Vadim zakharov biography definition

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Vadim Zakharov was born in UdSSR in 1959. He is an artist, editor, archivist of the Moscow Conceptual art scene, collector. Since 1979 he has participated in exhibitions of unofficial art and collaborated with such artists as: V. Skersis, S. Anufriev, I. Chuikov, A. Monastyrski, Y. Leiderman. His retrospective was held at the Tretyakov Gallery in 2006. He represented Russia at the Venice Biennale in 2013 with the project “DANAE”. Since 2016 he organized exhibition space “FREEHOME-Artist to Artist” in Berlin. He lives and works in Berlin

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BIENNALE:

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–  “Scream…Scream.. Sing”, Bangkok Biennale, 2022

–  14 Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, 2021

–  “2014. Space Odyssey”, CAFAM Biennale, Beijing, 2014

–  3rd Biennale of Bahia, Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, 2014

–  5th Moscow Biennale, Vadim Zakharov, “Dead Languages 

    Dance. Fall collection”, TSUM, 2013

–  55th Venice Biennale, Vadim Zakharov, “Danaë”, 

    Russian Pavilion, 2013

–  1st Thessaloniki Biennale, “Black Birds” installation,

    Museum of Byzantine Culture, 2007

–  49 Venice Biennale, “Plateau of Humankind”, Arsenal, 2001

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HONORS and AWARDS

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–KAISERRING 2023 (with Yuri Albert)

– Kandinsky Prize - Best Work of Year 2009, Moscow

– Joseph Brodsky Memorial Fellowship Fund,

   American Academy in Rome, 2007

– Best Work of Visual Art 2006, Contemporary Visual

   Art Award “Innovation”, Moscow

– Soratnik price, Moscow, 2006

– A.Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Stiftung,

   Katalogförderung, 1995

– Griffelkunst-Preis, Hamburg, 1995

– Renta-Preis 1995, Kunsthalle Nürnberg

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PUBLIC PROJECT

Adorno Monument. Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz, 

Frankfurt am Main, 2003