Biography
1959 born in Fryazino, Moscow Region
1981 graduated from the Mossoviet Technical College, Moscow
1979 first exhibitions
1988 first of numerous exhibitions abroad
Collections:
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, U.S.A.
Harry Ransom Human Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, USA
Foto Forum 38 Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
private collection in Russia, the United States, France, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland
Museum of Fine Arts,Houston
Museum of Organic Culture
Personal exhibitions (selected):
1983 Photo Club «Fryazino», Fryazino, Moscow Region
1988 Gallery on Vasilevsky, Moscow
1992 Exhibition – concert of musicians of the Vienna Conservatory – Gallery Foto Forum 38 Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
1996 «Portraits of Actors» – Institute of Fine Arts, Moscow
«The per–fection colours» – ROCIZO State Center for Museums and Exhibitions, Ministry of Culture of Russia, Moscow
1999 «Style» – «Burganov Centre» Museum of Classic and Contemporary Art, Moscow
2001 «Fragments» – Gallery Image, Arhus, Denmark
2002 «Photographs from various years» – Gallery «Eye», Moscow House of Photography, Moscow
2002 «Nikolay Kulebyakin. Fragments» – Institute of Culture of Bulgaria, Moscow, Russia
2004 «Nikolay Kulebyakin. Conditional and Unconditional» – Gallery WAM, Moscow, Russia
2005 «Nikolay Kulebyakin. Black and White Photography» – Center of Contemporary Photography, Colorado, Denver, USA.
2005–2006 «Nikolay Kulebyakin. Photographs» – Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
2006 «Nikolay Kulebyakin. Photographs» – Museum of Photography, S–Petersburg, Russia
«Nikolay Kulebyakin. City in a Distance. Berlin. Moscow» – Center of National Cultures, Moscow, Russia
2008 «Nikolay Kulebyakin. The Color Only» – Gallery Espectro, within the frameworks of I International Festival of Photography PHOTOVISA, Krasnodar, Russia
2011 «Nikolay Kulebyakin. Platinotypes» – Meglinskaya Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013 «Nikolay Kulebyakin. Three series» – GLAZ [EYE] Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2014 “Nikolay Kulebyakin” – Neringos Istorijos Muziejos, Neringa, Lithuania
Participation in group exhibitions (selected):
1984 «Photo Lens And Life» – Central Exhibition Hall «Manege», Moscow
1988 «Soviet Photographers» – Gallery Hippolite, Helsinki, Finland
«Contemporary Soviet Photography» – Kunsthalle Brandts Klaedefabrik, Museet for Fotokunst, International Centre of Fine Arts And Culture, Odense, Denmark
«Contemporary Soviet Photography» – Stockholm, Sweden
«Say Cheese!» – Gallery Comptoir de la Photographie, Paris, France; Gallery Portfolio, London, Great Britain; Cinema Museum, Moscow
1989 «150 Years of Photography» – Central Exhibition Hall «Manege», Moscow
1990 «Other views» – Podgio-a-Caiano, Italy
1991 «Changing Reality» – Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
«Moscow – Zurich» – Gallery Foto Forum 38 Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
«New Acquisitions in The Museum Collection» – Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, U.S.A.
1992 «Old New Photography» – Centre of Modern Art, Moscow
Exhibition of Russian Photography, Mois de la Photo, Paris, France
1993 «In Search of My Father» – Paris, France; Lausanne, Switzerland
1994 «The Art of Contemporary Photography: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus» – Central House Of Artists, Moscow
«4+4» – Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, U.S.A.
1995 «Shroud of Thoughts» – Central House of Artists, Moscow
«New Photo Art in Russia» – Carlsrue – Frankfurt – Hannover – Dusseldorf – Herten, Germany
1998 «Breakthrough» – Cologne, Germany
2000 «To Buy Art» – Art-Fair «Art Manege», Central Exhibition Hall «Manege», Moscow
2002 «New Pieces in Storage Place of Museum. Photography from Eastern Europe» – Fine Arts Museum, Santa-Fe, USA
2004–2005 «Photographs of the Gallery» – Gallery LUMAS, Berlin, Germany – NY, USA
2005 «Exhibition of Photography Coming to Collection in 2002» – Department of Photography, Harry Ransom Human Research Center, Университет University of Texas, Austin, USA
2005 «New Books on Photography in Museum Collection» – Museum of Photography, San Diego, USA
2007 «Fragments» and «Landscapes by Lee Bo» by Kulebyakin within the frameworks of Krasnoyarsk fair of Book Culture – Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2007–2008 «End of the Year: Selected works from the projects 2007 in one exposition» – pARTner project Gallery, Moscow
2008 «12th International Art Fair ART MOSCOW», booth of the pARTner project Gallery – Central House of Artists, Moscow
«Contemporary Russian Art» – Museum Danubiana, Bratislava, Slovakia; Museum of Contemporary Art MODEM, Debrecen, Hungary
2010 “East Calls West” – X China Pingyao International Photography festival (PIP), Pingyao, China
2012 «Perestroika. Liberalization. Experimentation» (77 authors, curators E.Berezner, I. Chmyreva, N. Tarasova, W. Watriss) within the frameworks of main program Contemporary Russian Photography of the International Biennale of Photography FotoFest 2012 in Houston, USA
“XXI. My Pacific” (21 artists, 21 countries – project run by Foundation FotoFond of RIA Novosti Agency) presented at the state Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Bibliography
H.-M. Koetzle. Das Lexicon der Fotografen 1900 bis heute – Edition KNAUR, Germany, 2002 – ISBN 3–426–66479–8
W. Watriss, E. Berezner, I. Chmyreva, N. Tarasova. Contemporary Russian Photography. FotoFest, Houston, USA/Schilt, Amsterdam, Netherlandes, 2012 – ISBN 978-90-5330-769-4 (volume 1)
Personal albums/books/projects
Project «Theatre Of Iron» – Calendar. Moscow, 1999.
Project «Fragments» on verses of Arseny Tarkovsky – Album. Postface by M. Tarkovsky – Publishing Group «Arbor», Moscow, 2000 – ISBN 5–900048–11–x.
«Snap Shot» Book A. Robe Grillet with photographs of N. Kulebyakin – Publishing House «Strategy», Moscow, 2000 – ISBN 5–9234–0008–1.
Project «Series About Drawings» – calendar. – BRUKER, Moscow, 2002.
«Architector Boris Velikovsky. 1878–1937» – Text by Larissa Kopilova and Sergey Merzhanov, photographs of Nikolay Kulebyakin, design by Mikhail Avvakumov. Project author Dimitry Velikovsky. – Publisher ARBOR, Moscow, 2002 – ISBN 5–900048–21–7.
Nikolay Kulebyakin. Photographic series /Conditional&Unconditional. Text by I. Tchmyreva. 2 volumes – Publishing House «Linia-Grafic», Moscow, 2003 – ISBN 5–93154–008–3, 5–93154–009–1.
«50 anniversary of Pushkin State Fine Art Museum» – Calendar – Moscow, 2007 – ISBN______________ .
«Beautiful books by eyes of Evgeny Korneev and Nikolay Kulebyakin», text by C. Sitar – Publishing House «Tipoligon-AB», Moscow, 2007 – ISBN __________ .
Catalogues of group exhibitions / books
«Photo». According to motives of the exhibition «Photo Lens And Life», 1984. Publishing House «Planet», Moscow, 1985.
«Soviet Photographs». Catalogue of the exhibition, Gallery Hippolite, Helsinki, Finland, 1988.
Changing Reality. Essay by Leah Bendavid–Vahl. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, USA, 1991 – ISBN 912347–7–6–7.
Viviane Esders. A La Recherche Du Pepe. Preface Henry Chapier. Paris Audiovisuel, 1993 – ISBN 2–90473258–5.
«Art of Modern Photography: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus». Catalogue of the exhibition, CDK, 1994 Introductory article by E. Berezner. Moscow, 1994.
4+4. Late Modern: Photography Between the Mediums. Catalogue of the exhibition. Essay by S. Yates. Museum of Santa Fe, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, USA.
Aufbruch. Catalogue of the exhibition. Essay by Evgeny Berezner. Cologne, Germany, 1998.
IDEA Photographic: After Modernism. Essays by S. Yates, S. Halus. Museum of Santa Fe, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe – ISBN 0–9675106–5–1.
N. Kulebyakin. The Color Only. Text for exhibition by art-director of the Festival I. Tchmyreva – Catalogue of the I International Festival of Photography PHOTOVISA. PhotoVisa edition, Krasnodar, 2008, pp. 11-12, 47-48.
Periodicals (portfolio publication)
D. Kiyan «Nikolay Kulebyakin: Echo Of Fleeting Harmonies» – FOTO & Video, # 5, August 1997 – pp. 78-84.
T. Salzirn, book review about N. Kulebyakin «Fragments» – IMAGO, # 10, 2000 – p.69.
Authors of the magazine – jubilee edition of FOTO & Video, # 6 (50), June 2001
T. Salzirn – N. Kulebyakin – Catalogue – Journal Of Photo And Visual – 2001, vol. 13, fall, # 3 – ISBN 87–7766–112–5.
T. Salzirn – OKNA by N. Kulebyakin – European Photography, # 71, 2002, ISBN 0172–7028 – pp. 30-35.
S. Yets – Review on the Book «Nikolay Kulebyakin. Photographic series /Conditional&Unconditional» – IMAGO, # 17, 2004 – pp.72-73
I. Tchmyreva – «Photographic series by Nikolay Kulebyakin» – «DI/ Dekorativnoe iskusstvo», Moscow, # 5, 2005 – pp. 50-56
M.Paglia – «Westword» , Denver, November, 2005 – pp. 45
I. Tchmyreva – «Pure Photography by Nikolay Kulebyakin» — «Fotografia/ Kwartalnik», #20, 2006 – pp. 42-47
Interview with N. Kulebyakin, done by I. Tchmyreva. – Imago, # 21, 2005, ISBN 1335 – 1362 – pp. 38-43
Review on exhibition by N. Kulebyakin in Moscow Museum of Modern Art. – Imago, # 21, 2005, ISBN 1335 – 1362 – pp. 60-61
N. Kulebyakin. Windows. Portfolio with a text by I. Tchmyreva – OjodePez, # 11, 2007, ISBN ____________ – pp. __
2011 – Monthly photos, VOL.516 №1, cover photo, p.061-063, Seoul, South Korea
