1962
born in Kostroma (Russia), lives and works in Berlin
1989
graduated from the Academy of Arts (Repin Institute), Department of Painting, Saint-Petersburg
1991
founds the "TUT-I-TAM" Group, begins to develop his concept of "inventorying". Numerates natural objects. Introduces the notion of "introspective action"
1992
makes water self-destructing installations, begins to develop the idea of "feathering"
1994
makes a series of wide-scale actions "The Feathering of Names Symbols". Intensively uses feathers, begins theoretical and laboratory investigations in the "organic way"
1997
develops the theory of "The Spiral-Driven Development of Colour"
2000-2004
expands his special vision of the pictorial space, connected with the figure and time on the basis of experiments and theoretic investigations of colour. Develops the idea of "Figurative-numerical painting"
2003
leaving for Berlin
2005
a member of the Union of Artists of Germany
2011
the “UNO” installation was nominated for the Kandinsky Prize, Project of a Year, Moscow
Solo shows (selected)
2012
Alexei Kostroma. Selected Works. NK Gallery, Antwerpen
Feathered Diary. Schleswig-Holstein-Haus, FilmKunstFest, Schwerin, Germany
Black Diary. Pecherskiy Gallery, Moscow
Keep Smile. German Embassy, Moscow
2011
Home Cosmic Lab, Matthew Bown Gallery, Berlin
2010
The Way to the Sign. Works from 1988-2010. Galerie Sandmann, Berlin
Feathered Chaos. Wilde Gallery, Berlin
2008
What a Nice Day. Galerie Sandmann, Berlin
“Speed of Falling”, multimedia installation, “Dolce Vita”, video. VII International
Month of Photography “Photobiennale-2008”, Zurab Gallery, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
2007
“Feathering the Bus Station”, installation, “Big Play”, performance. V Biennale of Contemporary Art in Shiryaevo, Russia
Fucking Dreams. Moscow International Festival “Fashion & Style in Photography”, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
2006
H5N1. Sweet Sleep. Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
RED. Mein Kampf. VI International Month of Photography in Moscow “Photobiennale-2006”, Yakut Gallery, Moscow
2004
Feel Yourself. Gallery Art Digital (GAD), Berlin
2002
The Fractal Geometry of Leaves. Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis Museum, Amsterdam
Smoke, Feather and Butterflies. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
2001
A Life 2000 Meters Long. Hair Chronicle. State Museum of Military History, Saint-Petersburg
2000
Organic Way. A Glance at the Sun. Harry Blom Gallery, Brussels
1999
Organic Way. Penguin Spiral. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
1998
Pinguingang. Galerie im Kornhaus, Kirchheim, Germany
1996
Feathering and Organica. Kuenstlertreff-Reihe 22 Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
1994
Feathering Exhibition. State Museum of the History of Saint-Petersburg
Group shows (selected)
2011
Beyond Express, Rizzordi Art Foundation, Saint-Petersburg
PROCHES, Docs en Seine, Paris
5th Kandinsky Prize, nominated for the “Project of a Year”, Central House of Artists, Moscow
Necessary Art, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Gorky Park
ARTHOUSE Squat Forum, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
Phantom Monuments, GARAGE Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2010
Sanatorium of Art. A Glance at the Sun installation. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
BRIC. Saatchi Gallery, London
2009
INVENTORY #2. Wilde Gallery, Berlin
New Old Cold War. 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Red October, Moscow
Not Toys!?. 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Art About Art. Ludwig Museum in State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
Krieg der Engel. Aktuelle Russische Kunst. Kunstverein "Talstrasse" e.V., Halle, Gemany
2008
INVENTORY #1. Wilde Gallery, Berlin
Russian Dreams… Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, USA
2007
Adventure of the Black Square. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
2006
BERLIN:TENDENZEN. La Capella, Barcelona
2005
Collage of the 20th Century. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
Free Will. Arena Berlin. M.A.I.S.VI. Berlin
2004
White Wood. Schloss and Gut Liebenberg, Germany
Na kurort! Russische Kunst heute, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
2003
Neutral Zone Flowers. Gallery in Parliament, Berlin
KO: MA – a Diary of a Life. Alexanderplatz-Bunker, Berlin
Directions. Inside – Outside. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Espoo Art Museum, Galleria Otso, Espoo, Finland
2002
Feathering Aggression. Liverpool Biennial, Basement IX, Liverpool, UK
Crystallization. Birth of a Snowflake, Rauma Biennale Balticum, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
1999
Organica: The Non-Objective World of Nature in the Russian Avant-Garde of the 20th Century, Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, Germany
1996
Metaphern des Entruecktseins: Aktuelle Kunst aus Sankt Petersburg, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
1999
Organic Way. Penguin Spiral. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
1998
Pinguingang. Galerie im Kornhaus, Kirchheim, Germany
1996
Feathering and Organica. Kuenstlertreff-Reihe 22 Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
Public collections:
State Hermitage, Saint-Petersburg
State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
State Museum of the History of Saint-Petersburg
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Moscow House of Photography Museum, Moscow
Auction Sales:
Sotheby's, London, 2007, 2008, 2009 (catalogues)
Phillips de Pury, London 2010 (catalogue)
Phillips de Pury, Moscow 2010 (catalogue)