Slava MogutinBiography
Exhibitions
Bibliography
Selected Works

Born in 1974 in Kemerovo, Siberia, Russia. A New York-based Russian artist and author, who works across different media, including photography, video, text, performance, sculpture, and painting.

1995 - Exiled from Russia and granted political asylum in the US; moved to New York City.

2004 - Together with Brian Kenny formed SUPERM, a multimedia art team.

Lives and works in New-York, USA.

Selected solo shows:

 

2010

  • Lost Boys. La Fresh Gallery. Madrid, Spain

 

2009

  • Food Chain. Envoy enterprises. New York, USA
  • Lost Boys. Galeria Pauza. Krakow, Poland; Galerie Terre Rouge. Kulturfabrik. Esch, Luxembourg

 

2008

  • SPUTNIK 3 (as SUPERM with Gio Black Peter). Galleri S.E. Bergen, Norway

  • White Is Dirty When Ugly (with Brian Kenny). Envoy enterprises. New York, USA

 

2007

  • Slava Mogutin and Justin Beal. Bortolami Gallery. New York, USA
  • But Her Majesty’s Roastbeef Curtains Wouldn’t Open For Him (as SUPERM). Blow de la Barra Gallery. London, UK
  • SUPERM Toilet #2 (as SUPERM). White Cubicle Toilet Gallery. George and Dragon Public House. London, UK

 

2006

  • Slava Mogutin: Photography and Video. Allmänna Galleriet 925. Stockholm, Sweden

 

2005

  • Wiggers in Berlin (as SUPERM). Galerie Deschler. Berlin, Germany
  • Belyi Negr (Wigger) (as SUPERM). REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia

 

2004

  • No Love. RARE Gallery. New York, USA

 

2003

  • Lost Boys. RARE Gallery. New York, USA

Selected Group Shows:

 

2010

  • The Infidels. La Petite Mort Gallery. Ottawa, Canada; curated by Guy Berube
  • Transitional Object (with Uri Gershuni). P.O.B. Art Center. Jerusalem, Israel; curated by Simon Krantz, Sagit Mezamer, and Yael Ruhman
  • T MINUS 20. Christopher Henry Gallery. New York, USA; curated by Jason LeBlond and Ves Pitts
  • Because We Are. Station Museum of Contemporary Art. Houston, Texas; curated by Tim Gonzalez
  • Mea Culpa (as SUPERM). Queer Zagreb. Zagreb, Croatia
  • White Snuff. Museum Man. Ackerkeller. Berlin, Germany; curated by Adam Nankervis
  • Postcards From the Edge: The 12th Annual Visual AIDS Benefit Exhibition. ZieherSmith. New York, USA

 

2009

  • Summer Drunk Tank. City Art Rooms. Auckland, New Zealand; curated by Young Sun Han
  • MAD Paperball. Museum of Art and Design. New York, USA
  • Marios DIK. Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. Warsaw, Poland and Ground Level Gallery. Jeanettes. London, UK; curated by Karol Radziszewski
  • Love For Sale. New York Art Book Fair. P.S.1/MoMA Contemporary Art Center. Queens, New York, USA; curated by Billy Miller
  • Lyst (Lust). Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art. Copenhagen, Denmark; curated by Tomas Lagermand Lundme and Mathias Kryger
  • Don’t Worry It’s Only Money. City Art Rooms. Auckland, New Zealand; curated by Young Sun Han
  • Turn On. Slag Gallery. New York, USA; curated by Özkan Cangüven.
  • BUTT in ASS (as SUPERM). Asia Song Society. New York, USA; curated by Michael Bullock and Yasmine Dubois
  • Foot Soldiers. Envoy enterprises. New York, USA; curated by Nicolas Wagner and CRUSH Fanzine
  • The Hydra School Projects 10th Anniversary Show. Hydra Island, Greece; curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis
  • 23rd Festival MIX Milano (as SUPERM). Piccolo Teatro Strehler. Milan, Italy.
  • Gay Men Play. New York Photo Festival ’09. Brooklyn, New York, USA; curated by Chris Boot
  • Screwball Asses. The Company Gallery. Los Angeles, USA; curated by Hedi El Kholti and David Jones
  • Visions of Excess (as SUPERM). SPILL Festival of Performance. London, UK; curated by Ron Athey and Lee Adams
  • Investigating Desire. The 23rd London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (as SUPERM). London, UK
  • Get a Rope. CTRL Gallery. Houston, Texas; curated by Kathy Grayson
  • History of Violence (as SUPERM). The Haifa Museum of Art. Haifa, Israel; curated by Hadas Maor
  • A Trip Down (False) Memory Lane. The Lexington Club. San Francisco, USA; curated by Jessica Silverman
  • Off Zinegoak. 6th Zinegoak. Bilbao International GLT Film Festival. Bilbao, Spain (as SUPERM).
  • Postcards From the Edge: The 11th Annual Visual AIDS Benefit Exhibitio., Metro Pictures. New York, USA

 

2008

  • It Ain’t Fair. O.H.W.O.W. (Our House West of Wynwood). The Art Basel Miami satellite group show curated by Tim Barber, Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas, Dan Nadel, Pablo de la Barra, Nicola Vassell and Terence Koh
  • Ossuary: Works on paper collected by Alex Rose. The Black Mariah. Cork, Ireland
  • Artist-Initiated Magazines. Galleri Rekord. Oslo, Norway; curated by Karen Christine Tandberg and Elin Maria Olaussen
  • Straight to Hell – In Cock We Trust. Exile. Berlin, Germany; curated by Billy Miller
  • My Gay Eye. Werkstattgalerie. Berlin, Germany; curated by Rinaldo Hopf.
  • ___In A Box. Canco Factory. Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; curated by Billy Miller
  • On the Obscene (as SUPERM). Queer Lisboa 12: The 12th Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Lisbon, Portugal; curated by Manuela Kay
  • Power and Currency (with Brian Kenny). Factory Fresh. Brooklyn, New York, USA; curated by Natalie Kates
  • I Want a Little Sugar In My Bowl. Asia Song Society. New York, USA; curated by Anat Ebgi, Terence Koh, and Jenny Schlenzka
  • Homoccult & Other Esoterotica (as SUPERM). Collective Unconscious. New York, USA; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco, USA; Outfest 2008: The 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. Los Angeles, USA
  • The Artist as Publisher. The Center for Book Arts. New York, USA; curated by Scott Hug and Billy Miller
  • AA Bronson Loves Video Art (as SUPERM). As part of Plot, Engage, Disperse: Pride Toronto’s contemporary art exhibit curated by Daryl Vocat, Norman Jewison Park. Toronto, Canada
  • Forbidden Acts (as SUPERM). NewFest 2008: The 20th Anniversary NY LGBT Film Festival NYC. New York, USA; curated by Cameron Yates
  • The Left Hand of Darkness. The Project. New York, USA; curated by Sarvia Jasso and Yasmine Dubois.
  • Watermill Benefit Highlights. Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation. Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • The Hustle. The powerHouse Arena. Brooklyn, New York, USA; curated by Sara Rosen
  • Da Sodoma a Hollywood (as SUPERM). The 23rd Torino International GLBT Film Festival. Torino, Italy
  • The Other Side. The 58 Gallery. Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; curated by Billy Miller
  • Sex Is So Abstract (as SUPERM). V-Tape. Toronto, Canada; curated by John Paul Ricco

 

2007

  • Postcards From The Edge: The 10th Annual Visual AIDS Benefit Exhibition. James Cohan Gallery. New York, USA
  • Homoccult & Other Esoterotica (as SUPERM). MIX NYC 20: The 20th New York Queer Experimental Film Festival. New York, USA; curated by Daniel McKernan and Richie Rennt
  • Fetiches. Galería Alonso Vidal. Barcelona, Spain; curated by Stephane Breysse
  • Mein Schwules Auge 4. Werkstattgalerie. Berlin, Germany; curated by Rinaldo Hopf
  • Revolution & Sexual Revolution Film Festival (as SUPERM). Uplink Factory. Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan; curated by Akihiro Suzuki
  • Showing Shame: Shameless Showing (as SUPERM). Telic Arts Exchange. Los Angeles, USA; curated by Robert Summers
  • BodyPoliticX (as SUPERM). Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art. Rotterdam, Netherlands; curated by Florian Waldvogel
  • The Cowboy and The Pegasus (as SUPERM). Queer Fest Midwest. Pulaski Park Fieldhouse. Chicago, USA; curated by Rejnowska & Polera
  • Re-Visions of Excess (as SUPERM). Fierce Festival. Birmingham, UK; curated by Ron Athey and Lee Adams
  • Sex Work: The Museum As Brothel; Art House As Porn House (as SUPERM). Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Kinomuseum. Oberhausen, Germany; curated by AA Bronson
  • Love Addiction: Practices in Video Art from ’61 to the Present (as SUPERM). Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea. Monfalcone, Italy; curated by Andrea Bruciati
  • The Male Gaze. The powerHouse Arena. Brooklyn, New York, USA; curated by Nicholas Weist
  • The Brotherhood. Neon Parc. Melbourne, Australia; Australian Centre for Photography (ACP). Sydney, Australia; curated by Shannon Michael Cane

               

2006

  • SEXPERIMENTAL: Un Programme Transpédégouines (as SUPERM). FFGLP 2006: 12e Festival de Films Gays & Lesbiens de Paris. Paris, France; curated by Philippe Donadini, Florence Fradelizi and Tom de Pekin
  • 1.PornfilmfestivalBerlin (as SUPERM). Short Film Competition (2nd Prize). Berlin, Germany; curated by Jurgen Brunning
  • No Sleep ’til Brooklyn: A powerHouse Hip Hop Retrospective. The powerHouse Arena. Brooklyn, New York, USA; curated by Sara Rosen
  • Globos Sonda/Trial Balloons (as SUPERM). Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (MUSAC). León, Spain; curated by Octavio Zaya, Yuko Hasegawa, and Agustín Pérez Rubio
  • Mein Schwules Auge 3 (“My Gay Eye”). Schwules Museum. Berlin, Germany; Galeria Carmen De La Guerra. Madrid, Spain; curated by Rinaldo Hopf
  • SUPERM Salon (as SUPERM). Fritz Haeg’s Sundown Salon Series. Los Angeles, USA; curated by Slava Mogutin and Brian Kenny
  • Retro. Angell Gallery. Toronto, Canada; curated by Jamie Angell

 

 

2005

  • With Us Against Reality, or Against Us! Willy Wonka Inc. Oslo, Norway; Galleri s.e. Bergen, Norway; curated by Anders Nordby and Ida Ekblad
  • Log Cabin (as SUPERM). Artists Space. New York, USA; curated by Jeffrey Uslip
  • Post-Diaspora: Voyages and Missions. 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia; curated by Olga Kopenkina
  • They Shoot Homos, Don’t They? Midsumma Festival. Central Station records. Melbourne, Australia; curated by Shannon Michael Cane

 

2004

  • Russian Artists in New York. ISCP 10th Anniversary Weekend. International Studio and Curatorial Program. New York, USA; curated by Tatiana Volkova
  • Phiiliip: Divided by Lightning. Deitch Projects. Brooklyn, New York, USA; curated by John Connelly
  • BlackBook: 25 Artists Interpret Fashion. Deitch Projects. New York, USA; curated by BlackBook Magazine
  • Sublime Audacity – The Stroller’s Experience. Galeria Luis Serpa Projectos. Lisbon, Portugal; Maus Habitos. Porto, Portugal
  • PREMAculTURE. P.S.1 School. Hydra Island, Greece; curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis
  • The Collector’s Cabinet. Marc Selwyn Fine Art. Los Angeles, USA; curated by Simon Watson/Scenic
  • The Hunt for Your Family. V-1. Copenhagen, Denmark; Odd Number. Stockholm, Sweden; curated by Loyal Magazine
  • Sexy Beasts: An Exploration of Sex and Sexuality in Art from 1964 – Present. Ethan Cohen Fine Art. New York, USA; curated by Robert Knafo

 

2003

  • Kult 48 Klubhouse. Deitch Projects. Brooklyn, New York, USA; curated by Scott Hug
  • Snapshot Now. Angell Gallery. Toronto, Canada; curated by Randy Gladman
  • Kult 48. FIAC. Paris Expo. Paris. France; curated by Scott Hug
  • What About New York? A New New York Scene. Galerie du Jour agnès b. Paris, France; curated by Scott Hug
  • Corporate Profits Vs. Labor Costs, Now Playing. D'Amelio Terras. New York, USA; curated by John Connelly
  • Fox and His Friends: New Millennium Post-Gay Photography (With Fangs). Garfield Artworks. Pittsburgh, USA; curated by Edgar Um Bucholtz
  • Angst. RARE Gallery. New York, USA; curated by Peter Surace
  • K48's Daag Ons Niet Uit (‘Do Not Provoke Us’).  Magazin. Maastricht, Netherlands; curated by Scott Hug
  • Visions of Excess: A Tribute to Georges Bataille. Club Demon. Birmingham, UK; curated by Ron Athey and Vaginal Davis
  • ScopeNewYork. Dylan Hotel. New York, USA

 

2002

  • K48 Teenage Rebel – The Bedroom Show. John Connelly Presents. New York, USA; curated by Scott Hug
  • The Armory Photography Show. Javits Center. New York, USA
  • Platinum Oasis, La Terra Vista Dalla Luna: A Tribute to Pier Paolo Pasolini. The Coral Sands Motel. Los Angeles, USA; curated by Ron Athey and Vaginal Davis
  • Small Works. Mimi Ferzt Gallery. New York, USA; curated by Christine Sperber

 

2001

  • The Muses. Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation. New York, USA; curated by Reed Massengill

 

2000

  • Terminator’s Dream. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia
  • 3rd Moscow Photo Biennale. Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia; curated by Olga Sviblova