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Alexander Brodsky Biography
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Studied at Moscow Architecture Institute until 1978
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1999 The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA, Palazzo Nudo
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1997 Hotel Metropole, Moscow, Russia, Aquarium in TeaTro Restaurant
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1996 Public Art Fund, New York, NY, The Canal Street Subway Project
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1994 Hotel Metropole, Moscow, Russia, Bar in TeaTro Restaurant
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1992 Yamagiwa Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, commission to participate in Lighting Project '93-96. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1991 European Ceramics Work Centre, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, commission to design and build monumental sculpture in front of the center. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1990 Pedestrian Bridge, Walkway to the Waterfront, Tacoma, WA, commissioned by the city of Tacoma (work in progress). (with Ilya Utkin)
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1988 Atrium Restaurant, Leninsky Prospect, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (with Ilya Utkin)
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2001 First Prize, Premio Milano, Museo del Presente, Milan, Italy, Coma
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1997 Second Prize, British Academy of Fine Arts & British Council, Moscow, Russia, Living Bridges
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1988 First Prize (Architecture), East Meets West in Design Competition, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1987 Honorable Mention, Central Glass Competition: The Intelligent Market, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1986 Second Prize, Central Glass Competition: A Glass Monument to the Year 2001, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1985 Second Prize, Shinkenchiku Competition: Bulwark of Resistance, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1984 Second Prize, Central Glass Competition: A Glass Tower, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1983 Third Prize, Shinkenchiku Competition: A Dwelling with Historicism and Localism, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1983 Honorable Mention, Central Glass Competition, A Sculpture Museum, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1982 First Prize, Central Glass Competition: Crystal Palace, Tokyo, Japan. (with Ilya Utkin)
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1978 Second Prize, OISTT Competition: Theater for Future Generations, Paris, France. (with Ilya Utkin)
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2010, Winner, Kandinsky Award, ArtChronika Foundation, Moscow, Russia, The Road.
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2012, Winner, Best Work of Visual Art Prize, Innovation Prize, National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, Cisterna Project.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
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2010
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Windows, Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy
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2010
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Counterpoint, Contemporary Russian Art — From the Icon to the Avant-Garde, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
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2010
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Alexander Brodsky: Installations, Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia
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2009
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The Third Moscow Biennale, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
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2009
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Night Before the Attack, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art and M+J Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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2008
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Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL, Russian Dreams..., December 4 – February 8, 2009
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2008
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Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, Drawing Review: 37 Years of Works on Paper, November 22 – December 23
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2007
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Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, Alexander Brodsky, April 5 – May 10 (solo)
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2006
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Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, Inhabited Locality, September 10 – November 19 (solo)
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2006
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Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy, Three Tables, September 22 – November 4 (solo)
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2006
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White Space Gallery, London, UK, Depository of Dreams, November 30 – December 20
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2006
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Fundacion del Museo Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain, Russia!, March 28 – September 1
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2002
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Aedes Gallery, Berlin, Germany, The Installation, February 8 – March 16 (solo)
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2001
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PAC and Milan Triennale (Hosted by), Milan, Italy, Milano Europa 2000. Fine secolo. I semi del futuro
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2001
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Community Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Working Here: Art at 111, October 13 – November 11
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2000
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Lamont Art Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, Seeing Isn’t Believing: Russian Art Since Glasnost, March 31- May 13
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2000
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Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia, Coma (solo)
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1999
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Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, Grey Matter, November 20-December 18 (solo)
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1999
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Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA, Palazzo Nudo: Recent Etchings, September 3 – October 16 (solo)
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1998
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State Museum of Architecture, Moscow, Russia, Tochkiiskhoda (Vanishing Points), December 1997 – February 1998 (solo)
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1998
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Tretjakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, Living Bridges, September – October. (catalogue) (solo)
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1998
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Tretjakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia, Architecture & Design (solo)
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1996
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The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, The Moscow Studio: A Five-Year Printmaking Retrospective 1991-1996, November 27-December 30. (catalogue) (solo)
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1996
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Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia, Futurophobia, October (solo)
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1996
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Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, Visible Parts, June 11 - July 13 (solo)
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1996
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John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, Elsewhere, September 24 - November 2
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1996
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The Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, Archaeology of the Future, July 24 - September 16, and travel to: Hiroshima Museum of Art, September 22 - November 4; Gifu Prefectural Museum, November 12 - December 22
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1996
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The X-Art Foundation, New York, NY, Blast Art Benefit, February 6-February 10
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1996
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Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC, Russian Conceptual Art of the 1980s: The Collection of the Duke University Museum of Art, January 19-March 31
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1996
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Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY, Withdrawing, January 13-February 17
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1995
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Wessel & Lieberman Books, Seattle, WA, Romantic Visions, September 7-October 7
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1995
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Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA, A Place for Trestles, March 3-March 31
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1995
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Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia, Canalis Utopicus, November 17-December 20 (solo)
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1994
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de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, Ideal Landscapes: Artists from the Former Soviet Union, September 17-December 2
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1993
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Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, Universalism and Particularism: The Russian World in Transition, November 24 - March 17, 1994
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| Literature |
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2010
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Artforum, “Alexander Brodsky”, Brian Droitcour
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2009
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Kishkovsky, Sophia. “For Richer and for Povera.” ARTnews 108, no. 5 (May 2009): 58, 60
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2009
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Turner, Elisa. “Russian Dreams….” Art News 108 num. 4 (April, 2009) p. 118-19
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2008
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Cote, David. “Beckett Shorts.” Time Out New York, January 3-9, 2008, p. 135
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2008
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Yung, Susan. “Beckett Shorts.” CultureVulture.net, (2008), http://www.culturevulture.net/theater/beckettshorts_1-08.htm
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2007
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“Aleksandr Brodsky: Pavilion in the Park in Moscow.” Lotus international 130 (2007): 51-54
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2007
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Ashman, Angela. “Voice Choices” Village Voice, December 5 -11, 2007, p. 38
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2007
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Bennett, Kim. “Brodsky & Utkin: Etchings from the Projects Portfolio (1981-1990).” Article 3 (Fall 2007): 2
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2007
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Brantley, Ben. “When a Universe Reels, A Baryshnikov May Fall.” The New York Times, Wednesday, December 19, 2007, p. E5
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2007
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Feingold, Michael. “Ye Un-Merry Gentlemen.” The Village Voice, December 26, 2007 – January 1, 2008, p. 41
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2007
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Sulcas, Roslyn. “The Week Ahead, Dec 16 – 22, Dance.” The New York Times, December 16, 2007
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