Alexander Bogomazov

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Alexander or Oleksandr Bogomazov (1880-1930) -Ukrainian painter, avant-garde artist (Cubo-Futurist) and modern art theoretician.

Bogomazov was born in Yampol the Kharkov Gubernia. From 1896 to 1902 Oleksandr Bogomazov attended the Institute for Agriculture in Cherson. From 1902 to 1905 he attended the Kiev Art School (KKHU), in the same time he had a close contact with Alexander Archipenko and Aleksandra Ekster. In 1905 he participated in political demonstrations and strikes. In the same year he was expelled from the Kiev Art School. In 1906 he studied in the studio of S.Swiatoslavskiy. Bogomazov had an exhibition in Kiev,together with Archipenko. In the same year he moved to Moscow and became the student of F'odor Rerberg and Konstantin Yuon. In 1907 he returned to Kiev. After 1907 he had regular exhibitions in Kiev, including the Association of Russian Artists and the Moscow Society of Independent Artists. In 1908 he participated in the exhibition with the group of artists Zveno (The Link) in Kiev together with David Burliuk, Wladimir Burliuk, Aleksandra Ekster and others. In 1911 he had a journey to Finland. In 1912-1915 he teaches at the school for deafmutes in Kiev. From 1913 to 1914 he studied the works of the Italian Futurists. In 1914 he participated in organisation of the exhibition Kil'tse ("The Ring") in Kiev, together with A.Ekster among others. In 1919 he teaches at the First State Studio for Paintings and Decorative art in Kiev. From 1919 to 1920 he was a Head of the Department for Art Education in the Ukrainian Commissariat for Visual Art. In the same period of time he was a co-founder of the Ukrainian Agitprop Movement. From 1922 to 1930 he was teaching at the Kiev Art Academy (KKHI) together with Vadym Meller, Vladimir Tatlin, Victor Palmov. In 1927 he was a founding member of the Association of the Revolutionary Masters of Ukraine (ARMU), together with D.Burliuk, V.Meller, V.Palmov, V. Yermilov and others.