Aljoscha (; 1974 in

Hlukhiv Hlukhiv ( uk, Глу́хів, ) or Glukhov (russian: Глухов, translit=Glukhov) is a small historic town on the Esman River. It is a city of regional significance in the Sumy region of Ukraine. Hlukhiv is administratively incorporated as ...

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

, now

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

), born Oleksii Potupin (), is a Ukrainian visual artist known for conceptual installations and sculptures based on ideas of bioism, biofuturism and

bioethical Bioethics is both a field of study and professional practice, interested in ethical issues related to health (primarily focused on the human, but also increasingly includes animal ethics), including those emerging from advances in biology, m ...

abolitionism.

Prizes

* 2008 1. Prize in sculpture, XXXV Premio Bancaja

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

, Spain. * 2009 Art prize "Schlosspark 2009",

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

, Germany.

Selected solo exhibitions

* 2021 :"Vivimos el mejor de los tiempos. Estamos comenzando a construir el Paraíso" (Madrid, Spain) :"Puedo-alimentar-a-los-monos-de-gibraltar"(Madrid, Spain) :"Bioethische Abweichung als Grundprinzip der Paradiesgestaltung“, Johanneskirche, Düsseldorf, Germany * 2020 :"Paradise Engineering Is an Epiphany of New Bioethics", MZKM at LAGA 2020,

Kamp-Lintfort Kamp-Lintfort () is a town in Wesel District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north-west of Moers. Notable people * Adolf Storms (1919–2010), member of the Waffen-SS and war criminal *Werner Fuchs (1927–2005), painter *Bri ...

, Germany :"Miraculous Draught", St. John the Divine, New York, USA :"Durchbruch des Seins in den unbegrenzten Freiraum der Möglichkeiten", Galerie Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany * 2019 :"Bioethische Funktionslust", Galerie von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart, Germany :"Bioethical Aberrations", Städtische Galerie Sohle 1,

Bergkamen Bergkamen (; Westphalian: ''Biärgkoamen'') is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated south of the river Lippe, approx. north-east of Dortmund and south-west of Hamm. Bergkamen, a fairly new town in ...

, Germany :"Our philosophy determined by biological information processing principles", Marienkirche, Ortenberg, Germany :"Panspermia and Cosmic Ancestry", KWS and Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Einbeck, Germany :"Geschwindigkeitsbeschleunigung der Evolution", Galerie Maximilian Hutz,

Lustenau Lustenau (; gsw, Luschnou) is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg in the district of Dornbirn. It lies on the river Rhine, which forms the border with Switzerland. Lustenau is Vorarlberg's fourth largest town. Geography Lust ...

, Austria :"Alterocentric Eudaimonia", Kunststation St. Peter,

, Germany :"Urpflanze", Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf, Germany :"Modelle der nie dagewesenen Arten", Kunstverein

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. * 2018 :"Peak Experience", Beck & Eggeling Gallery,

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. :"Panspermia", Anna Nova Gallery,

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

. :"So long as the mind keeps silent in the motionless world of its hopes, everything is reflected and arranged in the unity of its nostalgia. But with its first move this world cracks and tumbles: an infinite number of shimmering fragments is offered to the understanding. А. Camus", Futuro Gallery & Anna Nova Gallery, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. * 2017 :"A Biology of Happiness", Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria. :"The Hedonotropic Force", Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Germany :"Know Thyself", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Mykonos, Greece :"The Gates of the Sun and The Land of Dreams"

Schloss Benrath Schloss Benrath (Benrath Palace) is a Baroque-style ''maison de plaisance'' (pleasure palace) in Benrath, which is now a borough of Düsseldorf. It was erected for the Elector Palatine Charles Theodor and his wife, Countess Palatine Elisabeth ...

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...

. :"The Gates of the Sun and The Land of Dreams", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany. :"A Notion Of Cosmic Teleology", Sala Santa Rita,

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. :"Early Earth Was Purple", Ural Vision Gallery,

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

, Hungary. * 2016 :"Iconoclasm and Bioism", Julia Ritterskamp,

, Germany :"Auratic Objects", Donopoulos International Fine Arts,

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

, Greece. :"From Homo Faber to Homo Creator", Gallery Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany. :"Lotophagie", Gallery Anna Nova,

, Russia. :"Archaeen", Gallery Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany. :"Bioethics", Gallery Y,

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, Belarus. * 2015 :"Paradise Engineering", Flora, Cologne, Germany. :"Hadaikum", Gallery Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany. :"Animism and Bioism", National Museum of Natural History,

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and h ...

, Bulgaria. :"Funiculus umbilicalis", St. Petri, Dortmund, Germany. :"Synthetic , Elysium", Daab Salon, Cologne, Germany. * 2014 :"Bioism", Erarata Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. : "Lotuseffekt", Goethe Institut, Sofia, Bulgaria. * 2013 :"We love you stars. May you adore us", Galerie Claudia Junig, Cologne, Germany. :"Der ca. 20 Lichtjahre große Nebel enthält Staubsäulen, die bis zu 9,5 Lichtjahre lang sind und an deren Spitze sich neue Sterne befinden", Raum e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany. :"Daidaleia – the presence of fabulous edifices", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece. * 2012 :"Sensorial Panopticum", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany. :"Abiogenesis", Kunstraum d-52, Düsseldorf, Germany. * 2011 :"Objekt als Wesen", Kunstverein APEX,

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911. General information The ori ...

, Germany. :"Bioism Involved", Kunstgarten Graz, Austria. * 2010 :"The children of Daedalus", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece. :"Living architectures", Beck & Eggeling Gallery in cooperation with Henn Gallery,

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, Germany. :"Bioism aims to spread new and endless forms of life throughout the universe", ARTUNITED,

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

, Austria. * 2009 :"Biofuturism", Krefelder Kunstverein,

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...

, Germany. :"Bioism", Museo di Palazzo Poggi,

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 1 ...

, Italy. * 2008 :"Objects – Drawings – Paintings", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Notes

External links

Website of the artist Aljoscha

Artsy: Aljoscha

Aljoscha: Germinating New Art

Aljoscha biography.

Salve-magazine.de: Aljoscha

Annanova-gallery.ru/en: Aljoscha

Creativemindclass.com: Aljoscha Interview
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