Artists united as a group AES in 1987. In some projects since 1995 AES group collaborates with photographer Vladimir FRIDKES (AES+F group).

Vladimir Fridkes

Born in Moscow in 1956, lives and works in Moscow.
Works as photographer of fashion. Published in magazines: VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar, ELLE, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Sunday Times Style and others.
Since 1995 collaborates with AES group.
Participated in exhibitions:
"Photobiennial-98", Manege, Moscow.
"Fashion and Style in Photography", 1997, Manege, Moscow.
"Photobiennial-96", Manege, Moscow.

Also participated in exhibitions with AES group.


Main Projects

2002-03 Arrival from the Moon. AES. Sculpture and photo series. (Work in progress)

2002 More Than Paradise. 2nd project from Circle "King of the Forest". AES+F. Photo installation and multimedia. (Work in progress).

2001 Le Roi des Aulnesa. 1st project from Circle "King of the Forest". AES+F. Photo
installation and multimedia.
Manufacture. AES+F. Photoinstallation.

2000-01 Defile. AES+F. Photoinstallation and multimedia (Work in progress)

1999-00 Othello. Asphyxiophilia. Video (AES) and photoinstallation (AES+F).

1998 Who wants to live forever. (Photoinstallation and video). Photoinstallation
AES+F.
The Yellow one is cooking, the White one is eating. (Videoinstallation).

1997 Suspects. Seven Inner and Seven Righteous. Photoinstallation. AES+F.

1996 Islamic Project. (Installation & Action.)

Selected Group Exhibitions :

2002 Festival Ars Electronica, AEC Ars Electronica Center, Linz (A)
"new york after New York", Musèe de l’Elisèe, Losanne (CH)
"Re-orientation", Galerie ACC, Weimar (D)
"The 4th Gwangju Biennale", Gwangju, Project 1 (South Korea)
"Art Brussels 2002", Gallerie Sollertis (Toulouse, F) (BE)

2001 "AES+F, Sophie Calle, Fabrice Hubert, Elian Lille", Gallerie Sollertis, Toulouse, (F)
"Paris Photo", Galerie Carre Noir, Paris (F)
"FIAC", Paris, Gallerie Sollertis, Toulouse (F)
"Art Forum Berlin", Gallerie Sollertis (Toulouse, F), (D)
"International Noordelicht Photofestival", USVA Noorderlicht Photogallery, Groningen (NL)
"Russia", Grafenegg Castle (A)
"Art Chicago", Gallerie Sollertis (Toulouse, F) (USA)
"Warhol Connections", Guelman Gallery, L Gallery, Moscow (RU)
"Art Moscow" Art Fair, Central House of Artist, Guelman Gallery and NCCA, Moscow (RU)
"Fashion and Style in Photography" -special project "Manufacture", Maliy Manege, Moscow (RU)
"Iskusstwo 2000, neue Kunst aus Moskau, St. Petersburg und Kiew", Kunstverein Rosenheim (D) .

2000 "Paysages urbains", Le Quartier CCA, Quimper (F)
"Doll by the Star", Museum of Architecture, Moscow (RU)
"Serials", State Center of Contemporary Art, "Manege" Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow (RU)
5e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon (F)
Les Abattoirs museum, Toulouse (F)
"Bezumny Dvoynik" ("Crazy Twin"), Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris (F)
"Dynamic couples", Guelman Gallery, "Manege" Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow (RU)
"Ein Gespräch - Razgowor - Razmowa", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (D)

1999 "Bezumny Dvoynik" ("Crazy Twin"), Central House of Artist, Moscow (RU)
"After the Wall", Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm (SE)
Kunsthalle "Faust", Hannover (D)
"Propaganda Art", Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York (USA)
"Un matin du monde", Eric Dupont Gallery, Paris (F)

1998 "3 Penny Show", Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of Art, New Brunswick (NJ / USA)
"Medialization", Edsvick Museum, Stockholm (SE)
"2nd International Month of Photography in Moscow. Photobiennial-98", Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", Moscow (RU)
"European Art Forum", Art Media Center "TV Gallery" (Moscow), Ber1in (D)

Film Festivals:

2000 "Impact" Film Festival, Utrecht (NL)

1999 Split Film Festival, Split (HR)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2002 "Le Roi des Aulnesa", Galerie Knoll, Vienna (A).

2001 "AES. Islamic Project", Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse (F)
"AES", Workshop Art Moscow, Central House of Artist, Moscow (RU).

2000 "AES Travel Agency to the Future -- Islamic Project", SIETAR Europe Congress 2000, Brussels (BE)
"AES Group. Islamic Project", Jean-Marc Patras - N.O.M.A.D.E., Paris (F).

1999 "AES Nomade makes stop in New York", Art in General, New York (USA)
"AES Travel Agency to the Future", City intervention in "Sture Galerian" during "After the Wall" exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm (SE).

1998 "The Yellow is cooking, the White is eating", Art Media Center "TV Gallery", Moscow (RU).

Collections

Institutional
Chronolux Corporative collection, Moscow (RU)
FNAC (F)
FRAC - Franche-Conte (F)
Les Abattoirs, Toulouse (F)
Locarno Video Bank (CH)
Moscow House of Photography (RU)
National Collection of contemporary art, (former collection of Tsaritsino museum by Andrey Yerofeev) Tretyakov gallery, Moscow (RU)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
Neue Galerie Graz (A)
Stadt Galerie Esslingen-am -Neckar (D)

Privat
Alexander Novikov, Berlin (D)
Alexey Bokov, Moscow (RU)
Arina Sharapova, Moscow (RU)
Caspar Bingemer, Hamburg (D)
Ekkehard Streletski, Berlin (D)
Eugene Sadovoy, Los Angeles (USA)
Jean-Marc Patras and Emma Lavigne, Paris (F)
Irina Garanina, Moscow (RU)
Lew & Lynn Pollock, Santa Fe (USA)
Marat Guelman, Moscow (RU)
Paul Renoir, Hasselt (BE)
Petr Grunt, Basel (CH)
Rainer and Theresia Haarmann, Kiel (D)
Saimon Franklin, Cambridge (UK)

Teaching Experience

2000-02 Moscow Institute of Contemporary Art, School of Contemporary Art, masterclasses
and workshops (RU).

Lectures (in english)

2002 Galerie ACC & Bauhause, Weimar (D)

1999 Art in General, New York (USA)

1999 Universite Paris 8, Sent Deni (F)
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of Arts, New Brunswick (NJ / USA).