Yury Kharchenko


Yury Kharchenko is a Russian German artist. He lives and works in Berlin.
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Life

Kharchenko was raised in Moscow and West Germany. He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 2004 to 2008, graduating with a master of fine arts degree and diploma. He was briefly in a PhD programme at the University of Potsdam from 2011 to 2012; the subject of his research was art philosophy in postmodern times influenced by Jacques Derrida. He currently lives in Berlin.
His works are part of collections in the Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, NS Documentation Center Cologne, State Collection Düsseldorf, Kunst aus NRW Aachen, Felix Nussbaum Haus Osnabrück, Kunstmuseum Walter, and the Wemhöner Collection.

Exhibitions

Publications

  • Worlds Within. Kerber Verlag, Berlin 2013,.
  • Journey to Jerusalem. Kerber Verlag, Berlin, 2013,.
  • Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 2013
  • Extra Verlag, Berlin, 2012,.
  • Boesner GmbH "Kunstwelten", Boesner, Witten, 2011, BestellNr.: 9783928003001
  • Leonardo Art award, Kunstmuseum Walter, Augsburg, 2008
  • Extra Verlag, Berlin 2008,.