His exhibitions and performative events are characterized by "strong" expression and social provocations, where he himself assumes the role of an "artist-animal", or, more specifically, "artist-dog"; at times, he becomes a bird, a fish, or a bull.

Among the most radical of contemporary Russian artists, he holds a Scholarship of Berlin Senate (1996) and has displayed work at Manifesta I in Rotterdam, Holland (1996), the Venice Biennial (1997, 2001), at the Biennials of Istanbul, Turkey (1997), Cetinje, Montenegro (1997), Sao Paulo, Brazil (1998) and Valencia, Spain (2001), at the Modern Museum, Stockholm ("After the Wall", 1999), theTate Modern (2000), the Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (2002) and at the Freud Museum London ("The Russian Patient", 2002). His solo exhibitions and events include the main venues of contemporary art in Moscow (M. Guelman Gallery, XL Gallery, TV Gallery and Regina Gallery), Deitch Projects, New York ("I Bite America & America Bites Me," 1997), Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris (1998), Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw (2000), and S.M.A.K., Gent ("Deep into Russia," 2001).

"When we involve the point of view of different biological species in aesthetic practice, it will produce a new Renaissance and an aesthetic boom that is hardly imaginable today." (Kulik, Ikon 2001).

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

1961   Born in Kiev

1979   Graduated from Kiev Art Scool

1982   Graduated from Kiev Geological Survey College

1996   Scholarship holder of Berlin Senate

Artist, expositor.

Lives and works in Moscow.

ONE MAN SHOWS

1988   Paradox as Method; Exhibition Hall of the Sevastopolskiy district, Moscow
Dialogue; Institute of Long-range Wireless Communication, Moscow

1994   I Love Gorby; M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow

1995   The Same. Enter Scotinin: XL Gallery, Moscow
My Family, or Nature is Perfect; M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow
End of History; XL Gallery, Moscow

1997   Virtual Dog; M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow
I Bite America&America Bites Me (together with Mila Bredikhina);
Deitch projects, New-York

1998   Sir Clare Quilty-junior; XL-gallery, Moscow
Oleg Kulik; Galerie Rabouan-Moussion, Paris
Oleg Kulik; CCA, Riga

1999   Red Room, XL Gallery, Moscow

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1989   Out of the Genre; Palace of Youth, Moscow
Collection-89; Helsinki

1990   Exhibition of Young Soviet Artists in Poland; Warsaw
19th Youth Exhibition; House of Artist in the Kuznetsky Most, Moscow
Logics of Paradox; Palace of Youth, Moscow
Traditions of Russian Paintings; Museum of Moscow History, Moscow
Zen; Exhibition Hall "Kashirka", Moscow
Avant-garde-90; Central Exhibiton Hall (Manege); Moscow

1992   Apology of Remaining Behind the Wall, or First-Hand Art; Regina gallery, Moscow
On Transparency; Regina gallery, (country-project)
Philosophy of Name; CCA in the Yakimanka street, Moscow

1993   Dedicated to the 7th Congress of the People Deputies; M. Guelman Gallery, Central House of Artists in the Krymsky Val, Moscow
Book Exhibition, State Library, Moscow
Two Museums; Sala Communale, Rome

1995   No Man's Land; CCA, Copenhagen
Kiev Art Meeting; XL Gallery, Moscow; Ukraine House, Kiev
Kunst im Verborgenen; Documenta-Halle, Kassel
Multiplication; Tsaritsino Museum, Moscow
Der Grosse Zurcher Ausstellung, Kunsthause Orlikon, Zurich

1996   Interpol; Fargfabriken, Stockholm
Manifesta I (together with Mila Bredikhina); V-2, Potterdam
de Rode Poort; Museum van Hadendaagse Kunst, Gent
Discort: Sabotage of Realities (together with Mila Bredikhina); Kunsthalle, Hamburg

1997   It's a Better World (together with Mila Bredikhina); Wienner Secession, Vienna
Europarte; Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, XLVII Venice Biennale, Venice
I Lioghi Ritrovati; CCA, Serre Di Rapolano, Siena
Biennale Selest'Art (together with Mila Bredikhina); CCA, Selestat
III Cetinjski biennale; Cetinje (Montenegro)
V Istanbul International biennale, Imper Mint, Istanbul
Moscow Today; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent

1998   International Month of Photography II; Moscow
L'Arte dans le monde; Passage de Retz, Paris
Medialization; Edsvik konst och kultur, Stockholm
Public Interest; Central House of Artists, Kiev
Summer exhibition; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent
Flesh and Fall; Gallery Art Kiosk, Brussel
Body and The East; Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
Group Show; Frac Des Pays De La Loire, Nantes
XXIV Sao Paolo biennale; Sao Paolo, Brasil
Paris Photo; Carusel du Loure, Paris

1999   Fauna; State CCA, Moscow

SELECTED EXPOSITIONAL PROJECTS

1990   Logics of Paradox; Palace of Youth, Moscow
Traditions of Russian Paintings;
Museum of Moscow History, Moscow
Natalia Turnova; Regina gallery, Moscow
Feminity & Power; Central House of Art workers, Moscow
From Popular Print to Installation; Palace of Art, Minsk

1991   Instrumentarium; Regina gallery, Moscow
Nue at the Background of Sots-Art; Regina Gallery, Moscow
Monastyrskiy. Neighborhood of the Regina gallery; Regina gallery, Moscow
Day of Knowledge; Regina gallery, Moscow
Golosiy; Central House of Artists in the Krymskiy Val, Moscow
Barak (Wooden Barrack); House of Cinema, Moscow

1992   Installation Festival of Animalistic Projects; Regina gallery, Moscow
Apology of Remaining Behind the Wall, or First-Hand Art; Regina gallery, Moscow
On Transparency; Regina gallery (country-project)
Installation Festival "Reality and Realism"; Regina gallery, Moscow

PERFORMANCES

1994   May 22 – Deep into Russia, village Dubrovky (Tver region)
September 15 – New Sermon; Danilov market, Moscow
October 23 – Freedom of Choice; Patriarchy prudy
November 23 – Mad Dog or Last Taboo Guarded by Alone Cerber (together with A. Brener); M. Guelman Gallery, in the Yakimanka street
December 25 – Kulik is Your Deputy; Night club "Pilot", Moscow

1995   March 30 – Reservoir Dog, Kunsthause, Zurich
June 20 – Alter Aegis (together with A. Tobashov), CCA, Moscow
June 27 – I Am a Beast Now; Polytechnical Museum, Moscow
July 16 – Political Look of the Man; Tverskaya street, Moscow
July 23 – Zoocentrism Experiment; Zoo, Moscow
September 22 – Kulik Is a Bird in Fact; Gallery 21, St.-Petersburg
October 30 – Missionary, Peschanaya str.
December 15 – Russian Safary, near metro "Vladykino", Moscow
December 26 – Police Dog, Night club "Rosentol", Moscow

1996   April 18 – The Body Speaks Louder Than Words, Museum of The Revolution, Moscow
May 23 – Suspended, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
September 1 – I Love Europe, It Does Not Love Me Back, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
September 20 – I Can Not Keep Silence Any More! CCA La Faubour, Strasbourg
October 16 – My Place In The Art, NBK, Berlin
November 9 – Armadillo For your Show, Museum van Hadendaagse Kunst

1997   February 12 – Two Kuliks, M. Guelman Gallery, Moscow
October 14 – Two Kuliks, Palais Esplanade, Merano (Italy)

1998   May 9 – Two Kuliks, FIAT'98 (Festival of International Alternative Theatre), Podgorica (Yugoslavia)
May 30 – Armadillo For Your Show, GEKKO, Stockholm
November 17 – Kuliks, Ecole de Beuax Art, Paris