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Olga Chernysheva

born 1962

Untitled (Escalator...) 2017
© Olga Chernysheva
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Biography

Olga Chernysheva (born 1962 in Moscow, Russia) 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.

She holds a BA from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Moscow and she finished a residency at 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; Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris; Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow; Moscow Museum of Modern Art; 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.

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Artworks

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  • On Duty

    Olga Chernysheva
    2007
  • Russian Museum

    Olga Chernysheva
    2003–5
  • Untitled (Moscow… 1)

    Olga Chernysheva
    2015
  • Untitled (Moscow Metro… 2)

    Olga Chernysheva
    2015
  • Untitled (Escalator…)

    Olga Chernysheva
    2015
  • Untitled (Escalator...)

    Olga Chernysheva
    2017
  • Untitled (Escalator...)

    Olga Chernysheva
    2017
  • Untitled (Escalator...)

    Olga Chernysheva
    2017

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