SAVADOV ARSEN
Born in Kyiv in 1962.
In 1982 he graduated from the Taras Shevchenko Republican Secondary Art School.
In 1986, he graduated from the Kyiv Art Institute in Kyiv (now the National Academy of Arts).
During 1982-1996 he worked together with Heorhii Senchenko, in 1987 they created the famous painting “Cleopatra’s Sadness”, which marked the arrival of the New Wave.
In the 90s, he tried to work with other media, such as video and photography. He collaborated with Heorhii Senchenko and later with Oleksandr Kharchenko. However, in the future, he preferred to work individually.
In 1997, he made photographs for his famous series “Donbas-Chocolate”.
2001 – represented Ukraine at the 49th Venice Biennale, Italy – “The First Ukrainian Project”
2012 – joined ART KYIV Contemporary 2012 (presentation of The Commedia Dell’arte In Crime project) and ARSENALE 2012. He also participated in these projects the following year. Back then, the Mystetskyi Arsenal was headed by Natalia Zabolotna.
In 2022, he took part in the “Independent” charity exhibition in Miami. The project was curated by Natalia Zabolotna, founder of Art Ukraine Gallery. All the funds raised were used to support wounded children.
Significant group projects:
“Contemporary Soviet Art”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, and “Youth of the Country”, Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow (1987); “Contemporary Soviet Art”, Madrid, Spain, “Republican Exhibition of a Young Artist”, House of Artists, Kyiv (1989); “Young Art of Ukraine”, House of Soviet Science and Culture, Budapest (1990); “Dialogue with Kyiv”, Munich, Germany, “Calmly”, Gallery of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv (1992); “Steppes of Europe”, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, “Angels over Ukraine”, J&V Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (1993); V International Symposium of Electronic Art (1994); “Wild Life”, Center for the Arts, California Museum of Art, California, USA (1995); “Manifesta-1”, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, “Next 5 minutes: Tactile Media”, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, “Commodity Fetishism”, State Art Center “Ukrainian House”, Kyiv (1996); “White Dresses”, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, USA, “Tree Penny Show”, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA (1998); “After the Wall”, Moderna Museen, Stockholm, “Looking for a Place”, Third Santa Fe International Biennial, Santa Fe, USA, “With Respect to Ukraine”, Passage de Retz Gallery, Paris, “The Future is Now”, Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia (1999); “L`Autre Moitie de l`Europe”, National Gallery Jeu de Poume, Paris, “Intervals”, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv, “Contemporary Art of Ukraine”, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo (2000); “New Ukrainian Painting”, WHITE BOX, New York (2008); “PREMONITION: UKRAINIAN ART NOW”, Saatchi Gallery, London (2014); “Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism”, Saatchi Gallery, London (2017).
Best personal projects:
1992 – “Works by Savadov and Senchenko”, Berman Gallery, New York, USA.
1995 – “Arsen Savadov and Heorhii Senchenko”, House of Artists, Kyiv;
“Arsen Savadov”, Chasie Post Gallery, Atlanta, USA.
1998 – “Deepinsider: Arsen Savadov (with Oleksandr Kharchenko)”, Gallery of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Kyiv.
2002 – “Cocteau”, Marat Helman Gallery, Kyiv.
2003 – “Donbass-Chocolate”, Galerie Orel Art Presenta, Paris.
2005 – “Love Story”, Galerie Orel Art Presenta, Paris.
2007 – “Paintings”, Daniel Mahmoud Gallery. New York.
2012 – “Escape to Egypt”, Kolektsiya Gallery, Kyiv.
2014 – “The Commedia Dell’arte In Crime”, Mironova Gallery, Kyiv.
2017 – “Gulliver’s Dream”, Art Ukraine Gallery, Kyiv.
2018 – “Gulliver’s Dream”, HG Contemporary Gallery, New York, “Finding Shelter”, Karenina Gallery, Vienna.
2020 – “Voices of Love”, M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kyiv.
Currently, the artist’s works of several series are exhibited at Art Ukraine Gallery.
