SHIMON OKSHTEYN

1951
Born in Chernovtsy, Ukraine

Lives and works in New York City and Southampton, New York

SOLO EXHIBITION

2008
Shimon Okshteyn: Dangerous Pleasures, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY.

2007
Shimon Okshteyn—Retrospective, A Dialogue with Objects, M’ARS Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia.
Shimon Okshteyn — Retrospective, A Dialogue with Objects, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
New Paintings, Art Moscow International Art Fair, Stefan Stux Gallery booth, Moscow, Russia.

2006
Shimon Okshteyn: After Lifes: New Paintings and Sculpture, Stux Gallery, New York              
Shimon Okshteyn - Retrospective, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
New Paintings, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York City, USA

2004               
Nohra Haime Gallery, New York City, USA

2003               
O.K. Harris, New York City, USA

2002                
Galerie du Palais Le Touquet Paris Plage, France
Fauconner Gallery, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, USA

2002-2001       
Des Les Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

2001-2000       
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York City, USA

2000                
Magidson Fine Art, New York City, USA

1999                
Robert Sandelson, London, England
“Paper Works” Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, USA

1998               
"Aging Icons" O.K. Harris Gallery, New York City, USA
"Simple Objects" Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, USA
"Nostalgia" Le Centre d’Art Vaas, Vence, France

1997               
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York City, USA

1996                
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina, USA

1995                
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York City, USA
Le Centre d’Art Vaas, Vence, France

1994                
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York City, USA
Central Exhibition Hall Krymskiy Val, Moscow, Russia
Cornwell Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1993                
Margulies Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

1992                
Duteurtre Gallery, Torino, Italy
Alex Edmund Gallery, New York City, USA

1991                
Duteurtre Gallery, Torino, Italy

1990               
George Meyers Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

1989-1984       
Edward Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York City, USA

1987                
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

1981               
Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, US
Wilbraham Monson Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, USA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Moscow-New York: Parallel Play: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection,
Chelsea  Art Museum, New York, NY
Here’s the Thing: The Single Object Still Life,
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
From Head to Toe, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY.

2007–09
Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite, Traveling exhibition:
University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA; Memorial Art Gallery,
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Palmer Museum of Art,
University Park, PA; Salina Art Center, Salina, KS

2007
Extra-Ordinary: The Everyday Object in American Art:
Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art,
Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville, TN.
After Lifes: Recent Work by Shimon Okshteyn, Memorial
Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

2006
Six Degrees of Separation, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY.

2005               
EXTRA-ORDINARY: THE EVERYDAY OBJECT IN AMERICAN ART SELECTIONS FROM THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NY StateMuseum, Albany, NY, USA

2003               

Nohra Haime Gallery,"Brooklyn on 57th Street", New York City, USA 
Whitney Museum of American Art, "Approaching Objects", works from the
Whitney Museum permanent collection, New York City, USA.

2001                
Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, USA
O.K. Harris Gallery, New York City, USA

2000              
Danford Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
Robert Sandelson, London, England
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, USA

1999               
Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, USA

1998                
Forum Gallery, New York City, USA

1997               
Biennale Internationale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy

1996                
Forum Gallery, New York City, USA

1995               
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City, USA

Gallerie La Point, Monte Carlo, Monaco

1994                
Forum Gallery, New York City, USA
Le Centre d’Art Vaas, Vence, France
Leonard Hutton Gallery, New York City, USA

1993                
Monumental Propaganda, New York – Moscow

1992               
National Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C., USA
Roy Miles Gallery, London, England
Bianca Pilat Gallery, Milan, Italy

1991                
Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Siegert Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

1990               
Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, USSR 

1988                
Jane Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

1986               
Edward Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York City, USA

1985               
Magna Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

1984                
Soho International Art Center, New York City, USA

1983               
Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, USA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Rutgers University, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
1982 Pratt Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Let’s Go Pop: Extra-Ordinary: The Everyday Object in American Art, David Brickman, 2005
Art Attack, James Gardner, New York Post, March 19, 2005
Shimon Okshteyn, Tova Beck-Friedman, M The New York Art World, 2004
Approaching Objects, NYArts, December, 2003
Shimon Okshteyn, Ken Johnson, The New York Times, March, 2003   
Shimon Okshteyn, Barbara MacAdam, ARTnews, November, 2003
Shimon Okshteyn, Gerard Haggerty, ARTnews, Summer, 1999

SELECTED CATALOGUES
Shimon Okshteyn: Dangerous Pleasures, Dominique Nahas, Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY, 2008.
Shimon Okshteyn — Retrospective, A Dialogue with Objects, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2007.
Shimon Okshteyn: After Lifes: New Paintings and Sculpture, Stux Gallery, New York, 2006
Shimon Okshteyn: Recent Work, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY, 2001
Shimon Okshteyn: Nostalgia, New Work 1996-1998, Le Centre D’Art Vaas, Vance, France, 1998
Shimon Okshteyn: Recent Work, O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY, 1995
Shimon Okshteyn: Recent Works, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Bay Harbor Island, FL, 1993