KB

Konstantin Bessmertny

KB was born in 1964 in Blagoveschensk, in the former USSR. Now based in Macau and Hong Kong, Bessmertny is one of the most distinguished artists working in Asia today. His technical mastery, achieved after nine years of studying fine art in the grand academies of Soviet Union, combined with his detailed knowledge on wide range of subjects – including literature, music, history and politics- lend his work exceptional intelligence and credibility.

君士坦丁一九六四年生於前蘇聯海蘭泡 (Blagoveshchensk，另譯作布拉戈維申斯克/ 巴哥域聖斯基)，現居香港及澳門，亞洲頂尖藝 術家之一。他曾於前蘇聯的幾所著名藝術學院修讀七年，造就 其深刻的技術造詣。他對文學、音樂、歷史及政治 等領域的鑽研，亦使作品滲透著非凡智慧和意義。

Konstantin Bessmertny nasceu em 1964 em Blagoveshchensk, na antiga URSS. Agora baseado em Macau e Hong Kong, Bessmertny é um dos mais distintos artistas trabalhando na ásia hoje. A sua mestria técnica, obtida após sete anos de estudos de belas artes nas grandes academias soviéticas, juntamente com o seu profundo conhecimento de um vasto leque de temas – da literatura, música e história à política – emprestam ao seu trabalho uma excepcional inteligência e credibilidade.

 

MAJOR COLLECTIONS

  • Grand Lisboa Palace, Macau

  • Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China Museum of Contemporary Art, Macau, China Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong, China Mandarin Oriental, Macau, China

  • Leal Senado de Macau (Municipality), Macau, China Paláçio de Governo de Macau, China
    Instituto Português do Oriente (IPOR), Macau , China Fundação Oriente, Macau, China

  • Centro Cientifico e Cultural de Macau, Lisbon, Portugal Missão de Macau, Lisbon, Portugal
    BCM (Banco Commercial de Macau), Macau, China Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Cascais, Portugal Casino Lisboa, SJM Holding Ltd, Macau, China

  • Twin Villas, Alfred Dunhill, Shanghai, China Kee Club, Shanghai, China
    Kee Club, Hong Kong, China

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (please email for catalogues)

  • 2021 VOYAGE. Military Club, Macau

  • 2020 INTERMISSION. Military Club, Macau

  • 2019 INTERSECTION. Military Club, Macau

  • 2019 Pop Up Show for Art Basel, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

  • 2018 Pop Up Show for Art Basel, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

  • 2018 Ambitus II. The Arts Club, London, UK

  • 2018 The Last Dumpling. Pop Up Show for Art Basel, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong

  • 2017 Ambitus I. Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

  • 2016 Ad Lib - Recent Works of Konstantin Bessmertny. Macao Museum of Art, Macau, China

  • 2016 Deity of Doubt. Rossi & Rossi, Hong Kong

  • 2014 Stir Fry. 10 Chancery Lane, Hong Kong

  • 2014 365 - A Work a Day. Museu Fundação Oriente, Lisbon, Spain

  • 2014 E. Meets W. BERKO Gallery Shanghai, Shanghai, China

  • 2013 One of You and All of Them. Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

  • 2012 Tempos de Grande Ignorância - Trabalhos de Konstantin Bessmertny. Macau Museum of Art, Macau, China

  • 2011 One of you. AFA Beijing, Beijing, China

  • 2011 Clandestinum. Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong, China

  • 2010 Causarum Cognitio. Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

  • 2009 China Trade! Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong, China

  • 2008 Monumentum Pro. St. Paul Fine Art, Macau, China

  • 2007 Recent Works. The Museum of Art, Macau, China

  • 2006 New Works. Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong, China

  • 2006 New Works, Casino Royale. Kings Road Gallery, London, UK

  • 2005 Don’t Ask. Galeria Armazém, Lisbon, Portugal

  • 2005 ARCO’05. Galerie Martini, Madrid, Spain

  • 2004 Intercambio. Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong

  • 2004 Konstantin Bessmertny. Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, Portugal

  • 2004 Casino Republic+. Todd Warmoth Gallery, London, UK

  • 2003 Konstantin Bessmertny. C2 Gallery, Shanghai, China

  • 2003 Small Works. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 2002 Konstantin Bessmertny. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong , China

  • 2002 Paintings. Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, Portugal

  • 2002 Revolution. The Kings Road Gallery, London, UK

  • 2001 Ambience. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 2000 Selected Works. Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, Portugal

  • 2000 Konstantin Bessmertny. Lou Lim Ioc Garden Pavilion, Macau, China

  • 1999 Dictum. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 1999 Konstantin Bessmertny. Galeria do Centro Cultural Gandarinha, Cascais, Portugal

  • 1999 Konstantin Bessmertny. World Trade Centre Gallery, Macau, China

  • 1998 Diversus. Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 1998 Objects. Sculpture and Paintings, Museu Casa de Bocage, Casa do Corpo Santo and Museu do -Trabalho de Giacometti, Setúbal, Portugal

  • 1997 Painting Exhibition. BCM World Trade Centre, Macau, China

  • 1996 Painting Exhibition. Gallery Leal Senado, Macau, China

  • 1996 Exhibition Of Prints. Casa Garden Gallery, Macau, China

  • 1996 Paintings, Objects and Sculpture. Military Club, Macau, China

  • 1995 Painting Exhibition. Gallery Missão de Macau, Lisbon, Portugal

  • 1994 Watercolour Exhibition. Serviços de Turismo Gallery, Macau, China

AWARDS AND HONOURS

  • 2007 Venice Biennale of Art, Macau Art Pavilion, Venice, Italy

  • 2006 Finalist, Sovereign Art Foundation, Asia

  • 2003 Prize for Excellence, Contemporary Artists Exhibition, Beijing, China

  • 2002 First Prize for Painting, Philippe Charriol Foundation, Hong Kong, China

  • 2001 First Prize for Painting, International Art Competition, International Institute of Macau, China

  • 2000 Bronze Medal for Painting, International Art Exhibition, Museum of Revolution, Beijing, China

  • 1995 Honourable Mention for Painting (Kiss, 1995, oil on canvas) 2nd Biennale of Art, Macau, China

  • 1995 First Prize in printing at the II Biennale of Art, Macau, China

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2014 Crossroads · Another Dimension: the Cross-Straight Four-Regions Artistic Exchange Project 2013, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong, China

  • 2013 SAME : DIFFERENCE, Rossi & Rossi, London UK

  • 2012 Victory! Triumph in Classical and Contemporary Asian Art, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

  • 2011 What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

  • 2011 Imaginary Belongings – Macau Contemporary Art, Museum of the Orient, Lisbon, Portugal

  • 2010 Boys and Girls Come out to Play, Summer exhibition, Rossi & Rossi, London, UK

  • 2009 The Land Of Dostojewski, Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin, Germany

  • 2009 ArtHK 09 Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong

  • 2009 MONUMENT TO ANYONE (Monumentum pro aliquis), installation and performance at Fringe, da Cidade de Macau, Macau, China

  • 2008 ArtHK 08 Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, China

  • 2007 The 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

  • 2006 Winter 06/07, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong, China

  • 2006 CIGE 06, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Beijing, China

  • 2006 Year of the Dog, Ox Warehouse, Macau, China

  • 2005 XIX Asian Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fukuoka, Japan

  • 2005 ArtLONDON, London, UK

  • 2005 ARTwalk ’05, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong, China

  • 2005 Wan Chai: Hong Kong International Artists Workshop, Hong Kong, China

  • 2004 AAF, London, UK ArtLONDON, London, UK

  • 2003 XVIII Asian Art Exhibition, Heritage Museum, Hong Kong, China

  • 2003 Isolation and Communication, Macau & Zhuhai Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, Albergue de Santa Casa da Misericordia, Macau, China

  • 2003 To Dream the Impossible, Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition, The Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong, China

  • 2003 Pure, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 2003 Arco 2003, Madrid, Spain

  • 2003 A Beam of Delight, Casas-Museu da Taipa, Macau, China

  • 2003 Sketch Extension, Albergue de Santa Casa da Misericordia, Macau, China

  • 2003 ArtLONDON, London, UK

  • 2003 White Christmas: Red New Year, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 2001 The Gambling Show, John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong, China Arco 2001, Madrid, Spain

  • 2001 Salon d’hiver IV, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 2000 International Art Exhibition, Museum of Revolution, Beijing, China

  • 2000 Salon d’hiver III, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 1999 3rd International Exhibition of Tsai – Mo Art, in Atelier “Peintracol 50”, Lyon, France

  • 1999 Stage of 1000 Faces, Macau Cultural Centre, Macau

  • 1999 XIV Asian Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Japan

  • 1999 Absolute Asia, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 1999 Oriente-Ocidente, Mercado de Ferreira Borges, Porto, Portugal

  • 1999 Konsthallen Passagen, Linkoping, Sweden

  • 1998 Pure A, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 1998 2nd International Touring Exhibition of Tsai – Mo Art, Taiwan

  • 1998 XIII Asian Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • 1998 Salon d’hiver II, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong, China

  • 1997
    -Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong
    -Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
    -A Gift for India, Rabindra Bhawan Galleries, New Delhi, India
    -XII Asian Arts Exhibition, The Forum of Macau, Macau
    -Salon d’hiver, Galerie Martini, Hong Kong
    -Guangzhou Art Fair, Exhibition Centre, Guangzhou, China

  • 1996 Container ‘96 Project – Art Across Oceans, Copenhagen, Denmark

  • 1995 Print Exhibition, Berlin, Germany

  • 1994 2nd Biennial of Art, Casa Garden Gallery, Macau, China

  • 1994 Circle of Friends of Culture, Casa Garden Gallery, Macau, China

  • 1993 Contemporary Russian Art Exhibition, Leal Senado, Macau, China

  • 1993 Contemporary Russian Art Exhibition, Hong Kong, China

  • 1992 TOPO GROUP, Naval Museum, Vladivostok, Russia

  • 1992 TOPO GROUP, State Museum of Fine Arts, Khabarovsk, Russia

  • 1991 Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, State Museum of Arts, Vladivostok, Russia

  • 1991 Exhibition of Contemporary Artists, Art Étage, Vladivostok, Russia

  • 1990 Contemporary Russian Painters, Municipal Gallery, Khabarovsk, Russia

  • 1983 Contemporary Painters, Municipal Gallery, Khabarovsk, USSR

  • 1978 Group Show, Municipal Gallery, Blagoveschensk, USSR