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Zoya Frolova Biography
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1953 |
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Born Kharkov, Ukraine
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Bachelors of Fine Arts from Kharkov Art Institute, Ukraine
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1978 |
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Young Painters, Academy of Arts, Leningrad, USSR
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1978 - 1980 |
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Young Ukrainian Artists, Central Exhibition Hall, Kiev
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1982 |
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Grant from the Artists Union of USSR
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1984 |
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Awarded First Prize International Competition of Young Painters, Sophia, Bulgaria
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1984 |
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Moved to Riga, Latvia
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1984 |
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First Prize, International Competition of Young Painter, Sofia, Bulgaria
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1985 |
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Awarded Grand Prix at the Eighth International Biennial, Koshice, Czechoslovakia
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1990 |
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Relocated to the United States
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Lives and works in New Jersey and Riga, Latvia
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Pulse of Quietude, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US (solo)
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2010
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Light Alone, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US (solo)
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2010
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The Museum of Russian Art, NJ, US
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2009
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Light Alone, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
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2008
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Country of Two, the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (solo)
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2007
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Life of Still Life, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine (solo)
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2007
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Life of Still Life, Franklin Bowles Galleries, New York, NY, US (solo)
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2006
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Games, Franklin Bowles Galleries, New York, NY, US (solo)
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2006
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New Old Masters, Art from USA, National Museum, Gdansk, Poland
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2004
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Wind Scenes, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA, US (solo)
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2004
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Portraits, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
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2003
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Sights and Sounds from the Land of Amber, Scandinavian House, New York, US (solo)
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2003
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Femiminity’s Redress, Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts, New York, NY, US
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2003
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Flow of Contradictions, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
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2003
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Sights and Sounds from the Land of Amber, Scandinavian House, New York, US
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2001
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The Art of the Baltics under the Soviets, The Norton & Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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2001
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Peeling Potatoes, Painting Pictures: Women Artists in Post-Soviet Russia, Estonia and Latvia
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2001
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The First Decade, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, US
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2001
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Sense of Wonder, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2000
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Installation of two monumental paintings, Ad Infinitum IE and AD Gloriam, permanent collection of Swire Group, Oxford House, Taikoo place, Hong Kong, China (solo)
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1999
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Tempus Sans, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US (solo)
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1999
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Nudes, Mimi Ferzt Gallery New York, NY, US
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1998
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International Hand Print Workshop, Gallery K Washington, D.C.
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1998
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New Renaissance from New York, Group 2 Gallery Brussels, DE
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1998
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Zoya Frolova & Janis Jokobson, European Parliament, Générale de Banque Brussels, Germany
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1998
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Banque Generale, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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1997
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International Print Exhibition, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR, US
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1997
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Aeterna Historia, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US (solo)
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1997
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Celebrating the Still Life, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
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1996
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Moscow Studio, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, US
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1996
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Transition: East/West, Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, US
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1996
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Women Painting Women, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
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1995
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The Imaginary Way to Reality, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, (solo)
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1995
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New Prints from Moscow, The American Center, Ekaterinburg, Russia
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1995
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The Moscow Studio, Exhibition and Lecture, Hood College, Frederick, MD, Ohio Muskingum College, New Concord, OH, US
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1995
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One World, Many Visions: Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT
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1995
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Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, FL
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1995
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Art Reality, Manege Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg
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1994
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Out of Moscow, The American Center, Moscow, Russia
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1994
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Borghi & Co. Gallery, New York
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1994
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International Art Exposition, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, US
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1994
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Ascending Angels, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, US
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1993 - 1994
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Latvian Painters of the Twentieth Century, Celebration of Latvian
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1993 - 1994
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Independence, Paris, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, France
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1993
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Riga's Gallery, Riga, Latvia (solo)
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1991
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Z.A.N., Gallerie Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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1991
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Present Tense, Spring Art Gallery, East Hampton, New York, US
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1990
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Fifty Years of Soviet Art, Metropolitan Cultural Centre, Madrid, Barcelona
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1990
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Granovsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1990
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Three Artists, Ab Origin, Forum Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
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1990
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Soviet and Russian Art, China Club, Hong Kong, China
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1989
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Blasieholmens Konsst Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
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1989
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Arts Gallery, New York, San Francisco, CA, Beverly Hills, CA
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1989
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Exhibition of Soviet Artist, Helsinki, Finland
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1989
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Contemporary Soviet Painters from Riga, Latvia, Eduard Nakhamkin Fine
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1988
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Incident IV, Jana Seta, Riga, Latvia
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1988
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The National East Slovak Gallery, Koshice (Kosice), Czechoslovakia (solo)
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1987
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Incident III, Theatre Museum, Riga, Latvia
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1987
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Painters from USSR and Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
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1986
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Autumn ’86, Central Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia
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1986
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Incident II, Anglican Church, Riga, Latvia
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1986
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Let Me Introduce Myself, Zinibu Nams Exhibition Hall, Riga, Latvia (solo)
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1985
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International Exhibition of Young Artists, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
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1985
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Incident I, House of Poligraphist, Riga, Latvia
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1984
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International Exhibition of Landscapes, Central Exhibition Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
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1984
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My Contemporaries, All Union Exhibition, Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
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1984
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Russian and Soviet Art: Traditions and Contemporaries, Centre Pompidou, Paris
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1984
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Exhibition of Portraits, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
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1982
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Exhibition of Soviet Art, Havana, Cuba
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1982
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All Union Art Exhibition, Manezh Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
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1981
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National Exhibition of Young Artists, Central Exhibition Hall, Tashkent, USSR
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Collection of the President of Latvia, Riga
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Mission to the United Nations, Republic of Latvia, New York, NY, USA
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Swire Group, Hong Kong, China
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Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
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Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC, USA
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National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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Slavic National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
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The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
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Ministry of Culture, Moscow, Russia
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Ministry of Culture, Kiev, Ukraine
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| Literature |
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2011
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Edited by Mark D. Steinberg and Valeria Sobol. Interpreting Emotions in Russia and Eastern Europe. DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press
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2009
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Edited by Serguei Oushakine and Elena Trubina, Travma: Punkty (Trauma:Points), Moscow: Novoe literaturnoe obozrenie
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2009
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Serguei Alex. Oushakine, The Patriotism of Despair Nation, War, and Loss in Russia, London: Cornell University Press
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2008
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Karen Robert, Merry Christmas from...150 Christmas Cards you wish You’d Received, New York: Harper Collins Publishers
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2008
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Burzinska, Irena, Zoya Frolova, and Janis Jakobson. Country of Two. Latvia: Latvia National Museum of Art
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2007
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Catalogue of the exhibition, Life of Still Life. Zoya Frolova. National Art Museum of Ukraine
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2006
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Essay by Donald Kuspit, New Old Masters, Curator: Donald Kuspit, Gdansk: National Museum in Gdansk, Poland
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2006
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Frolova Zoya, Donald B. Kuspit, and Leslie Lund. Zoya Frolova: Games. New York: Franklin Bowles Galleries
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2004
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Essay by Donald Kuspit, Wind Scene. Zoya Frolova. San Francisco, CA: Weinstein Gallery
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2003
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Peter Moss, Building Excitement, Hong Kong Swire Properties Limited
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2002
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Alla Rothenfeld and Norton T. Dodge general editors, Art of the Baltics. The Straggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression Under the Soviets, 1945-1991, NJ : The Dodge Soviet Nonconformist Art Publication Series Copublished by the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum And Rutgers University Press
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2001
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Baigell, Renee, and Matthew Baigell. Peeling Potatoes, Painting Pictures: Women Artists in Post-Soviet Russia, Estonia, and Latvia : the First Decade. New Brunswick, NJ: Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum and Rutgers UP
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2001
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Kuspit, Donald B. Zoya Frolova: Sense of Wonder. New York: Mimi Ferzt Gallery
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1999
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Isaak, Jo Anna. Zoya Frolova: Tempus Sans. New York: Mimi Ferzt Gallery,
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1995
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Catalogue of the exhibition, The Imaginary Way to Reality. Zoya Frolova and Janis Jakobson, Latvia: Publishing House “Jana Seta”
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1990
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Essay by Neeli Cherkovski, Zoya Frolova, Basel, Switzerland: Z.A.N Galerie
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