Mihail Chemiakin

1971 ¡°Classical Spanish Epigrams¡±, Book Illustrations, Gold Medal, Venice
1984 Honorary Doctorate, University of San Francisco
1987 Honorary Doctorate, L'Academie Des Arts Europeen, France
1993 Government Prize of Russia by decree of President Boris Yeltsin
1994 Order de Chevalier des Artes et Lettres, by Minister of Culture, France
1996 Honorary Doctorate degrees from Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, and University of Kabardino-Balkaria, Nalchik, Russia
1998 Gold Medal, To One Deserving, by the Imperial Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow
2001 ¡°Golden Spotlight¡± award for best work by an artist in the theater, St. Petersburg, Russia; ¡°Petropol¡± prize for unique contribution to the culture of St. Petersburg
2002 Golden Mask¡± prize for best work by an artist in the theater, for ¡°Nutcracker¡±, Moscow; ¡°Baltika¡± special prize for best original work in the theater, St. Petersburg


Selected Museum Collections

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
University of San Francisco
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art, St. Petersburg
Sao Paolo Museum of Art, Brazil
Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris
Tel Aviv Museum



Exhibitions

2005
"Metaphysical Heads & Busts", The Museum of the Imagination. Hudson, NY (group)

2004
¡°Monsters in Art¡±, The Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, NY (group)

2003
¡°The Hand in Art¡±, The Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, NY (group); ¡°The Reaper: Images of Death in Art¡±, The Museum of the Imagination, Hudson, NY (group)

2002
¡°Rats and Cheese¡±, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (solo)

1999
¡°Illustrations to Pushkin¡¯s ¡°Rusalka¡±, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, CA (solo)

1998
¡°The Theater of Mihail Chemiakin, Bronze¡±, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York. Museum of the Automobile, Moncalieri, Italy (solo)
¡°Harmony in White¡±, Artswalk, Hudson, NY (solo)
¡°Metaphysical Heads¡±, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA (solo)

1997
Mihail Chemiakin: St. Petersburg Period, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (solo)

1996
Angels and Figures, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (solo)

1995
Mihail Chemiakin: Sculpture, Painting, Works on Paper, Objets dArt, The Central Exhibition Hall, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; The State Tretyahov Gallery, Moscow; Bolshoi Theater, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow (solo)

1994
Ledreborg Castle, Lejre, Denmark (group)

1993
Angels of Death, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (solo)
Mihail Chemiakin: The Metamorphosis of Illusion, Mitsukoshi Museum, Tokyo (group)
Barocco, Trianon Palace, Versailles

1990
Keepers of the Flame: Unofficial Artists of Leningrad, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (group)

1989
Mihail Chemiakin: New York Moscow, Central House of the Artist, Moscow (solo)

1988
Galerie Nichido, Tokyo (group)
Bowles-Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco; Beverly Hills, California (group)
Borghi & Co. Gallery, New York (group)

1980
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)

1979
Sao Paolo Museum of Art, Sao Paolo, Brazil (group)
Museum of Art, Bochum, Germany (group)

1978
Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (group)