Aristarkh Chernyshev
e-mail: aristarkhchernyshev@gmail.com
Aristarkh Chernyshev (1968, Lugansk), one of the pioneers of media art in Russia, began his artistic career in 1991, immediately after graduating from the Bauman Moscow Higher Technical University with a degree in mechanical engineer, designer of satellite systems.
From 1991 to 1994 he was a member of the art community at 12 Petrovsky Boulevard, during this period he made a number of exhibitions and organized the first public art project "Art belongs to the people" on the city billboards of the newly emerging advertising industry.
From 1994 to 2004 he created a number of multimedia and interactive installations together with Vladislav Efimov, the most striking of which were included in the collection of the NCCA Moscow (Genetic gymnastics) and in the collection of MMOMA (Bubbles, Commutation)
In 2005, together with Alexei Shulgin (a pioneer of net art), he organized the Electroboutique gallery-workshop at Art Strelka. Within the framework of Electroboutique, vivid works of media art were created, which were exhibited at the London Science Museum, the Center for Contemporary Art in Trongheim, the Telemuseum Oslo, Aros Aarhus Kunstmuseum, at numerous festivals including Transmediale, Archstoyanie. He is a participant of the 4th Moscow Biennale curated by Peter Weibel, Asian Art Biennale Meditation 2011, 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale, winner of the 2009 Kandinsky Prize.
Works created from 2005 to 2018 entered various museum and private collections, including MAMM, Museum of Moscow, private collection of the Stella Foundation, private collection of the Ekaterina Foundation.
Since 2011, she has been teaching media art at the school named after Rodchenko
In 2014, together with Alexei Shulgin, he organized the Electromuseum.
Creates media sculptures, interactive objects, mixed media objects that combine 3D printing and other technologies, videos and conceptual projects in the field of Sci-Fi and speculative art. The subject of his work is information in a broad sense, in his projects he comprehends and deconstructs information flows, creates the concepts of gadgets and new services related to the development of social networks, genetic engineering and other technologies.
Lives and works in Moscow.
Main solo exhibitions and projects:
2020
"No color, no taste, no odor" Art4 gallery. Moscow
2019
"No color, no taste, no odor. Human update" Bison gallery. Kazan
"Archive of modernity" Octava cluster. Tula
"Toxic assets" museum of Rusnano state corporation. Moscow
2018
Toxic assets. Museum of Moscow. Moscow
2017
Archive of modernity. Electromuseum. Moscow.
2015
Art for the people. Perm museum for contemporary art PermM. Perm.
2012
Electroboutique to the Norwegian Telecom Museum. Oslo
2011
Electroboutique pop up at Science Museum London. 23.11.2011 - 14.02.2012
Bug With Us XL gallery Moscow, 4th Syromiatnichesky lane, 1
2009
Art that Cares Trondheim, Norway at Fjordgata 11. TSSK and TEKS
2008
CRITI-POP Moscow Museum of Modern Art 19 - October 19, 2008 Moscow, Ermolaevsky lane, 17
2007
Urgently. Electroboutique Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2006
Teleskin. Electroboutique Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Data Leak / Utechka dannykh. XL Gallery, Moscow
2005
Poetical economy. Electroboutique Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Presentation of teleinstallations. Media Centre RICX, Riga, Latvia
CoMutation. With Vl. Efimov. Parallel program of the 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. XL Gallery, Moscow
2004
Echo of Ether. With Vl. Efimov. (In the framework of the ProArte Institute festival Contemporary Art in the Traditional Museum.) The A.S.Popov Central Museum of Comminications, St.-Petersburg, Russia
Bubbles. With Vl. Efimov. XL Gallery, Moscow
Screening of videoworks. With Vl. Efimov. ICA, London, UK
Presentation of the project New Age of Television. ICA, London, UK
2002
I'll be back. With Vl. Efimov. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Nirvana. With Vl. Efimov. Ulitsa O.G.I. Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Project of a Monument to A. Schwarzenegger as Terminator T-800. With Vl. Efimov. Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
2001
Genetic Gymnastics 2. With Vl. Efimov. (In the framework of the ProArte Institute festival Contemporary Art in the Traditional Museum.) Pavlov's Memorial Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russia
2000
Genetic Gymnastics. With Vl. Efimov. DOM club, Moscow, Russia
1999
Music of Retorts. A visual musical performance. (In the framework of a musical festival Ichthyology). With Vl. Efimov and A. Borisov. The DOM Club, Moscow, Russia
Music of Retorts. A visual musical performance. (In the framework of an annual digital music programme Electric Future). With Vl. Efimov and F.R.U.I.T.S. duo. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
1998
The Shining Prostheses. With Vl. Efimov. TV Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1997
Opus Magnum. With Vl. Efimov. The Art Moscow Fair, TV Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1996
Galvani. With Vl. Efimov, TV Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Selected joint projects and exhibitions:
2019
"Recycle or die" gallery GUM Red-Line. Moscow
"Plastic mass" The State Russian Museum. St. Petersburg
"Museum Line" State University of Aerospace Instrumentation. St. Petersburg
"In the fog of war" Khodynka gallery. Moscow
2018
"Art of the 2000s" Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow
"Electrical Russia" Victoria Gallery. Samara
"Mad House" Multimedia Art Museum (MAMM). Moscow
2017
Electronic Superhighway (2016 – 1966). Museum Art Architecture Technology. Lisboa. 08 Nov 2017 - 19 Mar 2018
"TECHNE. Ïðîëîã" ÃÖÑÈ. Ìîñêâà
Virtual pavilion Hybrid body | The Wrong Biennale 2017/18.
"ÍÀ ÌÀßÊ: ÔÎÐÌÀ È ÏÎËÈÒÈÊÀ ÑÂÅÒÀ" Ïåðìñêèé ìóçåé ñîâðåìåííîãî èñêóññòâà ÏåðìM. Ïåðìü
"Icons" Dukley Art Gallery. Montenegro
Digital Decade. London
2016
Electronic Superhighway (2016 – 1966). Whitechapel Gallery London.
Dusk to Dusk: Unsettled, Unraveled, Unreal University of Denver
2015
Jesus Touch in Motorenhalle at Digital // Analog: Indifferenz Dresden
2014
ETERNAL SEPTEMBER The rise of amateur culture Curated by Valentina Tanni Shkuc Gallery Stari trg 21, Ljubljana
Quantm Entanglement Laboratoria Art-and-Science Space
Playing the Circus. MMOMA. Moscow, Petrovka str. 25
Reconstruction2. The EKATERINA Cultural Foundation, Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture and XL Projects. January 24 - March 23, 2014
ArteFiera 2014. Bologna
2013
Voice of the Forest at Archstoyanie
Design of the Neo-Liberal Regime Triumph gallery at Artmoscow
SAVE AS Riga
Creative City International Fair Madrid CentroCentro
ARTOMAT.pro in Ekaterinburg.New Aesthetics. Internal
Consistency Principle.
2012
Electroboutique at Milan Design Week. BE OPEN exhibition Verge, curated by Elena Selina.
Iconman in Perm
2011
4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, main project. ArtPlay center, Moscow
GESCHMACK – der gute, der schlechte und der wirklich teure - Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
Twente Biennale. Creatieve Fabriek, Hengelo, Netherlands
2010
Beyond Credit.Contemporary Art and Mutual Trust - Sanat Limani, Istanbul
History of Russian Video Art. Volume 3 - Moscow museum of modern art - MMOMA, Moscow
Funware _playing with software art - MU, Eindhoven
Futurologia - Garage Center for Contemporary Culture - GCCC, Moscow
2009
ENTER ACTION - Digital Art Now 07 February 2009 - 26 April 2009
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark.
Kiosk, Artifacts of a Post-digital Age, STRP festival, Eindhoven.
Enter Festival, DOX, Prague
«Liquid Frontiers» «Lille 3000»
2008
Transmediale 2008 (Berlin, Germany)
Synthetic Times - Media Art China 2008. National Art Museum of China, Beijing
Art Basel 2008. XL Gallery. Basel, Switzerland
Holy Fire. The Art of the Digital Age. IMAL, Brussels, Belgium
Anna Kournikova deleted by Memeright trusted System. Kunst und Copyright im Digitalen Zeitalter. HMKV at PHOENIX Halle, Dortmund, Germany
Territories and Resources". Cinema City, Novi Sad, Serbia
Turn and Widen - Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA), Seoul The 5th Seoul International Media Art Biennale. Seoul, South Korea
Frieze Art Fair 2008. XL Gallery. Regent's Park, London, UK
(Im) Material Art ConcentArt e.V.“A Space for Projects and Exhibitions“ in Berlin Kreuzberg
2007
Art Digital. Mars gallery, Moscow, Russia
I Believe. special project of the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
White Night 2007 (BALTA NAKTS 2007). Andrejsalas infocentr. Riga, Latvia
Art Basel 2007. XL Gallery. Basel, Switzerland
Graz-Moscow. Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
Moskau – Sputnik. Gallery Hilger contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Frieze Art Fair 2007. XL Gallery. Regent's Park, London, UK
Candinsky Prize 2007. Moscow, Vinzavod
2006
Art Basel Miami Beach. XL Gallery. Miami Beach Florida, USA
The Mirror. (In the framework of a ProArte Institute project “Things”). ProArte Institute Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
Frieze Art Fair 2006. XL Gallery. London, UK
Art Basel 2006. XL Gallery. Basel, Switzerland
3d Moscow International Salon of Fine Arts. XL Gallery. Central Exhibition Hall "Manezh", Moscow, Russia
ART Moscow 2006. 10th International Art Fair. XL Gallery. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Let Video Be! Russian Video Art 1996-2006. Within "ART Moscow 2006" Art Fair. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Fotobiennial '06. Photocenter of the Union of Journalists, Moscow, Russia
Innovation. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2005
Story Rooms. Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
Chudo Sveta / Miracle of Light. Exhibition Hall Novy Manege, Moscow, Russia
Art Basel Miami Beach. XL Gallery. Collins Park at the Beach, Miami Beach Florida, USA
Observatori-05. Mitos - Idolos - Hibridos. Video festival. Organized by La Sala Naranja Gallery, Valencia. Museo Principe Felipe, Valencia, Spain
Moscow Breakthrough. Bargehouse. London, UK
Frieze Art Fair 2005. XL Gallery. Regent's Park, London, UK
FIAC 2005. XL Gallery. The Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
Portrait of Face. Marat Guelman Gallery. M'ARS Center, Moscow, Russia
Water Pieces 05. Noass Gallery, Riga, Latvia
Arsenale 2005. Arsenal, Nizhnij Novgorod, Russia
A second side. International Biennial of Contemporary Art - IBCA 2005. National Gallery in Prague, Prague, Czechia
ART-Moscow 2005. XL Gallery. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
P.S. Beyond the red horizon. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Graz – Moscow. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Russia 2. Marat Guelman Gallery project. Special project of the 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2004
The seven sins. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Art is an illusion. RuArts Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Beyond the red horizon. New art from Poland and Russia. Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Human-Machine Interface. Rum46 Gallery. Aarhus, Denmark
Art Moscow 2004. XL Gallery. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Moscow Time. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Petrozavodsk, Russia
Faster than History. Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2003
New Countdown. Digital Russia. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
XL Style. An exhibition to the 10th anniversary of the XL Gallery. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Banks and Cups. Meyerhold Center, Moscow
Last Hero. Rottermann Exhibition Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
Receipts of happiness. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Volgograd- Yaroslavl -Tula, Russia
Projection. (An NCCA, Nizhny Novgorod, project). The Armory, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
re-cycling und re-design. Cafe Das Moebel, Vienna, Austria
AiR_port takeOFF 1 . Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
The Typewriter. (In the framework of a ProArte Institute project “Things”). ProArte Institute Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
Studio 2003. (In the framework of the Art-Moscow 2003 Fair). Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
The 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art. Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany - Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Plueschow, Mecklenburg, Germany - Bergen Kunsthall/Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
2002
Structures of a signal. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Transformations. With Vl. Efimov. National Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Art Moscow 2002. Ulitsa OGI Gallery. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Grani/The Facets. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Izhevsk, Russia
Fotobiennial '02. Central Exhibition Hall Bolshoi Manezh, Moscow, Russia
Snegurochka/Snowgirl. New Art from Russia. National Gallery of Contemporary Art Zahenta, Warsaw, Poland
Moscow Time. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Siuolaikinio meno centraus, Vilnius, Lithuania - Memorial Museum Radio Laboratory of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2001
The Ecology of Art. The Fine Arts Museum, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Baikal. Cultural Colloboration Project. Irkutsk, the Baikal lake, Russia
Kunst aus Russland/Art from Russia. Schloss Graffenegg, Vienna, Austria
Milano Europe - 2000. La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
Studio 2001. (In the framework of the Art Moscow 2001 Fair). Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
8th Cairo Biennial. NCCA. Cairo, Egypt
Grani/The Facets. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Kurgan - Kemerovo - Volgograd - Ulianovsk, Russia
Iskusstvo 2000. Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany
2000
Grani/The Facets. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Novossibirsk, Russia
The Series. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Central Exhibition Hall Bolshoi Manezh, Moscow, Russia
Dynamic Pairs. An art project to the 10th anniversary of the Marat Guelman Gallery. Central Exhibition Hall Bolshoi Manezh, Moscow - Central House of Architect, Nizhny Novgorod - Russian State Museum. Marble Palace, St.Petersburg, Russia
Between-Active Art. Zverev Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
1999
Projections from Russia. Exhibition of the Contemporary Russian Art. Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
Realitaet und Schein. Kunsthalle Faust, Hannover, Germany
Fauna. National Gallery of Contemporary Art Zahenta, Warsaw, Poland
ACT'99. Galerie Maerz, Linz, Austria - TV Gallery, Moscow, Russia
The 2nd International Show of Art in CD-ROM. Media Centre of Art and Design and the School of Design (MECAD/ ESDI), Sabadell - Barcelona, Spain
Total Recall. TV Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1998
Fauna. Maly Manezh Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia
Art Manezh '98. Central Exhibition Hall Bolshoi Manezh, Moscow, Russia
Berliner Art Messe. TV Gallery, Berlin, Germany
The Ship of the Present. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Yaroslavl, Tver, Nizhny Novgorod, Kostroma, Russia
Fotobiennial '98. Central Exhibition Hall Bolshoi Manezh, Moscow, Russia
1997
Ostranenie. Dessau, Germany
Art Moscow '97. TV Gallery. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
1995
Art Belongs to People. Part II: works of art in the shop windows. Myasnitskaya Street, Moscow, Russia
Ergebnis. Galerie am Marstall, Berlin, Germany
1994
Bronya's Birthday. Petrovsky Boulevard 12, Moscow, Russia
Art Belongs to People. Part I: works of art at the city advertising boards. Moscow, Russia
1993
Local Time. Festival of non-profitable projects. Petrovsky Boulevard 12, Moscow, Russia
Post Modernism and National Traditions. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
The Bospor Forum. Kerch, the island of Tuzla, Crimea, Ukraine
A Shop.Konstantin store, Moscow, Russia
1992
The Day of Territory. Petrovsky Boulevard 12, Moscow, Russia
1991
Agaspher. Minsk - Riga - Moscow, USSR
Festivals And Prizes:
2020
First prize of videofestival Cyland «Chaos and Cosmos» 2021 with video Dystopia#2
2009
Kandinsky Prize
2004
Extra Short Film Festival (ESF - 2004). Grand Prix for Animation. With Vl. Efimov. Novossibirsk, Russia
2003
Electric visions. The 1st festival of Russian and Scandinavian videoart. Russia - Finland - Scandinavia
Pusto / Empty. The 2nd street videoart festival. Moscow, Russia
2002
Kansk-2002. The 1st International Kansk Video Festival. With Vl. Efimov. Short-list. Kansk, Russia
2001
Extra Short Film Festival (ESF - 2001). Grand Prix for Video. With Vl. Efimov. Novossibirsk, Russia
Kino. Video. Tele. Film Festival. Graz, Austria
