AES+F group (Arzamasova, Evzovich, Svyatsky + Fridkes)
Tatiana Arzamasova
Born in 1955 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1978.
Lev Evzovich
Born in 1958 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute in 1982.
Evgeny Svyatsky
Born in 1957 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Polygraphic Institute in 1980.
Arzamasova, Evzovich and Svyatsky formed the AES group in 1987. Since 1995, they have collaborated with the photographer Vladimir Fridkes (AES+F).
Vladimir Fridkes
Born in 1956 in Moscow. Works as a fashion photographer for magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Sunday Times Style and others.
The members of AES+F live and work in Moscow.
Solo exhibitions:
2007
"AES+F. Retrospective," State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
2006
"Action Half Life. Sculptures," Triumph Gallery, Moscow
"AES+F," EFAH conference, City Hall, Helsinki
"AES+F," Salvador Diaz Gallery, Madrid
"AES+F. Last Riot 2," Manege Central Exhibition Hall, in conjunction with Photobiennale 2006, Moscow
"AES+F. The King of the Forest," Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
2005
"AES+F. The King of the Forest," Juan Ruiz Galeria, Maracaibo, Venezuela
"AES. Islamic Project," Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York
"AES+F. Action Half Life," Galerie Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria
2004
"AES+F group. Action Half Life," Galerie Knoll Wien, Vienna,
2003
"Action Half Life. Episode 2," Guelman Gallery, Moscow
"The King of the Forest: New York (KFNY)," Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York,
"OASIS - Espanya islàmica," Sala Montcada, La Caixa Foundation, Barcelona
2002
"Le Roi des Aulnes," Galerie Knoll Budapest, Budapest
"Le Roi des Aulnes," Gallery Knoll Wien, Vienna
2001
"AES. Islamic Project," Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France
2000
"AES group. Islamic Project," Jean-Marc Patras - N.O.M.A.D.E., Paris
1999
"AES Nomade Makes Stop in New York," Art in General, New York
"AES Travel Agency to the Future," City intervention at Sture Galerian in conjunction with "After the Wall," Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
1997
"AES Travel Agency to the Future," Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
"AES Today," Ujazdowski Castle Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Group exhibitions:
2007
"Thaw. 15 Years of the Marat Guelman Gallery," State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
"I Believe," Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
"Anthology of Russian Video Art. Volume 1," Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
2006
"GAMESCAPES. Videogame Landscapes and Cities in the Works of Five International Artists," Civic Gallery, Monza, Italy
"Krieg Der Knoepfe - Kinder Und Die Welt Des Krieges," Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany
"Mutations 1," Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin / Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris /
Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
"Liberate Emotions. Myths. Symbols. Systems," in conjunction with the project "Poles - Russians - Mutual Relations," Old City Hall, Gdansk, Poland
"FOTOFEST 2006 - The Earth / Artists Responding to Violence," The 11th International Biennial of Photography and Photo-related Art, Fotofest, Houston, Texas
15th Iberoamerican Art Fair, Hotel Tamanaka, Juan Ruiz Galeria (Maracaibo), Caracas
"Voiler Dévoiler," Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
"ARS 06. Sense of the Real, " Kiasma Nykytaiteen Musee, Helsinki, 2006
2005
"Un Nuevo Y Bravo Mundo / Brave New World," Sala Alcala 31, Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid
"RUSSIA 2. Bad news from Russia," White Box, The Annex, Magnan Projects' Annex, New York
"Moscow Breakthrough," Academia Rossica, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London
"Tirana Biennale 3," The National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania
"Baroque and Neobaroque. The Hell of the Beautiful," Domus Artium 2002 (DA2), Salamanca, Spain
"De Sculptura," Galerie RUZICSKA, Max Gandolph Bibliothek, Salzburg, Austria
"Mixed-Up Childhood," Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Just Do It!" Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
"Starz," Museum of Modern Art, in conjunction with the 1st Moscow Biennale, Moscow
"Accomplices. Collective and Interactive Works in Russian Art, 1960-2005," State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
"Invasion," Multimedia Complex of Actual Arts, in conjunction with the 1st Moscow Biennale, Moscow
2004
"Contemporary Russian Art," Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
"New Look from Russia: Contemporary Art Photography," presented by Moscow House of Photography, Atelier des Forges, Arles, France
Syndey Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
"Les Transphotographiques 2004," Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Lille, France
"AES+F," Photobienniale 2004, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
"Moscow-Berlin/Berlin-Moscow," State Historical Museum, Moscow
"VEIL," Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2003
"VEIL," Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), The Modern Art Oxford, Oxford / Blue Coat Gallery, Liverpool / The New Art Gallery, Walsall, Great Britain
"Moscow-Berlin/Berlin-Moscow," Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
"GLOBAL>DETAIL, Noordelicht X," USVA Noorderlicht Photogallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
"Neue Ansätze / Zeitgenõssische Kunst aus Moskau," Düsseldorf Kunsthalle, Germany
"Real Utopia, Space Bedouin," Rotor, in conjunction with "Graz - Cultural Capital of Europe," Graz, Austria
"Uber MENSCHEN," Modena, Italy / Galerie ACC, Weimar, Germany
2002
"AES+F," Month of Photography in Bratislava, Slovakia
"Òew York after New York," Musèe de l'Elisèe, Lausanne, Switzerland.
"4th Gwangjiu Biennale," Gwangju, South Korea.
"Rich Boy", 4th International Month of Photography in Moscow "Photobiennial-2002", Bagration' Bridge, Moscow
2001
"AES+F, Sophie Calle, Fabrice Hubert, Elian Lille," Gallerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France
"Noordelicht International Photofestival," USVA Noorderlicht Photogallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
"Russia," Grafeneg Castle, Austria
2000
"Paysages Urbaine," Le Quartier CCA, Quimper, France
"Othello," Halle Toni Garnier, in conjunction with the 5-e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
Inaugural show of Les Abattoirs Museum, Toulouse, France