Artur Klinau
Klinau was born in 1965 in Minsk in Belarus. In 1987 he graduated in architecture from the Belarusian Technical Academy. He is a writer and a journalist; he has been the editor of the art magazine ‘pARTisan’ since 2011 and the president of the Belarusian Association of Contemporary Art since 1998. He works in the field of visual arts, creates installation art and conceptual designs. He collaborates with Andrei Varabyou – a sculptor and creator of installation art. Straw is one of the basic materials Klinau uses for his installations. His works were exhibited during the 54th Biennale in Venice in 2011 in the Belarusian Pavilion. The artist presented an installation entitled The Last Supper – a straw reconstruction of the Orthodox iconic representation.
The author of books: The Sun City of Dreams, 2005 Minsk, Logvinov publishing house
Sonnenstadt der Traume, 2006 Frankfurt, Suhrkamp Verla
Malaja padaroznaja knizka pa Horadzie Sonca, 2008 Minsk, Logvinov publishing house
Przewodnik po Miescie Slonca, 2008 Wolowiec, wydawnictwo Czarne
Script of film Shlakhtich Zavalnia, 2010 Belarusfilm Shalom. The military novel. 2011 Minsk, Logvinov publishing house
Address:
Cherviakova st. 18-63
220068 Minsk, Belarus
tel.: 00-375-17-2330284
mob.: 00-375-29-6534838
e-mail: arturklinov@yahoo.de
arturklinau@gmail.com
Personal exhibitions
1994 – Vita Nova Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
1995 – Six Line Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
1996 – Six Line Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
1998 – Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
1999 – Officyna Gallery, Szczecin, Poland
2000 – Kulturforum Rheine/ Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany
2000 – Kunstlerhaus Boswil, Boswil, Switzerland
2000 – AT Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2001 – Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
2003 – RLBQ Gallery, Marseille, France
2003 – Narod sobie Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2005 – AT Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2006 – Giedre Bartelt Galerie, Berlin, Germany
– Project Partisan’s Boutique transportable, Prague, Czechia
2007 – Giedre Bartelt Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2008 – Zoja Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Group exibitions /a selection/
1987 – ”Artists’ studio”, House of Art Workers, Minsk, Belarus
– ”The Exibition of BLO Association”, Minsk, Belarus
– ”The Exibition on Kolektornaja street”, Minsk, Belarus
1989 – ”Panorama”, Minsk, Belarus
– ”Treasury of Belarussian Venguard”, Minsk, Belarus
– ”Red and White” Open Haven Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
– Oosterkerk Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
1990 – Cottenham Gallery, London, England
– Nobel Gallery, Utrecht, Holland
– City Theatre Gallery, Darmstadt, Germany
– Gallery of St.Peterburg’s University, St.Peterburg, Russia
– Artistic Centre ”Petrovskije Linii”, Moscow, Russia
– Aryadna Gallery, St.Peterburg, Russia
1991 – Centre for Contemporary Art,Warsaw, Poland
– Zachenta Gallery,Warsaw, Poland
1992 – The Polish Museum of America, Chicago, USA
– Kulturforum Mo’nchengladbach, Mo’nchengladbach, Germany
1994 – Kunstlerforum, Bonn, Germany
1996 – Willa Weiner, Ochtrup, Germany
– The Festival of Conceptual Art,Manez, St.Peterburg, Russia
1997 – Museum of Belarussian Akademy of Art, Minsk, Belarus
1998 – Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
– Amfilada Gallery, Szczecin, Poland
– Kulturforum Rheine/ Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany
– Kunstlerdorf Scho’ppingen, Scho’ppingen, Germany
– Stadtmuseum, Beckum, Germany
– Borey Gallery, St.Peterburg, Russia
– BWA Gallery, Slupsk, Poland
– The Festival ”In-Formation 98”, Vitebsk, Belarus
1999 – Galerie d’Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Marseille, France
– Villa Valcampana, Macerata, Italy
– BWA Gallery,Kelce, Poland
– The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oron’sko, Poland
– Manhattan Gallery, Lodz’, Poland
– Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk, Belarus
– Arsenal Gallery, Poznan, Poland
– Museum of Contemporary Art – Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
– Hamburger Banhof Museum, Berlin, Germany
– The Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
– Museum of Churlonis, Kaunas, Lithuania
2001 – Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
– W#AK Gallery, Vlissingen, Hollan
-The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oron’sko, Poland
– National Museum in Szczecin, Poland
2002 – Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2003 – “Garde a vue” Gallery, Clermont-Ferrand, France
– The Moscow Modern Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
2004 – Galerie Munsterland, Emsdetten, Germany
2005 – Centre for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine
– Project Drei Hutten, Bonn, Germany
2006 – Vyspa Gallery, Gdansk, Poland
2007 – Kunsthoone Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
– Laznia Gallery, Gdansk, Poland
2008 – Arsenal Gallery, Bialostok, Poland
– Montag Stiftung, Bonn, Germany
2009 – Аpollonia Gallery, Strasburg, France
2010 – Дах – 11, Palac Mastactva, Minsk, Belarus
– Centre for Contemporary Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2011 – Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
– Zachenta Gallery,Warsaw, Poland
– The Belarus pavilion of theVenice Biennale
