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Sanya Kantarovsky

Sanya Kantarovsky’s (b. 1980, Russia) recent exhibitions include solo presentations at Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy; group shows at Jewish Museum, New York and Sculpture Center, New York; as well as his curatorial project Sputterances at Metro Pictures, New York. A comprehensive monograph entitled No Joke was co-published by Studio Voltaire and Koenig Books in 2016. Kantarovsky’s works belong to prestigious museum collections including Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Tate Modern, London; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He currently lives and works in New York.

Born 1982
Hometown Moscow, Russia
Lives and Works New York, NY
Education
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011
BFA, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, 2004
Permanent Collection

Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Blenheim Art Foundation, Woodstock, England

Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

David Roberts Art Foundation, London, England

EMDASH Foundation, Berlin, Germany

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy

Hammer Museum, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston, MA

Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, TX

RISD Museum, Providence, RI

Tate, London, England

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Representing Galleries

Luhring Augustine, New York

SHOWS

Studio Voltaire


Nov 27 2018 - Dec 15 2018

Artists for Studio Voltaire

Art:Concept

Paris
Dec 15 2016 - Feb 04 2017

La Perle

Stuart Shave/Modern Art

London
Oct 04 2016 - Nov 05 2016

Feral Neighbours

Hauser & Wirth

New York
Jun 23 2016 - Jul 29 2016

A Modest Proposal

Stuart Shave/Modern Art

London
May 19 2016 - Jun 18 2016

Theories of Modern Art

SculptureCenter

New York
Jan 24 2016 - Apr 04 2016

The Eccentrics

Simone Subal

New York
Jan 10 2016 - Feb 07 2016

Untitled Body Parts
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Articles

Sanya Kantarovsky's Really Great Year
Sanya Kantarovsky's Really Great Year

How his market looked in 2022, the exhibitions and group shows, the institutional firsts, what the critics said and a very limited Artspace edition

Sanya Kantarovsky launches new Artspace edition
Sanya Kantarovsky launches new Artspace edition

What is Sanya Kantarovsky trying to say in his beautifully conceived, yet ultimately rather cryptic paintings?

Why Sanya Kantarovsky wants his paintings to pull you in
Why Sanya Kantarovsky wants his paintings to pull you in

The Brooklyn-based painter is less interested in giving viewers pleasure, more a renewed sense of strangeness

Hannah Parker Shares the Artworks in Her Cart
Hannah Parker Shares the Artworks in Her Cart

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The Great Vitamin P3 Painting Hunt
The Great Vitamin P3 Painting Hunt

Discover today's best painters for a chance to win $500 on Artspace.

Louisa Gagliardi on How She Became a Rising Star
Louisa Gagliardi on How She Became a Rising Star

Artspace editor-in-chief Andrew M. Goldstein spoke to the Swiss Post-Internet artist about the ideas and process behind her uncanny portraits that have won the following of Hans Ulrich Obrist and other top curators.

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