BORIS
MIKHAILOV
Boris was born in Annaburg in Germany in 1945. In 1972,
he graduated from the Stroganov School of Art and Industrial
Design in Moscow. He mainly worked in the area of design
in 1968-1981. Boris started to paint in 1965 and in 1981
he began to combine elements of ceramics and painting. Boris
has displayed his works on exhibitions since 1972. He joined
the Russian Union of Artists in 1980. He is also a member
of the Russian Union of Designers. Boris teaches in the
National Institute of Design in Moscow.
Among his personal exhibits are those in the AZLK Palace
of Culture in Moscow in 1988, the EXPO-88 Gallery in Moscow
in 1995, Metaphysics of the Mundane in Hamminkeln
in Germany in 1996, the Kubler Architectural Studio in Munich
in Germany in 1998, the Germany Embassy to Russia in Moscow
in 1998, The Art of Collecting in the Manezh in
Moscow in 2001, Three Artists from Russia (along
with G.Serov and N.Testina) in Rosrath in Germany in 2001,
Values in the Manezh in Moscow in 2002, Esquisse
in the EXPO-88 Gallery in Moscow in 2003, the Carla Stutzer
Gallery in Cologne in Germany in 2004.
Boris's most notable group exhibits include New Art
from Moscow. Labyrinth in Warsaw and Hanover in 1989,
Express Avant-Garde in the Russian Culture Foundation
in Moscow in 1989, Soviet Avant-Garde of the 1920-1980s
in Minsk in Belarus in 1989, Red and White in Warsaw
in Poland in 1989, Gorky Park in Dusseldorf in
Germany in 1989, Sovangard in Vienna in Austria
in 1990, Modern Russian Artists in Dusseldorf in
Germany in 1990, Free Soviet Art in La Foret Galerie
in Paris in France in 1990, The Golden Brush in
the Central House of Artists in Moscow in 1991, Art
Myth in the Manezh in Moscow in 1991, Moscow Palette
in Los-Angeles in the USA in 1992, 1+1+1+1=4 in
Bensberg in Germany, Between Faith and Aesthetics
in Hamburg and Berlin in Germany in 1994, The Uprising
of Pictures in Halle and Hamburg in Germany in 1995,
Galleries in the Gallery in the State Tretyakov
Gallery in Moscow in 1996, The Colors of Time in
Zaltsgitter, Luneburg and Berlin in Germany in 1996, The
Modern Art of Russia in Leipzig in Germany in 1996,
Russian and German Artists in Munich in Germany
in 1998, High-Tech Meets High Art in Munich in
Germany in 2000, Abstract
Art in Russia:The Twentieth Century in the Russian
Museum in 2001, Moscow
Abstraction: Second Half of the 20th Century in
the Tretyakov Gallery in 2003, Collage
in Russia: the 20th Century in the Russian Museum
in 2005 and Revision
of Material in the Tretyakov Gallery in 2005-2006.
Boris's works are found in the State
Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the State
Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the Moscow
Museum of Modern Art, the State Museum of Literature
in Moscow, as well as in collections in Austria, Brazil,
Germany, Hungary, France, Poland, USA and other countries.
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