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Stefan Tcherepnin

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Born 1977 in Boston. Lives and works in Brooklyn.

EDUCATION

2006 Milton Avery Graduate School of Art, Bard College

2003 Oberlin Conservatory of Music

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Meredith Rosen Gallery, Portal, New York

2021 Curatron Transdisciplinary open call, Platform, Stockholm

2019 Honky Tonk Calamity >< Ms. Fortune on the Links, Kunsthalle,Zurich

2018 The Mad Masters, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Behind the Brain, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles

2017 Aviary Cruiser, Real Fine Arts, Brooklyn
Forgetting, Atlanta Contemporary
Remise, Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst (with Veit Laurent Kurz)

2016 Stefan “Jackson” Tcherepnin 2014-17: The Missing Years, Francesca Pia, Zürich

2015 The Metaphysical Scarf Experience: HOWDY SHADOWNECK, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles (with Hanna Törnudd)
Float, Dröm Safari, Hinsnoret, Sweden (with Hanna Törnudd)
Agents of Syphilis, What Pipeline, Detroit (with Veit Laurent Kurz) Strautcherepnin The Metaphysical Store, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Paramount Ranch, Los Angeles (with Josef Strau)

2014 Hypocrisy Ladders, Real Fine Arts, Brooklyn
Hello People/Privet Lyudi, Green Tea Gallery at Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles
Life & The Invitation & Vapour In Debris, The Modern Institute, Glasgow (with Tobias Madison and Emanuel Rossetti)

2013 Drip Event, The Power Station, Dallas (with Tobias Madison and Emanuel Rossetti)
Narrative Gallery (with Josef Strau), Frieze Projects, London

2012 POMOSHCH medelst dig hjälp mig?, New Jerseyy, Basel

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 INTERSTELLAIRE, Fondation Opale, Lens
Calling, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
L’Almanach 23, Le Consortium, Dijon

2021 Winterfest, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen

2020 It Never Ends, curated by John Armleder, Kanal Centre Pompidou, Brussels
Tick Tack, Cinema, Cycle of Sustain and Decay, Antwerp Beings, Dépendance, Brussels

2019Dracula‘s Wedding, Rodeo, London
Lampen, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich

2017 Ante Phylloxera, with Rochelle Goldberg, Veit Laurent Kurz, Hanna Törnudd and friends, Reading: International, Reading UK
Zur Rebschänke (organized by Veitz Laurent Kurz), Weiss Falk, Basel
Hütti, Ludlow 38, New York (An installation by Veit Laurent Kurz & Ben Schumacher)
Infected Foot, Greene Naftali, New York

2016 Gebärden und Austruck, Halle für Kunst, Lüneberg
Extra Muros; Group Show and Performance, Tbisilis 16, Tbisilis, Georgia (curated by Daniel Baumann)
How to Disappear in America (with Ei Arakawa and Dan Poston) for the Berlin Biennale, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Das Loch, Künstlerhaus Bremen
Unruly Relations, Kunsthaus Glarus

2015 Group Show, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich
Angelic Sisters, 186f Kepler c/o CLS architetti, Milano

2014 A Metaphysical Store (with Josef Strau), Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool Clifton Palace, 195 Clifton Pl., Brooklyn
Haggard Caravan, The Hepworth Wakefield Museum, Leeds (with Jeanne Graff, Tobias Madison, Flavio Merlo, Emanuel Rossetti and William Z. Sauders)
U & B scarves for United Brothers, Green Tea Worldwide Gallery at Paramount Ranch, Los Angeles (with Hanna Törnudd)
Kidney Mandalas for Looking Back, White Columns, New York (curated by Pati Hertling)

2013 Übersetzungsbüro; office for duplication, Berlin (by Josef Strau and Daniel Buchholz)
S & M scarves for Single Moms, TWAAS, New York (with Hanna Törnudd) Gemini, Francesca Pia, Zurich
Gallery Bells at S.O.A.P.Y., Vilma Gold, London
Gallery Bells at S.O.A.P.Y., Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt
Skype dub, Giant Ice Cream Cones, 1m3, Lausanne
String And the Mirror, Lisa Cooley, New York
rESPetc2.rSonel, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn (with Wally Blanchard)
Some Redemptions…, SOLOWAY, Brooklyn (curated by Josef Strau) Yum Yum Vibe + Lost Love, Rietveld Acadamie, Amsterdam (with Hanna Törnudd and Green Tea Gallery Worldwide)
Paris and Wizard the Musical, MoMA, New York (with Ei Arakawa, Dan Poston and others)

2012 TCCA, NEW THEATER 2012-2013, APN Research, autoslides #1-3, shindisi home videos, the deleted scene, a fanzine as a museum
/ a museum as a fanzine, cut-out bin / apnegative, sci-fi sounds from the alienated kitchen, OOO &&& LaLL, hc r 1
, Kunsthalle Bern (curated by Tobias Madison and Emanuel Rossetti)

2011 rSonel, Leland Hotel, Detroit (with Lucy Dodd, Hanna Törnudd and Wallybrain)
Grand Openings Return Of The Blogs, MoMA, New York

SOLO PERFORMANCES
2019Honky Tonk Calamity >< Ms. Fortune on the Links, Kunsthalle, Zurich

2013 Lonely Island, Freak Out, Greene Naftali, New York

2012 Sweet Talk/Eyes Meet, DKTUS, Stockholm
“Petra” for two pianos, composed by Maryanne Amacher, Ham- burger Bahnhof, Berlin

2011 TED is Dead, DKTUS, Stockholm
Swiss BBQ & DMT Mobile, for Andrei Koschmieder Puts, Real Fine Arts, Brooklyn
3 Songs for Krebber, Greene Naftali, New York

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES

2017 Ante Phylloxera, with Rochelle Goldberg, Veit Laurent Kurz, Hanna Törnudd and friends Reading: International, Reading UK

2016 How to Disappear in America (with Ei Arakawa and Dan Poston) for the Berlin Biennale, Akademie der Künste, Berlin

2014 Solar Lice (Stefan Tcherepnin, Jeanne Graff, Tobias Madison, Flavio Merlo, Emanuel Rossetti and Tobias Madiso):
Vilma Gold, London
The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire
The Modern Institute, Glasgow

2013 Beautiful Balance (Stefan Tcherepnin, Max Brand, Anne Imhof and Veit Laurent Kurz): CAPC, Bordeaux
AP News, Zurich
Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt
Kornhäuschen, Aschaffenburg Kunsthalle, Bern

Supreme Connections (Stefan Tcherepnin, Bill Dietz, Micah Silver, Robert The)
Maryanne Amacher “Intelligent Life”, daad galerie
Ei Arakawa: JOY OF LIFE & SINGLE’S NIGHT, The Tanks, Tate Modern

2005 - 2011 Grand Openings (Stefan Tcherepnin, Ei Arakawa, Jutta Koether, Jay Sanders and Emily Sundblad)
Return of the Blogs, MoMA, New York, 2011
High Liners, Bonniers Konsthalle, Stockholm, 2010
Grand Openings, Sculpture Center, New York, 2009
Meets you at the corner of the Ranier Room, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, 2008
Carrier Waves, MuMoK, Vienna, 2008
Grand Openings in Tsunan High School, Echigi-Tsumari Triennial, Nigata, 2006
Grand Openings, Anthology Film Archives, New York, 2005

2011 - 2013ESPCP (Stefan Tcherepnin and WALLYBRAIN): Issue Project Room, New York, 2013
Leland Ballroom, Detroit, 2011

2005 - 2010“Stefan Tcherepnin/Brian Chase Duo”
ParisLondonWestNile, Brooklyn, 2010
Cake Shop, New York, 2006
Roulette, New York, 2005
Knitting Factory, New York, 2005
Tonic, New York, 2005

2010Tsarz Carz (Stefan Tcherepnin and Sergei Tcherepnin): Presenting… Fallout Special!, Marian Spore, Brooklyn, 2010

2008 - 2009 Real Rags (Stefan Tcherepnin and Richard Aldrich): Dependence, Brussels, 2009
New Jerseyy, Basel, 2009
Cake Shop, New York, 2009
Bortolomi Gallery, New York, 2009
Knitting Factory, New York, 2008
TEST, Lisbon, 2008
White Flag Projects, St. Louis, 2008

RECORDINGS

Les Androides; The Soundtrack
Limited Edition CD
Solar Lice
Limited Edition Double LP, The Power Station Paris and London; The Musical
Limited Edition CD
Stefan Tcherepnin and Chris DeLaurenti - Heavy Analog Electron- ics Vol. I Cassette, Banned Productions
Stefan Tcherepnin and Chris DeLaurenti – Bleed the Capacitors: Heavy Analog Electronics Vol.’s 2 & 3, Cassette, Draft Records Stefan Tcherepnin - Årstasagan, CDR
Seth Price/Stefan Tcherepnin, Digital EP
Serge Museum, CDR
Greenport EP, Cassette

COMPILATIONS

Crystal Flowers
track: you beat me (feat. Karl Holmqvist) Vinyl LP, Mathew Record- ings
25 Years of New York New Music
track: Ouvretorturer
CD, Innova Recordings
The Sound Of Things: Unmonumental Audio track: Sweeping Noise CD, New Museum Publication
Music of Shinkoyo
track: Barn Dance
Vinyl LP, Shinkoyo Records
Aural Capacity: Oberlin Conservatory of Music Student Works track: 1x4=1 for String Quartet
CD, Oberlin Conservatory Recording

OTHER

Rob Reich by The Gongs
CD, American Patchwork Recordings 2-step, 5-step and 7-step by The Gongs
7’’ Vinyl, self-released
Night Life & Good Looking w/ Orion Keyser Digital release, Aww Yeah Recordings

LECTURES & RESIDENCIES
2012Ei Arakawa: JOY OF LIFE & SINGLE’S NIGHT, Tate Modern Städel- schule, Frankfurt
Supreme Connections DAAD, Berlin

2011EMS, Stockholm

2006Theremin Center, Moscow Randolph Cliff, Edinburgh

AWARDS

2008NYFA fellowship in Music Composition.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2019e-flux, “Stefan Tcherepnin at Kunsthalle Zürich”, August 2019

2017Art agenda, “Stefan ‘Jackson’ Tcherepnin, 2014-17: The Missing Years”, January 2017, review by Daniel Horn
e-flux, “Ten Tones: To Summon the Spirits”, November 2017, review by BTR
Flash Art, “Outside ART021 and West Bund / Shanghai Art Week”, December 2017, review by Alvin Jiahuan Li

2016Kunstforum, “Das Loch”, September 2016, review by Rainer Unruh

2015Numero, 2015, “Artist of the month” review by Nicolas Trembley and Nadine Fraczkowski
Observer, “A Monster at the Art Fair: Three Standout Works at Independent”, Summer 2015, Review by Ryan Steadman

2014Artforum, “Critic‘s Pick: Hypocrisy Ladders, Real Fine Arts”, Decem- ber 2014, review by Taro Masushio
Hunger TV, “Haggard Caravan”, May 2014, review by Jesc Bunyard

2013Flash Art, “Tobias Madison, Emanuel Rossetti & Stefan Tcherepnin”, July—September 2013, review by Paul Laster

Selected Artworks
Stefan Tcherepnin
Prophet, 2021
Faux fur, faux suede, styrofoam, embroidery thread, plastic, wood
180 x 130 cm
70 7/8 x 51 1/8 in
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Crash Survivor, 2018/2021
Faux fur (red), velvet, felt, embroidery
38h x 204w x 235d cm
14.96h x 80.31w x 92.52d in
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Usher, 2021
Faux fur, faux suede, styrofoam, embroidery thread, plastic, wood
220 x 120 cm
86 5/8 x 47 1/4 in
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Composition #2, Holding Pattern, 2017/2021
Lightbox
Digital print on duraclear mounted on plexiglass
45.72h x 66.04w cm
18h x 26w in
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Composition #6, Versus, 2017/2021
Lightbox
Digital print on duraclear mounted on plexiglass
45.72h x 76.20w cm
18h x 30w in
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Composition #8, Tunnel Wizard, 2017/2021
Lightbox
Digital print on duraclear mounted on plexiglass
45.72h x 76.20w cm
18h x 30w in
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Stefan Tcherepnin
Slimer, 2020
faux fur, faux suede, styrofoam, embroidery thread, plastic, wood
200 x 150 x 40 cm
78 3/4 x 59 1/8 x 15 3/4 in
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Barfly contemplating the Anamorphism of Reality, 2019
Fake fur hand sewn, cloth eyes embroidered, wood, metal
190h x 120w x 90d cm
74.80h x 47.24w x 35.43d in
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Crawler, 2019
Fake fur, thread, wood
118.11h x 60.96w x 3.81d cm
46.50h x 24w x 1.50d in
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Pinky Spirit, 2018
Fake fur, thread, wood
208.28h x 137.16w x 86.36d cm
82h x 54w x 34d in
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Dr. Time, 2018
Fake fur, thread, wood
182.88h x 81.28w x 63.50d cm
72h x 32w x 25d in
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Coral Crawler, 2018
Fake fur, thread, wood
24h x 46.50w x 1.50d in
60.96h x 118.11w x 3.81d cm
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Metaphorical Nose, 2018
Oil on Canvas
104.78h x 58.42w x 3.81d cm
41.25h x 23w x 1.50d in
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Electric Plains in Zero-Gravity, 2018
Oil on canvas
60.96h x 45.72w x 3.81d cm
24h x 18w x 1.50d in
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Salad Eater, 2018
Oil on Canvas
60.96h x 91.44w x 3.81d cm
24h x 36w x 1.50d in
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Cuddle canvas, 2018
Faux fur on canvas
60.96h x 45.72w x 3.81d cm
24h x 18w x 1.50d in
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Snowy pink eyes, 2018
Faux fur on canvas
35.56h x 27.94w x 3.81d cm
14h x 11w x 1.50d in
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Cave creeper, 2018
Faux fur on canvas
45.72h x 60.96w x 3.81d cm
18h x 24w x 1.50d in
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Band Leader, 2018
staged monster, guitar with stand, cord, amplifier, stand, oscillating fan, string, microphone with stand, stage, artificial plants
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Tilyou Traveler, 2018
staged monster, wood staff, insulation foam, grout, latex paint, artificial plants
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Forgetting Movie, 2016
Video (35 minutes)
Edition of 3
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Chariot of a secret order, 2016
Fake fur, wood, amplifier, bass shaker, CD player, stones from Niesen.
101 x 182 x 160 cm
39 3/4 x 71 5/8 x 63 in
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Letter Fiend, 2014
faux fur fabric, black fabric, wood base structure
177.80 x 177.80 x 198.12 cm
70 x 70 x 78 in
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Cuddle Monster, 2014
faux fur fabric , black fabric, wood base structure
187.96 x 149.86 x 185.42 cm
74 x 59 x 73 in
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Betwixt and Between, 2014
Doormat, concrete, resin
77.47h x 48.26w x 5.08d cm
30.50h x 19w x 2d in
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Recombinant Tenant, 2014
Doormat, concrete, resin
77.47h x 48.26w x 5.08d cm
30.50h x 19w x 2d in
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Gorgon Fetish (2.2 Ohm), 2014
Doormat, concrete, resin
77.47h x 48.26w x 5.08d cm
30.50h x 19w x 2d in