Yury Kharchenko

For the luger, see Yuri Kharchenko.

Yury Kharchenko (Russian Юрий Харченко, born 1986 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian German artist. He lives and works in Berlin.^[1][2]

Life

Kharchenko was raised in Moscow and West Germany.^[1] He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 2004 to 2008, graduating with a master of fine arts degree and diploma. He was briefly in a PhD programme at the University of Potsdam from 2011 to 2012; the subject of his research was art philosophy in postmodern times influenced by Jacques Derrida. He currently lives in Berlin.^[3]

His works are part of collections in the Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf,^[4][5] NS Documentation Center Cologne, State Collection Düsseldorf, Kunst aus NRW Aachen, Felix Nussbaum Haus Osnabrück, Kunstmuseum Walter, and the Wemhöner Collection.^{[citation needed]}

Exhibitions

• 2024, Welcome to the Jewish Museum, Hällisch-Fränkisches Museum [de]^[6]

Publications

• Worlds Within. Kerber Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86678-851-0.
• Journey to Jerusalem. Kerber Verlag, Berlin, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86678-795-7.
• Die Grosse Kunstausstellung NRW, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 2013
• Extra Verlag, Berlin, 2012, ISBN 978-3-938370-49-0.
• Boesner GmbH (Hrsg.) "Kunstwelten", Boesner, Witten, 2011, BestellNr.: 9783928003001
• Leonardo Art award, Kunstmuseum Walter, Augsburg, 2008
• Extra Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-938370-28-5.