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		SKERSIS Viktor

Biographical information: Victor Skersis was born in Moscow on 5th of July 1956
1974-1977 - studied in Moscow State Polygraphic Institute
1975-1979 - participant of group Gnezdo (The Nest) in assosiation with Gennady Donskoy and Mikhail Roshal
1980-1984 - with Vadim Zakharov formed the group «SZ»
From 1984 lives and works in USA
Collections where works are held: SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009 - "Art is OGOGO(WOW)", GMG gallery, Moscow
2009 - Fragma, Pragma and Enigma (with Yuri Albert and Andrey Filippov). Proekt Fabrika, Moscow
2009 - Show and Tell. An Artist and His Model (with Yuri Albert and Andrey Filippov). Stella Art Foundation, Moscow
2008 - The Nest Group. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
2008 - Aspects of Meta Art. Proekt Fabrika, Moscow
2004 - SZ group. Victor Skersis, Vadim Zakharov. Collaborative Works. EK ARTbureau, Moscow
1993 - Victor Skersis. Graphic Arts. L-Gallery, Moscow
1990 - The Karamazov Brothers. Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
1989 - The 5th SZ Personal Exhibition in the course of the Art Instead of Art. Seven Artists from Moscow, the Palace of Exhibitions «Mucsarnok», Budapest
1983-1984 - Series of four exhibitions under the common title «SZ Personal Exhibitions». Apartments of Nikita Alexeev, Mikhail Roshal, Ivan Chuykov, Alexander Yulikov, Leonid Bazhanov, Georgy Kizevalter, Moscow

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007-2008 - Sots Art: Political Art in Russia. Maison Rouge, Paris, France
2007 - Sots Art: Political Art in Russia. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2005 - Accomplices. Collective and Interactive Creations in Russian Art. 1960-2000. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2004 - Recent Acquisitions. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
2002 - 40 years nonconformist art. Central Exhibition Hall «Manezh», Moscow
1999 - MG Star. Inspection of Russian Art of 1990s. Krasnoyarsk, Russia
1995 - Kunst im verborgenen. Nonkonformisten Russland
1957-1995. Contemporaryart collection of open-air museum «Tsaritsino»; Vilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludvigshafen; Documenta-Halle, Kassel; Staatliches Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany
1992 - Sots Art. Contemporary art collection of Museum-Reserve «Tsaritsino»; The Central V.I. Lenin Museum, Moscow
1991 - MANI Museum. 40 Moskauer Kunstler im Frankfurter Karmeliterkloster. Frankfurt, Germany 1990-1991 - «Another Art». Moscow 1956-1976. «Moscow Collection» Gallery, the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; State Russian Museum, Leningrad
1990 - The Work of Art in the Age of Perestroika. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA
1989 – Retrospection of APTART. Moscow
1988 – 2nd Club of Avangardists Exhibition (KLAVA) Peresvetov Pereulok, Moscow
1987 - 1st Club of Avangardists Exhibition (KLAVA). Peresvetov Pereulok, Moscow
1986 - APTART. New York, USA
1985 - APTART. Washington Project for the Arts, USA
1984 - APTART in Tribeca. New York, USA
1983 - APTART over fence. Tarasovka, Moscow Region Come Yesterday and You`ll Be First. City without Walls: an Urban Artists Collective Inc. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America. New Jersey, New York, USA
1982 - APTART I. Gallery APTART, Moscow
1981-1982 - Russian New Wave. Contemporary Russian Art Center of America. Soho. International Art Center, New York, USA 1981 - 25 and de l`art russe non-officiel. 1956-1981. Musee russe en Exil, Montgeron, France
1981 - Photography Possibilities (group «Gnezdo»). Center of Industrial Design VNIITE, Moscow
1978-1979 - New Art from the Soviet Union. Washington, USA
1978 - Aspetti e documentazione degli artisti non conformisti dell`Union Sovietica. Museo Civico di Lodi, Lodi, Italy
1978 - Rassegna sul dissenso culturale nell`Est europio. Scuola Art e Mestiert, Aula Magna Scuola cantonale di Commercio, Aula Magna Municipio, Sala Patriziale, Bellincona, Switzerland
1977 - La nuova arte Sovietica. La Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy
1976 – Spring Apartment Exhibition, Moscow
1975 – Preliminary apartment viewings to the All-Union Exhibition, Moscow
1975 - Exhibition of Works of Moscow Artists. VDNKh, Hall of Culture, Moscow
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