Grisha Bruskin

Grisha Bruskin (born October 21, 1945) is a Russian artist known as a painter, sculptor, and printmaker.

He was born in Moscow. Between 1963 and 1968, he studied at the Moscow Textile Institute (Art Department). In 1969, he became a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR. Bruskin's participation in the famous Sotheby's auction in Moscow (1988) brought him worldwide fame when his piece Fundamental Lexicon was sold for a record price.

He relocated to New York in 1988. In 1999, at the invitation of the German government and as a representative of Russia, Bruskin created a monumental triptych, Life Above All, for the reconstructed Reichstag in Berlin. In 2001 he published a memoir-style book, Past Imperfect. In 2012 he received the Kandinsky Prize in the "Project of the Year" category, for his project, H-Hour. Bruskin lives and works in New York and Moscow. He is one of the best-known and most successful contemporary artists of Russian origins.

Exhibitions

 * 2012, Grisha Bruskin, H-Hour, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow

Books

 * 2001. Past Imperfect. ISBN 5-86793-121-8 Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye; 2nd ed. 2007.
 * 2002. Das Alphabet des Grisha Bruskin. ISBN 3-935414-08-0 Kunsthalle in Emden.
 * 2003. Yours Truly. ISBN 5-86793-199-4 Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye.
 * 2005. Letter Follows. ISBN 5-86793-395-4 Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye.
 * 2006. Alefbet. Tapestry. Palace Editions; Russian language edition) ISBN 5-93332-194-X, ISBN 3-938051-42-6.
 * 2008. Life is Everywhere. Palace Editions; Russian language edition ISBN 3-935298-00-5; English language edition ISBN 3-935298-00-5.
 * 2008. Direct and Indirect Objects. SBN 978-5-86793-566-5 Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye.
 * 2008. Past Imperfect: 318 Episodes from the Life of a Russian Artist. ISBN 978-0-8156-0901-8, ISBN 0-8156-0901-9 Syracuse University Press.
 * 2010. Alefbet. Tapisserie (English and French languages edition). ISBN 978-2-35906-024-9 Lienart.
 * 2011. Towards Bruskin. ISBN 978-5-86793-843-7. Novoye Literaturnoye Obozreniye.
 * 2012. H-Hour (Russian language edition). ISBN 978-5-93977-066-8. Multimedia Art Museum.
 * 2013. H-Hour (English language edition) ISBN 978-3-86678-787-2 Kerber Art.
 * 2013. Archaeologist's Collection (Russian language edition). ISBN 978-5-9904620-1-4 Breus.
 * 2014. Archaeologist's Collection (English language edition). ISBN 978-3-86678-883-1 Kerber Art.
 * 2015. Alefbet. Alfabeto della memoria/The Alphabet of Memory. (Italian and English language edition) ISBN 978-88-6322-258-6 Terra ferma.
 * 2015. An Archaeologist's Collection. (English language edition) ISBN 978-88-6322-266-1 Terra Ferma.