OLGA CHERNYSHEVA uses a range of media to produce expressive, penetrating artworks that take the contemporary Russian experience as their theme. Her often unwitting subjects are observed negotiating a society in turbulence, where the sense of a common future is rapidly dissolving. Her films, photographs, drawings and object-based works transcend their documentary function to lyrically investigate the very fabric of individuality and self-sufficiency, and to meditate on the role of the artist in a time of flux. Chernysheva has a vital interest in the relations between object and figure, in particular in the ways that architecture and people often seem to uneasily co-exist.
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OLGA CHERNYSHEVA (Moscow, Russia, 1962) lives and works in Moscow. She holds a BA from the Moscow Cinema Academy, Moscow and an MA from the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.
Selected exhibitions include: National Museum, Cardiff, Wales (2010); International Center of Photography Triennial, New York; Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow Biennial (solo); LMCC Lent Space, New York; Yapı Kredi Kâzım Taşkent Art Gallery (solo)(all 2009); MoMA, New York (solo screening); Lunds Konsthall, Sweden (two-person) (all 2008); Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art (2007); Stella Art Foundation, Moscow (solo) (2006 & 2005); Biennale of Sydney; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Hamburger Kunsthalle; Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (all 2006); Moscow Multimedia Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow (solo); Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York (both 2005); The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (solo) (2004); State Historical Museum, Moscow; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo; Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (all 2004); Russian Pavilion, 49th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale; Kunstlerhaus Vienna, Austria (both 2001).
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Selected Bibliography
Sherwin, Skye. “Artist of the week 95: Olga Chernysheva.” The Guardian. 7 July 2010. Web.
Misiano, Viktor. "Motion Studies." Artforum. XLVIII.7, Mar. 2010: 226-231.
Lange, Christy. "Current Shows: Olga Chernysheva." Frieze Magazine. 12 Oct. 2009. Web.
Wullschlager, Jackie. "Bittersweet Moon." Financial Time. 6-7 Dec. 2008.
Chukhrov, Keti. "Moscow." Artforum. Dec. 2008: 212-214., December 2008
Amir, Yaelle. "Olga Chernysheva." ArtUS 19, Summer 2007: 23.
Terracciano, Emilia. "By The Ground." Contemporary. 92, June 2007: 40-41.
Schwarting, Jen. “Olga Chernysheva, Isle of Sparks.” The Brooklyn Rail. May 2007: 28.
Rudick, Nicole. “Olga Chernysheva.” Artforum.com, Picks, 3 April 2007.
Chernysheva, Olga. “The Overheard March.” Russian Art in Translation, ANTE, 2007.
Groys, Boris. "The Time Closure." The Happiness Zone, 2004: 7-15.
Andreeva, Ekaterina. "Our Time According to Olga Chernysheva." The Happiness Zone, 2004: 17-23.
Abensour, Dominique. "Olga Chernysheva." De Moscou. 2002: 12-21.
