Michael (Misha) Shenbrot

Oderbergerstr. 51
10435, Berlin
(030) 44730632

CV / BIO

1974 was born in Moscow, Russian Republic of form. USSR
1990/91 study and work as a journalist in independent news agency Studinformo, Moscow
1991 graduated the Moscow Literature Lyceum (secondary school)
journalist of the russian language daily newspaper „Novosti Nedeli” in Tel-Aviv, Israel;
israeli correspondent of "Nezavisimaya Gazeta", Moscow, Russia
since 1992 lives and works in Berlin, Germany
1994/95 assistant of the fashion photographer Ali Kepenek, work at his casting  agency „Type Face“, Berlin
1996 private lessons by Prof. Dieter Appelt, High School of Art, Berlin;
graduated Moscow Polytechnical College (Photography)
1997 computer graphics, layout and photography for the „Puschkin” magazine  (Moscow, Russia), 
since the end of 1997 – an art director of the magazine.
1998 computer graphics, layout and printing design for the  Moscow House of Photography,
culture critics and essays for the „Russian Journal” – online edition of the “Pushkin” magazine
1999/2000 computer graphics, layout and printing design for the Appelt Mediaservice, Berlin
2001/02 video editing systems education (Avid) at Jump Cut, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2003/04 computer graphics, layout and printing design for the Moscow House of Photography (Moscow, Russia)
since 2004 works on hand made collages in Berlin
2007 collaboration with free-jazz trio (Philipp Bernhardt, Sabine Worthmann und Joana Charcan) for the cross-media performance
2008 works on digital media artworks, based on “analog” hand made collages

Solo Exhibitions:

1999 Paris, Carre Noir
2005 Berlin, Kondensstreifen
2006 Köln, Susanne Zander
2007 Berlin, Taylor&Wessing

Group Exhibitions:

1996 Berlin, Parzival Gallery (Kai Hilgemann) - “Moskau - Berlin / Berlin - Moskau”;
Berlin, Academy of Arts, Marstall Gallery - “Moskau - Berlin / Werkstätten Moskau” (Installation „Kofferleben“ with Igor Seidel) cat
1998 Moscow, Artfair „Art Manege 98“ (Photoproject „Archetypes / Nationale Merkmale“)
1999 Berlin, Row Tempel, „WOW” (Computerinstallation with Igor Seidel)
2000 Barcelona, Sonar Festival 2000
2005 Cologne, Art-Cologne’2005
2006 London, Freeze’2006

Performances:

2007 Days of the German Culture in Bydgoszcz (Bromberg), Poland - cross-media performance with Philipp Bernhardt, Sabine Worthmann and Joana Charcan
2008 videoinstallation for the Berlinale 2008 Short Film awards party

Scholarships:

1996 Academy of Arts, Berlin (Eduard Arnold Found.)

Dr. Esther- Schlossberg-Stiftung (Gesellschaft für christlich-jüdische Zusammenarbeit, München)
 
Annemarie und Helmut Börner - Foundation (Köln)

Recent Projects:

May - June 2008 
Zoe - Public space art-project, curated by Misha Shenbrot
BIOS (Bürgerinitiative Oderbergerstrasse Berlin)

August 2008 
Love, Death, Soul, Life
at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium

The project, LOVE DEATH LIFE SOUL is a group meeting of artists – Tania Bedrinana (Peru); Dustyn Bork (U.S.); Markus Gutmann (Germany); Lou Joseph (U.S.); Michael Markwick (Netherlands); Mary Robinson (U.S.); and Misha Shenbrot (Russia/Israel). The seven artists will work on 8 compilations of graphic work in various print-mediums dealing with the overarching themes of Love, Life, Death, Soul which are narratives and themes that run through all the participating artists main work. The group will work together for 3 weeks at the Frans Masereel Centrum. discussing and working together and individually. The work will be presented in The Netherlands, Belgium, Berlin, Germany, South America, North America, and other sites.