VALERY KATSUBA
Byelorussia, USSR b.1965
1965 Born in Byelorussia, USSR
Currently lives and works in Madrid, Spain
Education
1985 The Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy, St Petersburg
Postgraduate research in climatology under Academician Vladlen Adamenko
Selected Personal Exhibitions
2022 Valery Katsuba: Romantic Realism in Photography, Matthew Liu Fine Arts, Shanghai, China.
2021 Valery Katsuba: Russian Romantic Realism (curated by Karen Smith, supported by Sarah Vinitz Foundation and Anna Nova Gallery), Shanghai Centre of
Photography, Shanghai, China.
2018–2019 The Model: Classic and Contemporary (curated by José Manuel Springer, supported by the Sarah Vintz Foundation and the Frolov Gallery), National Museum
of San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico
2017 The Academic Tradition: St Petersburg – Madrid (curated by Semyon Mikhailovsky, with the support of the Frolov Gallery), Museum of the San Fernando Royal
Academy of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain
2016 Eight Stories (curated by Anna Shpakova), Gallery Ў (U neskladovaya), Minsk, Belarus
100 Years Later (curated by Agnes Rammant), University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
2015 Selections from Far Away From Home (with the support of the Frolov Gallery), St Petersburg Academy of Arts, St Petersburg, Russia
2014 100 Years Later (curated by Semyon Mikhailovsky, with the support of the Sputnik gallery), parallel program MANIFESTA 10 of the European Biennale of
Contemporary Art, St Petersburg Academy of Arts and the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, St Petersburg, Russia
Morning, St Petersburg Academy of Arts and the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, Petersburg, Russia
2013 Velocius, Altius, Fortius, ArtMost Gallery, London, UK
2012 Air Flight. Body Shock, Sputnik Gallery, New York, USA
2011 Air Flight. Body Shock, Polka Gallery, Paris, France
2010 Air Flight. Body Shock, GMG Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2007 Phiscultura (curated by Ekaterina Kondranina), Moscow International Photobiennale, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
2006 Phiscultura (curated by Maria Jesús Andrés García), Circulo de Bellas Artes (Society of Fine Arts), Madrid, Spain
Metamorphoses of the Monarch, Kremlin Museum, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
2005 The Seasons. My Friends, Moscow International Photobiennale, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Metamorphoses of the Monarch (for St Petersburg Early Music Festival supported by Marc de Mauny and Andrey Reshetin), Vladimir Nabokov Museum, St
Petersburg, Russia
2001 Every Passion is Blind and Wild, XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2000 Farewell to the Winter's Tale, (supported by Irina Khmel’nitskaya), Palace of the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, St Petersburg, Russia
Selected Collective Exhibitions and Fairs
2022 Táctica Sintáctica, Museum Centre for Contemporary Art of the 2nd of May (CA2M), Mostoles, Madrid, Spain
2021 Photo London, Shtager Gallery booth, London, UK
Photofairs, Anna Nova Gallery booth, Shanghai, China
2019 Photofairs, Anna Nova Gallery booth, Shanghai, China
European Games – European Art, National Centre for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Phiscultura and Air Flight, Photofairs, Anna Nova Gallery stand, Shanghai, China
2018 Winter Tales, ART4 Museum, Moscow, Russia
2017 Air Flight, as part of the Month of Photography in Minsk, Grodno, Belarus
2016–2017 Phiscultura, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, USA
2016 Every Passion is Blind and Wild in the Collection, National Center for Arts and Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
2015 Metamorphoses of the Monarch and Every Passion is Blind and Wild in Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe exhibition Archive M, Moscow Museum of Modern Art,
Moscow, Russia
2014 Phiscultura, Holden Gallery, Manchester, UK
2013 Phiscultura, Sir John Soane Country House, Pitzhanger Gallery, London, UK
Air Flight, Art Palm Beach, Sputnik Gallery stand, Miami, USA
In Memory of Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
2012 Phiscultura, Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Air Flight, AHAF, Anna Nova Gallery stand, Hong Kong International Art Fair
2011 Nijinsky and Diamonds, Anna Nova Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia
Nijinsky and Diamonds, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Albatross, State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia
Nijinsky and Diamonds, VI Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Air Flight, Korea International Art Fair, Anna Nova Gallery stand, Seoul, Korea
2010 Phiscultura, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Air Flight, Moscow International Photobiennale, Moscow, Russia
2007 Metamorphoses of the Monarch, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Metamorphoses of the Monarch and Every Passion is Blind and Wild, Cosmoscow, Gostiny Dvor, Frolov Gallery stand, Moscow, Russia
Phiscultura, Art Moscow, Central House of Artists, Frolov Gallery stand, Moscow, Russia
2002 Every Passion is Blind and Wild and Strength and Beauty, Moscow International Photobiennale, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2000 New Year's Celebrations and Winter Tales, Moscow International Photobiennale, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Museum Collections
National Centre for Arts and Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Shanghai Centre of Photography, Shanghai, China
Museum of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain
State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Centre for Contemporary Art of the 2nd of May (CA2M), Mostoles, Madrid, Spain
Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
National Centre for the Plastic Arts, Paris, France
Korea Photo Printing Promotion Association, Seoul, Korea
Central State Archive of Film and Photo Documents, St Petersburg, Russia
Museum of the New Academy of Fine Arts, Russia, St Petersburg
Books
2021 Valery Katsuba: Russian Romantic Realism, SCoP, Shanghai, China
2017 The Academic Tradition: St Petersburg – Madrid, Publishing House of the St Petersburg Academy of Arts, St Petersburg, Russia
2017 Air Flight, Prolab, Moscow, Russia
2013 Velocius, Altius, Fortius, ArtMost Foundation, London, UK
2007 Phiscultura, Turner Publishing, Madrid, Spain
Awards
2006 First Prize of the National Olympic Committee of Russia for “The Best Project on Sport of 2006”, ProSport Magazine, Moscow, Russia