Alexander Kosolapov

Alexander Kosolapov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Косолапов; born April 16, 1943) is a Russian-American sculptor and painter. He immigrated to the United States in 1975 and has since lived and worked in New York City.

Alexander Kosolapov
Born	1943 (1943) Moscow, U.S.S.R.
Education	Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry, Surikov Moscow Art Institute
Known for	Mixed media, sculpture, painting
Notable work	Lenin and Coca-Cola

Biography

In the late 1950s Kosolapov attended the school of the Surikov Moscow Art Institute. Amongst his classmates were Leonid Sokov and Alexander Yulikov.^[1]

After his emigration, the artist played a critical role in assisting in the gathering of materials and clandestine distribution of the unofficial Soviet art magazine A-YA, edited by fellow Russian emigre Igor Chelkovski.

Since his Soviet-era canvases (one of which was displayed in Times Square in 1982), he has produced more modern works, including Mickey Mouse sharing a conversation with Jesus, Tatlin's Tower leaning away from the clutches of a skeleton, and a Mercedes sporting an onion dome.^[2]

Public collections

• The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
• The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
• The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
• The New Museum, New York
• The Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMoMA), Moscow, Russia
• The New York Public Library, New York
• The National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia
• The ART4.RU Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Moscow, Russia
• The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, US
• The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, US
• The Mead Art Museum, Massachusetts, US