Maria Arendt
Born in Moscow, 1968.
Until the age of 17 lived in the “Artists’ Village” in Maslovka, Moscow.
First participated in an ‘appartment exhibition’ of Moscow avant-garde artists at age six, in the apartment of Nicolai Andryevich.
1980s. Tutored in the fine arts by grandmother Ariadna Arendt, famous animalist sculptor.
1988 Graduated from M.I. Kalinin Russian applied arts polytechnic
1989-1994. Worked as artist-designer First experiments in the fields of graphic art and collage, studies of iconography.
1997 Becomes a member of the Moscow Union of Artists (monumental department)
1998 Becomes a member of the International Federation of Artists UNESCO (Moscow department).
Lives and works in Moscow and Koktebel
Selected exhibitions:
2013 – Art –Paris Art Fair Gallery L’Aleatoire
Art Istanbul. Gallery Frangulyan. Paris
2012 – L’AIR. Personal exhibition with Aga Ousseinov. Gallery Frangulyan. Paris
2012 – Viennafair. Parallel program. SUBJECTS with Maria Brockstedt
2012 – ART re.FLEX Gallery, Viva Venecia. St. Peterburg
2011 – “Sons of the Great Bear” Project_Fabrika
2011 – “Dormitory suburb: School station. Open lesson”, School № 210, NCCA Project
2011 – Solo exhibition “Tissus urbain” Gallery L’Aleatoire, Paris.
2011 – 4th Biennial of Contemporary Art. Special project.
2011 – The Outer Space State of Transcendental Turnover Proekt _Fabrika
2011 – “Women’s nano” RSUS Museum Center
2011 – 4th Bienniale of contemporary art Parallel Program
2011 – “The 1st Bienniale of sandwich art” gallery “Rose-Azora”
2011 – “South Butovo/Dormitory district” House of Artists
2011 – “Club of lonely socks” NCCA project
2008 – Personal exhibition “Two sisters”, with Natalya Arendt Museum of architecture, the ruin.
2005 – “Habitat”, Central House of Artists Moscow
2005 – “Simple objects”, Klub na Bresstskoi, Moscow
2005 – “Kuriny Bog” Festival, koktebel, villa Basso
2004 – Art-Klyazma, Apshu club, “Easter exhibition”
2003 – “Fishka-Pub II” Central House of Artists Moscow
2000 – Solo show, handmade, drawings and icons, Russian gallery on Vozdvizhenka, Moscow
2000 – Aucion exhibition, Association des Artistes de St. Henry, France.
1997 – Arendt Family, Moscow house of sculptors Arendt Family, Tsvetaev Museum, Alexandrov