Emilia Kabakov
Soviet-born American artist
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Emilia Kabakov (Russian: Эмилия Григорьевна Кабакова, romanized: Emilia Grigorievna Kabakova;[a] born 1945) is an American artist, curator and art dealer born in Dnepropetrovisk, USSR (now Dnipro, Ukraine), whose work is most closely associated with conceptualism and installation art. Since 1988, she has been frequently collaborating with her husband Ilya Kabakov. With the exception of painting, Emilia has shared the credit for all of Ilya's projects since 1997.[1]
Emilia Kabakov | |
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Эмилия Кабакова | |
Kabakov in 2013 | |
| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) |
| Education | Moscow University, Music College of Irkutsk |
| Known for | Installation art |
| Spouse | |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
Kabakov was born in 1945 in Dnepropetrovsk, Soviet Union. She studied Spanish literature and the Spanish language at Moscow University, and piano performance at the Music College of Irkutsk.[2]
Biography
Work
Her work has been exhibited at the Tate Modern,[4][5] the 1993 Venice Biennale,[6] where they represented Russia,[2] the Hirshhorn Museum,[7] the Irish Museum of Modern Art,[8] among many other museum venues. In 2014 Emilia Kabakov was awarded the Commandeur l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministery de la Culture of France, in recognition of her contributions to contemporary art. In 2000, the Kabakovs were commissioned by the Public Art Fund to create a major installation, The Palace of Projects, at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City consisting of 65 separate projects within a large spiral configuration 80 feet in diameter by 40 feet high.[9]
Collections
Kabakov's work is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp,[2] the British Museum,[10] among others.
Notes
- In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Grigorievna and the family name is Kabakova.