Vadim Gushchin

• Name — Vadim Gushchin • Born — 1963 • Birthplace — Novosibirsk, Russia • Occupation — Photographer • Website — vadimgushchin.com Vadim Gushchin (born 1963) is a Russian art-photographer.

Gushchin was born in Novosibirsk in 1963. He is known primarily for his work, made in the genre of post-conceptual still life. In 1986, he graduated at the Moscow Energy Institute. He has been creating artistic photography since 1988. He lives and works in Moscow. • Illustration — Colored envelops 3 2010 • Illustration — Gypsum 1 2001

He has participated in art in exhibitions since 1991 and his first solo exhibition was held in 1995. He has more than 30 solo exhibitions including: • Meine Dinge, Museum fuer Fotografie, Brunswick, Germany, 1999. • Exhibition in ROSIZO Gallery, Moscow, 1999. • Personalismus des Dinges, Kultur Bahnhof Eller, Duesseldorf, Germany. • Bread and Wood, International Photo-Biennial FotoFest, Houston, US, 2006. • Breаd, Johannes Larsen Museum, Odense, Denmark, 2006. • Exhibition in Museum of the History of Photography, Sankt-Petersburg, 2009. • Aestetik der Statik Alexander Grinberg/Vadim Gushchin in Viktor Grray Gallery, Duesseldorf, 2010. • Inventory of a Private Library, Blue Sky Gallery, Oregon Center for Photographic Arts, Portland, Oregon, US, 2013. • Object. Function. Image., Lumière Brothers Photography Сenter, Moscow, 2013. • Vadim Gushchin. Passed, Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2013. • Cultural Treasures, International Photo-Festival Lianzhou Foto 2014, Lianzhou, China, 2014. • Subject Interpretation, 7th International Photofestival PhotoVisa, Krasnodar, Russia. 2015 • Inventory of the Private Library, Lumière Brothers Photography Сenter, Moscow, 2018-2019.http: photography-now.com/exhibition/136126 • Exhibition in the PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2019. https: www.facebook.com/PDNBGallery/posts/10156846827722858?comment_id=10156854689087858

He has also participated in more than 50 group exhibitions in galleries and museums in Russia and abroad. His works have been presented in the international and Russian сonceptual group projects, such as: • A la recherche du pere, 1993—94, Paris, France. • Neue Fotokunst aus Russland, 1994—95, tour of five German cities. • Aufbruch. Neue russische Fotografie, 1998, Leverkusen, Germany. • IDEA Photographic: After Modernism, 2002, Santa Fe, US. • Odense Photo Triennial, Denmark, 2006. • In Box of Dreams, (Contemporary Russian Photography), International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, 2009. • Doors open day Russian art 1989-2009, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, 2009. • Leben elementar, Trier, Germany, 2010. • Contemporary Russian Photography, Biennial FotoFest, Houston, US, 2012. • Museum, look of Photographer, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 2012. • Contemporary Russian Photography: From Mystery to Poetry and Back, 5th Seoul Photo 2013, Seoul, Korea, 2013. • Tarantel 2, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2013. • Dinner is Served. The Russian Museum Culinary Companion. The Russian Museum, Sankt-Petersburg. 2013 – 2014. • "Neue Russische Avangarde. Kunst als Bruecke zwieschen Ost und West." (New Russian Avangarde. Art as Bridge between East and West.) Kellermann Gallery, Duessldorf, Germany. 2015 • "Soviet Photo", Lumiere Brothers Centre for Photography, Moscow. 2015 • "Russian House", Schilt Publishing Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland. 2015 • New Acquisitions. 1998-2014, The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. • After Glamour. An artistic analysis of current developments in Russian society. KIT, Düsseldorf, Germany. 2016.http: www.verymagazine.org/very-issue-19/199-overview-issue19/794-after-glamour-moscow-style • Artist as Hero. International Photography Festival, Pingyao. China. 2018. • Stillife in Photography, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. 2018. http: www.rusmuseum.ru/stroganov-palace/exhibitions/still-life-in-photography/#rmPhoto [gallery7972]/1/

• Interview in the Bleek-Magazine, October 2014 • Vadim Gushchin: still-life, made in November 2011 to the opening of Vadim Gushchin's exhibition Kultural treasures in the Gallery Glaz, Moscow.

Gushchin's work is held in the following permanent public collections: • The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. • The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg • Museum of Modern Art, Moscow. • Museum House of Photography, Moscow. • National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow. • Museum of Moscow, Moscow. • Museum of Photographic Collections, Moscow. • Lumiere Brotherth Photography Center, Moscow. • State Russian Museum of Photography, Nishny Novgorod, Russia. • Collection of Photograph's Union, Moscow. • Surgut's Museum of Fine Arts, Surgut, Russia. • Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US. • Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas, US. • Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, US. • Museum Albertina, Vienna, Austria. • Museum fuer Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany. • Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark. • Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. • Boghossian Foundation, Brussels, Belgium. • Spallart Collection, Salzburg, Austria. https: www.sammlung-spallart.at/en/ Private collections in Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, the US, South Korea, and Belgium.