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Boris Mikhailov 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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| Selected Exhibitions |
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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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