Efimov Ivan

Born in Moscow, Russia, in 1964.
1985 – graduated from The Moscow Automechanical Academy.
1995 – 1996 – grant holder at The Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany.
Lives and works in Moscow.
works with Aristarch CHERNYSHOV and Alexey Shulgin

Exhibitions and auctions

Selected solo exhibitions:
2008 CRITI-POP. Electroboutique, Vladislav Efimov, Aristarkh Chernyshev, Alexei Shulgin, Moscow Museum of Modern Art and XL Gallery, Moscow
2006 Preparations and Manuals (with S. Denisov). Arsenal, National Center for Contemporary Art, Nizhny Novgorod
2005 Entertaining Physics. With S. Denisov. (In the framework of the ProArte Institute festival "Contemporary Art in the Traditional Museum".) TheBlockade Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russia
CoMutation. With A. Chernyshev. Parallel program of the 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. XL Gallery, Moscow
2004 Echo of Ether. With A. Chernyshev. (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
Preparations and Manuals. With S. Denisov. NCCA, Moscow, Russia
Bubbles. With A. Chernyshev. XL Gallery, Moscow
Screening of videoworks. With A. Chernyshev. ICA, London, UK
2002 Ill be back. With A. Chernyshev. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia Nirvana. With A. Chernyshev. "Ulitsa O.G.I." Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Project of a Monument to A. Schwarzenegger as Terminator T-800. With A. Chernyshev. Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria Untitled. Photoexhibition. "Ulitsa O.G.I." Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2001 On the Leninist Path. Moscow (In the framework of a Yuri Avvakumovs project "24".) Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia
Genetic Gymnastics 2. With A. Chernyshev. (In the framework of the ProArte Institute festival "Contemporary Art in the Traditional Museum".) Pavlovs Memorial Museum, St.-Petersburg, Russia 2000 Genetic Gymnastics. With A. Chernyshev. "DOM" club, Moscow, Russia 1999 Music of Retorts. A visual musical performance. (In the framework of a musical festival "Ichthyology"). With A. Chernyshev and A. Borisov. The "DOM" Club, Moscow, Russia Resurrected Things. With Nina Kotyol. "Rotonda" Gallery, Moscow, Russia Music of Retorts. A visual musical performance. (In the framework of an annual digital music programme "Electric Future"). With A. Chernyshev and "F.R.U.I.T.S." duo. Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia 1998 The Shining Prostheses. With A. Chernyshev. TV Gallery, Moscow, Russia 1997 12 Months. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia The Originals. ROSIZO Gallery, Moscow, Russia Opus Magnum. With A. Chernyshev. The Art Moscow Fair, TV Gallery, Moscow, Russia 1996 Galvani. With A. Chernyshev, TV Gallery, Moscow, Russia Birds. Gallery 21, St Petersburg, Russia Mechanicus. Galerie TRAPEZ, Berlin, Germany Selected group exhibitions: 2006 Let Video Be! Russian Video Art 1996-2006. Within "ART Moscow 2006" Art Fair. Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia Innovation. The exhibition of the art works nominated for 2005 contemporary art award. NCCA,Moscow 2005 Art Basel Miami Beach. XL Gallery. Collins Park at the Beach, Miami Beach Florida, USA Portrait of Face. Guelman Gallery. MARS Center, Moscow, Russia
Water Pieces 05. Noass Gallery, Riga, Latvia
A second side. International Biennial of Contemporary Art - IBCA 2005. National Gallery in Prague, Prague, Czechia
P.S. Beyond the red horizon. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Graz - Moscow. National Center for Contemporary Art, 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
Art Moscow 2004. XL Gallery. Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
Moscow Time. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Petrozavodsk, Russia
Faster than History. Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2003 XL Style. An exhibition to the 10th anniversary of the XL Gallery. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Last Hero. Exhibition Hall of Estonian Art Museum In Rotermann Salt Storage, Tallinn, Estonia
Receipts of happiness. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Volgograd- Yaroslavl -Tula, Russia
Projection. (An NCCA, Nizhny Novgorod, project). The Armoury, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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
2002 Transformations. With A. Chernyshev. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Art Moscow 2002. "Ulitsa OGI" Gallery. Central House of Artist, 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
Hotel “Moskva”. Hotel “Moskva”, Moscow, 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 Artist, Moscow, Russia
Art Moscow 2001. Central House of Artist, 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
6 Russo. Contemporanea arti e culture, Milan, Italy
The Series. (An NCCA, Moscow, project.) Central Exhibition Hall "Bolshoi Manezh", Moscow, Russia
Dynamic Pairs. An art project to the 10th anniversary of the 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
CURATOR PROJECTS:
2004 "Voinushka" / "War Game". Collective project by ProArte students. With A. Chernyshev. (In the framework of the ProArte Institute festival "Contemporary Art in the Traditional Museum".) The Historical Military Museum of Artillery, Engineer Troops and Signal Troops, St.-Petersburg, Russia

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Faun (Walking up a Stream), 1915, bronze, 41x31x20
Faun (Walking up a Stream), 1915, bronze, 41x31x20