ARTIST NAME Elena Kovylina
TEAM NAME
GROUP Group XXI, Oct 05 - Mar 06
DISCIPLINE Art
WEBSITE www.kovylina.com
BIO Born 1971 in Moscow, Russia
Lives in Berlin, Germany

Education

Art Academy Moscow, Russia
Art and Media School Zurich, Switzerland
Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Universitaet der Kuenste, Berlin, Germany

Selected Exhibitions

2013
- "re.act.feminism #2," a performing archive Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany (Group Exhibition)

2012
- "23_dirty_feeds && dirty_mind", Gängeviertel, Hamburg, Germany (Group Exhibition)
- "re.act.feminism #2," Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark (Group Exhibition)
- "re.act.feminism #2," a performing archive Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia (Group Exhibition)

2011
- "Folge der Generationen," Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany (Group Exhibition)
- "re.act.feminism #2," montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (Group Exhibition)
- "Patria o Libertad! On Patriotism, Immigration and Populism," mocca, Toronto, Canada (Group Exhibition)

2010
- "Modernikon: Contemporary Art from Russia," Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy (Group Exhibition)
- International Performance Art Festival, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia (Group Exhibition)
- "Body. Gestures, Postures and Beyond," National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania (Group Exhibition)
- "No more bad girls?" Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria (Group Exhibition)
- "Man Son 1969. Vom Schrecken der Situation," Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Germany (Group Exhibition)
- "Gender Check - Rollenbilder in der Kunst Osteuropas," MUMOK, Vienna, Austria (Group Exhibition)

2009
- "Transitland," The Red House, Sofia, Bulgaria (Group Exhibition)
- 3. Moscow Biennale 2009, Moscow, Russia (Group Exhibition)
- "re.act.feminism & ExterraXX," Kunsthaus Erfurt, Germany (Group Exhibition)
- Sharjah Biennial 9, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Group Exhibition)
- "Man Son 1969. Vom Schrecken der Situation," Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany (Group Exhibition)
- 21 RUSSIA, PinchukArtCentre Kiew, Ukraine (Group Exhibition)

2008
- "re.act.feminism," Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany (Group Exhibition)

2007
- "A WINDOW of ROST´a", La Maison Rouge, Paris, France (Performance)
- "Kovylina Action Art Gallery," Art Athina 2007, Athens, Greece (Performance)

2006
- "HIDDEN PATTERNS," Apartment Gallery, Cheremushki, Russia (Solo Exhibition)
- "The Sounds of the Empire," Austrian Embassy, Berlin (Group Exhibition)
- "Pick a Girl!," Biennale of Sydney 2006, Australia (Performance)
- Festival "Wild Gift," Limehouse Town Hall, London
- "Russia Redux #2," Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York (Group Exhibition)
- "The Medal" and "Transit Art Spase," Stavanger, Norway (Group Exhibition)

2005
- "Boxing" and "We Are the Artist," K-3 Project Space, Zurich (Group Exhibition)
- Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Festival Europalia Russia, Gent, Belgium (Group Exhibition)
- "Waltz at Miami," Gallery Schroeder Romeo, New York City and NADA Art Fair, Miami Beach, Florida (Group Exhibition)
- "Boxing," XL-Project, Moscow (Solo Exhibition)
- "Russia Redux," Gallery Schroeder Romero, New York City (Group Exhibition)
- Second Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic (Group Exhibition)
- "Red Shelter" and "At the Mercy of Others: The Politics of Care," Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, New York, New York
- "Play Boy Show," Art Moscow 2005, Moscow
- Gallery Karin Sachs, Art Vienna (Solo Exhibition)
- "Legal Prostitution in Russia," Museum of Modern Art, First Moscow Biennale, Moscow (Group Exhibition)
- "The Medal" and "No Comment," First Moscow Biennale, Moscow (Group Exhibition)

2004
- "Walse" and "The Seven Sins," Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Group Exhibition)
- "Palace" and "Orient Inn," Palazzo Pfafava, Venice, Italy (Group Exhibition)
- "Walse" Sommerfrische, "Kunstlervideos mit Esprit", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
- "Bahnhof Belarusskij," IFA Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany (Group Exhibition)
- "Redefining Action, Summer Scene," International Performing Art Festival, Salzburg, Austria (Group Exhibition)
- "Priwet, Moskva!," Francia Gallery, Moscow (Solo Exhibition)
- "Priwet, NY!," Apex Art Gallery, New York, New York (Group Exhibition)

Awards

2009
- Summer Residency. Analix Forever Gallery , Geneva, Switzerland

2007
- Cite International des arts, Paris, France
- Russian stats award Innovation
- Centre International des Recollets in Paris

2006
- Kuenstler Haus Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland

2005
- MAK Schindler House Art and Architecture Residence Program, LA, USA

2004
- Kuenstler Haus Schoeppingen, Germany
- Kuenstler Haus Boswil, Switzerland

2002
- Academy Schloss Solitude, Stutgart, Germany
PORTRAIT
Elena Kovylina portrait
© Elena Kovylina
FINAL PROJECT
"Love After the Cold War," Video installation, 2006
"Love After the Cold War," Video installation, 2006 image
© MAK Center / Ulf Wallin

Project Details...
JURY
Hernan Diaz Alonso
Patrick Charpenel
Magdalena Jetelová
Peter Noever
Claudia Oetker