Grisha Bruskin


Grisha Bruskin is a Russian artist known as a painter, sculptor, and printmaker.
He was born in Moscow. Between 1963 and 1968, he studied at the Moscow Textile Institute. In 1969, he became a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR. Bruskin's participation in the famous Sotheby's auction in Moscow brought him worldwide fame when his piece Fundamental Lexicon was sold for a record price.
He relocated to New York in 1988. In 1999, at the invitation of the German government and as a representative of Russia, Bruskin created a monumental triptych, Life Above All, for the reconstructed Reichstag in Berlin. In 2001 he published a memoir-style book, Past Imperfect. In 2012 he received the Kandinsky Prize in the "Project of the Year" category, for his project, H-Hour. Bruskin lives and works in New York and Moscow. He is one of the best-known and most successful contemporary artists of Russian origins.

Exhibitions

Books

  • 2001. Past Imperfect. Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye; 2nd ed. 2007.
  • 2002. Das Alphabet des Grisha Bruskin. Kunsthalle in Emden.
  • 2003. Yours Truly. Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye.
  • 2005. Letter Follows. Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye.
  • 2006. Alefbet. Tapestry. Palace Editions; Russian language edition),.
  • 2008. Life is Everywhere. Palace Editions; Russian language edition ; English language edition.
  • 2008. Direct and Indirect Objects. SBN 978-5-86793-566-5 Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye.
  • 2008. Past Imperfect: 318 Episodes from the Life of a Russian Artist., Syracuse University Press.
  • 2010. Alefbet. Tapisserie. Lienart.
  • 2011. Towards Bruskin.. Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye.
  • 2012. H-Hour.. Multimedia Art Museum.
  • 2013. H-Hour Kerber Art.
  • 2013. Archaeologist's Collection. Breus.
  • 2014. Archaeologist's Collection. Kerber Art.
  • 2015. Alefbet. Alfabeto della memoria/The Alphabet of Memory. Terra ferma.
  • 2015. An Archaeologist's Collection. Terra Ferma.