1955
Born in Dusseldorf, FRG
Studied Slavic literature, history and art history. Graduated from the Ruhr-Universität, Bochum;
grant of the DAAD for studying at the All-Union State University of Cinematography, Moscow
Since 1985
participating in the performances of the Collective Actions group. Founding the video-archives of the MANI (Moscow Archive of New Art), collecting an audiovisual archive of Moscow conceptualism
Lives in Bochum and Berlin
Solo Exhibition
1996
MANI Museum Video Archive. Obscuri Viri Gallery, Moscow
Selected Group Exhibitions
1987
Creative Atmosphere and Art Process. First exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club. Proletarsky District Exhibition Hall at Vostochnaya Street, Moscow
1988
Second Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club. Exhibition Hall of the Proletarsky District in Peresvetov Lane, Moscow
Ich lebe – ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern
1989
Expensive Art (Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club). Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow
1990
Catalogue. Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow
Schizo-China: Hallucination at Power (Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club). Construction pavilion of VDNKh on Frunzenskaya Embankment, Moscow
1991
Visitation (Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club). Exhibition Hall of the Proletarsky District in Peresvetov Lane, Moscow
MANI Museum - 40 Moskauer Künstler. Frankfurter Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1995
Kunst im Verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Ruβland 1957–1995. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein; documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Manege Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow
1999
Literatur und Kunst zwischen Ost und West. Klingspor-Museum, Offenbach am Main, Germany
2003
Literature and Art Between East and West. Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia
2005
Kollektive Kreativität. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2006
Russische Souvenirs. Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, Bielefeld, Germany
2007
History of Russian Video Art, Volume 1. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Landschaft (Entfernung). Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
On Geekdom. Benaki Museum, Athens
2009
Subversive Praktiken. Kunst unter Bedingungen politischer Repression 60er–80er / Südamerika / Europa. Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Archive and Collection of Vadim Zakharov. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
2010
The track: virtuosen der täuschung. Ein Einblick in das Universum der Gruppe "Kollektive Aktionen". Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
2011
Empty Zones. Andrei Monastyrski and Collective Actions. La 54 Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Russo, Venice, Italy