Olga Chernysheva

Olga Chernysheva (Moscow, Russia, 1962) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Moscow. Her work spans film, photography, drawing and object-based mediums, where she draws on quotidian moments and marginal spaces from everyday life as a way of exploring the increasing fragmentation of master narratives in contemporary Russian culture.[1]

She holds a BA from the Moscow Cinema Academy, Moscow and an MA from the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, including Museum of Modern Art, New York; Lunds Konsthall, Sweden; Moscow Biennale for Contemporary Art; Biennale of Museum Folkwang, Essen, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Her work is held in major collections worldwide, including Museum of Modern Art, New York; Luis Vuitton Foundation for Creation, Paris; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow; Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University; Ludwig Forum fur Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany; The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo; NBK, Berlin, Germany; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Moscow Museum of Modern Art. She is represented by Foxy Production in New York.

Selected bibliography

Abensour, Dominique. "Olga Chernysheva", De Moscou, 2002: 12-21.
Amir, Yaelle. "Olga Chernysheva", ArtUS 19, Summer 2007: 23.
Andreeva, Ekaterina. "Our Time According to Olga Chernysheva", The Happiness Zone, 2004: 17-23.
Degot, Ekaterina. "Inhabitants: A Conversation with Olga Chernysheva", World Art Museum, No. 26, 20 January 2007: 92-93, 116-119.
Groys, Boris. "The Time Closure", The Happiness Zone, 2004: 7-15.
Groys, Boris. "Documenting everyday art", Olga Chernysheva: Works 2000-2008, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin and Diehl + Gallery One, Moscow, 2009.
Rudick, Nicole. “Olga Chernysheva”, Artforum.com, Picks, 3 April 2007.

External links

Olga Chernysheva at Foxy Production, New York

• Official website
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