Alexandr Rodin
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Alexander Rodin, sometimes spelled as Alexandr or Alex Rodin (;
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pronunciation: Aliaksandr Rodzin; 15 May 1947 – 19 December 2022) was a Belarusian contemporary painter.


Biography

Alexandr Rodin was born on 15 May 1947 in
Baranovichi Baranavichy or Baranovichi is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Baranavichy District, though it is administratively separated from the district. As of 2025, it has a population of 170,817. ...
, a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus. He moved to
Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...
in 1950. From 1960 until 1965 he studied at the 'School of Arts nr. 1' in the same city; in 1966 he started a study at the
Belarusian State Academy of Arts The Belarusian State Academy of Arts (; ) is a state-owned institution of higher education in Minsk, Belarus. The Belarusian State Academy of Arts has status as a leading institution of the national system of art and cultural education alongside ...
, which he finished in 1971. His first exhibition was in 1971 at the Exhibition of Young Artists at the
Belarusian National Arts Museum The National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus ( ) is the largest art museum in Belarus and is located in its capital, Minsk. The museum comprises more than thirty thousands works of art which make up twenty various collections and constitut ...
. Since 1971, he had held over 100 exhibitions in Belarus, Russia, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany.According to the info sheet, provided at Rodin's exhibition ''Global Warming'' at
Kunsthaus Tacheles The Kunsthaus Tacheles (English: ''Art House Tacheles'') was an art center in Berlin, Germany, a large () building and sculpture park on Oranienburger Straße, in the sub-neighborhood of Spandauer Vorstadt in the Mitte district. Huge, colorfu ...
He resided at Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany for 12 years, because (as he describes it himself in an interview with website .eu) 'Berlin is a place interested in art. ..I am an artist and exhibitions are my life. And when I suggest a concept of an exhibition or an event and see that it fascinates Germans – why not to organize it there? Why not to hold an exhibition in Berlin when it acknowledges my creativity?'.Alexander Rodin: It’s not easy being an artist in Minsk – Contemporary Belarusian Art & Paintings – Online Art Gallery
Bellabelarus.com. Retrieved on 30 September 2011.


Work

Art critic Larysa Mikhnevich described him as "the representative of neo-avart-garde and of the 'good old' painting: anecdotic and figurative". His works are often large in size (up to over 6
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s in length and 2 metres in height, albeit spread out over several
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es), and represent surreal scenes in Rodin's mental universe. Rodin's paintings can always be interpreted in several ways.


Exhibitions

1971 graduated from the Belarusian Academy of Arts. 1980 became a member of the Belarusian Artists Union. 2000 became a member of the International Guild of Artists. 2001 became a member of the Contemporary Art Association. From 2001 to 2014 was a resident artist of Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany. Since 2003 organized the international festival of experimental art DAСH in Germany and Belarus. * 1971 – Exhibition of Young Artists, National Museum, Minsk, Belarus * 1976 – Republican Exhibition, National Gallery, Minsk, Belarus * 1980 – Personal Exhibition, Hall of the Belarusian Artists Union, Minsk, Belarus * 1988 – Personal Exhibition "Rush Hour", Museum of the Great War, Minsk, Belarus * 1989 – Group Exhibition Treasure of the Belarusian Avant-garde, Minsk, Belarus * 1990 – Group Exhibition, The Centre of Contemporary Art Norblin, Warsaw, Poland * 1990 – Exhibition "Cassandra Call", National Gallery, Minsk, Belarus * 1991 – Personal Exhibition, Centre House of Artists, Moscow, Russia * 1992 – Group Exhibition "Art Shock", Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus * 1993 – Group Exhibition, Days of Belarusian Art at the Exhibition Hall of Ukrainian Artists Union, Kyev, Ukraine * 1993 – Group Exhibition, Julia-Nova, Italy * 1994 – Personal Exhibition, Gallery "The Sixth Line", Minsk, Belarus * 1994 – Personal Exhibition, Centre of Experimental Arts, Vlissingen, Netherlands * 1996 – Personal Exhibition, Gallery "IFIAC", Brussels, Belgium * 1997 – Group Exhibition, Herbert Exhibition Centre, Paris, France * 1998 – Group Exhibition "Pahonia", National Gallery, Minsk, Belarus * 1999 – Personal Exhibition, National Gallery, Minsk, Belarus * 2002 – Group Exhibition, Gallery of Pierre Cardin, Paris, France * 2003 – Group Exhibition, Klermon-Ferron, France * 2004 – Personal Exhibition, National Library, Minsk, Belarus * 2006 – Personal Exhibition, Podzemka Art Gallery, Minsk, Belarus * 2008 – Group Exhibition, Museum of Nonconformism, St-Petersburg, Russia * 2008 – Group Exhibition "Biennale of Fine Arts", National Library, Minsk, Belarus * 2008 – Personal Exhibition at the Gallery "Dobryja mysli", Minsk, Belarus * 2008 – Personal Exhibition "Dach-5", Museum of Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus * 2009 – Personal Exhibition "Dach-9", Minsk, Belarus * 2010 – Group Exhibition "Belarusian Art Week", the National Art Museum, Minsk, Belarus * 2001–2014 – Personal Exhibition, Kunsthaus "Tacheles", Berlin, Germany * 2014–2018 – Personal Exhibition, festival "Freqs of Nature", Berlin, Germany * 2014–2018 – Personal Exhibition, festival "Odyssee", Berlin, Germany * 2016–2018 – Personal Exhibition "Global warning/Global warming", Minsk, Belarus * 2019 – Personal Exhibition, "Mythologeme of the millennium", Minsk, Belarus * 2021 – Group Exhibition, "Labyrinth", Minsk, Belarus * 2021 – Personal Exhibition "Trans Atlantic Art Message", National Library, Minsk, Belarus * 2022 – Personal Exhibition "Stolen inspiration", Minsk, Belarus * 2022 – Group Exhibition & Concert (Rodin,
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, Pijarowski, Skrzek), Centrum Kultury Stary Młyn, Zgierz, Poland. Rodin's works are at the National Art Museum of Belarus, the Museum of Modern Art in Minsk, Belarus, Hasso-Platter Institute in Potsdam Germany and numerous private collections in Germany, Switzerland, UK, Poland, France, the USA, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, Belgium and other countries.


References

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