M A X I M W A K U L T S C H I K B I O Maxim Wakultschik s art consists of mathematically precise and accurate constructions that create formal order

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1 MAXIM WAKULTSCHIK

2 M A X I M W A K U L T S C H I K B I O Maxim Wakultschik s art consists of mathematically precise and accurate constructions that create formal order from a chaos of independent elements. In his complex and multilayered objects he explores the interplay between light and shadow, surface structure and color vibration. Focusing on the effect of the reflexion of the ambient light results in oscillating variations of reality that constantly challenge us to a proactive approach. His works perpetually change as the slightest movement, the smallest alteration in perspec-tive leads to stunning new impressions, turning his works into kinetic objects. The edges of reality and illusion are blurred and become flexible constructs of the individual, which constantly challenge us to push the boundaries of our perception.

3 THE POWER OF ILLUSION Maxim Wakultschik has updated his optical portraits for the digital age. Comprised entirely of hand-painted wooden dowels, Optical Portrait Wood effectively pixelates a series of portraits into abstraction. With each new point of view, these works respond in kind by offering an entirely new formation of kaleidoscopic geometric forms, creating the illusion of autonomous kinetic energy. Wakultschik actively fragments the human face and challenges viewers to think about how the interplay of color, space, and form create a whole image. Furthermore, through a manipulation of these formal elements and the subsequent distortion of the familiar, Wakultschik offers a new way of seeing, and perhaps, an alternative reality. In his most recent solo exhibition, One Thousand and One, Wakultschik continues his exploration of fragmentation, composition, and pattern by expanding his practice beyond portraiture in his new rug-inspired series, Carpets. In this series, the wooden-dowels which the works are composed of take on new meaning. The meticulous hand placement of each dowel to create a whole image is reminiscent of the process of carpet-making, which in itself is a meditation on the collaboration of parts to form a whole. Sitting side-by-side in One Thousand and One, the works of Optical Portrait Wood and Carpets center on the principle of deconstruction - a fascination which began with Wakultschik s first series, Reflections, which debuted during his time at Düsseldorf Art Academy in Germany. Wakultschik s newest works challenge preconceived notions of painting in an analogous manner to his previous illusionistic Neo- Pop portraits. While painting has been used to trick the eye for centuries using painterly methods like chiaroscuro and trompe l oeil, Wakultschik solidifies his signature hybrid method of sculpture-painting with his new wooden dowel compositions which prompts a reconsideration of the way we think about the medium and its relationship to illusion. Wakultschik uses his illusory works to carefully control not only what viewers see, but how they see it. He uses his art as a medium through which to control and alter the viewer s perspective. Wakultschik s engineering of space and color in Reflections urges viewers to register the works as three-dimensional, while in Multipersonality, the substitution of a flat picture plane for a wooden accordion forces viewers to move around the piece to reveal the full work. Similarly, in his new series, Optical Portrait Wood and Carpets, the full image can only be seen from a distance, compelling viewers to position themselves accordingly. Therefore, Wakultschik manipulates not only the paintings formal elements to orchestrate his optical illusions but viewers themselves. In One Thousand and One, the two series enter into a dialogue with one another by comparing and contrasting their formal elements and materiality with their individualism and autonomy. The Carpets series, notable for its emphasis on compositional symmetry and geometric pattern, most obviously foregrounds Wakultschik s technique by drawing comparisons to tradition carpet-making methods. However, the works titles (Arash, Anahita, and Azar), inspired by ancient Persian names, infuse the Carpets with individual personalities akin to those of the neighboring portraits. Similarly, the featured works from Optical Portrait Wood effuse a sense of personhood due to their high level of detail and expressive rendering. The artist bridges the gap to Carpets with one optical portrait in particular in which he alters his method by turning the wooden dowels flat to resemble wefts on the reverse side of a tapestry. This drifting in and out of focus between the material and ethereal is at the core of all of Wakultschik s works. What from a distance appear to be portraits of individuals are reduced to a series of wooden dowels, celebrity portraits which are recognizable individually become abstracted from afar, and two faces become one as viewers walk by. Through a manipulation of color, space, and material, Wakultschik s series Optical Portrait Wood and Carpets expand upon his earlier practice and provide a new perspective with which to reflect upon the power of illusion. by Meredith Loper Research Assistant, University of St Andrews St Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain

4 Right On Point Portraits and Patterns Maxim Wakultschik s Dazzling Relief Works Kaliande. Valeria. Selena. Beauties in the spirit of Pointillism. Iridescent, multidimensional, recognizable, with graceful features that are almost realistic. Their names, taken from mythology or picked right from the night sky, are full of transcendent connotations that evoke ideas and emotions. The wall objects from Maxim Wakultschik s series Optical Portraits are mysterious, yet strangely familiar. Wakultschik alters and reinterprets images that he comes upon or creates himself. Devoted to portraiture that is rooted in the aesthetic traditions of Renaissance Italy, he, at the same time, takes artistic techniques originally developed by artists Georges Seurat or Paul Signac in 19th century France to the next level. His artworks are both haptic objects and sensory play of deception. Three-dimensional Pointillism - a continuous invitation to a sensual, visual skimming of the surface. With every changing angle of incidence, every alteration in position, the viewer experiences stunningly diverse perspectives. Wakultschik s works are never static, but elementally vigorous, leading a life of their own. In a strict geometrical manner of accurately placed, latticed wooden sticks, the compositions summon the female models en face; the color of the wood answering to the polychrome demands of skin, eyes, and hair. Additive application of paint assisted the pointillists in bringing luminous paintings into being. Intransigently assembled and arranged wooden dowels, about three inches in length, serve the same purpose for Wakultschik. The use of tens of thousands of them, adds a wow factor to his art. Pointillism, the once derogatorily coined confetti art of the Post-Impressionists, pointed to the pixel and raster graphics of the digital age; an age, in which the boundaries of object and image are fluid to the extreme; where multidimensionality and the deceiving powers of images in an era of ubiquitous availability and virtual repetition are constantly being renegotiated. Stemming from intensive digital preliminary work, Wakultschik uses strict vertical and horizontal configurations to create his special variant of analog portraits. This enables him to create his Optical Portraits, with their captivating picture puzzle character that has become his trademark style. Herein, the object artist recalls his early interest in structure, mathematics, and arrangement systems that have captivated his imagination. In school, I was the best at Math. While studying under professor Jannis Kounellis at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf, Wakultschik worked parttime with an antiques conservator. Here, he discovered his passion for plastic expression, in particular for reliefs. His first ventures into this new artistic realm took place 20 years ago and resulted in his Order Reliefs. Up to this day, Wooden Reliefs play a vital role in his oeuvre. Born in Belarus, Wakultschik does not think of himself as a painter. Even though color is a central aspect of his art, his focus is always the object. As I am an object artist, I find inspiration in everything around me, even if it is a flat object. In my mind, I develop it into something three-dimensional. While traveling to California, he thus developed the idea of painting with wooden sticks. Seriality lies at the core of Wakultschik s work. He has been working on Optical Portraits since This year, he presents his new series, Carpets, which is sparked by his interest in tapestries. Open to all kinds of inspiration, he references materiality and symbolic meaning of wall hangings and floor coverings, while at the same time relieving his Carpets from the burden of use. Work titles such as Arash, Azar and Anahita conjure memories of One Thousand and One Nights and imbue the work series with the magic of Scheherazade. Tales of Aladdin, of flying carpets, of palaces and mysteries of the orient shimmer through the pieces. In Qatar, a craving for pomegranates and the longing for the Rivers of Paradise are woven into the pattern. But Wakultschik adds irony to the objects of his observation, while at the same time thwarting their substantiality by way of his technique -- the classic Oriental rugs are made of heavy textile and charged with symbolic meaning. Object-like quality and structure of wooden sticks paraphrase their knotting, while simultaneously ruling out the use as floor covering. Wakultschik thus alludes to the quintessential purpose of the objects that served as models -- in the East, the product category of rugs includes textiles which cover walls or tables. While a knot count of over a million makes for an exquisite example, Wakultschik needs 16,000 wooden sticks for one of his mid-sized works. Only then does he achieve the desired resolution and the intensity of emotion, illusion, and vibration that he aims for - and his utmost joy of puzzling the viewers and playing with their perception. Op-Art artists such as Bridget Riley admired Seurat. Wakultschik, in turn, stands in the tradition of Op-Art. Through his empirical studies, he arrives at its pointillistic roots. But with his moving, shimmering dots in a manner of Seurat, he takes the pointillistic technique of painting to a new level and quite literally into space. Painting with light and shadow, and with illusionistic strategies that are as subtle as they are clever, he plays the loveliest tricks on us. Wakultschik puts the viewers sense of sight to the test and undermines parameters of perception that hitherto were irrefutable. Diving into optic phenomenons that Goethe was already fascinated with, he pulls his viewers into a world of flickering surfaces; a place where optical deception is embraced. From the depth of the shadowy spaces to the outermost tips of his pointy structures, Wakultschik directs and redirects our sight a hundred thousand. Right on point, indeed. by Dorothee Baer-Bogenschütz Art Critic and Art Historian Wiesbaden, Germany

5 Maxim Wakultschik Paloma #2, 2017 Lacquer & Wood on Kapa Board 80h x 60w x 9d cm A$ 25,000.00

6 Maxim Wakultschik Paloma #2

7 MCONTEMP.COM +61 (2) OCEAN ST WOOLLAHRA SYDNEY, NSW MAXIM WAKULTSCHIK (b Minsk, Belarus) Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany EDUCATION Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Arts Academy of Düsseldorf), Düsseldorf, Germany: Studies of Painting and Drawing with Professor Jannis Kounellis and Professor Beate Schiff Belarusian Lyceum of Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 One Thousand and One, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA (catalogue) The New Art Order, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Trugbild oder Täuschung (Illusion or Deception), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany The Illusion of Perception, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany 2017 Neue Werke (New Works), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany Blurred Boundaries, COVA art gallery, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Maxim s World of Art, Art Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe, Cologne, Germany 2016 Neue Werke von Maxim Wakultschik (New Works by Maxim Wakultschik), Galerie Simon Nolte Münster, Germany Perspective Three, TRIBU HOUSE, Geneva, Switzerland Monuments, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany 2015 Art meets Fashion Inline unlimited, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo with Agata Agatowska) Porträt. Form, Farbe, Illusion (Portrait. Form, Color, Illusion), NEW AG, Mönchengladbach, Germany Faces, Unique Gallery, Galerie Claudia Junig, Cologne, Germany Facetime 2.0, Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain (solo with Sebastian Herzau) 2014 Maxim Wakultschik Der heimliche Blick (Maxim Wakultschik The secret Gaze), Alte Honigfabrik, Kunstverein Ibbenbüren, Germany Maxim Wakultschik Der zweite Blick (Maxim Wakultschik At second Glance), Galerie Palais Walderdorff, Gesell-schaft für Bildende Kunst Trier e.v., Trier, Germany Von Angesicht zu Angesicht (Face to Face), Museum im Haus Hövener, Kunstverein Östliches Sauerland, Brilon, Germany Face Time, Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain Maxim Wakultschik Face Time, Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany Die Poesie des Alltags (The Poetics of Everyday Life), Kunstverein Aurich, Aurich, Germany Maxim Wakultschik Zeitfenster (Maxim Wakultschik Time Window), Kunstverein Gundelfingen, Gundelfingen, Germany Maxim Wakultschik GESICHTS-ZÜGE Malerei und Objekte (Maxim Wakultschik Facial Features / Train of Faces Painting and Objects), Kunstverein Heidenheim a. d. Brenz, Heidenheim a. d. Brenz, Germany Maxim Wakultschik The Art of Shadow, Kunstverein Nümbrecht, Nümbrecht, Germany Face to Face, Alte Brennerei, Kunstverein Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany 2013 Kunstverein Biberach, Biberach, Germany Maxim Wakultschik, Galerie Frank Pages, Geneva, Switzerland New Objects, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany Hall of Fame, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Trainspotting, Municipal Gallery, Versandhalle Grevenbroich, Grevenbroich, Germany FaceTime, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Maxim Wakultschik Schilderijen / Wandobjecten (Maxim Wakultschik Paintings / Wall Objects), Galerie BMB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Maxim Wakultschik, Roland Gallery, Cologne, Germany (catalogue) Maxim Wakultschik Peintre / Plasticien (Maxim Wakultschik Painter / Sculptor), The Raymond Banas Art Gallery and House of Culture, Metz, France (catalogue) 2012 Der heimliche Blick (The Secret Gaze), Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Limburg, Limburg a. d. Lahn, Germany wirklich nicht wirklich (real not real), Kunstverein Barsinghausen e.v., Barsinghausen, Germany (catalogue) 2011 Ost-West Nachtzug (East-West Night Train), Städtische Galerie Petershagen, Petershagen, Germany Maxim Wakultschik Malerei (Maxim Wakultschik Painting), Turmgalerie Schloss Augustusburg, Germany Maxim Wakultschik Malerei / Yukiya Izumita Skulptur (Maxim Wakultschik Painting / Yukiya Izuminta Sculpture), Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany 2010 Maxim Wakultschik East-West Night Train, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany Schein und Wirklichkeit (Pretense and Reality), Kunstverein Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany 2009 Maxim Wakultschik East-West Night Train, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany 2007 Maxim Wakultschik Deception, Burkhard Eikelmann Com, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue) Deception, Kunsthalle Neuufer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany 2006 Dualities, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA (catalogue) Snare, Kunstraum Glashaus, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue)

8 2005 Identity, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany 2004 Neue Arbeiten (New Works), Municipal Gallery Blaushaus, Xanten, Germany Face to Face, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA (catalogue) 2003 Face to Face, Galerie Studio 40, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue) 2002 Vorbild Mensch (Model Human), Kunst & Museum, Hollfeld, German 2001 Neue Arbeiten (New Works), HWL Galerie und Edition, Düsseldorf, Germany art drei räume (art three rooms), Kunsthaus Mettmann e.v., Mettmann, Germany GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 FO YOU Voluntary Art Liaison, Berlin, Germany architecture meets art, Galeria Simon Nolte at Villa La Vida, Majorca, Spain U_K Düsseldorf Cologne Open Galleries, Düsseldorf, Germany Nacht der Museen und Galerien (Night of Museums and Galleries), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany XIX Trialog w Krynkach / Belarusian Outside, Fundacja Villa Sokrates, Krynki, Poland Todos podem ser Frida / All can be Frida, Espacio Gallery, London, UK Way to the East, Art Center La Recova, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (catalogue) Heimat (Home), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany Summer 2018, Galleria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain RARITY SUMMER CONTEMPORARY 2018, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece Zeitgeist, Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany Das große Format (The large Format), Art Galerie 7 / Meike Knueppe, Cologne, Germany 2017 Neue Werke (New Works), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany All in..., von fraunberg art galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Masterpieces, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Defragmentation of the Reality, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany salondergegenwart, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue) Das kleine Format (The small Format), Art Galerie 7 / Meike Knueppe, Cologne, Germany Biało czerwono biali. Współczesna sztuka białoruska / White Red White. Contemporary Belarusian Art, Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland (catalogue) MONOCHROME Art Utilizing Primarily One Color, M A N I F E S T, Non-Profit Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (catalogue) Discover as on a Journey, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany Uitnodiging (Invitation), COVA art gallery, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Gruppenausstellung zu den Skulptur Projekte in Münster (Group Exhibition for the Skulptur Projekte Münster), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany Skulptur, Objekte (Sculptures & Objects), Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany RARITY SUMMER CONTEMPORARY 2017, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Griechenland WE THE WOMAN, Atelier des Bains, Geneva, Switzerland / with Galerie Frank Pages, Geneva, Switzerland New Works, Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany Unzertrennlich (Inseparable), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany Happy new Drawings and other Objects, Gallery Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany 2016 Now U see it s Xmas Season, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany Weihnachtsausstellung 2016 (Christmas Exhibition 2016), Stiftung Starke, Löwenpalais Grunewald, Berlin, Germany Pure Pop The Art of Popular Culture, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Galeria Simon Nolte, Palma, Majorca, Spain 50 Contemporary Artists, EAF / ENTER ART FOUNDATION bei ABC Berlin, Berlin Art Week, Berlin, Germany Art After Work, Kunstakademie.gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany Zeitgeist, Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany Riss oder Spaltung? (Split or Division?), Gallery Galina Seidel, Cologne, Germany XX Part One 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Revision / ZBOR. BELARUSIAN ART MOVEMENT in IZOLYATSIA, Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kiev, Ukraine SaisonstArt (Season StART), Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain SUPREME Skulptur Malerei Installation (SUPREME Sculpture Painting Installation), Art Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe, Cologne, Germany Pixel of Identities The Body Language, Bogota Arte Contemporaneo BAC Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia Liquid Rooms The Labyrinth, Palazzo Ca Zanardi & VENICE ART HOUSE Gallery, Venice, Italy 2015 Gallery Artists, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany 100 Jahre Schwarzes Quadrat von Kazimir Malevich. 10 Künstler x 10 m2 Kunst (Centennial Anniversary of Kazimir Malevich s Black Square. 10 Artists x 10 square meters of Art), 20th gallery anniversary show, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany Grand Opening, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Neue Werke (New Works), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany KunstBoulevard Malerei und Fotografie (Art Boulevard Painting and Photography), cultural council Steglitz-Zehlendorf with Boulevard Berlin, Berlin, Germany (catalogue) #BYOA #Proudcollector, Woeske Gallery, Berlin, Germany Revision, Foundation Izolyatsia, Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kiev, Ukraine ZBIÓR (ZBOR) (Set (Zbor)), group project Revision, Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, Poland Magie des Realen (Magic of the Real), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany Naked, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA (catalogue) Hinter Kulissen (Behind the Scenes), Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Future Identities Bodies. Places. Spaces., Laura Haber Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

9 Future Identities Bodies. Places. Spaces., International Photography, Painting, Installation, Video Art, and Performance Art Festival im Palazzo Radetzky, Milan, Italy Saisonart 4.0 (Season Art 4.0), Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain 2014 Portfolio: Wirklichkeit und Illusionen (Portfolio: Reality and Illusion), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany MODERN VENUS, Kunstraum Gerdi Gutperle, Viernheim, Germany Männerwelten (Men s Worlds), Kunstverein Burgwedel-Isernhagen, Isernhagen, Germany NordArt 2014, KiC Kunst in der Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany Myth & Muse, an Homage to Frida Kahlo, GO Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Unter 4 Augen Sprache des Portraits (Under 4 Eyes Language of the Portrait), Altes Rathaus, Kunstkreis Gräfelfing, Gräfeling, Germany AFTER THE FAIR & NEW POSITIONS, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany 2013 Gallery s Choice, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany No Time Like the Present, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA small but just in size, BESPOKE, Düsseldorf, Germany 20 Jahre Galerie Ruetz Jubiläumsausstellung (20 Years Galerie Ruetz Anniversary Exhibition), Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany Menschen-t-raume (Human Dreams / Human Spaces), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany Awakening into Color. Part I, Taylor Wessing, Düsseldorf, Germany In Sequence, Taylor Wessing, Franfurt a. M., Germany Ensemble Terrible, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany 2012 Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany Auf der ewigen Reise (On the eternal Journey), E.ON Galerie, E.ON AG, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue) NEWart.21, Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain Nomaden (Nomads), CMG Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Summertime, von fraunberg Art Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany Radius Null (Radius Zero), temporäre space, Fabrik Horizont, Minsk, Belarus Gallery 212, Miami, Florida, USA OPEN HOUSE 2012, Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany Die Schlossanlage (The Castle Compley), Castle Gomel, Gomel, Belarus 3 Year Anniversary, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany 2011 In between Days, von fraunberg aart gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany New States of Contempory Art, Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany Review und Ausblick 7 Jahre Galerie T40 (Review and Outlook 7 Years Galerie T40), Galerie T40, Düsseldorf, Germany Gallery Artists, Galerie Frank Pages, Crans-Montana, Switzerland 2010 Ambivalences, Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany Mobilität 6: Inside Movement (Mobility 6: Inside Movement), Förderverein für junge Künstler e. V. Galerie im Griesbad, Ulm, Germany ON WHAT?, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Seewerk 2010, das SEEWERK, Moers, Germany (catalogue) Gallery Artists, Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany Who is afraid of the Museum?, Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen, Belgium (catalogue) Gallery Artists, Galerie Frank Pages, Baden-Baden, Deutschland 2009 Public Inside, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany Closely Watched Trains, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Light Switch, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Krieg der Engel Junge russische Kunst (War of the Angels Young Russian Art), Galerie Oben, Chemnitz, Germany Krieg der Engel Junge russische Kunst (War of the Angels Young Russian Art), Kunstverein Talstrasse e. V., Halle a. d. Saale, Germany Gallery Artists, Galerie Ruethmueller Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland The simple Art of Parody, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan Switch on Gräfelfing, Kunstkreis Gräfelfing, Germany (catalogue) Wer bin ich? (Who am I?), Bürgerhaus Hürth, Hürth, Germany 2008 Gallery Artists Recent Works, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Russische Variationen (Russian Variations), Stiftung Landdrostei, Pinneberg, Germany Our Favorites, Bereznitsky Gallery, Berlin, Germany GOOD-BY, Temporary Art Space Für Fürtgeschrittene, Berlin, Germany RCS Russian Contemporary Show, HAN JIN YUN Contemporary Space Gallery, Beijing, China (catalogue) Belarusian Perspectives, Arsenal Galerie, Białystok, Poland Jahresgaben (Annual Gifts), Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany 2007 Revision, Bereznitsky Gallery Berlin, Berlin, Germany White, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Revision, Bereznitsky Gallery Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine ART ARSENAL, Municipal Art Forum Arsenal, Kiev, Ukraine Photo, Christine Hölz Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany 2006 Gallery Artists, Municipal Gallery Kaarst, Kaarst, Germany Bewegung, Dynamik und Kraft (Motion, Dynamics and Power), Municipal Gallery Schwingeler Hof, Wesseling, Germany (catalogue) Current Belarusian Art, Staatliches Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Moskau, Russland 2005 Gallery Artists, Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst e.v., Berlin, Germany Revision, Kunstforum BBK, Düsseldorf, Germany Co-operative Experience, Galerie Christine Hölz, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue)

10 2004 Neue Arbeiten (New Works), Cubus Kunsthalle, Duisburg, Germany (catalogue) 5. Kunstkreuz 2004, Kulturring in Berlin e.v., Berlin, Germany Neue Arbeiten (New Works), Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany 2003 Emprise Art Award 2003, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue) Licht Raum Europa (Light Space Europe), Reithalle im Klenzepark, Ingolstadt, Germany (catalogue) Spannungen, Schatten und Licht (Tension, Shadows and Light), Municipal Gallery Schwingeler Hof, Wesseling, Germany (catalogue) Neue Arbeiten (New Works), Museum Baden, Solingen, Germany 12. International Print Biennale, Graphic Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria Sixpack, Dieter Fischer Galerie, Dortmund, Germany eingrenzen, grenzenlos, ausgrenzen (enclose, limitless, exclude), Museum Voswinckelshof, Dinslaken, Germany 2002 Emprise Art Award 2002, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue) 7. Kunstbombe, Flottmann-Hallen, Herne, Germany Malzeit (Painting Time), Hetjens Museum Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany Internationale Hollfelder Kunstausstellung, Hollfeld, Germany 6. Kunstbombe, Flottmann-Hallen, Herne, Germany 2000 Expo-Project for World Exhibition, Hofanlage, Holzminden, Germany Netz (Net), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany Miniatur 2000, Orangerie Schloss Rheda, Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany (catalogue) Emprise Art Award 2000, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue) 1999 Der Mensch als Möglichkeit (Man as Opportunity), Museum im Schloss Fürstenberg, Fürstenberg, Germany ART FAIR PARTICIPATION 2018 Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey / with Faur Zsófi Galéria, Budapest, Hungary Sydney Contemporary, Sydney, Australia / with.m Contemp, Sydney, Australia art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany / with Art Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe, Cologne, Germany und Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany 2017 KIAF 2017 ART SEOUL, Seoul, South Korea Kölner Liste 2017 (Cologne List 2017), Fair for Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany / with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany / with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany 2016 Kunst 15 Zurich (Art 15 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland / with von fraunberg art gallery ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany / with Galerie Simon Nolte art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany / with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, von Fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, and Art Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe, Cologne, Germany 2015 art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany / with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany / with Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany Kunst 15 Zurich (Art 15 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland / with von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany 2014 Contemporary Venice It s LIQUID International Art Show, Palazzo Flangini, Venice, Italy ArtPalmBeach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA / with Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany / with Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, and Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany / with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany Kunst 14 Zürich (Art 14 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland / with von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, Texas, USA / with Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA 2013 Kunst 13 Zürich (Art 13 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany / with Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Christi-an Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, and Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, Texas, USA / with Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany / with Galerie Frank Pages, Geneva, Switzerland 2012 Scope Miami, Miami, Florida, USA / with Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, Florida, USA Kunst 12 Zürich (Art 12 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland / with Galerie an der Pinako-thek der Moderne, Munich, Germany ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany / with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, and Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany HOUSTON Fine Art Fair, Houston, Texas, USA / with Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Scope Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland / with Galerie Frank Pages, Geneva, Switzerland art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany / with Galerie Frank Pages, Germany, Switzerland Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey / with Galerie Frank Pages, Germany, Switzerland Art Stage Singapore, Singapore / with Galerie Frank Pages, Germany, Switzerland 2011 art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany / with Galerie Frank Pages, Germany, Switzerland ART.FAIR 21, Cologne, Germany / with Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey / with Galerie Frank Pages, Germany, Switzerland Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, Texas, USA / with Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA Kunstmesse Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany / with Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany Scope Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland / with Galerie Frank Pages, Geneva, Switzerland 2010 art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany / with Galerie Oben, Chemnitz, Germany C.A.R. contemporary art ruhr, Essen, Germany / with Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany St-art 2010, Strasbourg, France / with Galerie Frank Pages, Germany, Switzerland

11 2009 Tease Art Fair, Cologne, Germany / with Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan / with ART ISSUE Projects, Beijing, China Selection Art Fair Basel, Basel, Switzerland / mit Galerie Ruethmuelle Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland KIAF 2009 ART SEOUL, Seoul, South Korea, with ART ISSUE Projects, Beijing, China ShContemporary, Shanghai, China / with ART ISSUE Projects, Beijing, China 2008 ART.FAIR 21, Cologne, Germany / with Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany Berliner Liste, Berlin, Germany / with Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany One Man Show, Bridge Art Fair New York, USA / with Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue) DiVA New York 2008, Digital & Video Art Fair, New York, USA / with White Box Gallery 2007 ART.FAIR 21, Cologne, Deutschland / with Bereznitsky Gallery Berlin, Berlin, Germany Bridge Art Miami, Florida, USA / with Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany Art Moscow, Moscow, Russia / with Bereznitsky Gallery Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany The Salzburg World Fine Art Fair, Salzburg, Austria / with Galerie Ruethmueller, Basel, Switzerland and Bereznitsky Gallery Berlin, Berlin, Germany AWARDS AND ACCOLADES 2009 SWITCH ON, Recognition Award, Kunstpreis Licht 2009 (Art Award Light 2009), Graefelfing, Germany 2006 Special Prize for Originality, Kunstpreis Wesseling, Wesseling, Germany 2005 Award of PSD Bank, Rhein-Ruhr, Düsseldorf, Germany 2001 Art Award of Sparkasse Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany Young Art Award of Stadtwerke Herne AG, Herne, Germany Emprise Art Award 2001, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany 2000 Caspar von Zumbusch Award, Herzebrock-Clarhorst, Germany Kö-Galerie Award, Düsseldorf, Germany 1987 Third prize at the Union Competition Diploma, Moscow, Russia COLLECTIONS Adelta Finanz AG, Düsseldorf, Germany AXA, Cologne, Germany Bach, Langheid & Dalmayr, Cologne, Germany Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Frankfurt a. M., Germany Denk GmbH, Berlin, Germany Emprise Consulting GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG, Frankfurt a. M., Germany Fast Trade AG, Cologne, Germany Hewlett Packard Germany, Böblingen, Germany NEW AG, Mönchengladbach, Germany ProFonds GmbH, Munich, Germany PSD Bank Rhein-Ruhr, Düsseldorf, Germany PwC Deutsche Revision AG, Düsseldorf, Germany Qiagen AG, Hilden, Germany Sparkasse, Herne, Germany Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Białystok, Poland Taylor Wessing, Düsseldorf, Germany

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