Kirill Preobrazhenskiy
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Kirill Preobrazhenskiy is an Russian artist
, participant of Documenta 12
. Works mainly with video and installations.
With his video and installations Kirill researches theory of media, semiotics and pop-culture and its relation to everyday reality. Being personally interested and involved in social spheres, from techno-culture to contemporary forms of political protests, Kirill addresses abstract ideas as if they were material and can be expressed aesthetically.
One of the pioneers of video art
in Russia.
in 1992. Was a part of Out-Governmental Control Commission
Founded label VIDIOT. Now lectures in The Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia. Holds Cheremushki apartment gallery.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
, participant of Documenta 12
Documenta
documenta is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau which took place in Kassel at that time...
. Works mainly with video and installations.
With his video and installations Kirill researches theory of media, semiotics and pop-culture and its relation to everyday reality. Being personally interested and involved in social spheres, from techno-culture to contemporary forms of political protests, Kirill addresses abstract ideas as if they were material and can be expressed aesthetically.
One of the pioneers of video art
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
in Russia.
Biography
From 1990 to 1993 took part in activities of group Van Gogh TV, for example in project Piazza Virtuale, at documenta 8Documenta
documenta is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau which took place in Kassel at that time...
in 1992. Was a part of Out-Governmental Control Commission
Founded label VIDIOT. Now lectures in The Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia. Holds Cheremushki apartment gallery.
Selected exhibitions
- 1991 — «He» (with A. Belyaev). School Gallery, Moscow.
- 1992 — «He» (with A. Belyaev). Museum of Paleontology, Moscow.
- 1994 — «U-87» (with A. Belyaev). Regina Gallery, Moscow.
- 1994 — «Laboratory of frozen subsoil». Free Academy, Moscow
- 1997 — "Platinum century. Fancy-dress party" (with A. Belyaev), Center of contemporary art, Moscow.
- 2001 — «Subject and power. Lyrical voice», Art-Moscow, Moscow.
- 2003 — «Plan №9» (with A.Smirnsky), XL-gallery, Moscow
- 2006 — «Love songs» (with S.Glushkova), Paperworks Gallery, Moscow
- 2006 — «Re-action» (with Radek Community), Play-gallery for still and motion pictures, Berlin
- 2002/07/09 — «ISM I, II, III» («Incredible Strange Museum»), XL-gallery, Moscow; Central House of Artist, Moscow
- 2007 — «DocumentaDocumentadocumenta is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau which took place in Kassel at that time...
12», Kassel - 2007 - Ottobre. Uscita, Desiderio e Memoria, Artra, Milan
- 2008 - Industrial Lies, Dispari & Dispari Project, Reggio Emilia
- 2010 - Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear: About videoart in Russia, Futura, Prague