born on July 26 in Pskov, Russia in 1976. Ksenia studied at the Academy for Art and Design, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands gaining a Bachelor’s degree in 1999 before she started to study Fine Arts at the Post St.-Joost, Breda, the Netherlands. She lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Education
1995-1999 BA, Academy for Art and Design, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
1999 – 2000 MFA, St.-Joost, MFA, Post St.-Joost, Breda, the Netherlands
Prizes
1999 winner of the Sint Lucas prize
2002 nominated for the Mama Cash prize
2006 nominated for the Ary Scheffer prize
Grants and residencies
2003 Startstipendium, Fonds BKVB
2005 Basisstipendium, Fonds BKVB
2009 FondsLive, Fonds BKVB, for book Dacha
2010 LIA, Leipzig, Fonds BKVB
Solo exhibitions
2001 Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
2002 Sint Maartens Kliniek, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Pskov Museum, Pskov, Russia
2004 Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
2005 “Wuthering Heights” gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2006 “Archive”, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
2009 Art Amsterdam, Ellen de Bruijne Projects
Group exhibitions (selection)
1995 Na Bastionnoi gallery, Pskov, Russia
2000 Een ceder in mijn tuin, KW 14, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Click op oneindig, Het Kruithuis, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Artis Eenhoog, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
Lokaal 01, Breda, the Netherlands
Trade Apartment, London, UK – project Post St.-Joost
Art Primeur, CBK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam – representing Artis, ’s-Hertogenbosch
10 is a show, Fish&Chips, Antwerpen, Belgium
It is strange to be so many women, Ellen de Bruijne Projects
2001 In the meantime, De Appel, Amsterdam
2002 She shows, Mama Cash, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2004 Uitgelicht 04, Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam
2005 KunstRai, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
2006 Het Tweede Huis?, travelling exhibition, the Netherlands
Art Primeur revisited, CBK, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
2007 Dacha, gallery Gertzena 6 , Pskov, Russia
2009 Artistbook International, Johan Deumens, Centre Pompidou, Paris – with Dacha
Individual Coordinates, Johan Deumens, Haarlem, The Netherlands
At Home, Fotodok, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Mélange: Kunstcollecties van de Nederlandsche Bank en het Dordrechts Museum, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
2010/2011 Voth, KW14, travelling exhibition, Yaroslavl Art Museum, Krasnoyarsk Museum Centre, NCCA Jekaterinburg, Moscou MOMA – Russia, Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Publications
2009 book Dacha, ISBN/EAN 978-90-814859-1-3
Experiences
2008 board member CAWA (Committee for Studios and Workspaces Amsterdam)
2007-2009 board member Fonds BKVB (the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture)
2006- 2009 teacher at the AKI – art academy in Enschede, the Netherlands
teacher at AKV/St.Joost – art academy in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
Collections
Art Academy ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
De Nederlandsche Bank (central bank of the Netherlands), Amsterdam
private collections, in the Netherlands and USA
Represented by
Gallery Ellen de Bruijne Projects
Rozengracht 207 A tel. +31(0) 20 530 4994
1016 LZ Amsterdam fax. +31(0) 20 530 4990
the Netherlands
edbprojects@cs.com www.edbprojects.nl
