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Born 1959, Lugansk, Ukraine
Works as an artist and curator
Lives and works in UK
Founder of St. Petersburg Institute of Experimental Arts & Performance, 1996.
Curator of Festival of Experimental Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1996-2006.
Member of State Union of Russian artists since 1991
Studied: High School of Art, Lugansk, Ukraine (1974 – 1979)
Academy of Art, St. Petersburg, Russia (1983 – 1989).
Awarded fellowship to Wimbledon High School of Art, U.K. (1990 – 1991).
Since 1986 participated in over 200 exhibitions and performances in Russia,
Germany, Poland, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland and USA.
Links:
Oleg Yanushevsky: Iconic Russian Finds Asylum in London
http://www.culturekiosque.com/art/news/oleg_yanushevsky.html
UNHCR – Article 19 / Statement on the case of Oleg Yanushevsky
http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/statementoyanushevsky.pdf
2010 – Année France-Russie: Artistes en Russie entre rébellion et répression
http://www.louvrepourtous.fr/Artistes-en-Russie-entre-rebellion,417.html
Recent exhibitions
Pushkin House, London, UK 2008
Krista Mikkola gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2008
HMS President (1918), London, UK 2007
SOLANA Gallery, London 2007
MEZZO Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2006
View Two Gallery, Liverpool, UK 2005
MEZZO Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2005
Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, USA 2000-2005
Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2002-2004
Art Moscow, Russia 2001-2004
City Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 2003
Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen, UK 2003
Pussy Galore Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2002
University of Cologne, Germany 2002
Stadtgalerie Bremen, Germany 2002
MEZZO Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 2001
S.P.A.S. Gallery St. Petersburg, Russia 1995-2004
Glass Palace, Helsinki, Finland 2000
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia 2000
Russian Art Show, De Wijk, Netherlands 2000
Art Forum, Berlin, Germany 1999
Navicula Artis Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia 1999
Art in Suitcase, St. Petersburg, Russia and Lubeck, Germany 1999
III International Performance Festival, Berlin, Germany 1999
Ujazdowski Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw, Poland 1998
1020 gallery, Wien, Austria 1994
Ben Uri Art Society, London, UK 1993
Solstice gallery, Edinburgh, UK 1990
Public collections
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia;
Russian-Finnish Society, Helsinki, Finland;
St. Petersburg Museum of Sculpture, St. Petersburg, Russia.
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, London
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The Persten collection
