KIRILL ZDANEVICH
B. 1892, Kojori, Georgia
D. 1969, Tbilisi, Georgia
Education:
1900/1910 N. Sklifosovsky and B. Fogel School of Drawing and Painting, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Tiflis Boys Gymnasium N1, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Moscow, Russia.
1911 The Painting and Drawing Studio of Dmitriev-Kavkazski, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Artistic School of Petersburg Imperial Painting Promotional Society, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Solo Exhibitions:
1913 A. Arkhipenko’s studio, Paris, France.
1917 ‘Blanc et Noir’ picture shop, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1920 ‘Kirill Zdanevich and Cubo-Futurism’ New-York, USA.
1973 Exhibition of Cubist Works by Kiril Zdanevich, Galerie Darial, Paris, France.
1987 ‘Kirill Zdanevich and Cubo-Futurism. Tiflis. 1918-1920’ Rachel Adler Art Gallery, New York, USA.
1989 ‘Kiril Zdanevich and Ilia Zdanevichs. Tbilisi – Paris’ Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1991 ‘Ilia and Kiril Zdanevich, From Futurism to 410’ San-Francisco, USA.
2009 ‘Kirill and Ilia Zdanevichs. Georgia – France’ The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2019 ‘Kirill Zdanevich Tiflis – Moscow’ The State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, Russia.
Group Exhibitions:
1912 ‘The Donkey’s Tail’ exhibition hall of The School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Moscow, Russia.
1913 ‘Target’ art salon of K. Mikhailova, Moscow, Russia.
1914 ‘#4. Futurists, Luchists, Primitive’ Levinson’s house, Moscow, Russia.
1918 ‘The Syndicate of Futurists’ exhibition of K. Zdanevich, L. Gudiashvili, and Al. Bazhbeuk-Melikov, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1919 Exhibition of K. Zdanevich and Russian Futurists, exhibition hall of the ‘ARS’ magazine, Tbilisi, Georgia.
The 2nd Autumn Exhibition held by the Society of Georgian Artists, The Temple of Glory, Tbilisi, Georgia.
‘Soirée de Paintres’ Exhibition of K. Zdanevich, V. Boberman, Z. Waliszewski, Z. Salzmann and Sh. Kikodze, Circle of Artists, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1920 The 3rd Exhibition of Pictures held by the Society of Georgian Artists, The Temple of Glory, Tbilisi, Georgia.
‘The Minor Circle’ The 3rd Exhibition of Pictures, The House of Arshakun, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1925 International Exhibition of Fine and Decorative Art, Paris, France.
1931 The International Salon of Artistic Book, Petit Palais Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, France.
1967 ‘Paris through the Eyes of an Artist’ exhibition hall of the Merani Publishing House, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1979 ‘Moscow-Paris 1900-1930’ The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
1981 ‘Paris-Moscow 1900-1930’ Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
Los-Angeles Art Museum, California, USA.
Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, USA
1987 ‘Illiazd and the Illustrated Book’ The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
1988 ‘Time of Changes,’ Russian Avant-Garde from the USSR Private Collections, Oslo, Norway.
1989 ‘Soviet Art during the 1920-1930-es,e’ The Russian State Museum, Leningrad, Russia.
1999 ‘Learn Painters. The Unknown Tiflis 1917-1921’ from private collections of Moscow and St. Petersburg, Center of Arts, Moscow,
Russia.
2000 ‘From Generation to Generation,e’ Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2004 ‘Painting and Sculpture,e’ The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
2005 ‘Fantastic City,’ Baia Gallery, Vernissage Gallery, TBC Bank.Tbilisi,Georgia.
2008 ‘The XX Century – Starting Space’ Georgian Modernism from Private Collections, Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2010 ‘The Twentieth Century Georgian Painting from the Private Collections and Contemporary Artists,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi Georgia.
2016 ‘Revolutionary Impulse: Ascend of Russian Avant-garde’ The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.
‘Avant-garde’ Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
‘Georgian Avant-garde: the 1900-1930s’ from museums and private collections, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
2017 ‘Rarity’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi Georgia.
2018 ‘Pirosmani and Zdanevich Brothers,’ Baia Gallery, Niko Pirosmanishvili State Museum, National Agency for Cultural Heritage
Preservation of Georgia, Aleksandre Chavchavadze House-Musem, Tsinandali, Georgia.
2019 ‘Kirill Zdanevich and His Era’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
‘Expo 1919–2019’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2020, 2021 ‘Art Expo XX-XXI’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2021/2022 ‘Elene Akhvlediani And Her Era’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2022 ‘Georgian Modernism and Tbilisi Avant-Garde (1910-1932)’ The National Gallery, Tbilisi Georgia.
Achievements:
1912 Becomes a member of the Russian Artists Group ‘Osliny Khvost’ (Donkey’s Tail),
Participates in Neo-Primitivism exhibitions with artists Mikhail Larionov, Natalya Goncharova, Vladimir Talin, Kazimir Malevich.
Together with his brother Ilya Zdanevich and Mikhail Le Dantue, he rediscovers Niko Pirosmanishvili and
starts collecting his works. Later, he presents these paintings to the Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1913 Participates in the exhibition ‘Mishen’ (Shooting Target), alongside Russian avant-garde Artists Niko Pirosmanashvili and Zdanevich
are were displayed.
Signs M. Larionov’s and ‘Artists’ of the Time to Come’ manifesto ‘Luchism.’
1914 Served in World War I as an officer at the Prussian front.
1917 The Zdanevich brothers founded the ‘Futuristic Syndicate.’ (Members of the group: poets Yuri Degen, Kolau Chernyavsky, Kara-
Darvish, artists Lado Gudiashvili, Ziga Valishevsky, Igor Terentyev, and Aleksei Kruchoni.
Starts his radical Cubo-Futurist experiments in book design and typography.
1918 Kirill and Ilia Zdanevich, Alexei Kruchonikh, and Igor Terentiev set up an organization - 410. Kirill acted as the director of the painting sector, and illustrated futuristic books ‘The Feeble in Housecoat,’ ‘The Obesity of Roses’ by Kruchonikh, ’17 Nonsensical Weapons,’ ‘The Record of Tenderness’ by Terentiev and etc. The only copy of the newspaper 410 was issued.
1919 Paints the café ‘Fantastic Tavern.’ Works on the murals of the ‘Argonauts’ café.
Kirill Zdanevich is one of the founders of the so-called artist’s book in Georgia.
1922 Worked as a set and costume designer at Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre and Rustaveli National Theatre.
Together with Gogla Leonidze, Titsian Tabidze, Kolau Nadiradze started to work on the book about Niko Pirosmanishvili.
1926 The book about Niko Pirosmanashvili is issued with Kirill as the author of one of the articles and of the design.
1928 - 1930 Lived in Moscow, where he was involved in artistic work. He collaborated with V. Mayakovsky. He designed pavilions and
made constructions for exhibitions; He also worked at the Moscow Art Theatre and the Hermitage Theatre.
1932 Collaborated with the Tbilisi Workers Theatre.
1939 Kirill acted as the artistic projector of the Azerbaijan pavilion at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy.
1940 He cooperated with the State Circus of Tbilisi and made sketches of costumes, scenery, and performances.
1941 - 1945 Created propaganda posters and photomontages. He painted various buildings in Moscow, Russia.
1946 He was a member of the Union of Artists of Georgia and the member of the Moscow decorative Art Section of the Union of Artists
of the USSR.
1949 Based on a false accusation, he was exiled to Vorkuta, where he worked as an artist at the amateur theatre.
1957 After rehabilitation returned to Moscow. He was restored at the Moscow department of the Union of the Artists of the USSR.
1963 He issued a book ‘Niko Pirosmani’ and made a sketch of the book cover.
1966 Kirill left for Paris on the invitation of Illia, where he stayed for several months.
2014 The highest auction price - 2,485,113 USD. Sotheby’s, London, Great Britain.
Awards and Honors:
1963 Merited Artist of Georgia.
KIRILL ZDANEVICH (RIGHT) AND ALEXANDER BAJBEUK-MELIKYAN
PHOTO: VIA VERNISSAGE GALLERY