Arsen Savadov is a

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photographer and

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n descent. Participant of the

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Biography

Arsen Savadov was born in 1962 in Kiev, to the family of Vladimir Savadov, a book illustrator, originally from

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. He studied painting at the

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. A graduate of the Kiev Art Institute, Savadov lives and works in Kyiv.

Selected personal exhibitions

* 2017 – Gulliver's dream, Art Ukraine Gallery,

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* 2012 – Escape to Egypt, Collection gallery,

* 2012 – 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,

* 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,

* 1995 — Arsen Savadov & Georgy Senchenko. House of Artist,

* 1995 — Arsen Savadov. Chasie Post Gallery, Atlanta, USA * 1995 — (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,

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* 1991 — Arsen Savadov & Georgy Senchenko. Marat Guelman Gallery at Central House of Artists, Moscow

Selected group exhibitions

* 2017 — Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism,

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* 2016 — Recycling Religion, WhiteBox,

* 2015 — BALAGAN!!! Contemporary Art from the Former Soviet Union and Other Mythical Places, Curated by David Elliott, MOMENTUM,

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* 2014 — Volta 10, Basel * 2014 — PREMONITION: UKRAINIAN ART NOW,

* 2013 — Days of Ukraine in the United Kingdom,

* 2012 — Apocalypse and Renaissance in Chocolate House, branch of the National Museum "Kiyv Art Gallery,"

Kiyv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. Curated by Oleg Kulik and

Kostyantyn Doroshenko Kostіantyn Doroshenko, ''Kostyantyn'' ( uk, Костянтин Володимирович Дорошенко; born 29 October 1972, in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukraine Art critic, publicist, contemporary art curator, media manager, radio host. Dorosh ...

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, Kyiv, Ukraine * Modern Art Museum, Kyiv, 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, Kyiv, 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)

References

Living people 1962 births Ukrainian people of Armenian descent Shevchenko State Art School alumni Ukrainian photographers {{Europe-artist-stub