Gosha Ostretsov


1967 born in Moscow

1984 graduated from the Bolshoi Theatre Art School in Moscow

Lives and works in Moscow.


Solo Shows (selected):


2009 Coolville. Claire Oliver Gallery, New York.

Robbing Good. Paradise Row Gallery, London.

2008 Dead Souls. Triumph Gallery, Moscow.

2007 Salon Beaute. Rabouan-Moussion Gallery, Paris

Under Repair. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

2006 5th Ceremony of Awarding the New Government’s Order to the best people

of Russia. M&J Guelman Gallery, Moscow

2005 Outrage. M&J Guelman Gallery, Moscow

2004 War. M&J Guelman Gallery, Moscow.

2003 Eat the Halfwit. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

2002 Vandals and Generals of the New Government. M&J Guelman Gallery, Moscow

2000 Visitor. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg

New Government. M&J Guelman Gallery, Moscow

2000 Diventa la Vittima. Nadia Baldeschi Arte Contemporanea, Venice, Italy


Group Shows (selected):


2009 Another Mithology. National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow

2008 Russian Roulette. Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany

Domestic Appliance. Flowers East Gallery, London

Laughterlife. Paradise Row Gallery, London

2007 Austrian Story. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow

Artist`s Diary. 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Central House

of Artist, Moscow

Sots-Art. 2nd Moscow biennale of Contemporary Art, State Tretyakov

Gallery, Moscow.

2006 Amateurs. Marres Art-Center, Maastricht, Netherlands

Cinemarathon. M&J Guelman Gallery, Moscow

2005 Front: Wechsel. Stift Vorau, Austria

Partners. 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, State Tretyakov

Gallery, Moscow

Gender Passions. 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow Museum

of Modern Art, Moscow


2005 Russia-2. Central House of Artist, Moscow.


2004 Moscow-Warsaw. Contemporary Art Center, Ujazd Castle, Warsaw


Controlled Democracy. White Space Gallery, London.

2003 New Countdown: Digital Russia with Sony. Central House of Artist, Moscow


2002 Reconstruction. Biennial of Contemporary Art. Cetinje.


IV International Month of Photography in Moscow “Photobiennale-2002”.

Photo Centre, Moscow

1999 Western Europe After the Berlin Wall. State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg

Presentation of the collection of latex costumes and masks in the galleries of

the XIIIth arrondissement (Jenifer Flay Gallery, Emmanuel Perrotin

Gallery, Gallery Praz-Delavallade, etc.) timed to coincide with the unveiling

of the Contemporary Art Centre, Paris

1993 Contemporary Art Biennial. Istanbul, Turkey