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Stephen Shanabrook — Biography
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American artist Stephen Shanabrook lives between NYC, Russia and Holland.
Shanabrook works in a disparity, a space of unexpected associations, altered perception and exquisite entropy. In all his undertakings, there is the process of evisceration and a search within process for a different aspect of beauty. Shanabrook ‘s art presents a still life of our contemporary culture, commenting on both consumption and the materialist discourses of communism and socialism. Using untraditional artistic materials such as chocolate, animal carcasses, plastic dolls and other found materials Shanabrook traverses the taboo terrains of desire and violence to explore their paradoxical common ground.
Education
1990-92 Stichting Ateliers 63, Haarlem, The Netherlands
1984-87 Syracuse University USA, B.F.A., Syracuse, New York
1986-87 Syracuse University, Florence, Italy.
1987 Skowhegan School of Painting/Sculpture, Maine
Solo Exhibitions
2006 Hell & Back, XL Projects , Moscow Russia
Hell & Back, Artstrelka Projects, Moscow Russia
2003 Automat, Kubometer Gallery, Art Moscow Russia *
2002 MAF Amsterdam De Schone Kunsten Gallery, Haarlem The Netherlands *
2001 being wet 31 Grand Gallery , New York City
Topographical Study of the Human Brain After a Gunshot Blast to the Mouth
De Schone Kunsten Gallery, Haarlem, The Netherlands
1997 Wild East Wild West, De Praktijk Gallery, two person show, with Ronald Ophuis, Amsterdam
Mapping Out Narcotic Finger Movements , Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht The Netherlands *
Kunst RAI Amsterdam De Schone Kunsten Gallery, Haarlem The Netherlands *
1996 Deformed Faces Club, De Schone Kunsten Gallery, Haarlem The Netherlands *
Sleeping with Chocolate installation for Festival a/d Werf, Utrecht The Netherlands
Unknown Resurrections Galerija Kapelica, Ljubljana Slovenia *
Restitution after the meeting of 13 New Planet Gallery, St. Petersburg Russia.
More ( Than) Chocolate Artslink Project, collaboration with Olga Chernysheva,
L-Gallery, Moscow Russia *
Group Exhibitions
2007 Toutes les couleurs sont autorisées à condition que cela n'empêche pas le commerce
curated by Claud Briand-Picard and Antoine Perrot, Atelier 340 Muzeum, Brussels Belguim
SWAB, Orel Art Gallery, Barcelona Spain
Art Brussels, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels Belguim
Images Festival, curated by Pablo de Ocampo , Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto Canada
Red Shift Festival, curated by Alina Bliumis, Anthology Film Archives, NYC
2006 Common Destination, curated by Katherine Carl, The Drawing Center, NYC *
Rembrandt: Death, Dissection & Doctors, curated by Kees Maas, Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam
Blessed are the Merciful, curated by Jerome Jacobs, Feigen Contemporary , NYC
Artists and Arms , LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk Poland
2005 Oracle of Truth, curated by Jerome Jacobs , Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels Belguim
Artists and Arms , Contemporary Art Center MARS, Moscow Russia
Boost in the Shell,curated by Jerome Jacobs and Michel Dewilde, De Bond, Bruges Belguim*
Accomplices, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Biennale, Russia*
Art on Wheels, ArtStrelka, Moscow Russia
2004 Flipside , curated by Katherine Carl , collaboration with Jury Leiderman & Vadim Fishkin,
Artists Space, New York City *
Should I Stay or Should I Go? De Schone Kunsten Galerie, Haarlem The Netherlands*
Art Kljasma Contemporary Art Festival, curated by Vladimir Dubossarsky, Moscow Russia *
Artists and Arms National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Nizhny Tagil/ Kaliningrad Russia
Art Moscow, Kubometer Gallery, Moscow Russia *
Eat It! Kampnagel, Hamburg Germany
2003 Art Kljasma Contemporary Art Festival, Moscow Russia *
Gun and Wound, curated by Alisoun Meehan, White Box, Annex , New York City USA
2002 plek voor blanco De Schone Kunsten Galerie, Haarlem The Netherlands
100% of Vision, curated by Anatoly Osmolovsky, Regina Gallery, Moscow Russia *
Melioration Contemporary Art Festival, Moscow Russia *
Dead or Alive, curated by Suncica Ostoic & Olga Majcen, Art Festival, Zavod k6/4, Ljubljana Slovenia *
Unpacked no. 4 New York City
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now Low Gallery, Los Angeles USA
Sweets New York City USA
2001 Dining Haul : Truck Set for Twelve New York City USA
Workspheres Museum of Modern Art, collaboration with Veronika Georgieva, New York City
White Lights Grote Markt, Haarlem The Netherlands
2000 Downtown Arts Festival New York City USA
Stations Nieuwe Markt, Amsterdam The Netherlands
Art Concern De Schone Kunsten Galerie, Haarlem The Netherlands
1999 Paradise 8, curated by Dominique Nahas, Exit Art, New York City USA
Chocolate Sotheby's Mezzanine Gallery, London England
1998 Chocolate Rochdale Museum , Scotland
Chocolate Summerlee Heritage Centre, Coatbridge Scotland
Chocolate Collins Gallery, Glasgow Scotland *
1997 A Natural Selection Z Gallery, New York City USA *
"Wat af is, is niet gemaakt", De Utrechtse School Utrecht The Netherlands
1996 Proud Flesh De Vishal, Haarlem The Netherlands *
The Invisible Purpose Wax Museum, Moscow Russia
1995 Chocolate! , curated by Carin Kuoni & Ingrid Schaffner, The Swiss Institute, New York City *
Northern Voices: N-Brow Traveling Medicine Show AS 220, Providence Rhode Island USA
Culture, Water and Money the Passion of the Frontier collaboration with Susan Rees,
River Pierce Foundation, SanYgnacio USA
Unbelievable Rex Cinema, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
1994 Exchange/Datsja Collaboration between Russian & Dutch artists , Amsterdam
Consuming Passions: Food, Art, Culture Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo USA *
Artists’ Congress Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams
1993 Exchange Moscow, curated by Suzanne Oxenaar & Vincent de Boer, Moscow Russia *
* catalog is avalaible
Performances
2004 breakfast of the absent tourist, performed by Michael Leykin, ArtStrelka, Moscow Russia
2002 sleeping leg, Regina Gallery, Moscow Russia
2001 bird'shit, rain and landscape, 31 Grand Gallery, New York City USA
2000 bandaged, Downtown Arts Festival, New York City USA
1999 Clean Puddle, communal house Moscow Russia
Explaining Painting to the Dead Boys, Exit Art/The First World, New York City USA
1997 Accurate - Puncture, De Praktijk Gallery, Amsterdam The Netherlands
1996 Three balls of flesh, L Gallery Moscow Russia
1995 bandaged, City Square SanYgnacio USA
animal fall, Haarlem The Netherlandss
1994 the measurable loss of water during a bird’s flight, Flevoland The Netherlands
1993 stippelbeen, various streets, Moscow Russia
snowshoes, various streets, Moscow Russia
Selected Awards and Grants
2004 Travelling Bullet Project, commission from CEC International , USA
1992-1998 Stichting Fonds Voor Beeldende Kunsten,The Netherlands.
1995 ArtsLink Grant for Moscow, Russia , Citizen Exchange Council, USA.
1993 Stichting Fonds Voor Beeldende Kunsten, presentation grant Russia
Collections
Damien Hirst’s “murderme” collection
The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
Mars Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, USA
Private Collections in Europe and USA
Permanent Public Installations
2001 The Orbitor's Chair, BovenIj Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam,The Netherlands.
1999 The Spoken Word Through Water & Time, Dr. Sarphatihuis Hospital, Amsterdam The Netherlands |
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