Biography
BORN: Ukraine, 1960
EDUCATION:
1980-1986 Ukrainian Academy of Fine Arts, M.F.A.
1979-1980 St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, private student of Y. Moiseyenko
1975-1979 Crimean Art College, B.F.A.
1971-1975 Specialized Art School, Simferopol
1993-1997 lived and worked in Heidelberg, Germany
Since 1998 lives and works in New York
In 2004 in New York, Kandinsky founded a movement called “Gemism,” which refers to artist’s application of realistic images of luminescent gemstones on his canvases. The gemstones are intermingled with flags, ideograms, political figures and celebrities along with symbolism from China, the former Soviet Union and American pop culture. Yet this is not straight Pop, nor is it Chinese art or some pastiche of Soviet-era propaganda. Gemism is a tip of the cap to all three.
Art projects:
- Geopolitical Gemism
- Meditation of Weapons
- I don’t want to be a Russian Artist
- China-ism
- The Grenade Wall
- To be or not to be
Collaborative projects:
- Marc Ecko, Meditation of Weapons, New York Fashion Week, 2007
- Guns N’ Roses, deluxe edition of “Chinese Democracy” album, 2008
- French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union Diplomacy and Economics Conference, 2010
Solo exhibitions
| 2011 |
China-ism II: Democracy or Economy? Anton S. Kandinsky / Ai Weiwei, WHITE BOX, New York |
| 2011 |
La Roulette en Rose, CATM Chelsea, New York |
| 2010 |
The Grenade Room, Chair and the Maiden Gallery, New York |
| 2009 |
China-ism, Art Next Gallery, New York |
| 2008 |
Meditation of Weapons, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago |
| 2007 |
A Meditation of Weapons curated by Marc Ecko, New York City |
| 2006 |
Big Money Likes Silence, Zorya Fine Art & Saxony South Beach, Greenwich, CT |
| 2005 |
Gemism , Zorya Fine Art, Greenwich, CT |
| 2004 |
Jewish Art Exhibition, Jewish Enrichment Center, New York |
| 2003 |
Surrealistic Still Life and Portraits, The Ukrainian Institute of America, New York |
| 2002 |
A.D. Gatto Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY |
| 2002 |
Kandinsky & Kaufman Gallery in association with Ashley Gallery, New York |
| 1998 |
Portrait of an Artist, The Mid Island Y Jewish Community Center, Plainview, NY |
Group Exhibitions
| 2011 |
Loft in the Red Zone, 23 Wall Street, New York |
| 2011 |
WHERE IS AI WEIWEI?, White Box NY, June 7 |
| 2011 |
The Chelsea Art Museum, New York, Concerning the Spiritual Tradition in Russian Art: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation |
| 2011 |
The Museum of Russian Art in Jersey City, Object, Self, Subject |
| 2010 |
Budapest Art Fair 2010, Heroes Corner Section |
| 2010 |
The Knights of the Orthodox Order of Saint John Russian Grand Priory and the Grant Gallery, Benefit Auction, Consulate General of the Russian Federation, New York |
| 2010 |
Birch Forest Part II: Stirrings Still, August 19 - September 7, White Box, NYC |
| 2010 |
Saemangeum Flag Art Festival, April 27 - May 6, Saemangeum Breakwater Sinsido, South Korea |
| 2010 |
Over the Wall: China-ism in Contemporary Art World, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut |
| 2010 |
Fund Art Now, Collective Hardware, New York |
| 2009 |
Over the Wall, Art Next Galllery, New York |
| 2009 |
Gallery 225, Art Live '09, New York |
| 2009 |
Chair and the Maiden Gallery, Art Live '09, New York |
| 2009 |
The New Blue Riders, Art Next Gallery, Chelsea, New York |
| 2008 |
Art Emigrants, Museum of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Kiev |
| 2008 |
Russian Contemporary Show, Han Ji Yun Contemporary Space, Beijing |
| 2007 |
42nd Petroushka Ball, RCWS, The Waldorf Astoria, New York |
| 2006 |
Global Festival , The United Nations Association of New York |
| 2006 |
Icons of the 21st Century, The Lab Gallery, New York |
| 2005 |
The Russian Nobility Association, New York |
| 2005 |
Judaica in Manhattan, Kandinsky Place, New York |
| 2005 |
Sunset Park Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2004 |
Academy of Muse, The Ukrainian Institute of America, New York |
| 2004 |
The Terrapin Art Gallery, New York |
| 2003 |
Wally Findlay Galleries International, New York |
| 2002 |
Artyama Gallery, New York |
| 2002 |
Absolute Muse, A Gallery, SoHo, New York |
| 1998 |
Art Expo New York, Old Williamsburg Fine Art, New York |
| 1995 |
Heidelberger Werkstattgalerie, Germany |
| 1989 |
Art exhibit of Young Soviet artists, Manezh, Moscow |
| 1987 |
Art exhibit organized by the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria, Sophia |
| 1986 |
Art exhibit organized by the Ministry of Culture of Hungary, Budapest |
| 1986 |
Art exhibit of young Ukrainian artists, Kyiv, Ukraine |
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