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Born 1960 in Moscow.
Lives and works in Amsterdam and New York.
Education
1978-80 The Institute of Architecture, Moscow
Roiter studied at the Institute of Architecture in Moscow. During this time he began to show his works in unofficial exhibition spaces in Moscow. Since the mid-80’s Roiter took part in several international exhibitions of Russian art in Europe and the U.S. Then in the early 1990’s, Roiter relocated to the West, exhibiting in Germany, Switzerland, the U.S., Sweden and Japan. Among the more notable exhibitions were at Basel Kunsthalle, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Forum in Achen and Kunsthalle Recklinghausen.
Recent solo shows
2017 Roiterdam, AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Drawings & Objects, Galería Manuel Ojeda, Las Palmas, Spain
2014 Thank you, AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013 Open House, MMOMA Moscow, Russia (catalogue)
Installation attachment, AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012 Studio Visit curated by Paul Kooiker, AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2011 Approved Baggage, Regina Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Galeria Fúcares, Madrid, Spain
Kunst Museum Solothurn, Switzerland (organized by the Kunstverein Solothurn)
2010 Bon Voyage, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands
One, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, The Netherlands (catalogue)
Time Capsule, Impronte Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy (catalogue)
Memory Cards, AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Square of Life, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Welcome Aboard, Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen, The Netherlands (edition)
Dom, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, UK (catalogue)
2007 Waiting Rooms, AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 No People, AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Shacks and Flags, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland (catalogue)
2004 I n scapes, Kunstalle Recklinghausen, Germany (catalogue)
Untitled, (BKVB) Foundation for Visual Arts, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
2002 Artist At Work I, Galerie Axel Thieme, Darmstadt, Germany
2001 Panorama, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
Kaleidoscope, Galerie Doris Wulkopf, Lindau, Germany (artist’s book)
New Optimism, Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
2000 Normal Magic, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
New Works, Barbara von Stechow Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
1999 Paintings, Drawings, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland (catalogue)
Paintings and Drawings, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, The
Netherlands
1998 Models and Artifacts, ACP Galerie Peter Schuengel, Salzburg, Austria
Lights, Galerie Carla Stutzer, Cologne, Germany
My American Diary, Aschenbach Galerie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Potato Eaters, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Recent group exhibitions
2018 The Fragrance of Images – Works of colección OLOR VISUAL, Barcelona, Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, DE
Hollandse nieuwe, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
2016 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Part Deux, Jack Hanley Gallery, NYC, USA
Kollektsia! Contemporary Art in the USSR and Russia - 1950-2000, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Reiskoorts/Wanderlust, De Halllen Haarlem, The Netherlands
Displacement, AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013-15 Ik hou van Holland, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, The Netherlands
2014 High Horizon-Brueghel Land, Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen and Baron Caroly, Lier, Belgium
2013 Russisch Atelier aan de Amstel, Hermitage Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sluize: Change of Poles, Special Project of 5th Moscow Biennale, Moscow Russia
Monument Mondrian, Mondrian House, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Freestyle, Fundación Cajamurcia, Murcia, Spain (catalogue)
Scope, Escape, Hide, Calería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain
12+12: Wine and Dreams of Art, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
IMAGES FOR IMAGES—Artists for Tichy—Tichy for Artists, GASK Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutna Hora, CR
Cauchy Horizons, SCHUNCK* Heerlen, The Netherlands
ZigZag Dialogs, State Academy of Fine Arts & Design, Stuttgart, Germany
Large Drawings, David Nolan Gallery, New York, United States of America
Hostages of Void, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
From a Painter’s Perspective, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cinema, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
33 Years Later, One Hour Before, Galería Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
2011 The Multiples Show #2, Vous etes ici, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Barrié Foundation Collection of International Contemporary Paintings, La Fundación Barrié, A Coruna, Spain
Hostages of Voids: Aesthetics of Empty Space in Russian Art During 19-20th Centuries, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
In Depth, Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
The Wind from the North: A Proposal by Peer Veneman, Galleria Ex-Macelleria, Pontremoli, Italy
Temporary Stay, Kasteel D’Aspremont-Lynden, Oud-Rekem, Belgium
Field of Action, The Moscow Conceptualist School in Context 1970s-1980s, Calvert 22 Foundation, London, United Kingdom
VoTH State Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands (catalogue)
Things are Queer – Highlights from the UniCredit Collection, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany (catalogue)
Special Edition, PrintRoom, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (catalogue)
Tentoonstelling aan de Westzeedijk 114, Art Consultancy Tanya Rumpff, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Rules of Engagement, curated by David Coggins, Allan Nederpelt Gallery, Brooklyn, United States of America
2010 Field of Action, The Moscow Conceptualist School in Context 1970s-1980s, Ekaterina Cultural Foundation,
Moscow, Russia (catalogue)
PastPresentFuture – Highlights from the UniCredit Collection, curated by Walter Guadagnini, Yapi Kredi Cultural Center,Istanbul,
Turkey (catalogue)
Drawing Spaces, curated by Walter Guadagnini, Impronte Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
Glasnost: Soviet Non-conformist Art from the 1980’s, Haunch of Venison, London, United Kingdom
Van Daniëls tot Dumas, van Schlieffert tot Schoonhoven, Centaal Museum Utrecht, The Netherlands
The Cassini Cruise II, Ardi Poels Projects, Maastricht, The Netherlands
25 Jaar, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, The Netherlands
VoTH (traveling museum show), KW14, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
2009 Russian art, 1989-2009, from the Museum collection, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia
The Collection and Archive of Vadim Zakharov, National Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow,Russia
Being There (curatorial project), AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Andrew Solomon Collection, Lotos Club, New York, United States of America
It’s Only a Paper Moon, Galleria Galica, Milan, Italy
Stressed Spaces, Stedelijk Museum Den Bosch, The Netherlands (catalogue)
Voorbeeldig, Galerie Tanya Rumpff, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Summer Show, Galerie AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Not Toys, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2008 Imágenes Latentes, Galería Fúcares, Madrid, Spain (catalogue)
Glasnost/Perestroika, Soz-Art From the 1980’s to the 1990’s,
Diehl+Gallery One, Moscow, Russia
2007 This Is Not Food, Moscow ERA Foundation, Moscow, Russia
OPEN e v + a: A Sense of Place, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Ireland (catalogue)
Through the Painting, Special Project of the 2nd Moscow Biennale, Russia (catalogue)
Heterotopias, 1st Contemporary Art Biennale of Thessaloniki, Greece (catalogue)
2006 Drawings from the Collection, Central Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Artists Against the State: Perestroika Revisited, The Feldman Gallery, New York, United States of America
2005 Diabolique: Images of the Devil in Contemporary Art, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Minnesota, USA (catalogue)
In Deep Water, Dinter Fine Arts, New York, United States of America
2004 Three Painters, Galerie AKINCI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Selection collections:
Unicredit, Austria
Museum Schiedam, the Netherlands
EKARD Collection, the Netherlands
Chadha Art Collection, the Netherlands
ABN-AMRO, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Akzo Nobel Art Foundation, the Netherlands
Gemeente Museum, Helmond, the Netherlands
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Teylers Museum, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Sal. Oppenheim Collection, Cologne, Germany
Deutsche Bank Collection, Germany
Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
Arthema Foundation, the Netherlands
MB Investments, Chicago, USA
MMOMA—Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
MB Investments, Chicago, USA
MMOMA—Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich, Germany
Siemens Photo Collection, Munich, Germany
The Gori Collection, Pistoia, Italy
Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Fundación Barrié, Galicia, Spain
Malmo Kunsthall, Malmo, Sweden
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, USA
Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
...and various private collections in Switzerland, Russia, The Netherlands, Germany, France and USA