Geboren 1961 in Kiew (Ukraine). Lebt und arbeitet in Moskau.
Abschluss von der Kiewer Kunstschule (1979) und der Hochschule für Geologie in Kiew (1982).
Direktor der Galerie Regina (Moskau, 1990-1993)
Stipendium des Berliner Senats (1995-1996)
Medaille "Der Würdige" der Russischen Kunstakademie (2005)
Auszeichnung für das Projekt des Kurators, III. Russischer Staatspreis für zeitgenössische bildende Kunst Innovation 2007 (2008)
Offizier des Ordens der Künste und des Schrifttums, Frankreich (2009)

2023   

ANIMA ANIMALIS. Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin

2022   

ART MOSCOW/Antique & Art Fair, Gostiny Dvor

2021    

Dogs do (not) live long. SZENA Gallery, Moscow

Merry-Go-Round. National Gallery of Macedonia (Multimedia Center “Mala stanica”), Skopje

2019     

Golden Fleece. KIBLA PORTAL, Maribor

Irresponsible Paintings. GUM-Red-Line Gallery, Moscow

Merry-Go-Round. Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad Sunlight.  Galleria Pack, Milan

2018     

OM. Symphonic media performance. Sevcabel port, Saint-Petersburg

Our Mother. Szena Gallery, Moscow

2017     

Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism. Saatchi Gallery, London

2015     

Burning Man. Black Rock Desert, Nevada

2013     

FRAMES. Regina Gallery, Moscow

2012     

Deep into Russia, Regina Gallery, London

ARSENALE 2012 / 1st Kyiv International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Arsenale, Kyiv

2011     

Composition 911. Special project of 4 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow

Der Messias / Haendel (version Mozart). Direction, Set & Costume Design. Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

2010     

ARCHSTOYANIE 2010. SUMMER. Forest liturgy “Nine Keys of Labyrinth”. Landscape Projects Festival, Nikolo-Lenivets village

Deep into Russia. Galleria Pack, Milan

2009     

Moscow. TSUM. Spatial Liturgy #3. TSUM, Special project of 3 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow

Vespro della Beate Vergine, 1610 / Cl. Monteverdi. Direction, Costume Design & Lights. Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris

2008     

New Sermon. Photos and Videos of performances 1993-2003, Rabouan Moussion Gallery, Paris

2007     

OLEGKULIK. Chronicle. 1987-2007. Retrospective exhibition, Central House of  Artist, Moscow

I Believe. Special project of 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow 

2006    

Russia! Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

2005    

Always a Little Further, 51 Venice bienniale, Arsenale, Venice

Angels of History, Muhka, Antwerp

2004    

Berlin – Moscow, Historical Museum, Moscow

2003    

Armadillo for Your Show, Live Culture, Tate Modern, London

The Ideal City, II Bienniale de Valencia, Valencia

Absolute Generation, 50 Venice bienniale, Palace Zenobio, Venice

2001    

49 Venice bienniale. Yugoslavian Pavilion, Venice

Deep into Russia, S.M.A.K., Gent

1st Biennale de Valencia, Valencia

1998    

XXIV Sao Paolo biennale; Sao Paolo, Brasil

1997    

I Bite America, America Bites me (together with Mila Bredikhina), Deitch projects, New-York

47 Venice Biennale, Bevilaqua de la Masa, Venice

1996    

Pavlov’s Dog, Manifesta I (together with Mila Bredikhina), V-2, Potterdam

Dog’s House, Interpol, Fargfabriken, Stockholm