Vadim Gushchin


Vadim Gushchin is a Russian art-photographer.

Biography

Gushchin was born in Novosibirsk in 1963. He is known primarily for his work, made in the genre of post-conceptual still life. In 1986, he graduated at the Moscow Energy Institute. He has been creating artistic photography since 1988. He lives and works in Moscow.

Books and catalogues (selected)

A la recherche du pere, Paris, 1994.Aufbruch. Die neue russische Fotografie, Kоеln, 1998.Wadim Gutschtschin Meine Dinge, Braunschweig, 1999.IDEA Photographic: After Modernism, Santa Fe, 2002.Valery Stigneev Century of Photography, 1894-1994, Moscow, 2005.Photoestafeta. From Rodchenko to our days, Moscow, 2006.Odense Foto Triennale 2006, Odense, Denmark, 2006.
  • FotoFest 2006, Houston, TX, 2006.
  • Monography Photographs. Vadim Gushchin, Moscow, Publish House Artist and Book, 2008.Doors open day Russian art 1989-2009, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow.Contemporary Russian Photography. FotoFest 2012, Houston, TX, 2012.
  • Monography Everyday Objects/Cultural Treasures, Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam, 2013.Staging Encounters, Lianzhou Fotofestival, 2014.Potovisa. Language of Memory, The 7th International Festival of Photography in the Krasnodar Region

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

He has participated in art in exhibitions since 1991 and his first solo exhibition was held in 1995. He has more than 30 solo exhibitions including:Meine Dinge, Museum fuer Fotografie, Brunswick, Germany, 1999.
  • Exhibition in ROSIZO Gallery, Moscow, 1999.Personalismus des Dinges, Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Duesseldorf, Germany.Bread and Wood, International Photo-Biennial FotoFest, Houston, US, 2006.Breаd, Johannes Larsen Museum, Odense, Denmark, 2006.
  • Exhibition in Museum of the History of Photography, Sankt-Petersburg, 2009.Aestetik der Statik Alexander Grinberg/Vadim Gushchin in Viktor Grray Gallery, Duesseldorf, 2010.Inventory of a Private Library, Blue Sky Gallery, Oregon Center for Photographic Arts, Portland, Oregon, US, 2013.Object. Function. Image., Lumière Brothers Photography Сenter, Moscow, 2013.Vadim Gushchin. Passed, Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2013.Cultural Treasures, International Photo-Festival Lianzhou Foto 2014, Lianzhou, China, 2014.Subject Interpretation, 7th International Photofestival PhotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia. 2015Inventory of the Private Library, Lumière Brothers Photography Сenter, Moscow, 2018-2019.http://photography-now.com/exhibition/136126
  • Exhibition in the PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2019. https://www.facebook.com/PDNBGallery/posts/10156846827722858?comment_id=10156854689087858

Group exhibitions

He has also participated in more than 50 group exhibitions in galleries and museums in Russia and abroad. His works have been presented in the international and Russian сonceptual group projects, such as:A la recherche du pere, 1993—94, Paris, France.Neue Fotokunst aus Russland, 1994—95, tour of five German cities.Aufbruch. Neue russische Fotografie, 1998, Leverkusen, Germany.IDEA Photographic: After Modernism, 2002, Santa Fe, US.
  • Odense Photo Triennial, Denmark, 2006.In Box of Dreams,, International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, 2009.Doors open day Russian art 1989-2009, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2009.Leben elementar, Trier, Germany, 2010.
  • Contemporary Russian Photography, Biennial FotoFest, Houston, US, 2012.Museum, look of Photographer, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 2012.Contemporary Russian Photography: From Mystery to Poetry and Back, 5th Seoul Photo 2013, Seoul, Korea, 2013.Tarantel 2, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2013.Dinner is Served. The Russian Museum Culinary Companion. The Russian Museum, Sankt-Petersburg. 2013 – 2014.
  • "italic=no." Kellermann Gallery, Duessldorf, Germany. 2015
  • "Soviet Photo", Lumiere Brothers Centre for Photography, Moscow. 2015
  • "Russian House", Schilt Publishing Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland. 2015New Acquisitions. 1998-2014, The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.After Glamour. An artistic analysis of current developments in Russian society. KIT, Düsseldorf, Germany. 2016.http://www.verymagazine.org/very-issue-19/199-overview-issue19/794-after-glamour-moscow-styleArtist as Hero. International Photography Festival, Pingyao. China. 2018.Stillife in Photography, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. 2018. http://www.rusmuseum.ru/stroganov-palace/exhibitions/still-life-in-photography/#rmPhoto/1/

Award

  • 2007 - The Silver Camera- Award, received 1st place for best report on Moscow in the category of Architecture Moscow

Collections

Gushchin's work is held in the following permanent public collections:
Private collections in Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, the US, South Korea, and Belgium.

Video about artist and artist's interview

  • Interview in the Bleek-Magazine, October 2014Vadim Gushchin: still-life, made in November 2011 to the opening of Vadim Gushchin's exhibition Kultural treasures in the Gallery Glaz, Moscow.