Olga Chernysheva
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Olga Chernysheva is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Moscow. Her work spans film, photography, drawing and object-based mediums, where she draws on quotidian moments and marginal spaces from everyday life as a way of exploring the increasing fragmentation of master narratives in contemporary Russian culture.
She holds a BA from the Moscow Cinema Academy, Moscow and an MA from the Rijksakademie
Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, including Museum of Modern Art
, New York; Lunds Konsthall, Sweden; Moscow Biennale
for Contemporary Art; Biennale of Museum Folkwang, Essen, Kunsthalle Hamburg
, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Her work is held in major collections worldwide, including Museum of Modern Art
, New York; Luis Vuitton Foundation for Creation, Paris; Russian Museum
, St. Petersburg; Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow; Nasher Museum of Art
, Duke University
; Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst
, Aachen, Germany; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo; NBK, Berlin, Germany; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Moscow Museum of Modern Art
. She is represented by Foxy Production
in New York.
Amir, Yaelle. "Olga Chernysheva", ArtUS 19, Summer 2007: 23.
Andreeva, Ekaterina. "Our Time According to Olga Chernysheva", The Happiness Zone, 2004: 17-23.
Degot, Ekaterina. "Inhabitants: A Conversation with Olga Chernysheva", World Art Museum, No. 26, 20 January 2007: 92-93, 116-119.
Groys, Boris. "The Time Closure", The Happiness Zone, 2004: 7-15.
Groys, Boris. "Documenting everyday art", Olga Chernysheva: Works 2000-2008, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin and Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow, 2009.
Rudick, Nicole. “Olga Chernysheva”, Artforum.com, Picks, 3 April 2007.
She holds a BA from the Moscow Cinema Academy, Moscow and an MA from the Rijksakademie
Rijksakademie
The Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten is a two-year residency for visual artists, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Funded by the Dutch government, residents are granted a stipend and are allotted a personal studio in the former military barracks building in which the Rijksakademie is housed...
Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, including Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, New York; Lunds Konsthall, Sweden; Moscow Biennale
Moscow Biennale
The Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art is one of the most important Russian cultural events and was founded in 2003.- First Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art :...
for Contemporary Art; Biennale of Museum Folkwang, Essen, Kunsthalle Hamburg
Kunsthalle Hamburg
The Hamburger Kunsthalle is an art museum in Hamburg, Germany. The art museum focuses on painting in Hamburg in the 14th century, paintings by Dutch and Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, French and German paintings of the 19th century, modern, and contemporary art...
, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Her work is held in major collections worldwide, including Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, New York; Luis Vuitton Foundation for Creation, Paris; Russian Museum
Russian Museum
The State Russian Museum is the largest depository of Russian fine art in St Petersburg....
, St. Petersburg; Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow; Nasher Museum of Art
Nasher Museum of Art
The Nasher Museum of Art is the art museum of Duke University, and is located on Duke's campus in Durham, North Carolina, USA. The $24 million museum was designed by architect Rafael Viñoly and opened on October 2, 2005...
, Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
; Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst
The Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst is a museum of modern art in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in a former industrial building that was once an umbrella factory , designed in Bauhaus style and built in 1928.The museum contains exemplary major works of American pop art...
, Aachen, Germany; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo; NBK, Berlin, Germany; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Moscow, Russia. It was opened to public in December 1999. The project of the Museum was initiated and executed by Zurab Tsereteli, president of the Russian Academy of Arts....
. She is represented by Foxy Production
Foxy Production
Foxy Production is a New York art gallery founded by Michael Gillespe and John Thomson.Foxy Production inaugurated its gallery program in January 2003 after completing a series of curated exchange projects between London and New York. The gallery opened in Brooklyn and then moved to Manhattan in...
in New York.
Selected bibliography
Abensour, Dominique. "Olga Chernysheva", De Moscou, 2002: 12-21.Amir, Yaelle. "Olga Chernysheva", ArtUS 19, Summer 2007: 23.
Andreeva, Ekaterina. "Our Time According to Olga Chernysheva", The Happiness Zone, 2004: 17-23.
Degot, Ekaterina. "Inhabitants: A Conversation with Olga Chernysheva", World Art Museum, No. 26, 20 January 2007: 92-93, 116-119.
Groys, Boris. "The Time Closure", The Happiness Zone, 2004: 7-15.
Groys, Boris. "Documenting everyday art", Olga Chernysheva: Works 2000-2008, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin and Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow, 2009.
Rudick, Nicole. “Olga Chernysheva”, Artforum.com, Picks, 3 April 2007.