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Leonid Sokov Biography
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1941 |
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Born in the village of Mikhalevo, Kalinin (now Tver)
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1956 - 1961 |
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Studied at the secondary art school, Moscow
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1964 - 1969 |
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Studied at Moscow School of Art and Industry (former
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1979 |
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Lives and works in New York, USA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Leonid Sokov, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
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2008 - 2009
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Total Enlightment. Moscow Conceptual Art 1960 – 1990, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany Fundation Juan March, Madrid, Spain (catalog)
Russian Povera.An exhibition of contemporary art, River Station Hall,Perm, Russia
'Red October', (3-th Moscow Biennale), Moscow,Russia
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2008
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Memoria- Casting a Gaze, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Japan
THIS OBSCURE OBJECT OF ART,Stella Art Foundation,Collection of Contemporary Russian Art at the Kunsthistorische Museum,Vienna, Austia
THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF ART, from Stella Art Foundation,Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Venice, Italy (as part of the 53-rd Venice Biennale)
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2007
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Sots Art, Tretykov Gallery, Moscow, Russia(2-nd Moscow Biennale), Moscow,Russia
Sots Art, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
ATTITUDE The House of Human Beings Authentically Blessed Jubilance, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Japan
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2006
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Territories of Terror, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston,Massachusetts, USA
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2005 - 2006
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA(catalogue)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain(catalogue)
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2005
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Shadow Play, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany;
Landesgalerie Linz, Austria
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2005
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Leonid Sokov, Sculptures Paintings Installations Drawing, Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, Modena, Italy (catalogue) (solo)
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2004
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Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea (catalogue)
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2003 - 2004
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Berlin Moscow / Moscow Berlin
Moskau Depaum, Martin Gropius Bau,Berlin, Germany
Stootliches Histte Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia
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2002 - 2004
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Soviet and Post-Soviet Sots-Art and American Pop Art Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA (catalogue)
Malevich and Film, Fundacion "La Caixa", Madrid, Spain
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2001
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The Shadows of Twentieth Century Sculptures, Russian Pavilion, 49 Venice Biennale (catalogue)(solo)
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1994 - 1998
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, US
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1995
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Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea (catalogue)
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1995
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Farsettiarte, Prato, Italy (catalogue)(solo)
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1994
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Berman Gallery, New York, USA (catalogue) (solo)
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1992
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Berman Gallery, New York, USA (catalogue)(solo)
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1991
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Soviet Contemporary Arts, From the Thaw to Perestroika,Setagaya Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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1990
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Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York, USA (catalogue)
Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
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1989 - 1990
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Transit: Russian Artist between the East and West, Fine Art Museum of Long Island, NY, USA, Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, Central Exhibition Hall, Krymskiy Val, Moscow, Russia
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1988
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Trabia-MacAfee Gallery, New York, USA(solo)
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1987
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Glasnost, Zues-Trabia Gallery, New York, USA(solo)
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1986 - 1987
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Sots Art, New Museum, New York, USA (catalogue) travelling exhibit
Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, USA, Gallery Starford, Ontario, Canada, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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1986
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Exit Art, Group Show, New York, USA
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1986
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Semaphore Gallery, New York, USA
Zues-Trabia Gallery, New York, USA (catalogue)(solo)
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1985
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Storefront Gallery, New York, USA(solo)
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1983
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Storefront Gallery, New York, USA(solo)
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1982
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Russian Samizdat Art, Franklin Furnace Gallery,New York, USA
Allen Stone Gallery, New York, USA
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1979
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7 Begovaya, Moscow, USSR (solo)
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1977
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La nuova arte sovietica, una prospettiva non ufficiale (New Soviet Art, an Unofficial Perspective), Venice Biennale, Italy
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1976
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Unofficial exhibition in Leonid Sokov's studio, Moscow, USSR
In de USSR en erbuiten, Stedelik Museum, Amsterdam,Holland
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Duke University Museum of Art, North Carolina, USA
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Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading,Pennsylvania, USA
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Art Gallery of the Ripon College, Ripon Wisconsin,USA
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Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Japan
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
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National Gallery of Australia, Sydney, Australia
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Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia
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Tretykov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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Russian Museum , St Petersburg, Russia
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Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers State
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University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
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Cremona Foundation, Maryland, USA
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