Persten

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