Biography (Selected)  

Arsen Savadov  
   
1962
1986 		Born in Kyiv, Ukraine
Graduated from Kyiv Art Institute, Kyiv
Lives and works in Kyiv and New York, USA
 
Selected personal exhibitions
   
2020 Voices of Love, M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv
2018 Gulliver's dream, HG Contemporary Gallery, New York
Take Shelter. Karenina Gallery, Vienna
2017 Gulliver's dream, Art Ukraine Gallery, Kiev
2014 The Commedia Dell'arte In Crimea, Mironova Gallery, Kyiv
2012 Escape to Egypt, Collection gallery, Kiev
First-person, Pecherskiy Gallery (V-art gallery), Moscow
2007 Paintings. Daniyal Mahmood Gallery. New York
2005 Love Story. Galerie Orel Art Presenta, Paris
2003 Donbass-Chocolate. Galerie Orel Art Presenta, Paris
2002 Kokto. Marat Guelman Gallery, Kyiv
2001 Book of the Dead. Art Moscow Workshop, Central House of Artist, Moscow
1998 Deepinsider: Arsen Savadov (with Alexander Kharchenko), Soros Center for Contemporary Arts Gallery, Kyiv
1995 Arsen Savadov & Georgy Senchenko. House of Artist, Kyiv
Arsen Savadov. Chasie Post Gallery, Atlanta, USA
Keine dressur! (with Georgy Senchenko). Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
1994 Christmas Action (with Georgy Senchenko). Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
1992 The works of Savadov & Senchenko. Berman Gallery, New York, USA
1991 Arsen Savadov & Georgy Senchenko. Marat Guelman Gallery at Central House of Artists, Moscow
 
Selected group exhibitions
   
2020 Marat's Gift. Contemporary Art from Gelman's Collection, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2017 Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism, Saatchi Gallery, London
2016 Recycling Religion, WhiteBox, New York
2015 BALAGAN!!! Contemporary Art from the Former Soviet Union and Other Mythical Places, Curated by David Elliott, MOMENTUM, Berlin
2014 Volta 10, Basel
PREMONITION: UKRAINIAN ART NOW, Saatchi Gallery, London
2013 Sotheby’s, Modern and Contemporary Russian Art, London
ART KYIV Contemporary 2013, Art Arsenal, Kiev
Saatchi Gallery, Days of Ukraine in the United Kingdom, London
2012 ART KYIV Contemporary 2012, (presentation of project The Commedia Dell'arte In Crimea), Art Arsenal, Kiev
ARSENALE 2012, Art Arsenal, Kiev
2009 Sotheby's, Modern and Contemporary Russian Art, London
Groupe Exhibition, Galerie Orel Art Presenta, Paris
Sotheby's, Modern and Contemporary Russian Art, New York
2008 New Ukrainian painting, WHITE BOX, New York
Thaw: Russian Art From Glasnost to the Present, The Chelsea Art Museum, New York
2007 Reflection, PinchukArtCentre, Kiev
Believe, art-centre Winzavod, Moscow
Sotheby's, Modern and Contemporary Russian Art, London
2006 MacDougall's Russian Art Auction
2004 Trash Resources. Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA
Rauma Biennale Balticum 2004. Rauma Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
Les rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles. Arles , France
The Fifth International Photography Month in Moscow: Photobiennale 2004. Moscow
Fresh. Marat Guelman Gallery, Kyiv
Age of Romanticism. Ukrainian Artists' Union Gallery, Kyiv
2003 Neue Ansätze. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Moskau. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Art Moscow. VII International Art Fair. Central House of Artist, Moscow
Age of Romanticism. Palace of Arts, L'viv, Ukraine
First collection. Ukrainian Art. Ukrainian Artists' Union Gallery, Kyiv
Open the Curtain. Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Third International Festival: Fashion and Style in Photography. Moscow
2002 Art MoscowVI International Art Fair. Central House of Artist, Moscow
BIBIkov's Boulevard. Soviart Gallery, Kyiv
2001 The First Ukrainian Project. La 49 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Fresh Cream. Contemporary art in culture, London
go Europe. Museum fur Photografie, Kunsthalle im ARTmax, Braunschweig, Germany
Art Moscow. V International Art Fair. Central House of Artist, Moscow
For Fun. Museum of Cultural Heritage, Kyiv
Art against Geography. The State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2000 L‘Autre Moitie de l‘Europe. Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Intervals. National Fine Art Museum of Ukraine , Kyiv
Contemporary art from Ukraine. Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
1999 After the Wall. Moderna Museen, Stockholm
Looking for a Place. SITE Santa Fe's Third International Biennale, Santa-Fe, USA
Regards sur l'Ukraine. Passage de Retz Gallery, Paris
The Future is Now. Museum of contemporary art, Zagreb, Croatia
1998 White Dresses. Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, USA
Tree Penny Show. Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
Day in the Kufe. Gallery of the Center for Contemporary art at NaUKMA, Kyiv
The Second International Photography Month in Moscow: Photobiennale 1998. Moscow
InterMedia. Gallery of the Center for Contemporary art at NaUKMA, Kyiv
1997 Art Moscow. II International Art Fair. Central House of Artist, Moscow
1996 Manifesta-1. Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Next 5 Minutes: Tactile Media. Amsterdam, Netherlands
Commodity fetishism. Ukrainian House State Art Center, Kyiv
1995 OSTranenie. Studio Electronic Media Interpretation, Dessau, Germany
Wild Life. Center for Arts of California Art Museum, California, USA
New Russian Art from the Christian Keosee Collection. Chicago, USA
Videoform95. Clarmaunt Ferran, France
Barbaross. National Artists Union Gallery, Kyiv
1994 NewMediaTopia. Soros Center for Contemporary Art at Central House of Artists, Moscow
Expanse of the cultural revolution. Ukranian House Cultural Center, Kyiv
Free Zone. Odessa art museum, Odessa, Ukraine
V International Symposium on Electronic Art . Helsinki
Alchemical Surrender. Gallery of the Center for Contemporary art at NaUKMA, Kyiv
1993 The Steppes of Europe. Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Angels Over Ukraine . J&V Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain
Conversion. Marat Guelman Gallery at Central House of Artists, Moscow
Art-Myth. III International Art Fair. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
Post Anesthesia. Grassi Museum, Munich, Germany
1992 Dialogue with Kyiv. Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
Calm. Ukrainian Artists' Union Gallery, Kyiv
1991 Aesthetic Exercises. Estate Kuskovo Museum, Moscow
Art-Myth. II International Art Fair. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1990 Young Art from Ukraine. House of Soviet Science and Culture, Budapest
1989 Republican Exhibition of Young Artist. House of Artist, Kyiv
Youth of the Country. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1988 Art contemporain soviétique. ARCO, Madrid, Spain
1987 Art contemporain soviétique. FIAC, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Youth of the Country. Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
   

Art Auctions


Sotheby's, Contemporary East, 2016
Sotheby's, Russian Pictures, 2015
Sotheby's, Modern and Contemporary Russian Art, London, 2014
Sotheby’s, Modern and Contemporary Russian Art, London, 2013
Sotheby's, Modern and Contemporary Russian Art, London, 2009
Sotheby's, Modern and Contemporary Russian Art, New York, 2009
Phillips De Pury, Contemporary Art Day Sale, 2009
Phillips De Pury, Contemporary Art Day, 2011
MacDougall's Russian Art Auction, 2006

Museums

Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, France
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
The Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia (Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia)
PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine
Modern Art Museum, Kiev, Ukraine
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway

Collections

Stephane Janssen Collection, USA
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Pierre Broche Collection, Paris-Moscow
Collection Igor Markin, Moscow, Russia
Pinchuk Art Center Collection, Kiev, Ukraine
Phillips De Pury Collection
Bernar Loze Collection (Paris, France)
Norton Dodge Collection (New Jersey, USA)
Sir Elton John Collection (London)
Natalia Ivanova Collection (Moscow, Russia)