Khalfin Rustam
Architect, painter, author of objects and performances, videoprojects
Born in 1949 in Tashkent. Currently lives in Almaty.
1967-1972 Moscow Institute for Architecture, Russia
Major exhibitions
1981 “Exhibition of Four”, in the apartment of Lydia Blinova and Rustam Khalfin, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1982 “1+1+1+1”, The Union of Architects, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1985 “Rustam Khalfin. Paintings. ”, art studio of L. Glebova, Leningrad, USSR
1986 “Exhibition of Unofficial Art”, Directorship for Art Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1988 “Sterlingov, his pupils and followers”, Directorship for the Museum Association of Leningrad Oblast, Leningrad, USSR
1989 “Art Center”, Directorship for Art Exhibitions,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Crossing”, Directorship of Art Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1990 “Sterlingov’s Group”, Museum of City’s History”, Leningrad, USSR
1991 “Exhibition of Soviet Paintings”, Adelaida,
Australia
“7+1”, exhibition hall of Arkhangelsk Artists’ Union, Arkhangelsk,
USSR
“Sterlingov’s Group”, Yusupov Palace, Leningrad, USSR
“Modern artists for Malevich:, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, USSR
1992 “Artists’ quarter”, Directorship for Art
Exhibitions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Art-Contact”, “Manezh” Central Exhibition Hall, St.Petersburg,
Russia
“Towards Malevich’s side”, Karenin Gallery, Vienna, Austria
1994 “Hand and Eye”, personal exhibition, “Studio
20” Gallery, Moscow, Russia
“Petersburg Bienniale”, “Manezh” Central Exhibition
Hall, St.Petersburg, Russia
1995 “A Parade of Galleries”, presentation
of the “Iskander” Gallery, Kasteev State Museum of Art, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
“Erotica and Astrology”, “Ulasu-Art” Gallery, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
1996 “Art in private collections”, Central
State Museum of History, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Exhibition-presentation of 10 catalogs of Kazakhstani artists, “Tengri’Umai”
Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Postman’s Song”, KazakhBusiness Club, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1997 “Paintings by Rustam Khalfin and sculpture by
Georgi Tryakin-Buharov”, “Asia Art” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Through form”, Art Museum, Samara, Russia
“Skin of an artist”, “A Parade of Galleries”, Kasteev
State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Art-Disckurs-97”, Observatory in the foothills of Zailiiski Alatau
Mountains, Kazakhstan
“Human Rights: Terra Incognita”. KazakhBusiness Club, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
“Human Rights: A Second Breath”, KazakhBusiness Club, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
1998 “Towards understanding boundaries”, “A
Parade of Galleries”, “Asia Art” Gallery, Kasteev State
Museum of Modern Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
First Annual Exhibition of the Soros center for Contemporary Art “Self-identification:
Futurological prognosis”, “Moscow” Shopping Center, Almaty,
Kazakhstan
“Flying White” presentation, Art Museum, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
1999 “Extreme defile”, “LOOK” Gallery,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
“The Zero Level. Clay Project. ”, “LOOK” Gallery,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Rustam Khalfin’s Birthday”, presentation by the “LOOK”
Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Eurasian Zone”, “Manezh” Central Exhibition Hall,
Moscow, Russia
2000 “Art Moscow 2000”, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2001 “Media City” festival, Windsor, Canada
“New acquisitions from Central Asia”, Zimmerly Museum, New Jersey,
USA
“First Bienniale in Valencia”, Valencia, Spain
2002 “No mad’s land”, House of World Cultures,
Berlin, Germany
Videoart Festival of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Inventory”,
German Theater, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Re-orientation”, ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany
International Festival of Arts “Tengri-Umai”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Curatorial projects
1996 “The Autumn gestures of anger. dedicated to the memory of L. Blinova. ”, KazakhBusiness Club, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1997 “Skin of an artist”, “A Parade of
Galleries”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Lazy Project”, Observatory in the foothills of Zailiiski Alatau
Mountains, Kazakhstan
1998 “Big Glass. Towards realization of the boundaries. ”, “A Parade of Galleries”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1999-2000 “The Zero level. Clay Project. ”, “LOOK” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2000 Member of the curator group for the Second Annual Exhibition of the Soros Center for Contemporary Art “Communications: Experience of Interaction”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Awards
1974 Diploma for participation in designing of Buildings on the republic’s Square in Almaty from All-USSR Meeting of Young Architects, Moscow, Russia
1999 Third Prize (together with G. Tryakin-Buharov and L. Turganbaeva) from the First Annual Exhibition of SCCA “Self-identification: Futurological prognosis”, Almaty, Kazakhstan