A L E X A N D E R T O K A R E V
Born in 1958
The Arts Academy of Estonia, Tallinn, from 1980 to 1986
Graduated in 1986 ( MA in Arts)
1991 - 2000 lives and works in Norway
From 2000 lives and works in Berlin
Exhibitions ( from 1990 )
1990 - One -man show in Warsaw ( Zahenta Exhibition Hall ) and Krakow, Poland
“Artist of An Empty House”, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
“Collectors Choice”, Rislakki Gallery, Helsinki
1991 One- man show at Gallery Solvberget, Stavanger, Norway
One-man show "Paintings and Objects”, Rislakki Galllery, Helsinki, Finland
“The Blind Navigator, an international exhibition dedicated to the heritage of Surrealism" ( curator Trond Bergen ) , Bergen, Norway
1992 - One-man show at Stavanger Art Society, part of The International North Sea Festival
1993 - "Alexander Tokarev. Photographs and Graphic Works”, Rogaland Art Center, Stavanger (travelling show)
One-man show at Eckernfjorde City Hall, Germany
"The Big City", one-man exhibition at NEMO Showroom in Kiel ( curator Norbert
Weber ), Germany
1994 - “The Falling Skyscraper" one-man show at The House of Artists, Selk, Germany
Exhibition at Nanky de Vreeze Gallery, Amsterdam
"Artists of the Year", group exhibition at The Delfina Studios, London
1995 - “New Artists Show", group exhibition at The Delfina Studios, London
“Multiply", exhibition at The Tsaritsino Museum of Contemporary Art,
( curator Andrej Erofeev ) Moscow, further travelling to France
1996 - ‘The Story of the Big City”, Rogaland Art Center, Stavanger
“Alexander Tokarev. Recent works”, one-man show at Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger
1997 - “The Magical Pictures. Norwegian photography today”, Stavanger Art Society
One-man show, Galleri s.e., Bergen, Norway
1998 - "Call me" , one-man show, Gallery Solvberget, Stavanger
2000 - Recent Pictures, one-man show, Gallery Solvberget, Stavanger
2001 - ' HALL OF MIRRORS ' NIKOLAJ-Copenhagen Contemporary Art Centre,
Museet for Fotokunst – Odense
2002 STAVANGER VS BERLIN, Gallery Solvberget,Norway (EA)
2003 SICart,Stavanger Kulturhus,Norway
2004 “BerlinBerlin”,Auswärtiges Amt,Berlin – Germany
2004 Berlin Art Fair / Galleri Sølvberget
2005 Bellum/ Gallery Sandmann – Berlin
Berlin Art Fair/ Galleri Opdahl
2005 A Different Story, Galleri Opdahl, Norway
Grants, awards, scholarships :
Young Artist Grant ( etableringsstipend), 1993
Selk House of Artists Award ( artist-in-residence ), Germany 1993
Artist of the Year Prize, Eckernfjorde, Germany 1994
The Krasner-Pollock Foundation grant, USA, 1994
The Delfina Studios Award (artist-in-residence) London, 1994-95
Norwegian Travelling grant ( reisestipend ) 1995
Norwegian Project grant ( projektstotte ), 1996
Norwegian Exhibition grant (utstillingsstipend ), 1997
Norwegian Project grant 1999
Artworks acquired by
Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Museum of Photography, Odense, Denmark
Rogaland County Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway
Bergen City Art Museum, Norway
Oslo city Art Museum,Norway
Norwegian Council for the Arts
Gallery Solvberget, Stavanger, Norway
Galleri Rislakki, Helsinki, Finland
Eckernforde City Hall, Germany
Karmoy City Hall and private collections
Stavanger International Collection,Norway
Membership in professional organisations
Since 1991
Norske Billedkunstnere ( Norwegian professional artists’ Association )
Billedkuntneres Forening Rogaland ( Society of professional artists of Rogaland region )
IAA ( International Artists Asociation )
