Born1943 (1943) Moscow, U.S.S.R. EducationStroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry, Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Known forMixed media, Sculpture, Painting
Notable work'Lenin and Coca-Cola'
Alexander Kosolapov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Косолапов) (born January 1, 1943, in Moscow, Russia) 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.
In the late 1950s Kosolapov attended the Art School of the Surikov Moscow Art Institute. Amongst his classmates were Leonid Sokov, Alexander Yulikov, amidst others.
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.
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, USA
