Yuri Kalendarev (Russian, born )

Timeline

1947
Born in Leningrad, USSR
1963–1967
Studies engineering at Leningrad Aircraft Institute and sculpture at Yusupov Palace, Leningrad
1970–1973
Studies monumental sculpture at the Higher Institute of Industrial Art, Leningrad. First involvement with non-conformist art-movement. Studies stone carving at “Monumentsculptura”, Leningrad
1974–1975
Takes part in first “Leningrad non-conformist” exhibition at Nevsky Dvoretz, Leningrad. Takes part in the first underground exhibitions of “Group Aleph”, Leningrad and Moscow
1977
Establishes studio in Ein Hod, Israel
1978–1979
Teaches sculpture at Haifa University
1980
Establishes studio in Carrara, Italy. First environmental projects
1992
First light – works
1994
Begins to study calligraphy with Prof. Ruan Zong Va and Shodo with Rev. Jomyo Tanaka
1998
First golden light works
2002
Begins to study Art of tunning of metals from Robert Paiste, at Paiste AG, Nottwil, Switzerland. First sound sculptures
2004
First sound performances
2008
First sounding screens
Lives and works in Tuscany, Italy

Exhibitions

2010
Andersen Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2008
“Horizont”, Sound sculpture, MediaMuseum, MediaArtLab, Moscow. “In nome della Rosa, mia nonna”, Sound installation, Gall. Giannone, Pisa, Italy.
2004
“10 Sound Plates for Saint Petersburg”, Sound installation & Sound performance, The Central Exhibition Hall "Manezh", for The Museum of Nonconformist Art, The Society “Free Culture” and The Art Center “Pushkinskaya-10”, S.Petersburg, Russia
1996
“Bread and Light”, Sofienholm Museum, Copenhagen, Dennemark
1995
“Bread, Light and Salt ”, Russian State Museum, S.Petersburg, Russia “Earth and Light”, National Art Gallery, Oslo, Norway “Stones”, First International Symposium of stone sculpture, Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, Russia
1994
“Bread and Light”, Contemporary Art Museum, Sopot, Poland “Golod”, „Selbstindentifikation“, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
1991
“The presence of the absent”, University Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel „Gravitation“, Kunst auf Landesgartenchau, Hockenheim, Germany
1990
Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany (solo)
1989
Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany (solo)
1989
“Project for Water Tower”, LVAA Water Tower, Louisville, KY, USA “Solitude. Plane and project”, Solitude Palace, Stuttgart, Germany
1988
Rathaus, Mainz, Germany Weiterbildungszentrum, Dusseldorf, Germany
1987
Kubus, Hannover, Germany 1985 Lopes Gallery AG, Zürich, Switzerland
1984
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1984
Gallery Schoeneck, Riehen, Switzerland (solo)
1984
Lopez Gallery AG, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1983
Thorens Fine Art AG, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1982
Gallery Court Saint-Pierre, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
1982
Goldman-Kraft Gallery, Chicago, USA
1981
“Perspective 82” ART 13’82, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
1980
Debel Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel (solo)
1980
Two-man show with Tatsumi Oki, Ein-Hod, Israel The International Symposium of Marble Sculpture, Carrara, Italy The Marble Pavilions, Carrara, Italy
1979
Goldman’s Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel (solo)
1978–1979
“From Moscow to Jerusalem, Art in Transformation”, traveling exhibition, USA. Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, Canada “Those who came from Russia”, Kar Gallery of Fine Art, Toronto, Canada National Art Center, Ottawa, Canada
1976–1977
Israel Art Center, Jerusalem, Israel “12 from Soviet Underground”, traveling exhibition, USA, Canada
1975
“GROUP ALEF” Moscow, USSR First exhibition of “GROUP ALEF”, Leningrad, USSR
1974
“Leningrad non-conformists”, Gaza Palace, Leningrad, USSR
1974
Arena Stage, Washington D.C. USA (solo)
English (US)

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