Arsen Savadov is a Ukrainian conceptualist photographer and painter of Armenian descent. Participant of the Ukrainian New Wave.
Biography
Arsen Savadov was born in 1962 in Kyiv, to the family of Vladimir Savadov, a book illustrator, originally from Baku, Azerbaijan. He studied painting at the Shevchenko State Art School. A graduate of the Kyiv Art Institute, Savadov lives and works in Kyiv.
Selected personal exhibitions
- 2017 â Gulliver's dream, Art Ukraine Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2012 â Escape to Egypt, Collection gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2012 â First-person, Pecherskiy Gallery (V-art gallery), Moscow
- 2007 â Paintings. Daniyal Mahmood Gallery. New York
- 2005 â Love Story. Galerie Orel Art Presenta, Paris
- 2003 â Donbass-Chocolate. Galerie Orel Art Presenta, Paris
- 2002 â Kokto. Marat Guelman Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 2001 â Book of the Dead. Art Moscow Workshop, Central House of Artist, Moscow
- 1998 â Deepinsider: Arsen Savadov (with Alexander Kharchenko), Soros Center for Contemporary Arts Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 1995 â Arsen Savadov & Georgy Senchenko. House of Artist, Kyiv, Ukraine
- 1995 â Arsen Savadov. Chasie Post Gallery, Atlanta, USA
- 1995 â (with Georgy Senchenko). Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
- 1994 â Christmas Action (with Georgy Senchenko). Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
- 1992 â The works of Savadov & Senchenko. Berman Gallery, New York, USA
- 1991 â Arsen Savadov & Georgy Senchenko. Marat Guelman Gallery at Central House of Artists, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions
- 2017 â Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism, Saatchi Gallery, London
- 2016 â Recycling Religion, WhiteBox, New York
- 2015 â BALAGAN!!! Contemporary Art from the Former Soviet Union and Other Mythical Places, Curated by David Elliott, MOMENTUM, Berlin
- 2014 â Volta 10, Basel
- 2014 â PREMONITION: UKRAINIAN ART NOW, Saatchi Gallery, London
- 2013 â Days of Ukraine in the United Kingdom, Saatchi Gallery, London
- 2012 â Apocalypse and Renaissance in Chocolate House, branch of the National Museum "Kiyv Art Gallery,"Kyiv. Curated by Oleg Kulik and Kostyantyn Doroshenko.
Museums
- Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, France
- Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
- Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, Rutgers
- University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- The Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
- Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia (Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia)
- PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Modern Art Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
Collections
- Stephane Janssen Collection, USA
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Pierre Broche Collection, Paris-Moscow
- Collection Igor Markin, Moscow, Russia
- Pinchuk Art Center Collection, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Phillips De Pury Collection
- Bernar Loze Collection (Paris, France)
- Norton Dodge Collection (New Jersey, USA)
- Sir Elton John Collection (London)
- Natalia Ivanova Collection (Moscow, Russia)
References