Yuri Avvakumov
| 1957 | born in Tiraspol
| | 1981 | graduated from Moscow Architecture Institute
| | since 1982 | took part in art/architectural exhibitions, including all presentations of
Paper Architecture
| | 1983-88 | taught at Moscow Architecture Institute
| | 1984 | reintroduced the term PAPER ARCHITECTURE to describe the genre of conceptual design in the USSR of the 1980s
| | 1984-92 | organized exhibitions of PAPER ARCHITECTURE in Moscow, Ljubljana, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Antwerp, Cologne, Brussels, Zurich, Cambridge, New Orleans, Austin, Amherst, Volgograd
| | since 1988 | AGITARCH Studio, Moscow
| | 1993-94 | taught at Hochschule fur Gestaltung, Karlsruhe
| | since 1993 | UTOPIA FOUNDATION, Moscow
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Selected personal exhibitions:
| 1992-93 | TEMPORARY MONUMENTS. Russian Museum, St. Petersburg /
State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
| | 1993 | 1:43. Karlheinz Meyer Gallery, Karlsruhe
| | 1996-97 | RUSSIAN UTOPIA: A DEPOSITORY. Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale / Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam / State Museum of Architecture, Moscow / Museum and Exhibition Center, Volgograd
| | 2000 | RUSSIAN UTOPIA: A DEPOSITORY. State Russian Museum,
St. Petersburg
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Selected group exhibitions:
| 1982-83 | DOLLS HOUSE. RIBA, London
| | 1992 | PAPER ARCHITECTURE. IN SEARCH OF IDENTITY.
SKUC Gallery, Ljubljana
| | 1988 | FANTASY VS. UTOPIA. Palazzo dell' Arte,
XVII Triennale di Milano
| | 1989 | ARCHITECTURE AND IMAGINATION. De Tien van Fort Asperen, Leerdam
ARCHITECTURE ET UTOPIE. Pavilion de l' Arsenal, Paris/
PAPIERARCHITEKTURE. NEUE PROJECTE AUS DES SOWJETUNION. Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
| | 1990 | AVANTGARDE 20/90. Manege, Moscow / IN DE USSR EN ERBUITEN. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / CONSTRUIR! Fondation pour l'architecture, Brussels
| | 1990-91 | BETWEEN SPRING AND SUMMER: SOVIET CONCEPTUAL ART IN THE ERA
OF LATE COMMUNISM. Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA /
ICA, Boston, MA / Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
| | 1991 | VISION VON RAUM. FIAC, Paris / Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
| | 1992 | PAPER ARCHITECTURE. ALMA MATER. Moscow Architectural Institute
| | 1991 | 3-rd INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE. Istanbul
| | 1993-94 | ASPECTS ACTUELS DE LA MOUVANCE CONSTRUITE INTERNATIONALE.
Musee des Beaux-Arts de Vevriers / Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image Imprimee, La Louviere
| | 1994 | UTOPIA FACTORY. RUSSIAN VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE.
State Museum of Architecture, Moscow
| | 1995 | ARTE RUSSA. Villa Zorn, Sesto San Jiovanni /
EINBLICKE. WERKSTATT MOSKAU II. Akademie der Kunste, Berlin
| | 1996 | DIE KUNST DES FLIEGENS. Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen /
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE FUTURE CITY. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo / Hiroshima Museum of Art / Gifu Prefectural Museum SENSING THE FUTURE. ARCHITECT AS SEISMOGRAPH. VI International Exhibition of Architecture, Venice
| | 1997 | LIVING BRIDGES. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
| | 2000 | FIFTH ELEMENT – ART OR MONEY. Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
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