VIKTOR PIVOVAROV
born in Moscow 1937
lives and works in Prague since 1982
Education
1951 - 1957 School of applied arts, Moscow
1957 - 1962 Graphic design institut, Moscow
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010
Dark nights, Light days, Galerie Kamm, Berlin
Them, The Moravian Gallery in Brno
2009
Them, The East Bohemian Gallery of Fine Arts, Pardubice
A Cockroach for Dinner, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague
2006
Lemon Eaters, Moscow Museum of Modern Art
2005
Foxes and holidays, Pleskot Gallery, Prague
2004
Dark Rooms, Pecka Gallery, Prague
XL Gallery, Moscow
Dmitry Semionov Gallery, St. Petersburg
Steps of Mechanic, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
A Guinea and a Magician, Galerie ad astra, Kurim
Gesprach uber eine Zitronenschale, Galerie M. Sandmann, Berlin
2001
Philemon, iFA galerie, Berlin
2000
Objects in a Landscape (together with Pavel Pepperstein), Obscuri Viri Gallery, Moscow
1999
Father and Son (together with Pavel Pepperstein), Kunsthaus Zug, Zug
1998
Lessons of Chinese Language, Velta Gallery, Moscow
Some Details of Melancholy, Gallery Sternberg, Sternberg
Ost-Trava, Gallery Sokolska 26, Ostrava
Haven`s Chelm, Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague
1997
Sonja and the Angels, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Duren
Sonja and the Angels, Museé d`Art Moderne, Saint Etienne, France
Dramatis Personae, Obscuri Viri Gallery, Moscow
Metempsychose, National Technical Museum, Prague
1996
The Flat No. 22, Galerie der Stadt Wels, Wels
Metempsychose, Galerie U dobreho Pastyre, Brno
The Games on the Water, Gallery Sypka, Brno
Skupina Jauza, Gallery Veseli nad Moravou
Sonja and the Angels, Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague
1995
A Kind of Diary, Red Art Gallery, Moscow
Illusions That Are Not Lost, Galerie Ruce, Prague
The Flat No. 22, Glazer Kunstverein, Graz
1994
Agent in Norway, Obscuri Viri Gallery, Moscow
We Can`t Be Seen But We `re Here, Galerie Krings-Ernst, Cologne
I`m Animal, Window Gallery, British Council, Prague
1993
Metempsychose, L Gallery, Moscow
1992
Retrospective, Galerie Krings-Ernst, Cologne
Unlimited Possibilities of Painting, Behemot Gallery, Prague
Little Pleasures of Great Grief, Cultural House, Opatov, Prague
1991
Little White Balls, Galerie Krings-Ernst, Cologne
Drawings, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington D.C.
1990
Text and Picture, The Brno House of Arts, Brno
1989
Retrospective, Public House in Vysocany, Prague
1988
Drawings and Watercolors, Cultural House, Opatov, Prague
Concert (together with Ilja Kabakov), Neue Galerie Schloss Gotzental, Luzern
1987
Illustrations, National Literature Memorial, Prague
1984
Drawings and Watercolors, Institut for Macromolecular Chemistry of Academy of Science, Prague
Pictures 1981-1984, Cultural House of Railways, Prague
Selected group exhibitions
2011
Undeniably me, Rudolfinum Gallery, Prague
Collections
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
State Museum of Fine Arts named after A. Puschkin, Moscow
Nancy and Norton Dodge collection, Zimmerly Art Museum, Rutgers University,
New Brunswick
National Gallery, Prague
Ludwig Forum fuer Internationale Kunst, Aachen
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Along with Ilya Kabakov and Erik Bulatov, he was one of the leading artists of the Moscow Conceptualist artistic movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Pivovarov was also a prolific illustrator of children's books, with over 50 books to his credit. He moved from Moscow to Prague in 1982, and continues to live there to date. Viktor Pivovarov connects paintings with stories, very often with expressive autobiografic elements. He creates imaginary surrealistic world – empty spaces with groping figures – made by memories of concrete reality.