*1938 Kharkov, former USSR, works and lives in Berlin and Kharkov.

2007

Banzai!, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany

Look at me I look at Water, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

Barbara Gross Galerie, München, Germany

Yesterday, kunst Meran im Haus der Sparkasse, Meran, Austria

2006

Yesterday's Sandwich, Shugoarts, Tokyo, Japan

2005

Butterbrot, Galerie Ilka Bree, Bordeaux, France

Look at me I look at Water, Centre de la Photographie, Geneve, Switserland

Look at me I look at water / If I were a German / I am not I, Suzanne Tarasiecuve Paris, Paris , France

2004

Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain

In the Street, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany

TV-Mania, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany

Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA), USA

2003

Private Freuden, lastende Langeweile, offentlicher Zerfall, eine Retrospektive, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

2002

TV Mania, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany

The Insulted and the Injured, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, USA

TV Mania, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Austria

2001

Case History & Heiner Mumller Projekt, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

BildMuseet, Umea, Sweden

Orchard Gallery, Derry, UK

The Photographic Museum, Helsinki, Finland

Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2000

2000 Hasselblad Award Winner, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden

The Photographers` Gallery, London, UK

Dvir Galerie, Tel Aviv, Israel

Galerie Barbara Gross, Munich, Germany

1999

By the Ground, Museum of Modern Art, Ljubliana, Slovenia

Museo Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy

Case History, DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany

Case History and Dance, Scalo Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France

1998

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Les Misearables (About the World), Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

Peri Center of Photography, Turku, Finland

1997

Photomania, DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany

Crimean Grafomania, Galerie in der Brotfabrik, Berlin, Germany

Hippolyte Photographie Galerie, Helsinki, Finland

1996

Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland

A Retrospective, SCCA, Soros Center of Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine

1995

Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

After the Fall, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA

1994

Hotel Europa, Foto Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Perspektief Photographic Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1992

Werke von 1970 - 1991, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Switzerland

1990

Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

Arles - Paris 1989, Signalhallen, Armate;museum, Stockholm, Sweden

The Missing Picture, Alternative Zeitgenossische Fotografie aus der Sowjetunion, List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge MA, UK

Union Bank Collection, Helsinki, Finland

2008

Faire et d'afaire, quest toujours travailler, Galerie West, Den Haag, The Netherlands

2007

Hot + Bothered: Looking at the Landscape/Thinking about the World, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, USA

What does the jellyfish want?, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

52. Biennale Venedig, Pavillon der Ukraine, Venetia, Italy

Der Kontrakt des Fotografen, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

2006

Der Kontrakt des Fotografen, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Germany

In the Face of History: European Photographers in the 20th Century, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK

Twilight-Photography in the Magic Hour, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

2005

Circa Berlin, Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center

Minimalist Kitsch & Visionäre Sammlung Vol.1, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich

2004

Verworpenen en Zondaskinderen, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Social Creatures. How Body becomes Art / Soziale Kreaturen. Wie kurper Kunst wird, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany

The Beauty of Darkness, Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Staatliche Tretjakow-Galerie, Moskow, Russia

Photo Exhibition, Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany

Fotografia Verbal: Ilya Kabakov, Boris Mikhailov, Museuserralves, Museu de Arte Contamporanea, Porto, Portugal

Privatisierungen. Zeitgenossische Kunst aus Osteuropa, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

Channel Zero, Netherlands Media Arts Institute/Montevideo TBA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dorf in die Metropole - Rohkunstbau in Berlin, Studio 1, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

Architektur der Obdachlosigkeit. Biss zu Gast in der Berlinischen Galerie, Berlinische Galerie, Germany

2003

Witness. Contemporary Artists document our Time, Barbican Gallery, London, UK

Cruel + Tender, The Real in the Twentieth-Century Photograph, Tate Modern, London, UK

Warum, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany

Berlin/Moskau, Moskau/Berlin 1950-2000, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany

Mircro Politicas (3). Arte Y Cotidianidad, Espai De L'Art Contemporani De Castello, Castello

Traumfabrik Kommunismus, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Auf der Suche nach Identität. Boris Mikhailov und Studierende der HGB Leipzig, Hochschule fur Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany

Architektur der Obdachlosigkeit, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

cruel + tender / zartlich + grausam. Fotografie und das Wirkliche, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

2002

Sand in der Vaseline. Kunstlerbucher II, 1980-2002, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany

2001

From the 60 until now..., Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 2001, The Photographer's Gallery, London, UK

Remake Berlin, DAAD Galerie , Berlin, Germany

Home/Homless, Bo01 City of Tomorrow, Malmo, Sweden

Remake Berlin, Internationale de la Photographie d'Arles 2001, Arles, France

Trade, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Austria

Autowerke, Franz Hals Museum Haarlem, The Netherlands

2000

Remake Berlin, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Austria

12th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Museum fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Ljubiljana, Slovenia

Positions Attitudes Actions, Social and Political Commitment in Photography, Foto Biennale Rotterdam, The Netherlands

How you look at it. Fotografien des 20. Jahrhunderts, Sprengel Museum, Hannover and Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany

BMW Collection: Autowerke, Hamburg, Munich, Germany

Global Conceptualism. Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s, MIT, Cambridge , UK

After the Wall, Kunst und Kultur im postkommunistischen Europa, Ludwig Museum Budapest and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany

1999

Future is Now, Ukrainische Kunst in den Neunzigern, Museum fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Zagreb, Croatia

After the Wall, Kunst und Kultur im postkommunistischen Europa, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

Ich und die Anderen, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Karlsruhe; Munchener Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany

Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s - 1980s, Queens Museum of Art, New York, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,

Miami Art Museum, Miami; Vancouver; MIT, Cambridge

1998

Nobuyoshi Araki & Boris Mikhailovv, Galerie Satani, Tokyo, Japan

Richard Billingham & Boris Mikhailov, Galerie Barbara Gross, Munich, Germany

1996

Russian Jewish Artists in a Century of Change: 1890 - 1990, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA

10th Biennale of Sydney, Australia

1995

If I were a German..., Galerie in der Brotfabrik und Galerie Andreas Weiss, Berlin, Germany

Zeitgenossische Russische Fotografie, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin and Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany

1994

Photo-reclamation, Photographers` Gallery, London, John Hansard Gallery and University of Southhampton, UK

1993

New Photography 9, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

1992

Herbarium, The Photographic Experience in Contemporary Russian Art, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

1991

Carnegie International, The Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, USA

Photo Manifesto, Museum of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, USA

1990

Internationale Biennale der Photographie, Turino, Italy

1989

Ny Sovjetisk Fotografi, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark

2007

Banzai!, Art Times, www.art-times.ru, November, 21, .2007

Eric Aichinger, Fremde Sitten, Boris Mikhailov bei Barbara Weiss, www.artnet-magazine.de, 9th November, 2007

Christine Meffert, Boris Mikhailov, Die Zeit-Zeitmagazin Leben, Nr. 41, Oktober 4, 2007

Boris Mikhailov: A simple question a simple answer, Gomma Magazine, Vol. 3, p.99, 117-119

Boris Mikhailov: Yesterday’s Sandwich and Other Life Stories, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Vol. 3, Nr. 892, 3/2007, p.131-140

Boris Mikhailov – Suzi et cetera, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne

2006

Brian Dillon, All too human, Humanism-What on earth is it?, Art Review, Nr. 4, October, p. 102

Adrian Searle, Out of sight, The Guardian, October 24, p. 23-25

Joanna Pitman, When the night comes falling, The Times, October 11

When Sky was Sea-1998-2005, exhibition catalogue, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Schlebrügge.Editor, Vienna

Twilight-Photography in the Magic Hour, exhibition catalogue, (ed. Martin Barnes, Kate Best), Merrel Publishing, London, p. 142 ff

In the Face of History, European Photographers in the 20th Century, exhibition catalogue, (Ed. Kate Bush, Mark Sladen), Black Dog Publishing

Berlin-Tokyo / Tokyo-Berlin: Die Kunst zweier Städte, exhibition catalogue, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit

2005

Ruedi Schorno, Das Gesicht der Armut-Boris Mikhailov „Case History“, Kunst 21, Das Magazin für zeitgenössische Kunst, No. 9, October

Ángela Molina, Manifesta 5: una bienal sin ADN, El País, Madrid, June 19

Circa Berlin, exhibition catalouge, Feb 5 - March 28, p. 47

Miradas y Conceptos en la Colección Helga de Alvear, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC), Badajoz, p. 25

Boris Mikhailov, Il Teatro dell‘Arte, Villa Manin Centro D‘Arte Contemporanea, p. 178-179

2004

Larissa Harris, Boris Mikhailov. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Artforum International, December, p. 199-200

Jordan Kantor, Manifesta 5, Artforum, September, p. 259

Social Creaturep. How Body becomes Art / Soziale Kreaturen. Wie Körper Kunst wird, exhibition catalogue, Sprengel Museum Hannover, ed. by Patricia Drück and Inka Schube, p. 64-75

Brody, Kitup and Paetau: Boris Mikhailov at Galerie Barbara Weiss, Neue Review, Issue 6, June,

p. 11

Katrin Wittneven, Straßenkunst. Der Fotograf Boris Mikhailov zeigt Berlin als Niemandsland, Der Tagesspiegel, May 9, p. 29

Arkanowa, Pennen und Parken. Boris Mikhailov in der Galerie Barbara Weiss, Kondensat, No. 30, April, p. 16-17

Katrin Bettina Müller, Ungeschützt und aufgehübscht. „In the Street“ - Boris Mikhailov bei Barbara Weiss, Tip, Berlin Magazin, No.10, p. 84

Rita Preuss, Heruntergekommen. Fotografien von Boris Mikhailov: „In the Street“, Ticket, No. 19, p. 10

Privatisierungen. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Osteuropa, exhibition catalogue, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, p. 56-59

Ekaterina Degot, Newcomers to the Society of Spectacle. Killing Art with Creativity / Neuankömmömmlinge in der Gesellschft des Spektakelp. Das Töten der Kunst durch Kreativität, Camera Austria, No. 88, p. 22-32

Boris Mikhailov. Look at Me I Look at Water. Or Perversion of Repose, Göttingen

2003

Kate Bush, Best of 2003: 2. Cruel and Tender; 4. Boris Mikhailov, Artforum International, December, p. 118-119

MR: Boris Mikhailov. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Artforum International, No. 9, May, p. 76

Andreas Krase, Boris Mikhailov, Warum! Bilder diesseits und jenseits des Menschen, exhibition catalogue, ed. by Matthias Flügge and Friedrich Meschede, Hatje Cantz, p. 198-209

Boris Mikhailov. A Retrospective, exhibition catalogue, Fotomuseum Winterthur/Scalo

Micro Politicas, exhibition catalogue, Espai d‘Art Contemporani de Castello, p. 238-243

Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, exhibition catalogue, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin, Nicolai Verlag, Berlin

2002

Der alltägliche, medial aufbereitete Wahnsinn, www.artmagazine.cc, July 10

Marina Sorbello, Boris Mikhailov, Tema Celeste, No. 90, p. 91

Boris Mikhailov. Salt Lake, Göttingen

Peter Herbstreuth, Pfeffer im Minztee. Unser Mann im Sperrgebiet: Boris Mikhailov bei Barbara Weiss, Der Tagesspiegel, March 16 , p. 25

Ka. H.: Galerie Barbara Weiss, Die Welt, March 8, p. 34

Rita Preuss, Blondinen Anglotzen, Ticket, February 21-27, p. 11

Brigitte Werneburg, TV Today, die tageszeitung (taz), No. 29, January 26/27, p. 36

2001

Sebastian Preuss, Trinken und Tanzen, Berliner Zeitung, 20. December, p. 12

Rita Preuß, Zeige Deine Wunde, Ticket, December 6-12, p. 10

Kai Müller/ Katrin Wittneven, Bilder aus dem Reich des Bodenlosen, Der Tagesspiegel, November 24, p. 21

55 Boris Mikhailov, with an essay by Gilda Williams, London

2000

Boris Mikhailov. The Hasselblad Award 2000, ed. by Gunilla Knape, essay by Boris Groys, Gothenburg

Drucksache N. F. 4: Boris Mikhailov, ed. by the Internationalen Heiner Müller Gesellschaft e. V., Berlin

Modern Contemporary, Art at MoMA since 1980, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Auto Werke II, BMW Projekt, ed. by Jone Elissa Scherf, Ostfildern Ruit

How you look at it. Photographs of the 20Th Century, London

1999

Boris Mikhailov - Case History, Zurich, Berlin, New York

1998

Unfinished Dissertation, with an essay by Margarita Tupilsyn, Zurich, Berlin, New York

Boris Mikhailov. Les Misérables (About the world), Sprengel Museum, Hannover

Boris Mikhailov, SMA Cahiers 14, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Boris Mikhailov - Unvollendete Dissertation, Zurich

1997

exhibition catalogue, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main

1996

Boris Mihailov. Am Boden. By the Ground, Cologne (artist book)

Boris Mihailov. Die Dämmerung. At Dusk, Cologne (artist book)

1995

„Wenn ich ein Deutscher wäre...“ Boris Mikhailov, Sergej Solonskij, Sergej Bratkov, exhibition catalogue, Galerie in der Brotfabrik, ed. by Inka Schube, Berlin

Boris Michajlov, exhibition catalogue, ed. by Brigitte Kölle, Stuttgart

1994

Europa, Europa. Das Jahrhundert der Avantgarde im Mittel- und Osteuropa, 4 volumes, Ostfeldern-Ruit

1991

Carnegie International 1991, 2 volumes, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, New York