Curriculum Vitae
1974 Born in Kemerovo, Siberia, Russia
1995 Exiled from Russia and granted political asylum in the US, moved to New York City
2004 Together with Brian Kenny formed SUPERM, a collaborative multimedia team
2011 Became a US citizen
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Brain Slave, two-person show with Brian Kenny (SUPERM), Setareh Gallery, Berlin
2024 Bad Guys Good Sports, Mexican Jihad & Co, Mexico City
2023 Analog Human Studies, Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, NYC
2023 Cabrones de Armas, two-person show with Bruce LaBruce, Manos Amigues, Mexico City
2022 Stock Boyz, Eisenherz Berlin
2021 Рассвет Не За Горами, 3537.ORG, Dover Street Market Paris, Comme des Garçons Berlin
2020 Polaroid Rage and Black Is Beautiful, Galerie Kernweine, Stuttgart
2020 My Existence = My Resistance, The Ballery, Berlin
2019 XXX Files, online exhibition with Tom of Finland Store, LA
2018 Lost Boys (traveling exhibition), Galerie Kernweine, Stuttgart
2016 Lost Boys: From Russia with Love, public art exhibition at Artwall, Letna Park, Prague
2014 AMORESUPERM, La Fresh Gallery, Madrid
2014 SUPERM Fruit, Please Do Not Enter, Los Angeles
2014 De Rusia con Amor, Galeria casaBrandon, Buenos Aires
2013 In the Name of Love, curated by Karla Romero, iMOCA, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art
2013 Intimate Portraits, two-person show with Maripol, The Impossible Project, NYC
2013 Take Five, Lomography Gallery Store, NYC
2012 Beauty and Hell (SUPERM), envoy enterprises, NYC
2011 Suddenly Last Summer, curated by Diego Cortez, AS IF Gallery, Harlem, NYC
2011 Interpenetration (SUPERM), La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
2010 Lost Boys (traveling exhibition), La Fresh Gallery, Madrid
2009 Food Chain, envoy enterprises, NYC
2009 Lost Boys (traveling exhibition), Galerie Terre Rouge, Kulturfabrik, Esch, Luxembourg
2009 Lost Boys (traveling exhibition), Galeria Pauza, Krakow, Poland
2008 White Is Dirty When Ugly (SUPERM), envoy enterprises, NYC
2008 SPUTNIK3 (SUPERM + Gio Black Peter), Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway
2007 Slava Mogutin and Justin Beal (two-person show), Bortolami Gallery, NYC
2007 But Her Majesty’s Roastbeef Curtains Wouldn’t Open For Him (SUPERM), Blow de la Barra Gallery, London
2006 Slava Mogutin: Photography and Video, Allmänna Galleriet 925, Stockholm
2005 New York Underground (SUPERM, with Rainer Fetting), Galerie Deschler, Berlin
2004 No Love, RARE Gallery, NYC
2003 Lost Boys, RARE Gallery, NYC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
POST PORN, curated by Naruki Kukita, nAd gallery, Brooklyn, NY
LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History, cuarted by Corey Serrant, Swann Galleries, NYC
Mighty Real/Queer Detroit: I’ll Be Your Mirror, curated by Patrick Burton, Anton Art Center, Detroit
Vitam Picturarum (Life in Pictures), Queer Biennial 2024, curated by Rubén Esparza, Long Hall, Los Angeles
SPORNO, Sofia Porn Fest, curated by Voin de Voin, Æther Art Space Sofia, Bulgaria
Art Speaks Through US, Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival, Berghain, Berlin
The Renegade Art Show, OUTLAW Rave, Ice Cream Factory, Brooklyn, NY
Carne Sagrada, curated by Slava Mogutin and Perras de Museo, Manos Amigues, Mexico City
2023
Self-Exposure, curated by Naruki Kukita, nAd gallery, Brooklyn, NY
My Gay Eye Uncensored, curated by Rinaldo Hopf, Eisenherz Berlin
Cut-Ups, curated by Rubén Esparza, Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival, Soho Warehouse, LA
Désir/Desire, curated by Yves de Brabander and Eric LeRouge, Village Berlin (catalog)
Visible Love: 10 Years of Container Love, Pop Kudamm, Berlin
Body/Colour/Shame, curated by Ronald Dofing, Dorado Coffee, Prague
AllTogether Clubhouse, curated by Tom of Finland Foundation and The Community Centre Paris, NYC
Raised in a Lie, curated my Marcus Mod, Stigtuna Museum, Sweden
Bribones & Libertines, curated by Stuart Sandford and Rubén Esparza, Pequeños Bribones, Mexcio City
2022
UNZUCHT_Against Nature, Village Berlin (catalog)
WHO AM I? I AM, curated by Galerie Kernweine, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany (catalog)
2020
Intimacy: New Queer Art from Berlin and Beyond, curated by Peter Rehberg, Schwules Museum, Berlin
Protest for Progress, virtual show curated by Round Lemon, Zest Hall, London
The Summer That Wasn't, virtual show cuarted by Bill Arning Exhibitions, Houston, Texas
Circus of Books: Blowout, virtual show curated by Rachel Mason, Fierman Gallery, NYC
Intersectional, virtual show curated by Lars Deike and Richard Schemmerer, Berlin
From Russians with Love, curated by Simon Williams, The Ballery, Berlin
Round Hole Square Peg, curated by Phil Turley and Ruben Esparza, Photo LA, Santa Monica
2019
Soup, curated by Gio Black Peter, 50 Taaffe, Brooklyn, NY
Photography After Stonewall, curated by Larry Davis and Bill Travis, Soho Photo Gallery, NYC
(No) Fun, curated by Jimi Dams, Empirical Nonsense, NYC
2018
The Violators, curated by Gio Black Peter, Studio UZI, Brooklyn, and Leslie-Lohman Project Space, NY
Hollywood 2.0, curated by Jack Sanders and Homosurrealism Magazine, Touchon&Co Gallery, LA
Sound & Noise, curated by Erik Raynal x SORT Zine, Space_31, Berlin
New Chic, curated by Arnis Balčus and Alnis Stakle, Riga Photomonth, Riga Congress Center, Latvia
2017
Intersectional Identities, curated by Sam Gordon and Jacob Robichaux, Clifford Chance, NYC
9999, curated by Edsel Williams, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
University of Disasters, curated by Matthew Grumbach, Bortolami Gallery, NYC
2016
App & Down, curated by Topacio Fresh (as SUPERM), Centro Cultural La Térmica, Málaga, Spain (catalog)
My Gay Eye, curated by Simon Williams & Rinaldo Hopf, The Ballery, Berlin
2015
Yesterday We Wanted To Be The Sky, Kamarade, Stockholm, Sweden; curated by C-Print Journal
Identalterity, The 5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, curated by Syrago Tsiara and Theodore Markoglou, Thessaloniki Municipal Hall, Greece
Interface: Queer Artists Forming Communities through Social Media, curated by Walt Cessna, Leslie-Lohman Museum, NYC (catalog)
Faceless, curated by Bogomir Doringer, De Markten, Brussels, Belgium (traveling exhibition)
A Corps Perdus, curated by Marc Donnadieu, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille, France
2014
Guest List, The Impossible Project Barcelona, Espai Tactel, Valencia, and Mundano, Oporto, Spain; curated by Paco y Manolo (traveling exhibition, catalog)
That's How a Man Smells, Bitch! düo galerie, Paris; curated by Congrats! Magazine
2013
L'ère Vulgaire Passera, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris; curated by Patrik Schedler (catalog)
Faceless part 1, freiraum quartier21 International, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna; curated by Bogomir Doringer
Corps et Histoire, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France
Making Waves, Daniel Cooney Fine Arts, NYC
Boy! Oh, boy! Casa de Costa, NYC; curated by Jason Costa and Josh McNey
I See Rainbows, -kunstplass 5, Oslo, Norway; curated by Bjørn Hatterud (catalog)
Queerussia: the hidden (p)art, Galerie MooiMan, Groningen, The Netherlands
Polari, True Love Gallery, Seattle, WA; curated by Steven Miller
2012
Up Against It, Munch Gallery, NYC; curated by Billy Miller
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, NYC; curated by Kathy Grayson (catalog)
For Personal Use, The Impossible Project, NYC; curated by East Village Boys (SUPERM)
Androméstico, La Fresh Gallery, Madrid; curated by Guillermo Espinosa
FG.Ft – Fad Gadget, Frank Tovey; envoy enterprises, NYC; curated by Jimi Dams (catalog)
2011
View of Outer Space from an Aquarium, Famous Accountants, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Billy Miller
Act Like You're Fine: A Study on Obsession, Vacant Gallery, Tokyo; curated by iO Tillett-Wright
Qeering Sex, Human Resources, LA; curated by Kathryn Garcia and Sarvia Jasso
Surveying the Immigrant Experience, The LGBT Community Center, NYC; curated by Chris Hanway
2010
POSTERMAT, The Hole, NYC; curated by Kathy Grayson
Una Gran Familia, La Fresh Gallery, Madrid
The Infidels, La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Canada; curated by Guy Berube
Streeple, Monat der Fotografie, Kunstraum Richard Sorge, Berlin; curated by Paulus Fugers (catalog)
Your Last Chance, The New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY; curated by Billy Miller
50 Ways To Keep Your Lover, Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway
T Minus 20, Christopher Henry Gallery, NYC; curated by Jason LeBlond and Ves Pitts
2009
Summer Drunk Tank, City Art Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand; curated by Young Sun Han
MAD Paperball, Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
Love For Sale, The New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY; curated by Billy Miller
Lyst (Lust), Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen; curated by Tomas Lagermand Lundme and Mathias Kryger
Don’t Worry It’s Only Money, City Art Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand; curated by Young Sun Han
Turn On, Slag Gallery, NYC; curated by Özkan Cangüven
Screwball Asses, The Company Gallery, Los Angeles; curated by Hedi El Kholti and David Jones
Get a Rope, CTRL Gallery, Houston, Texas; curated by Kathy Grayson
History of Violence, The Haifa Museum of Art, Israel; curated by Hadas Maor (SUPERM, catalog)
2008
It Ain’t Fair, O.H.W.O.W., The Art Basel Miami satellite group show curated by Tim Barber, Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas, Dan Nadel, Pablo de la Barra, Nicola Vassell, and Terence Koh
Ossuary: Works on paper collected by Alex Rose, The Black Mariah, Cork, Ireland
I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl, ASS (Asia Song Society), NYC; curated by Anat Ebgi, Terence Koh, and Jenny Schlenzka (catalog)
Homoccult & Other Esoterotica, Collective Unconscious, NYC; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; curated by Daniel McKernan and Richie Rennt (SUPERM)
The Left Hand of Darkness, The Project, NYC; curated by Sarvia Jasso and Yasmine Dubois
2007
BodyPoliticX, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; curated by Florian Waldvogel (catalog)
Love Addiction: Practices in Video Art from ’61 to the Present, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea, Monfalcone, Italy; curated by Andrea Bruciati (catalog)
The Male Gaze, The powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Nicholas Weist
The Brotherhood, Neon Parc, Melbourne, and Australian Centre for Photography (ACP), Sydney; curated by Shannon Michael Cane
2006
No Sleep ’til Brooklyn: A powerHouse Hip Hop Retrospective, The powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Sara Rosen
Globos Sonda/Trial Balloons, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC), León, Spain; curated by Octavio Zaya, Yuko Hasegawa, and Agustín Pérez Rubio (SUPERM, catalog)
Retro, Angell Gallery, Toronto; curated by Jamie Angell
2005
With Us Against Reality, or Against Us! Willy Wonka Inc., Oslo, and Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway; curated by Ida Ekblad and Anders Nordby (catalog)
Log Cabin, Artists Space, NYC; curated by Jeffrey Uslip (SUPERM)
Post-Diaspora: Voyages and Missions, 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow Museum of Modern Art; curated by Olga Kopenkina (catalog)
2004
Phiiliip: Divided by Lightning, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY; curated by John Connelly
BlackBook: 25 Artists Interpret Fashion, Deitch Projects, NYC; curated by BlackBook Magazine
Sublime Audacity – The Stroller’s Experience, Galeria Luis Serpa Projectos, Lisbon, and Maus Habitos, Porto, Portugal (catalog)
PREMAculTURE, PS1 School, Hydra Island, Greece; curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis (catalog)
The Collector’s Cabinet, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles; curated by Simon Watson/Scenic
The Hunt For Your Family, V-1, Copenhagen, Denmark, and Odd Number, Stockholm, Sweden; curated by Loyal Magazine
Sexy Beasts: An Exploration of Sex and Sexuality in Art from 1964 – Present, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, NYC; curated by Robert Knafo
2003
Kult 48 Klubhouse, Deitch Projects, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Scott Hug
Snapshot Now, Angell Gallery, Toronto; curated by Randy Gladman
Kult 48, FIAC, Paris Expo; curated by Scott Hug
What About New York? A New New York Scene, Galerie du Jour agnès b., Paris; curated by Scott Hug
Corporate Profits Vs. Labor Costs, Now Playing, D'Amelio Terras, NYC; curated by John Connelly
Fox and His Friends: New Millennium Post-Gay Photography (With Fangs), Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh; curated by Edgar Um Bucholtz
Angst, Rare Gallery, NYC; curated by Peter Surace
2002
K48 Teenage Rebel – The Bedroom Show, John Connelly Presents, NYC; curated by Scott Hug
The Armory Photography Show, Javits Center, NYC
Small Works, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, NYC; curated by Christine Sperber
2001
The Muses, Leslie-Lohman Gallery, NYC; curated by Reed Massengill
2000
Other Works, Regina Gallery, Moscow
3rd Moscow Photo Biennale, Central House of Artists, Moscow; curated by Olga Sviblova (catalog)
SELECTED COLLABORATIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2018 Food Chain, Museum of Human Achievement (MoHA), Austin, Texas
2016 Poets 4 Orlando, Sheep Medow, Central Park, NYC
2016 Gay Propaganda (with Billy Miller), Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, The LGBT Community Center, NYC
2015 Coyote Ugly (with Agathe Snow), Albertz Benda, NYC
2015 Allen Ginsberg's "Please Master" and "America" (with Emanuel Xavier), Howl Happening, NYC
2011 24 Days of Matter Printed, Printed Matter, Inc., NYC; curated by j. morrison
2010 Vaginal Davis is Speaking From the Diaphragm (with Vaginal Davis), PS 122, NYC
2010 The Happening of Blind Sculpture (with Gelitin), Greene Naftali Gallery, NYC
2009 Manpurse IV: Assembly Line, organized by j. morrison (with Scott Hug, Michael Magnan, Dave Ortega, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Dave Ulrich, and Grant Worth), The NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
2009 Hygiene: A Piece of Instant Theater (with Brian Kenny), directed by Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich, produced by Maria Baibakova, Deitch Projects, NYC
2008 Shaking Angles (with Andrey Bartenev and Brian Kenny), The National Arts Club, NYC
2003 assume vivid astro focus VII (with assume vivid astro focus), Deitch Projects, NYC
2003 Anarchist Wrestling (with Bruce LaBruce), The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2002 The Ladder of Red (with Andrey Bartenev and Christopher Knowles), The Red Night: 9th Annual Watermill Benefit, Robert Wilson's Watermill Center, Long Island, NY
2002 Mayakovsky Night, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, NYC
2002 Porcile (with Bruce LaBruce), Platinum Oasis curate by Ron Athey and Vaginal Davis, Coral Sands Motel, LA
2001 Kabul Olympics (with Sergey Bratkov), Passage Gallery, Moscow
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024 Gay Propaganda 2.0, Freiluftkino Kreuzberg, Berlin
2024 Carne Sagrada, curated by Slava Mogutin and Perras de Museo, Manos Amigues, Mexico City
2022 UNZUCHT (Against Nature), as part of Instinct Festival, Village Berlin (catalog)
2019 Old Glory Hole, virtual Instagram show
2012 HELL (SUPERM) envoy enterprises, NYC
2009 Burning the Candle at Both Ends, web gallery for Visual AIDS
2006 SUPERM Salon, Sundown Salon series, Fritz Haeg's studio, LA