ILYA & EMILIA KABAKOV
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
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INTRODUCTION
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
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Ilya Kabakov was born in Dnepropetrovsk, Soviet Union, in 1933. He studied art in Moscow, and was part of a group of Conceptual artists in Moscow who worked outside the official art system. In 1985 he received his first solo exhibition in Paris, and he moved to the West two years later. In 1988 Kabakov began working with his future wife Emilia. From this point onwards, all their work was collaborative. Today Kabakov is recognized as the most important Russian artist to have emerged in the late 20th century.
Emilia Kabakov (born Kanevsky) was also born in Dnepropetrovsk, Soviet Union, in 1945. She attended a Music College in addition to studying Spanish language and literature. She immigrated to Israel in 1973, and moved to New York in 1975, where she worked as a curator and art dealer.
Their work has been shown in the Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington DC, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Documenta IX, at the Whitney Biennial in 1997 and the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg among others. In 1993 they represented Russia at the 45th Venice Biennale with their installation The Red Pavilion. The Kabakovs have received a number of honors and awards, including the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, in 1995.
