Taus Makhacheva (russian: link=no, Таус Османовна Махачева, born August 14, 1983) is a contemporary artist from Russia. She creates works that explore the restless connections between historical narratives and fictions of cultural authenticity. Often humorous, her art considers the resilience of images, objects and bodies emerging out of stories and personal experiences. Her methodology involves reworking of materials, landscapes and monuments, pushing against walls, opening up ceilings and proliferating institutional spaces with a cacophony of voices.
Family
Grandfather:
Rasul Gamzatov
Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov ( av, ХӀамзатазул Расул ХӀамзатил вас, Ħamzatil Rasul Ħamzatil vas, ; russian: Расу́л Гамза́тович Гамза́тов, p=rɐˈsul ɡɐmˈzatəvʲɪtɕ ɡɐmˈzatəf, a=Rasu ...
- avar poet, prose writer, publicist, Soviet and Russian public and political figure, translator, the Laureate Stalin and Lenin Prizes, People's Poet of Dagestan ASSR, Hero of Socialist Labor (1923-2003).
Grandmother
Patimat Gamzatova- Head of the Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts (1964-2000).
Mother
Patimat Gamzatova- art historian, Сorresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Honored Culture Worker of Dagestan Republic.
Father
Osman Makhachev - Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation.
Education
* 2011-2013 – MA Fine Art,
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...
, London
* 2008-2009 – New Strategies in Contemporary Art,
The Institute of Contemporary Art Institute of Contemporary Art(s) or Institute for Contemporary Art may refer to:
United States
''Alphabetical by state''
* Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
* Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California, in San Die ...
, Moscow
* 2003-2007 – BA (Hons) Fine Art (Studio Practice & Contemporary Critical Studies),
Goldsmiths College
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, University of London, London
* 2002-2003 – Foundation Diploma in Photography,
London College of Communication
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, London
* 2000-2005
Russian State University for the Humanities
The Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH, RGGU; russian: Росси́йский госуда́рственный гуманита́рный университе́т, РГГУ, translit=Rossijskij gosudarstvennyj gumanitarnyj universit ...
, World Economy, Moscow
Selected collections
*
Art Gallery of Ontario
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, Ontario
*
Centre Pompidou
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, Paris
*
(GfZK) Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
* Gazprombank, Moscow
*
Kadist Art Foundation
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, Paris, San Francisco
*
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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, Los Angeles
*
Louis Vuitton Foundation
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, Paris
*
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
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, Moscow
*
Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
, Antwerp
*
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts
The Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts (french: Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA) is an art museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Collection
The museum was created by private initiative in 1841, with funds provided by the artist Marc-Louis Arlaud, who ...
, Lausanne
*
National Centre for Contemporary Arts
The National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA) (russian: Государственный центр современного искусства) in Moscow, Russia, is a museum, exhibition and research organization which primarily aims its efforts ...
, Moscow
*
Pushkin Museum
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (russian: Музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина, abbreviated as ) is the largest museum of European art in Moscow, located in Volkhonka street, just oppo ...
, Moscow
*
P. S. Gamzatova Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts P. is an abbreviation or acronym that may refer to:
* Page (paper), where the abbreviation comes from Latin ''pagina''
* Paris Herbarium, at the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle''
* ''Pani'' (Polish), translating as Mrs.
* The ''Pacific Repo ...
, Makhachkala
*
Sharjah Art Foundation
The Sharjah Art Foundation ( ar, مؤسسة الشارقة للفنون) is a contemporary art and cultural foundation based in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, founded in 2009 by Hoor Al Qasimi, daughter of Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, a me ...
, Sharjah
*
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is an art gallery located in London. It houses the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art, and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is ...
, London
*
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...
, Moscow
*
Uppsala Konstmuseum Uppsala
*
Van Abbemuseum
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, Eindhoven
*
Vehbi Koç Foundation
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, Istanbul
* Videoinsight Foundation, Turin
*
YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Baku
Prizes
* 2021 Kandinsky Prize, Media Art, shortlisted, Moscow
* 2021 Art Here 2021 Richard Mille Art Prize. Memory, Time, Territory, Abu Dhabi Louvre, shortlisted, Abu Dhabi
* 2019 Future Generation Art Prize, shortlisted, Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Kyiv
* 2018 Cosmoscow 2018, Artist of the Year, Cosmoscow Foundation for Contemporary Art, winner, Moscow
* 2016 Kandinsky Prize, Young Artist, Project of the year, winner, Moscow (as Super Taus)
* 2015 VI Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art Prize, winner, Moscow
* 2013 Future of Europe, winner, (GfZK) Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
* 2013 Innovation Prize, Regional Project, shortlisted, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
* 2012 Innovation Prize, New Generation, winner, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow
* 2011 Kandinsky Prize, Media Art, shortlisted, Moscow
Selected solo exhibitions
2022
Space of Celebration, curated by Lucas Morin, Nora Razian, Jameel Arts Center, Dubai
2021
It’s Possible to Raise the Ceiling a Bit, curated by Hanne Hagenaars, Fries Museum, Friesland
2020
4`224,92 cm’2 of Degas, сurated by Nicole Schweizer,
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts
The Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts (french: Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, MCBA) is an art museum in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Collection
The museum was created by private initiative in 1841, with funds provided by the artist Marc-Louis Arlaud, who ...
, Lausanne
Hold Your Horses, curated by Helen Watson and Melissa Burntown,
The Tetley
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, Leeds
Sturdy Black Shoes, curated by Edit Molnar and Marcel Schwierin, Edit Russ Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg
2019
Superhero Sighting Society, conceived by Sabih Ahmed and Taus Makhacheva,
KADIST
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Foundation, Paris
Charivari, curated by Suad Garayeva-Maleki,
Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku
D’une pierre, une montagne, curated by Nicolas Audureau, LE CAP - Centre d'arts plastiques de Saint-Fons, Saint-Fons
The Strong Ones, curated by Lýdia Pribišová, Hit Gallery, Bratislava
2018
Storeroom, curated by Christiane Berndes,
Van Abbemuseum
The Van Abbemuseum () is a museum of modern and contemporary art in central Eindhoven, Netherlands, on the east bank of the Dommel River. Established in 1936, the museum is named after its founder, Henri van Abbe, who loved modern art and wanted ...
, Eindhoven
BaidÀ, narrative projects, London
Baida, Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, the Gemma, Amsterdam
Tightrope, curated by Rebecka Wigh Abrahamsson, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala
2017
Cloud Caught on a Mountain, curated by Alexey Maslyaev,
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Moscow, Russia. It was opened to public in December 1999. The project of the museum was initiated and executed by Zurab Tsereteli, president of the Russian Aca ...
, Moscow
Second World, Third Attempt, Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai
2015
Vababai Vadadai!, narrative projects, London
(In)sidenotes, curated by Rebecka Wigh Abrahamsson, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala
2014
Dagestan. Not for sale, curated by Alexey Maslyaev, artSumer, Istanbul
A Walk, A Dance, A Ritual, curated by Ilina Koralova, (GfZK) Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
2013
What? Whose? Why?, curated by Daria Kirsanova, Raf Projects, Tehran
Story Demands to be Continued, curated by Alexey Maslyaev, Republic of Dagestan Union of Artists Exhibition Hall, Makhachkala
On Historical Ideals of Labour in the Country that Conquered Space, curated by Carlos Noronha Feio, The Mews Project Space, London
The Process or Instance of Breaking Open, curated by Emmeli Person and Maria Kotlyachkova, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar
2012
City States, Topography of Masculinity, curated by Irina Stark and Kelly Klifa, the 7th Liverpool Biennial, LJMU Copperas Hill Building, Liverpool
Let Me Be Part of A Narrative, curated by Alexey Maslyaev, Paperworks Gallery, Winzavod, Moscow
2011
Affirmative Action (mimesis), curated by Marco Scotini, Laura Bulian Gallery, Milan
2010
Affirmative Actions, curated by Alexey Maslyaev, Panopticon Inutero, Moscow
2009
A Space of Celebration, Pervaya Gallery, Makhachkala, Dagestan
Selected group exhibitions
2022
In the heart of another country, curated by Dr Omar Kholeif, Contemporary Art of Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg
I'm Stepping High, I'm Drifting, and There I Go Leaping, curated by Weng Xiaoyu, Xiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Shandong
The Circus We Are, curated by Joanna De Vos, Namur, Four locations in Namur - Le Delta, musée Félicien Rops, Musée des Arts Anciens, Belgian Gallery, Namur
Hurting and healing. Let's imagine a different heritage, curated by Charles Esche,
Tensta Konsthall
Tensta konsthall is a center for contemporary art in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta, northwest of the city center. The gallery works with artists from both Sweden and abroad, often in conjunction with local associations and organizations in the ...
, Stockholm
Migrations in Art – the Art of Migrations, curated by Danilo Vuksanović, Jelena Ognjanović and Luka Kulić, Novi Sad
Moving Woman, curated by Maria Lind, Smena, Kazan
2021
Biennial of Difficult Heritage, curated by Anton Valkovsky, Volgograd
One Point Five, curated by Stefanie Böttcher, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz
Hands, curated by Madhursee Dutta and Ala Younis, Akademie der Künste der Welt, Köln
Metamorphosis and Time of Mourning, curated by Daniela, Linda Dostálková, PLATO Ostrava, Ostrava
2020
Afterglow, Yokohama Triennale, curated by Raqs Media Collective, Yokohama
Lahore Biennale 02: Between the Sun and the Moon, curated by Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi, Lahore
2019
Cosmopolis #2: Rethinking the Human, curated by Kathryn Weir with associate Cosmopolis curator Ilaria Conti in collaboration with associate curators Charléne Dinhut and Zhang Hanlu,
Centre Pompidou
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, Paris
New Archive of Limited Edition Art (NATI), Shaltai editions exhibition, сurated by Irina Gorlova and Antonio Geusa,
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...
, Moscow
Somewhere in Between, curated by Ulrika Flink, Boras Konstmuseum, Boras
Art Encounters Biennial, curated by Maria Lind and Anca Rujoiu, Timișoara
Where Water Comes Together with Other Water, curated by Adélaïde Blanc, Daria de Beauvais, Yoann Gourmel, Mat-thieu Lelièvre, Vittoria Matarrese, Claire Moulène, Hugo Vitrani, 15th Lyon Contemporary Art Biennale, Fagor Factory, macLYON, Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon
The Life of Things, curated by Maria Wills Londono in collaboration with Audrey Genois and Maude Johnson,16th MOMENTA Biennale de l’image, Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal, Quebec
Happiness is Born in the Guts, curated by Jagna Domżalska, Galeria Miejska Arsenal, Poznan
The Art of Being Good, curated by Siim Preiman, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
After Leaving , Before Arriving, curated by Elisabeth Del Prete, Daniel Milnes, Lýdia Pribišová, Neringa Stoškutė and Alessandra Troncone, 12th Kaunas Biennial, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas
Future Generation Art Prize, curated by Björn Geldhof and Tatiana Kochubinska, 58th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, collateral event, Palazzo Ca’ Tron, Venice
The Keeper; To Have And To Hold, curated by Emer McGarry, The Model, Sligo
Future Generation Art Prize, curated by Björn Geldhof and Tatiana Kochubinska,
Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv
2018
Punk Orientalism, curated by Sara Raza, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
Rituals of Signs and Metamorphosis, curated by Tarek Abou El Fetouh, Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing
Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday, curated by Andrey Misiano, ERTY gallery, Tbilisi
Alter Heroes Coalition, curated by Daria Khan, Mimosa House, London (as Super Taus)
Supernature in Two Parts: Part I, curated by Daria Khan and Mimosa House, Lisson Gallery, London (as Super Taus)
The Border, curated by Inke Arns and Thibaut de Ruyter, Goethe Institute at the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Russian Academy of Arts, Ekaterinburg, Almaty and Tashkent
Beautiful World, Where Are You?, curated by Kitty Scott and Sally Tallant, 10th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
Transformatio. Contemporary Art of Dagestan, curated by Maria Filatova, Mardjani Foundation, Erarta Museum, Saint Petersburg
One Place After Another, curated by Viktor Misiano and Anna Zhurba, session IV of Viktor Misiano's "The Human Condition",
Jewish Museum and Tolerance Centre, Moscow
The Planetary Garden. Cultivating Coexistence, curated by Bregje van der Haak, Andrés Jaque, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Mirjam Varadinis, Manifesta 12, Palermo
Starting From the Desert, curated by Marco Scotini, 2nd Yinchuan Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, Yinchuan
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More, curated by Katerina Gregos,1st Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Riga
Soon Enough, Art in Action, curated by Maria Lind, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
2017
Life from My Window, curated by Andrey Misiano, Laura Bulian gallery, Milan
New Literacy, curated by Joao Ribas, 4 Ural Industrial Biennial, Ekaterinburg
The Travellers: Voyage and Migration in New Art from Central and Eastern Europe, curated by Magdalena Moskalewicz, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
The Border, curated by Inke Arns and Thibaut de Ruyter, Goethe Institute at Ioseb Grishashvili Tbilisi History Museum (Karvasla), Tbilisi
How To Live Together, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Viva Arte Viva, curated by Christine Macel, 57th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Space Force Construction, curated by Matthew Witkovsky, Richard and Ellen Sandor (Art Institute Chicago), Katerina Chuchalina with Anna Ilchenko (V-A-C Foundation), Peter Taub, Palazzo delle Zattere, Venice
1st Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art, curated by Kate Fowle, Katya Inozemtseva, Snejana Krasteva, Andrey Misiano, Ilmira Bolotyan, Sasha Obukhova, Tatiana Volkova,
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, also referred to simply as ''The Garage Museum'', is a privately funded art gallery in Moscow. It was founded by Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich as the ''Garage Center for Contemporary Culture'' in 2008 an ...
, Moscow
The Border, curated by Inke Arns and Thibaut de Ruyter,
Goethe Institute
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, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Kiev, Minsk, Dortmund
2016
The Withdrawal of the Red Army, curated by Ivan Galuzin and Lise Dahl, Northern Norway Art Museum, Blaker Old Dairy, Oslo
Why Won’t We Ask Again? Arguments, Counter-arguments and Stories, curated by Raqs Media Collective, 11th Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai
Social Calligraphies, curated by Magda Kardasz, Zachęta National Gallery, Warsaw
Millennials, curated by Mirjam Westen, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem
Performing the Landscape, curated by Lorenzo Fusi, TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary
VII Permanent Collection Display Interaction: Contemporary Artists Respond to MMOMA Collection, curated by Elena Yaichnikova, MMOMA, Moscow
The Travellers, curated by Magdalena Moskalewicz, Zachęta National Gallery, Warsaw
Museum ON/OFF, curated by Alicia Knock,
Centre Pompidou
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, Paris
But Still Tomorrow Builds into My Face, curated by Nat Muller, Lawrie Shabibi gallery, Dubai
Lost in the Archive, curated by Inga Lace and Andra Silapetere, Exhibition hall Riga Art Space, Riga
Baroque, Galerie Fons Welter, Amsterdam
minus20degree Art & Architecture Winter Biennale, curated by
Theo Deutinger
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Career ...
and Heinz Riegler,
minus20degree
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art and architecture biennale,
Flachau
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...
, Austria.
2015
Otwock, Season 5: Silvohortiaromatherapy, curated by Kasia Redzis and Magda Materna, Otwock, held by Open Art Projects and Polish artist Mirosław Bałka, Muzeum Ziemi Otwockiej (Museum of the Otwock Land), Otwock
How to Gather? Acting in a Center in a City in the Heart of the island of Eurasia, curated by Bart De Baere, Defne Ayas and Nicolaus Schafhausen, 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, VDNH, Moscow
The School of Kyiv, Kyiv Biennial, curated by Hedwig Saxenhuber and Georg Schollhammer, Visual Culture Research Center, Kyiv
Too Early, Too Late. Middle East and Modernity, curated by Marco Scotini, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Bologna
2014
Russian Performance: a Cartography of its History, curated by Yulia Aksenova and Sasha Obukhova,
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, also referred to simply as ''The Garage Museum'', is a privately funded art gallery in Moscow. It was founded by Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich as the ''Garage Center for Contemporary Culture'' in 2008 an ...
, Moscow
Untitled... (Native Foreigners), curated by Andrey Misiano,
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art
The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, also referred to simply as ''The Garage Museum'', is a privately funded art gallery in Moscow. It was founded by Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich as the ''Garage Center for Contemporary Culture'' in 2008 an ...
, Moscow
An Opera of Labour and Revolution, curated by Lanfranco Aceti and Susanne Jaschko, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul
Close and Far: Russian Photography Now, curated by Kate Bush,
Calvert 22, London
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai
Sergey Parajanov. The Color of Pomegranate, сurated by Zaven Sargsyan, Vyacheslav Shmyrov, Katya Bochavar and Daria Khan, GROUND Solyanka Gallery, Моscow
2013
Spaces of Exception, curated by Elena Sorokina and Jelle Bouwhuis, 5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, special project, ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow
Nostalgia Nervosa, curated by Iliana Fokianaki, State of Concept, Athens
Sensible Action, curated by Beral Madra, Alanika 2013, National Museum of Republic Northern Ossetia-Alania, Vladikavkaz
No Water Tomorrow, curated by Alexey Maslyaev,
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
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, Moscow
Love me, Love me not, curated by Dina Nasser-Khadivi, 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, collateral event, Venice
The Enchanted Wanderer, curated by Andrey Misiano, Chukotka Heritage Museum Center, Anadyr
Re:emerge, Towards a New Cultural Cartography, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, 11th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah
Looks Like Torture, curated by Nicholas Cohn and Amy Kisch, HERE Art Center, New York
Take a Look at Yourself, Who Do You Think You Are?, curated by Andrey Parshikov, Victoria Gallery, Samara
2012
I am who I am, curated by
Olga Sviblova
Olga Lvovna Sviblova (Russian: Ольга Львовна Свиблова, born on June 6, 1953 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian curator, film director, and arts administrator. In 1996, she founded the Moscow House of Photography, which later became ...
,
Kunst im Tunnel
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The Rheinufer Tunnel (german: Rheinufertunnel or "Rhine Bank Tunnel") is a road tunn ...
, Dusseldorf, Germany
Quarantania, curated by David Thorp, Enclave, London
Animal Style, curated by Ilya Shipilovskikh, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Ekaterinburg
Happiness is a Warm Gun, curated by Ekaterina Shadkovska, Rizzordi Art Foundation, Loft Raf, Saint Petersburg
Quarantania, curated by David Thorp, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
Joyful Archipelago, curated by Olga Grotova, Guest Projects, London
Now&Then, Victoria Gallery, Samara
Migrasophia, curated by Sara Raza, Maraya Contemporary Art Centre, Sharjah
Génération P, Town Hall, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
2011
Rewriting Worlds, curated by Peter Weibel, 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, ARTPLAY Design Center, Moscow
Expanded Cinema, curated by Olga Shishko, XII Media Forum of 33rd Moscow International Film Festival, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Get Up and Run Away With It – About Love and the Impossible, curated by Nadine Wietlisbach, Palais Bleu Le-Lie, Trogen
Greater Caucasus, curated by Irina Yashkova,
PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia
North Caucasian Biennale, curated by Djamilia Dagirova, Pervaya Gallery, Makhachkala
Practice for Everyday Life, curated by David Thorp, Calvert 22, London
2010
History of Russian Video Art, Volume 3, curated by Antonio Geusa,
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Moscow, Russia. It was opened to public in December 1999. The project of the museum was initiated and executed by Zurab Tsereteli, president of the Russian Aca ...
, Moscow
Zones of Alienation, curated by Marina Fomenko, LOT gallery, Lexington
Intimate Capital, curated by Andrey Parshikov and Alena Lapina, 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art “Stop! Who goes there?”, Proekt Fabrika, Moscow
2009
Aluminium, curated by Leyla Akhundzadeh, 4th International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Baku
Let Me Think!, curated by Stanislav Shuripa, the Parallel Program of the 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Red October, Moscow
Really?, curated by Aleksandr Sokolov, the Parallel Program of the 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Artplay, Moscow
Topography of Happiness: Russian Wedding from the 19th to the 21st Centuries, curated by Olga Sosnina, Tsaritsyno State Museum, Moscow
We Will Take the Lead From Now On, curated by Arseniy Zhilyaev and Maria Chekhonadskih, Voronezh Center for Contemporary Art, Voronezh
2008
Migration, curated by Daria Kamyshnikova, 1st Moscow International Biennale for Young Art “Stop! Who goes there?”, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
I Am Nature, curated by Stanislav Shuripa, 1st Moscow International Biennale for Young Art “Stop! Who goes there?”, Contemporary City Foundation, Moscow
Documenting Possibilities, curated by Stanislav Shuripa, Valand School of Fine Art, Gothenburg
2006
Caucasica, curated by Giancarlo Vianello, Scuola Grande di S.Giovanni Evangelista, Venice
XII INTERBIFER International Biennale of Portrait, Drawings and Graphics 06, Tuzla
Residencies
* 2019 Kadist Foundation, Paris
* 2018 SAM Art Project, Paris
* 2018 Aki Aora, Tulum
* 2016 Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide
* 2015-2016 Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
* 2015 Delfina Foundation, London
* 2013 Alanica, Art Symposium, Vladikavkaz
Academic сareer
Artist talks
* 2022 Open meeting with Taus Makhacheva, as part of the Family Ethnography course by Elmira Kakabaeva
* 2022 Artist talk at M HKA, Antwerpen
* 2022 Virtual Class Visit, Princeton University
* 2022 Artist talk at Tselinny Center, Astana
* 2022 In Conversation: Taus Makhacheva and Madina Tlostanova, Jameel Arts Center
* 2022 Art Space SKLAD, online, Sukhumi
* 2021 Territory Festival, MMOMA, Moscow
* 2021 Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
* 2021 Blazar young art fair, Moscow
* 2021 Masters & Nova Art, online, Saint Petersburg
* 2021 The Tetley, online, Leeds
* 2020 British Higher School of Art & Design, Moscow
* 2020 School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds
* 2019 LOOP Talks 2019, Barcelona
* 2018 Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
* 2017 In - conversation with Andrey Kovalev, Garage Education Center, Moscow
* 2017 Talk for the members of the C-MAP Central and Eastern European group, Garage, Moscow
* 2016 Goldsmiths, London
* 2016 Open Studios, MMOMA, Moscow
* 2015 In - conversation with curator Kasia Redzisz, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
* 2013 Yarat Contemporary Art Space, The International Mugham Center, Baku
* 2013 At the Crossroads: Conversation with Taus Makhacheva, Contemporary art from Caucasus, Sotheby’s, London
* 2012 Calvert22
* 2012 In - conversation with Sara Raza, Cultural Representations, Migrasophia, Maraya Contemporary Art Centre, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah
* 2011 British Higher School of Art & Design, Moscow
Invited guest lectures and studio visits
* 2022 Online program Possibilities and methods in international career, CEC ArtsLink
* 2022 Tashkeel Guest Mentoring as a part of Critical Practice Programme 2022
* 2021 Guest lecture and studio visit at St.Joost School of Art and Design
* 2021 Art and practices of hospitality, Vyksa
* 2021 Territory Festival, Moscow
* 2020 ICA Moscow (Institute of Contemporary Art)
* 2020 The Studio Visit, educational project, Worldwide online
* 2011- 2021 British Higher School of Art & Design, Moscow
* 2021 Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
* 2018 Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
* 2012 Calvert 22
Lectures and teaching
* 2011- 2021 British Higher School of Art & Design, Moscow
* 2016 - 2017 Russian Institute of Theatre Arts – GITIS, Moscow
* 2014 The Art Department of Dagestan State Pedagogical University, Makhachkala
* 2013 Dagestan Art School n.a. M.A.Djemal, Makhachkala
* 2009 Moscow State University (elective course on the History of Performance)
* 2009 Pervaya Gallery, Makhachkala—Kaspiysk
Performative lectures
* 2019 The Superhero Summit, produced by KADIST in collaboration with ‘Cosmopolis #2: rethinking the human’, Paris
* 2017 Field Meeting Take 5: Thinking Projects - "Microbeads", curator Leeza Ahmady, Asia Contemporary Art Week, Asia Society Museum & SVA Theatre, New York
* 2015 3rd Garage international conference: "Where is the line between us?: Cautionary tales from now", Garage, Moscow (Super Taus)
Panel discussions
* 2022 Uzbekistan National Pavilion sessions ‘Decolonizing Data On the Myth of Machine Objectivity’
* 2018 The artist: What We Are Made Of, Cosmoscow, Moscow
* 2017 Contemporary art and contemporary art science, HSE University, Art and Design, Moscow
* 2015 Reaching out: (Beyond) the Caucasus, ArtBasel, Hong Kong
* 2014 Close and Far, Calvert22, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
* 2011 Art schools: how to become an avant-garde artist, XV Art - Moscow International Contemporary Art Fair, Moscow
Workshops
* 2022 Space of celebration, Super Taus workshop for children, Jameel Arts Centre
* 2021 Territory Festival, Moscow
* 2018 Soon Enough, art in action, Super Taus workshop for children, Tensta konsthall, Stockholm
* 2017 The Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art, Garage Atrium, Moscow (Super Taus)
* 2012 South London Gallery, London
Conferences
* 2022 Tate and Institut National d’histoire de l’art (INHA) conference, Paris
* 2021 Art and practices of hospitality, Vyksa
* 2019 The Superhero Summit, produced by KADIST in collaboration with ‘Cosmopolis #2: rethinking the human’, Paris
* 2014 Beyond Moscow, Glocal art scene in Dagestan, NCCA, Moscow
* 2013 Performative aspects of masculinity, Makhachkala City Museum, Makhachkala
Publications
* Raza, Sara. Punk Orientalism: The Art of Rebellion. Dog Press, 2022
* Dekker, Elsbeth; Schweige, Robbie. Beginning in the Middle. Jap Sam Books, 2022
* Phaidon Editors. Prime - Art’s Next Generation, Phaidon Press, 2022
* Tlostanova, Madina. Decoloniality of being, knowledge and feeling, Tselinnii, 2020
* Schweizer, Nicole; Z. Rizvi Uzma, van Velsen, Vincent ed, Taus Makhacheva. 4`224,92 cm’2 of Degas, Fondation du Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, 2020
* Burrows, Dani, Cezar Aaron ed. Politics of Food, co-published by Delfina Foundation and Sternberg Press, 2019
* Kholeif, Omar. The Artists Who Will Change the World, Thames and Hudson, 2018
* Makhacheva, Taus. Tightrope, V-A-C Press, Mousse Publishing, 2017
* Makhacheva, Taus. Types du Caucase. Onestar Press, 2014
* Makhacheva, Taus; Maslyaev, Alexey ed. Story Demands to Be Continued. Self-published, 2013
* Amirsadeghi, Hossein; Vickery, Joanna ed. Frozen Dreams: Contemporary Art from Russia, Thames and Hudson, 2011
Interviews
* Artist of the Week: Taus Makhacheva, as a part of HANDS exhibition, Akademie der Kuenste der Welt, 2021
* Interview with Taus Makhacheva, Part 5, Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art, 2021
* Interview by Masha Komarova,Glavstroy, 2021
* Taus Makhacheva: My doubts became part of my method, Russian Art Focus, 2021
* Taus Makhacheva: Hold Your Horses at The Tetley, The Tetly, 2020
* Superhero Sighting Society, Kadist, Paris, 2019
* Beauty School: a conversation with Taus Makhacheva, Art in America, 2018
* The Art Newspaper Russia, 2018.08
* The Art Newspaper Russia, Taus Makhacheva: art as a balancing act, 2018.07
* Artists talk: Taus Makhacheva and Evgeny Antufiev, Harper’s Bazaar, 2016
* Art Guide, 2015
Articles
* Wynants, Jean-Marie. The Circus we are à Namur. Les acrobaties de l'art, Le Soir, August 2022
* Bidshahri, Yalda. Taus Makhacheva`s “A Space of Celebration”. ArtAsiaPacific, June 2022
* Duplat, Guy. Bienvenue dans le grand cirque de la vie, La libre Belgique. May 2022
* The artists. Taus Makhacheva. Daily Canvas. The Richard Mille Special Issue.
* Sinha, Vamika. Art from the Fault Lines. Canvas, May-June, 2022
* Dekker, Elsbeth; Schweiger, Robbie. Beginning in the middle. Mister Motley, April 2022
* Beredian, Razmig. Russian artist Taus Makhacheva entwines the real with reveries in solo Dubai show. The National, March 2022
* Ex, Nicole. Taus Makhacheva. See All This Art Magazine, No. 20, 2020/2021
* Schellenberg, Samuel. Taus Makhacheva. Remodelage. Le courrier, March 2020
* House, Arthur. Bread and Soviet circuses – a letter from Baku. Taus Makhacheva, Charivari’ installation, October 2019
* Serafinowicz, Sylwia. Taus Makhacheva. narrative projects. ArtForum, December 2018
* Verhagen, Marcus. Taus Makhacheva. BaidÀ. narrative projects. Art Monthly, November 2018
* Jeffreys, Tom. In Search of the Ridiculous: Taus Makhacheva’s Performative Follies. Frieze, 7 October 2018
* Sutton, Kate. Taus Makhacheva. Openings. ArtForum, February 2016
* Ahmady, Leeza. From Central Asia to the Caucasus. In conversation with Taus Makhacheva. Ibraaz, March 2015
* Pertenava, Lali. Taus Makhacheva. ArtForum, February 2014
* Bailey, Stephanie. Her Dagestan. ArtAsiaPacific No.87, 2014
* Laia, Joao. Taus Makhacheva. Frieze magazine No.160, 2014
* Tolstova, Anna. Continuation of heart and hand. Taus Makhacheva in Makhachkala. Kommersant No.187(5218), 2013
* Avdeev, Maxim. One day with Taus Makhacheva, Art Chronika No. 4, 2012
* Scotini, Marco. Strategies of Camouflage. Taus Makhacheva’s actions. ArteCritica No.67, 2011
* Chekhonadskikh, Maria. Shots into the Sand by Taus Makhacheva. Moscow Art Magazine No.81, 2010
* Gamzatova, Patimat. Karakul by Taus Makhacheva. ANTENNAE No.4, 2007
Links
Vimeo channel
References
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1983 births
Living people
Russian women artists
Russian contemporary artists