, |
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2003 |
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Boris Mikhailov: Private Freuden, lastende Langeweile, öffentlicher Zerfall - ne Retrospektive, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland (solo) |
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2003 |
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Cambrige Album, Duke University, USA (solo) |
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2003 |
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Cruel + Tender, The Real in the Twentieth-Century Photograph, Tate Modern, London |
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2003 |
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Traumfabrik Kommunismus, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt |
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2003 |
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Architektur der Obdachlosigkeit, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
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2002 |
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The Insulted and the Injured, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, USA (solo) |
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2001 |
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Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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2001 |
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Autowerke, BMW Collaction, Franz Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands |
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2001 |
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From the 60s until now..., Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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2000 |
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How you look at it. Fotografien des 20. Jahrhunderts, Sprengel Museum, Hannover; Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt/Main |
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2000 |
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Boris Mikhailov. 2000 Hasselblad Award Winner, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg (solo) |
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2000 |
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Boris Mikhailov, The Photographers Gallery, London (solo) |
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2000 |
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Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo) |
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2000 |
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Barbara Gross Gallery, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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2000 |
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12th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (cat.) |
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1999 |
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Global Conceptualism. Points of Origin, 1950-1980s, Queens Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA (cat.), travelling to Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA |
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1999 |
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Boris Mikhailov, Fondacione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy (solo) |
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1999 |
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Boris Mikhailov, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris (solo) |
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1998 |
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Boris Mikhailov, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (solo) |
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1998 |
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Boris Mikhailov. Les Misérables (About the world), Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany; (cat.) |
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1997 |
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Photomania, DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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1996 |
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Boris Mikhailov A Retrospective, SCCA, Soros Center of Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine |
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1996 |
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Boris Mikhailov, Kunsthalle Zürich (solo) |
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1995 |
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Boris Mikhailov, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main (solo) |
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1995 |
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After the Fall, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA (solo) |
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1995 |
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Currents ’95 - Familiar Places, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, USA |
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1994 |
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Perspectief Photografic Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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1993 |
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New Photography 9, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA |
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1992 |
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Boris Mikhailov: Works form 1970-1991, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria (solo) |
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1991 |
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Carnegie International, The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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1990 |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo) |
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1990 |
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The Missing Picture, Alternative Contemporary Photography from the Soviet Union, List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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Christine Meffert, Boris Mikhailov, Die Zeit-Zeitmagazin Leben, Nr. 41, Oktober 4, 2007 |
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2007 |
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Boris Mikhailov: A simple question a simple answer, Gomma Magazine, Vol. 3, p.99, 117-119 |
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2007 |
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Boris Mikhailov: Yesterday’s Sandwich and Other Life Stories, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Vol. 3, Nr. 892, 3/2007, p.131-140 |
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2007 |
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Boris Mikhailov – Suzi et cetera, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne |
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2006 |
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Brian Dillon, All too human, Humanism-What on earth is it?, Art Review, Nr. 4, October, p. 102 |
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2006 |
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Joanna Pitman, When the night comes falling, The Times, October 11 |
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2006 |
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When Sky was Sea-1998-2005, exhibition catalogue, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna |
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2006 |
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Berlin-Tokyo / Tokyo-Berlin: Die Kunst zweier Städte, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, exhibition catalogue |
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2005 |
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Ruedi Schorno, Das Gesicht der Armut-Boris Mikhailov „Case History“, Kunst 21, Das Magazin für zeitgenössische Kunst, No. 9, October |
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2005 |
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Boris Mikhailov, Il Teatro dell‘Arte, Villa Manin Centro D‘Arte Contemporanea, p. 178-179 |
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2004 |
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Larissa Harris: Boris Mikhailov. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Artforum International, December, p. 199-200 |
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2004 |
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Katrin Wittneven: Straßenkunst. Der Fotograf Boris Mikhailov zeigt Berlin als Niemandsland, Der Tages-spiegel, May 9, p. 29 |
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2004 |
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Boris Mikhailov. Look at Me I Look at Water. Or Perversion of Repose, Göttingen 2004 |
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2003 |
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Boris Mikhailov. A Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, Fotomuseum Winterthur/Scalo |
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2003 |
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Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, exhibition catalogue, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin,Nicolai Verlag |
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2002 |
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Boris Mikhailov. Salt Lake, Pace/Mac Gill Gallery, Göttingen, published by Steidl |
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2002 |
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Peter Herbstreuth: Pfeffer im Minztee. Unser Mann im Sperrgebiet: Boris Mikhailov bei Barbara Weiss, Der Tagesspiegel, March 16 , p. 25 |
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2002 |
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Brigitte Werneburg: TV Today, die Tageszeitung, No. 29, January 26/27, p. 36 |
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2000 |
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Boris Mikhailov. The Hasselblad Award 2000, ed. by Gunilla Knape, essay by Boris Groys, Gothenburg |
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2000 |
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How you look at it. Photographs of the 20th Century, London |
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1999 |
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Boris Mikhailov - Case History, Zurich, Berlin, New York |
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