Alexander Shchurenkov is a social practice artist and sculptor interested in how traditional crafts, shaped by values and standards of excellence, are passed from generation to generation through demonstration, conversation, and practice. He explores how these skills help communities and individuals to survive different types of crises, from personal to macro-economic. His other point of interest is the commodification of hopes for a better life.
EDUCATION
Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Moscow State University, BA in Mathematics, Moscow, Russia
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
The Nature of Eden, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019
Crafting Present and Future, a workshop for artists and members of the local community — sharing experience on traditional crafts and site-specific installation in the Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York, USA
One Work Site, specific installation at Between Windows gallery at Phillips auction house London and Moscow offices
2018
Once It Happened, backfired at Vacation, New York, USA
Zugzwang, part of the parallel program of the 6th Biennale of Young Art, Fragment Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2017
Down the Basement, site-specific installation in Salzburg Fortress, part of Salzburg Summer Academy graduation exhibition, Salzburg, Austria
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Living Matter, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Date with America, NADA House 2021, New York, USA
Assuming Distance: Speculations, Fakes, and Predictions in the Age of the Coronacene, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2020
Support Group, a special project of the 7th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art at Cube, Moscow, Russia
2018
Post-Post Text, non-commercial art space Ground Moscow, Russia
Myth and Legends of Present Time, The New Wing of Gogol's House, Moscow, Russia
2017
Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow: 25 years, The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, Russia 2017 Sessions of Phantom Communication, Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2021
Nominated for the 2nd Moscow Art Prize
2019
High House Studio, artist residency under the mentorship of Antony Gormley, Norfolk, UK
2017
Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Michael Beutler’s course What the work tells about the tools, Salzburg, Austria