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Biography |
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1943 |
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Born in Moscow |
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1962 |
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Zvezda Magazine, Leningrad |
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1964 |
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Hermitage Museum, Leningrad |
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1971 |
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“Classical Spanish Epigrams”, Book Illustrations, Gold Medal, Venice |
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1971 |
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Exiled from USSR; Moves to Paris |
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1981 |
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Moves to New York |
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1984 |
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Honorary Doctorate, University of San Francisco |
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1987 |
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Honorary Doctorate, L'Academie Des Arts Européen, France |
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1989 |
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“Art of Russian and the West” Magazine, Publisher and Editor |
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1991 |
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Travels to Afghanistan to negotiate with Mujahdeen leaders for the release of Soviet POW's |
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1993 |
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Government Prize of Russia by decree of President Boris Yeltsin |
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1994 |
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Order de Chevalier des Artes et Lettres, by Minister of Culture, France |
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1996 |
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Honorary Doctorate degrees from Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, and University of Kabardino-Balkaria, Nalchik, Russia |
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1998 |
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Gold Medal, To One Deserving, by the Imperial Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow |
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2001 |
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“Golden Spotlight” award for best work by an artist in the theater, St. Petersburg, Russia; “Petropol” prize for unique contribution to the culture of St. Petersburg |
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2002 |
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"Golden Mask” prize for best work by an artist in the theater, for “Nutcracker”, Moscow; “Baltika” special prize for best original work in the theater, St. Petersburg |
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Exhibitions |
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2005 |
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“Metaphysical Heads & Busts”, The Museum of the Imagination. Hudson, NY (group) |
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2004 |
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“Monsters in Art”, The Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, NY (group) |
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2003 |
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“The Hand in Art”, The Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, NY (group); “The Reaper: Images of Death in Art”, The Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, NY (group) |
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2002 |
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Chemiakin’s “Nutcracker”, Museum of Private Collections, State Pushkin Museum of Art, Moscow |
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2002 |
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“Rats and Cheese”, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1999 |
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“Illustrations to Pushkin’s “Rusalka”, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, CA (solo) |
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1999 |
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“Angels of Death”, International Art Center, University of Arizona, Tucson |
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1998 |
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“The Theater of Mihail Chemiakin, Bronze”, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York. Museum of the Automobile, Moncalieri, Italy (solo) |
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1998 |
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“Harmony in White”, Artswalk, Hudson, NY (solo) |
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1998 |
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“Metaphysical Heads”, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA (solo) |
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1997 |
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Mihail Chemiakin: St. Petersburg Period, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1996 |
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Angels and Figures, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1995 |
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Mihail Chemiakin: Sculpture, Painting, Works on Paper, Objets dArt, The Central Exhibition Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; The State Tretyahov Gallery, Moscow; Bolshoi Theater, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow (solo) |
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1994 |
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Ledreborg Castle, Lejre, Denmark (group) |
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1993 |
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Angels of Death, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1993 |
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Mihail Chemiakin: The Metamorphosis of Illusion, Mitsukoshi Museum, Tokyo (group) |
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1993 |
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Barocco, Trianon Palace, Versailles |
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1993 |
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Cybele; Goddess of Fertility, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1990 |
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Keepers of the Flame: Unofficial Artists of Leningrad, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (group) |
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1989 |
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Mihail Chemiakin: New York – Moscow, Central House of the Artist, Moscow (solo) |
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1988 |
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Galerie Nichido, Tokyo (group) |
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1988 |
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Bowles-Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco; Beverly Hills, California (group) |
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1988 |
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Borghi & Co. Gallery, New York (group) |
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1987 |
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Musée de Trianon de Bagatelle, Paris |
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1980 |
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Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group) |
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1979 |
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Sao Paolo Museum of Art, Sao Paolo, Brazil (group) |
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1979 |
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Museum of Art, Bochum, Germany (group) |
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1978 |
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Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (group) |
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1977 |
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“Unofficial Art”, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London |
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1976 |
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La Peinture Russe Contemporaine, Palais des Congres, Paris (group) |
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1971 |
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Saint-Pétersbourg 71, Galeria Dina Vierny, Paris (group) |
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1969 |
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Elaine Benson Gallery, Long Island, NY |
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Non-Conformist Russian Artists, Esslingen, Germany |
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Ventre de Paris, Galerie Carpentier, Paris |
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Exhibition of Workmen’s Art, The State Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg |
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Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory of Music, St. Petersburg |
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Transformations, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California |
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Retrospective: 1964 – 1986, Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York |
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Ventre de Paris, Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York |
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Graphic Art of Mihail Chemiakin, Museum of the art of the Lithuanian SSR, Vilinius, Lithuania |
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Mihail Chemiakin, Dostoevsky Museum, St. Petersburg |
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Hommage à Pierre le Grand, Chateau de Vascoeuil, Normandy |
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Mihail Chemiakin: Oeuvres Monumentales, Le Monde De l’ Art, Paris |
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Carnaval à Saint – Pétersbourg, Galerie Carpentier, Paris |
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Eté de la Sculpture, Mairie de Nancy, Place Stanislas, Nancy |
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Mihail Chemiakin, Krymsky Val Gallery, Moscow |
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Carnaval à Saint – Pètersbourg, Galleria del Leone, Venice |
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Dom Natchokina Gallery, Moscow |
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Sculpture, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York |
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Museum of Western Art, Odessa, Ukraine |
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Chateau du Grand, Lez, Belgium |
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Mihail Chemiakin, Giugiaro Design, Turin, Italy |
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