ILYA PUSENKOFF
born in 1982 in Moscow, is an internationally active media and installation artist, photographer and filmmaker.
He studied Film and Photography under Professor Jürgen Klauke and graduated from the Cologne Academy of Media Arts in 2009. Most of his video installations are multi-layered models of the human perception of our digital era. His film and photo works explore different levels of reality. He participated in numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally, and has won several film and video competitions.
He lives and works in Cologne, Germany
Education
2005 - 2009
Studienabschluss an der Kunsthochschule für Medien in Köln (summa cum laude)
Studierte Film und Fotografie bei Prof. Jürgen Klauke und prof. Lars Büchel
Awards
2008
1. Platz in der Wettbewerb "Real time" der internationalen Kurzfilm Festevals "Schnitt", Köln
2008
Gran-Pris des internationalen Wettbewerbes "Coca-Cola Fashion Photography", New York, USA
2006
1. Platz in der Wettbewerb "48 Stunden" Kurzfilm Festevals "Cologne 2711"
Exhibitions
2005
Videoprojekt "1:5", Projektion auf 13m Videowand in öffentlichen Raum, Köln
2006
Kurzfilm "A Lawn", "47:elf" Filmfestival, Köln (Gran-Pris)
Visuals für "Contemporary Dance Troi", Choreografie von Regis Obadia, Paris
2007
Videoprojekt "Nähe & Distanz", Ausstellung Art Digital, Borderline State,
2. Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
Kunst-Filme "10 Erasers" und "Red, Yellow & Blue", Ausstellung G. Pusenkoff "Who Is Afraid", MMOMA – Museum of Modern Art, Moskau
2008
Kunst-Filme "10 Erasers" und "Red, Yellow & Blue", Ausstellung G. Pusenkoff
"La Condition Humaine (1:1)", Kunstmuseum Bochum
2009
Kurzfilm "Juwelia", Wettbewerb "Real time", Kurzfilm Festeval "Schnitt", Köln
Kurzfilm "Deutsch Bank Story", 16 mm, Köln
2010
Ausstellung der Jungen Kunst, TSUM, Moskau
2011
Kunst-Film "Red, Yellow & Blue", Ausstellung "Neo-GAU", Mannheimer Kunstverein
Teilnahme in der Ausstellung "L’Arte Contemporanea in Russia 1950–2011", Palazzo Caetani, Fondi
2012
Interactive Videoinstallation "The Color of a Shadow", Lexus Hybrid Art "Amazing in
Motion", IV Annual Hybrid Art Exhibition, Manege, Moskau (Pusenkoff&Pusenkoff)
2013
"afteRReality", Museum Ludwig Koblenz (Pusenkoff&Pusenkoff)
"afteRReality", MMOMA – Museum of Modern Art, Moskau (Pusenkoff&Pusenkoff)
2014
"Zhi/Wi : Malerei und Video-Art im Verhältnis", Staatliche Galerie Solyanka, Moskau
"Check-In Chappell", Videoinstallation für "Performance Carrousel", Faena Art Center, Art Biennial of Buenos Aires
"Out of Focus", Deutsche Bank AG, Köln (Pusenkoff&Pusenkoff)
2015
6th Beijing International Art Biennal (BIAB) Beijing, China (Pusenkoff&Pusenkoff)
2016
"Check-In Chappell II", Videoinstallation für "Performance Carrousel II", Wiener Festwochen, Künstlerhaus Wien
25m-hohe Videoinstallation, "The Color Falls", Biotech Building, Geneva (Pusenkoff&Pusenkoff)
2017
"Check-In Chapel-III", 8-Kanal-Videoinstallation für "Performance Carousel-III", Sesc Consolação, São Paulo, Brasilien
2018
"Soul in the Hole", "Confluentes III", Museum Ludwig, Koblenz
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