1949
Born in Petsamo, Murmansk region, USSR
1980
Graduated from Moscow State University, Moscow
since 1976
Member of the Collective Actions group
1981
Compiling of the first MANI (Moscow Archive of New Art) folder
1980–1989
Compiling of the Trips Out of Town (in Five Volumes) of the Collective Actions group
1986–1990
Compiling of the Five Volumes of MANI (Moscow Archive of New Art) folders
Lives and work in Moscow
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1990
Particular Histories (with Conrad Atkinson). Proletarsky District Exhibition Hall at Peresvetov Lane, Moscow
1991
Art Situation at the MANI Museum. MANI Museum (N. Panitkov’s country mansion), Lobnia, Moscow region;
Artists’ Studio in Bolshaya Bronnaya ulitsa, Moscow
Neighborhood of the Regina Gallery. Regina Gallery, Moscow
1994
Unterschriften. Kunstwerke, Berlin
1995
Andrei Monastyrski, Pavel Peppershtein. Paszti-Bott Gallery, Cologne
1996
The Limb. XL Gallery, Moscow
1998
Gosagroprom. Obscuri Viri Gallery, Moscow
2000
70s and Other Works. Navicula Artis Gallery, St. Petersburg
2004
Mouse Hunting (with Vadim Zakharov). Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2005
Earth Works. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2007
Winter of 1983–2008. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia
2008
Tallinna Kunstihoone, Tallinn, Estonia
2010
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
2011
Empty Zones. Andrei Monastyrski and Collective Actions. La 54 Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Russo, Venice, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
1977
La nuova arte sovietica: una prospettiva non ufficiale. La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1981
Russian New Wave. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York, USA
1982
First AptArt Exhibition. AptArt Gallery (N. Alexeev’s apartment), Moscow
1984
AptArt in Tribeca. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America, New York, USA
1985
AptArt. Moscow Vanguard in the ‘80s. Washington Project for the Arts, Washington
1986
Arts of Today. International exhibitions. Hotel Hilton, Budapest
1987
Art of Today. II International exhibitions. Budapest Galeria, Budapest
Creative Atmosphere and Art Process. First Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club. Proletarsky District Exhibition Hall at Vostochnaya Street, Moscow
Retrospection 1957–1987. Hermitage Amateur Society, Exhibition Hall at 100 Profsoyuznaya, Moscow
Object 1. Exhibition Hall on 28 Malaya Gruzinskaya, Moscow
1988
Ich lebe - Ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern
Second Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club. Exhibition Hall of the Proletarsky District in Peresvetov Lane, Moscow
1989
Expensive Art (Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club). Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow
The Green Show. Exit Art, New York, USA; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
1990
Towards an Object. Sadovniki Gallery (Krasnogvardeisky District Exhibition Hall), Moscow
Catalogue. Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow
Schizo-China: Hallucination at Power (Exhibition of the Avantgardists’ Club). Construction pavilion of VDNKh on Frunzenskaya Embankment, Moscow
1990-1991
Between Spring and Summer: Soviet Conceptual Art in the Era of Late Communism. Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA
1991
MANI Museum - 40 Moskauer Künstler. Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
BiNationale (Israelische - Sowjetische Kunst um 1990). Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; Central House of Artist, Moscow
1991–1993
Perspectives of Conceptualism. The University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu; Clocktower Gallery, P. S. 1, New York; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, USA
1992-1993
a Mosca... a Mosca. Villa Campoleto, Herculaneum; Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
1993
La 45 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy
1994
Fluchtpunkt Moscau. Ludwig Forum, Aahen, Germany
1995
No Man’s Land. Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen
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
Kräftmesse. Kunstlerwerkstatt Lothinger Straße 13, Munich, Germany
1997
Collective Actions. Exit Art, New York, USA
1998
Out of Action. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
1998-2001
Praprintium. Staatsbibliothek, Berlin; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen; Museum fuer literatur am Oberrhein, Karlsruhe, Germany; Oesterreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Vienna; Minoritenkloster, Graz, Austria
1999
Global Conceptualism: Points of Origins. Queens Museum of Arts, New York, USA
Kunst im Untergrund. Albertina Museum, Vienna
2000
L‘autre moitié de l‘Europe. Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
Art of the XX Century. State Tretyakov Galley, Moscow
2001
Art Moscow Workshops. Central House of Artist, Moscow
2002
In Capital Letters. Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Moscow Minimalism. Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
The Music in Me, Chapter 1. Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e.V. Bremen, Germany
2003
La 50 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy
Moskauer Konzeptualismus. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
2003-2004
Berlin – Moskau / Moscow - Berlin 1950–2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; State Historical Museum, Moscow
2004
CA Objects (Objects in the Actions by the Collective Actions Group). E.K.АrtBureau, Moscow
My Kabakov. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2005
Accomplices. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
International Biennale of Contemporary Art 2005. Prague
Angels of History. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
AptArt. 1982–1984. E. K. АrtBureau, Moscow
Russia! Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
Reflection. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow; National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Nizhny Novgorod
2006
¡Rusia! Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
Renegades. 25 Years of Performance at Exit Art. Exit Art, New York, USA
The Sun on the Wall. Pavelhaus, Radkersburg Umgebung, Austria; Laikmetīgās mākslas centrs, Riga
The Vincent 2006. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Artists Against The State: Perestroika Revisited. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, USA
Venture II. Galerija Gregor Podnar, Ljubljana
2007
I Believe! Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
Woe from Wit. State Literary Museum, Moscow
Thinking Realism. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
La 52 Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy
documenta XII. Kassel, Germany
Who’s got the Big Picture? Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Romantischer Konzeptualismus. Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
Landschaft (Entfernung). Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
History of Russian Video Art. Volume 1. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
2008
Total Enlightenment. Conceptual Art in Moscow 1960–1990. Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Fundación Juan March, Madrid
Brussels Biennial 1. Brussels
That Obscure Object of Art. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
2009
Collection and Archive of Vadim Zakharov. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
History of Russian Video Art. Volume 2. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
The Another Mythology. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
2010
Hide and Seek. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA
Archstoyanie 2010. Summer. Nikola-Lenivets village, Kaluga Region, Russia
Collection and Archive of German Titov. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
Field of Action. Moscow Conceptual School and its Context, 1970s-1980s. Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow
Collections
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
State Tretyakov Galley, Moscow
Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
Awards and Prizes
2003
Andrei Bely Prize, Moscow
2008
Soratnik Prize, Moscow
2010
Innovation-2009 Award (Art Theory and Criticism nomination), Moscow