Konstantin Reunov

In progress
Biography
1963

Born in Kyiv into a family of artists — painter Iryna Kaliberda and painter and restorer Valentyn Reunov.

? - ?

Studying at the Republican Art Secondary School named after T. H. Shevchenko in the painting department (now — Taras Shevchenko State Art Secondary School)

He served in the military unit Makarov-1, where he met Oleg Tistol.

Since 1987

Participates in exhibitions, including becoming a participant in international projects

1989 - 1991

Together with Oleg Tistol, Yana Bystrova and Marina Skugaryova, he lived in a squat on Furmannyi Lane, collaborated with Avdey Ter-Aghanyan.

1988 - early 1990s

Meeting with journalist and curator Olga Sviblova, with whom I was in a relationship.

1991 - early 2000s

Lived in London, United Kingdom. Worked at his own gallery Attache Callery.

since the mid-2000s

Returned to Kyiv, where he still lives.

Exhibitions
1987
Kyiv — Tallinn, within the framework of the festival «Youth Crossroads-1987»
1988
"Morning" + "Nemanus", within the framework of the "Youth Crossroads-1988" festival
1988
Eidos. The idea is plastic and social
1988
Love — 1988
1988 - 1990
The first Soviet-American exhibition
1989
The Volitional Edge of National Post-Eclecticism
1989, листопад
Furmanny Lane
1990
Babylon
1990
The End of Art
1990.05.30 - 1990.06.27
Young artists from Kyiv
1991
End of the century
1991
An act of artistic resistance
1999
Pinacotheca. Special project "New Figurativeness"
2000.01.25 - 2000.02.07
Noah's Ark. Painting of Ukraine in the second half of the 20th century. Trends
2008.10.31 - 2008.11.08
Art-Kyiv — 2008
2009.08.13 - 2009.08.31
Tuning
2011.08.23 - 2011.09.25
20 years of presence
2012.06.02 - 2012.08.24
Contemporary Ukrainian artists, within the framework of the parallel program ARSENALE 2012
2013.10.18 - 2013.10.24
Exhibition of Contemporary Ukrainian Art as part of the Days of Ukraine Festival in the United Kingdom
2014.04.29 - 2014.06.01
The Show Within The Show
2015.03.23 - 2015.03.31
Charity project "Art for Life"
2015.05.21 - 2015.06.14
They are tired
2017
Show promise. The art of promises
2018.01.24 - 2018.03.04
Collection [ZenkoArtFoundation]
Bibliography
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  2. Art-Kyiv 2008 – Kyiv: Art-Ukraine /editorial/, 2008. – (exhibition catalog). – p. 24
  3. Vysheslavskyi H. Postmodernist Trends in Contemporary Visual Art of Ukraine in the Late 1980s – Early 1990s [Text] / Hlib Vysheslavskyi // Contemporary Art: Scientific Collection / Institute of Contemporary Art. AMU. – Kharkiv: Akta, 2007. – Issue 4. – P.93-146.
  4. Kovalev A. Russian Actionism 1900-2000 / Andrey Kovalev. – Moscow: WAM, 2007. – 416 p.
  5. Levashov V. Another Face: Ukrainian Phenomenon (A View from Moscow) / Vladimir Levashov // Decorative Art of the USSR. — 1989. — № 12. — P. 29.
  6. Sviblova O. In Search of a Happy Ending (У пошуках щасливого кінця) // Rodnik. — 1990. — № 5(41). – Pp.37-43
  7. Скляренко Г. Современное искусство Украины. Портреты художников / Галина Скляренко. – Киев: Huss, 2015. – 344 с.
  8. Sklyarenko Halyna. “In Search of a Happy Ending”: Vinny-Konstantin Reunov / Halyna Sklyarenko // Contemporary Art of Ukraine. Portraits of Artists. – Kyiv: Huss, 2015. – P.19-105.