ALEXANDER
YULIKOV
Alexander Yulikov was born in 1943 in the village of Vyatskye
Polyany in the Kirov region where his family was evacuated
during World War II. In 1944, his family returned to Moscow.
In 1954-1961, he studied in the Moscow Middle School of
Fine Arts and in 1961-1966 in the Stroganov School of Arts
and Industrial Design. Alexander continued his education
in the Moscow Polygraphic Institute in 1966-1969.
In 1969, Alexander became member of the Moscow Committee
of Graphic Artists. He joined the Moscow Union of Artists
in 1986 but was quickly expelled on the grounds of "ideological
subversion." His membership was restored in 1989.
Alexander has participated in exhibitions since 1968. Among
his personal exhibits are the Shearing happening
in Leonid
Sokov's studio in 1976, 100 Sheets at the House
of Medics in Moscow in 1987, Graphics in the UN
Headquarters in New York in USA in 1989, Paintings
in the Bronda
Gallery in Helsinki in Finland in 1989, Paintings
in the House of Soviet Immigrants in Jerusalem in Israel
in 1990, Project in the Velta gallery in Moscow
in 1993, Shapes in the Velta gallery in Moscow
in 1995, and Paintings in the Karenina Gallery
in Moscow in 2006.
Most notable group exhibits include the 8th Young Artists
Exhibition in The House of Artist in Moscow in 1968,
exhibition
in the Izmailovsky park in Moscow in 1974, show at VDNKh
(the Exhibition of National Economic Achievements) in Moscow
in 1975, Spring Apartment Exhibits in Leonid
Sokov's studio in Moscow in 1976, New Soviet Art:
Unofficial View at Venice
Biennale in Italy in 1977, Types and Polygraphy
in USSR in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in France
in 1986, Typographics in USSR in the Cooper
Union in New York in USA in 1986, Geometry in Art
in the Kashirka exhibition hall in Moscow in 1989, Beyond
Disputes: New Soviet Art in Galerie Krings-Ernst in
Cologne in Germany in 1989, Chicago International Art
Expo in Chicago in USA in 1989, USSR Today
in Neue Galerie in Aachen in Germany in 1989, Other
Art. Moscow in 1956-1976 in the State Tretyakov
Gallery in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in Petersburg
in 1990-1991, Back to Square One in the E.N. Bergman
Gallery in New York in USA in 1991, Contemporary Soviet
Art: From the Thaw to Perestroika in the Setagaya
Art Museum in Tokyo in Japan in 1991, Contemporary Artists
to Malevich in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in
1991, Postmodernism and National Traditions in
the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in 1993, Artist
Instead of the Artwork in the Central House of Artist
in Moscow in 1994, Bent Art: Non-Conformist Russia in
1957-1995 in the Wilhelm
Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen and in Documenta-Halle
in Kassel in Germany in 1995, Body Art from Eastern
Europe in the Contemporary Art Museum in Ljubljana
in Slovenia in 1998, Realities and Utopias in the
Zimmerli
Art Museum in USA in 2000, the Exit
Art Gallery in New York in USA in 2001, Abstract
Art in Russia: The Twentieth Century in the State
Russian Museum in St. Petersburg in 2002, The Senezh
Studio. 55 Etchings in the State
Pushkin Fine Arts Museum in Moscow in 2003, Artists
without Borders in the Moscow Union of Artists in 2004,
Russian
Pop Art in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow
in 2005.
Alexander's works are found in the State
Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the State
Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, Ludwig
Forum for International Art in Aachen, Germany, The
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum in USA and in other
museums and collections around the world.
Photo: Two works by Alexander Yulikov in the permanent
exposition of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
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