Aljoscha Explained

Aljoscha (; 1974 in Lozova, USSR, now Ukraine), born Oleksii Potupin, is a Ukrainian[1] visual artist known for large scale conceptual installations, sculptures, interventions, paintings and drawings based on ideas of bioism,[2] [3] biofuturism,[4] bioethics and bioethical abolitionism.

Beyond the new aesthetics of bioism,[5] his prioritized bioethical and philosophical ideas are the eradication of suffering and the paradise engineering.[6]

He studied 2001-2002 at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany (class of Prof. Konrad Klapheck) as well as 2006 at the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria (class of Shirin Neshat).

Selected Prizes

Selected solo exhibitions

"Monadology of Consciousness and Space",[9] Lauffenmühle, Lauchringen, Germany

"Solidarity With Victims",[10] Tribeca Synagogue, New York City, USA

"Deviations of Kindness",[11] Sant'Angelo, Milan, Italy

"Mutative Transitions into Organic Utopia",[12] Tempesta Gallery, Milan, Italy

"Schwebend im Äther des Unwirklichen", Dreieinigkeitskirche, Eschweiler, Germany[13]

"Composing Bioethical Choices", Dreieinigkeitskirche, Munich, Germany[14]

"The Signs of Hope", Periscope, Salzburg, Austria[15]

"Paradise Hypothesis", Galerie Priska Pasquer, Paris, France[16]

"Transitional Era", Johanniterkirche, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria [17]

"Composing Bioethical Choices", Fondazione Made in Cloister, Naples, Italy[18]

"Extraterrestrial Origin of Life", Altana Galerie, Technical University, Dresden, Germany[19]

"Distant Posterity", Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany[20]

"Flüstern des Raums / Forming Divinity", Osthaus Museum and Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, Germany[21]

"Invincible Happiness Not Just For Humans, But For All Sentient Life", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany[22]

"Bioethische Abweichung als Grundprinzip der Paradiesgestaltung“, Johanneskirche, Düsseldorf, Germany[23]

"Anti-war Intervention in Kiew 2022", masc foundation, Vienna, Austria[24]

"Wesen für Frieden und Freiheit", Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen, Germany[25]

"The Evolutionary Optimism", Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Germany[26]

"Reinvigorated, Rejuvenated", Bad Bentheim, Germany.[27]

"Personal universe functions as a fundamental consciousness rather than a cosmic mess of discrete parts" Dommuseum Hildesheim, Germany.[28]

"Vivimos el mejor de los tiempos. Estamos comenzando a construir el Paraíso", Palacio de Santoña, Madrid, Spain[29]

"¿Puedo alimentar a los monos de Gibraltar?", Espacio Sin Título de Cano Estudio, Madrid, Spain[30]

"Miraculous Draught", St. John the Divine, New York, USA[31]

"Paradise Engineering Is an Epiphany of New Bioethics",[32] MZKM at LAGA 2020, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

"Durchbruch des Seins in den unbegrenzten Freiraum der Möglichkeiten",[33] Galerie Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany

"Bioethische Funktionslust",[34] Galerie von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart, Germany

"Bioethical Aberrations",[35] Städtische Galerie Sohle 1, Bergkamen, Germany

"Our philosophy determined by biological information processing principles",[36] Marienkirche, Ortenberg, Germany

"Panspermia and Cosmic Ancestry",[37] KWS and Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Einbeck, Germany

"Geschwindigkeitsbeschleunigung der Evolution",[38] Galerie Maximilian Hutz, Lustenau, Austria

"Alterocentric Eudaimonia",[39] Kunststation St. Peter, Cologne, Germany

"Urpflanze",[40], Düsseldorf, Germany

"Modelle der nie dagewesenen Arten",[41] Kunstverein Paderborn, Germany.

"Peak Experience",[42] Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Vienna, Austria.

"Panspermia",[43] Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia.

"So long as the mind keeps silent in the motionless world of its hopes, everything is reflected and arranged in the unity of its nostalgia. But with its first move this world cracks and tumbles: an infinite number of shimmering fragments is offered to the understanding. А. Camus", Futuro Gallery & Anna Nova Gallery, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

"A Biology of Happiness", Kunstraum Dornbirn, Austria.

"The Hedonotropic Force", Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Germany

"Know Thyself", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Mykonos, Greece

"The Gates of the Sun and The Land of Dreams"[44] [45] Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf, Germany.

"The Gates of the Sun and The Land of Dreams", Beck & Eggeling Gallery,[46] Düsseldorf, Germany.

"A Notion Of Cosmic Teleology",[47] Sala Santa Rita, Rome, Italy.

"Early Earth Was Purple",[48] Ural Vision Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

"Iconoclasm and Bioism", Julia Ritterskamp, Düsseldorf, Germany

"Auratic Objects", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece.

"From Homo Faber to Homo Creator",[49] Gallery Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany.

"Lotophagie", Gallery Anna Nova, St. Petersburg, Russia.

"Archaeen", Gallery Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany.

"Bioethics",[50] Gallery Y, Minsk, Belarus.

"Paradise Engineering", Flora, Cologne, Germany.

"Hadaikum", Gallery Martina Kaiser, Cologne, Germany.

"Animism and Bioism", National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Bulgaria.

"Funiculus umbilicalis", St. Petri, Dortmund, Germany.

"Synthetic | Elysium", Daab Salon, Cologne, Germany.

"Bioism", Erarata Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

"Lotuseffekt", Goethe Institut, Sofia, Bulgaria.

"We love you stars. May you adore us", Galerie Claudia Junig, Cologne, Germany.

"Der ca. 20 Lichtjahre große Nebel enthält Staubsäulen, die bis zu 9,5 Lichtjahre lang sind und an deren Spitze sich neue Sterne befinden", Raum e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany.

"Daidaleia – the presence of fabulous edifices", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece.

"Sensorial Panopticum", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany.

"Abiogenesis", Kunstraum d-52, Düsseldorf, Germany.

"Objekt als Wesen", Kunstverein APEX, Göttingen, Germany.

"Bioism Involved", Kunstgarten Graz, Austria.

"The children of Daedalus", Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece.

"Living architectures", Beck & Eggeling Gallery in cooperation with Henn Gallery, Munich, Germany.

"Bioism aims to spread new and endless forms of life throughout the universe", ARTUNITED, Vienna, Austria.

"Biofuturism", Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany.

"Bioism", Museo di Palazzo Poggi, Bologna, Italy.

"Objects – Drawings – Paintings", Beck & Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aljoscha: ULAN Full Record Display . 2022-12-17 . Union List of Artist Names (Getty Research).
  2. Web site: aljoscha > bioism > bioethical abolitionism. www.aljoscha.org. 10 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Der Utopist. 10 September 2021.
  4. Rebelart. Alioscha: “Biofuturism sculptures”, 2009
  5. Web site: aljoscha > bioism > bioethical abolitionism . 2024-06-08 . aljoscha.org.
  6. Web site: The Molecular Biology of Paradise . 2024-06-08 . www.paradise-engineering.com.
  7. Web site: XXXV Premio de Pintura, Escultura y Arte Digital. Valencia, 2009 (sp.) . 17 February 2017 . 18 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170218063538/http://www.fundacionbancaja.es/cultura/exposiciones/xxxv-premio-de-pintura-escultura-y-arte-digital.aspx . dead .
  8. Web site: » Aljoscha. www.donopoulos.gr. 10 September 2021.
  9. Web site: Tillessen . Rosemarie . 2024-05-26 . Schwebende grazile Formengebilde sind derzeit in der alten Fabrikhalle der Lauffenmühle zu sehen . 2024-06-02 . SÜDKURIER Online . de.
  10. Web site: STATEMENT ON THE “SOLIDARITY WITH VICTIMS” INSTALLATION BY UKRAINIAN ARTIST ALJOSCHA AT TRIBECA SYNAGOGUE - Event - TriBeCa Synagogue . 2024-06-02 . tribecasynagogue.shulcloud.com.
  11. https://it.gariwo.net/magazine/fuorisalone-2024-a-milano-sguardo-sulle-deviazioni-della-gentilezza-di-aljoscha-27197.html
  12. https://www.c41magazine.com/the-organic-utopia-by-aljoscha-at-tempesta-gallery/
  13. Web site: 2024-03-04 . Lebendigkeit symbolisieren und die Hoffnung niemals aufgeben . 2024-03-04 . aachener-zeitung-online . de.
  14. Web site: 2023 – 3einig . 2024-02-14 . de-DE.
  15. Web site: The Signs of Hope . 2024-02-14 . periscope-coms Webseite! . de-DE.
  16. Web site: 2023-03-10 . PARIS ALJOSCHA - PARADISE HYPOTHESIS - PRISKA PASQUER GALLERY . 2024-02-14 . PRISKA PASQUER . en-US.
  17. https://www.johanniterkirche.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/JohanniterkircheAljoschaEinladung.pdf Transitional Era
  18. Web site: Composing Bioethical Choices . 2024-02-14 . en.madeincloister.com .
  19. Web site: Aljoscha: Extraterrestrial origin of life, Intervention in der Galerie der Kustodie . 2024-03-04 . TU Dresden . en.
  20. Web site: 2022-11-11 . COLOGNE ALJOSCHA - DISTANT POSTERITY - PRISKA PASQUER GALLERY . 2024-03-04 . PRISKA PASQUER . en-US.
  21. Web site: Emil Schumacher Museum Hagen . 2024-03-04 . www.esmh.de.
  22. Web site: Aljoscha: Invincible Happiness Not Just For Humans, But For All Sentient Life #BEduesseldorf Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art . 2024-03-04 . www.beck-eggeling.de . de.
  23. Web site: BIOETHISCHE ABWEICHUNG ALS GRUNDPRINZIP DER PARADIESGESTALTUNG . 2024-03-04 . kunst.ekir.de . de-DE.
  24. Web site: aljoscha [exhibitions] > "pillars of memory" ]. 2024-03-04 . aljoscha.org.
  25. https://www.kunstverein-gelsenkirchen.de/download/2022_aljoscha.pdf "Wesen für Frieden und Freiheit", kunstverein-gelsenkirchen, Germany
  26. https://www.artengert.de/aljoscha/ "The Evolutionary Optimism", Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Germany
  27. https://www.gopea-kunstraum.de/ausstellungen/reinvigorated-rejuvenated Reinvigorated, Rejuvenated
  28. https://www.dommuseum-hildesheim.de/de/content/ukrainischer-k%C3%BCnstler-aljoscha-stellt-im-dommuseum-hildesheim-aus Installationen des ukrainischen Malers und Bildhauers Aljoscha sind im Dommuseum Hildesheim
  29. https://www.arteinformado.com/agenda/f/vivimos-el-mejor-de-los-tiempos-estamos-comenzando-a-construir-el-paraiso-201987 Vivimos el mejor de los tiempos. Estamos comenzando a construir el Paraíso
  30. https://www.timeout.es/madrid/es/arte/puedo-alimentar-a-los-monos-de-gibraltar ¿Puedo alimentar a los monos de Gibraltar?
  31. Web site: Aljoscha: The Miraculous Draught - Cathedral of Saint John the Divine . 2024-03-04 . www.stjohndivine.org.
  32. Web site: Home. Mzkm. 10 September 2021.
  33. Web site: Galerie Martina Kaiser: Artwork. www.galeriemartinakaiser.de. 10 September 2021.
  34. Web site: Bioethische Funktionslust – Aljoscha | Galerie von Braunbehrens. 20 September 2019. 10 September 2021.
  35. Web site: Aljoscha - Bioethical Aberrations | Exhibition. ArtFacts. 10 September 2021.
  36. Web site: Kunst in Kirchen: Aljoscha - Our philosophy determined by biological information processing principles | Exhibition. ArtFacts. 10 September 2021.
  37. Web site: Kunst im BiT: Absage der Führung durch die Ausstellung Panspermia and Cosmic Ancestry - Press Corner - Unternehmen - KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA. www.kws.com. 10 September 2021.
  38. Web site: Aljoscha | Galerie von Braunbehrens. 8 December 2018. 10 September 2021.
  39. Web site: Aljoscha: Alterocentric Eudaimonia | Sankt Peter Köln. 10 September 2021.
  40. Web site: Aljoscha: Urpflanze | Goethe Museum Düsseldorf. 10 September 2021.
  41. Web site: Aljoscha | Modelle der nie dagewesenen Arten – Kunstverein Paderborn e.V.. kunstverein-paderborn.de. 10 September 2021.
  42. Web site: Aljoscha. peak experience | #BEvienna | Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art. www.beck-eggeling.de. 10 September 2021.
  43. Web site: PANSPERMIA / Aljoscha. 10 September 2021.
  44. http://dusseldorf.carpediem.cd/events/3295941-the-gates-of-the-sun-and-the-land-of-dreams-at-stiftung-schloss-und-park-benrath/ The Gates of the Sun and the Land of Dreams
  45. Web site: Ausstellungen - Stiftung Schloss und Park Benrath. www.schloss-benrath.de. 10 September 2021.
  46. Web site: Ausstellungen in Düsseldorf und Wien | Galerie Beck & Eggeling Aktuell & Vorschau (Seite 1) | Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art. www.beck-eggeling.de. 10 September 2021.
  47. Web site: Aljoscha – "A Notion of Cosmic Teleology". zero.eu. 10 September 2021.
  48. Web site: Выставка Early Earth Was Purple / Будапешт в галерее современного искусства Ural Vision Gallery. uralvisiongallery.com. 10 September 2021.
  49. Web site: aljoscha [installations] > "From Homo Faber to Homo Creator"]. www.aljoscha.org. 10 September 2021.
  50. Web site: «Биоэтика» от художника Aljoscha: когда галерея превращается в «сад» | greenbelarus.info. greenbelarus.info. 10 September 2021.