1974 was born in Moscow, Russian Republic of form. USSR
1990/91 studied and worked as a journalist at the independent news agency
„Studinformo“, Moscow
1991 graduated the Moscow Literature Lyceum (secondary school)
1991 journalist of the russian language daily newspaper „Novosti Nedeli“
in Tel-Aviv, Israel
since 1992 lives and works in Berlin, Germany
1994/95 assistant of the fashion photographer Ali Kepenek, work at his casting
agency „Type Face„, Berlin
1996 private education by Prof. Dieter Appelt, High School of Art, Berlin
graduated Moscow Polytechnical College (Photography)
1997 computer graphics, layout and photography for the „Puschkin“
magazine (Moscow, Russia),
since the end of 1997 – an art director of the magazine.
1998 computer graphics, layout and printing design for the
„Moscow House of Photography“,
culture critics and essays for the „Russian Journal“ – online edition
of the “Pushkin” magazine
1999/2000 computer graphics, layout and printing design for the
„Appelt Mediaservice“, Berlin
2001/02 video editing systems education (Avid) at „Jump Cut“, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2003/04 computer graphics, layout and printing design for the „Moscow
House of Photography“; media analysis for the „Effective Politics
Foundation“ (Moscow, Russia)
since 2004 works on hand made collages in Berlin
2007 collaboration with free-jazz trio (Philipp Bernhardt,
Sabine Worthmann und Joana Charcan
for the cross-media performance
2008 works on digital media artworks, based on “analog” hand made collages
Solo Exhibitions
1999 Paris, Galerie „Carre Noir“
2005 Berlin, Galerie „Kondensstreifen“
2006 Köln, Galerie “Susanne Zander”
2007 Berlin, “Taylor&Wessing”
Group Exhibitions
1996 Berlin, Galerie “Parzival” (Kai Hilgemann) – “Moskau-Berlin /
Berlin-Moskau”;
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Galerie “Marstall” – “Moskau Berlin /
Werkstätten Moskau” (Installation „Kofferleben“ mit Igor Seidel) cat
1998 Moscow, Artfair „Art Manege 98“ (Photoprojekt „Archetypen /
Nationale Merkmale“)
1999 Berlin, Row Tempel, „WOW“ ( Computerinstallation mit Igor Seidel)
2000 Barcelona, Sonar- Festival 2000
2005 Köln, Art-Cologne’2005
2006 London, Freeze’2006
Performances
2007 Days of the German Culture, in Bydgoszcz (Bromberg), Poland
cross-media performance with Philipp Bernhardt, Sabine Worthmann
and Joana Charcan
2008 videoinstallation for the Berlinale 2008 Short Film awards party
Scholarships
1996 Akademie der Künste Berlin (Stiftung Eduard Arnold)
Dr. Esther- Schlossberg-Stiftung (Gesellschaft für christlich-jüdische
Zusammenarbeit, München)
Annemarie und Helmut Börner – Stiftung (Köln)
Recent Project:
August 2008 Love, Death, Soul, Life at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium
This project brings together 7 artists–Tania Bedrinana (Peru); Dustyn Bork (U.S.); Markus Gutmann (Germany); Lou Joseph (U.S.); Michael Markwick (Netherlands); Mary Robinson (U.S.); and Misha Shenbrot (Russia/Israel)– to explore the universal themes of Love, Death, Soul, Life through the medium of printmaking. We will work together on a portfolio of prints at the Frans Masereel Centrum during August 11-29, 2008. We will complete 8 sets of the portfolio, one of which will enter the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp Print Kabinet. The prints will be exhibited at Zimmer Gallerie in Berlin, Germany; Galerie in Vorm in Brussels, Belgium; Pictura in Dordrecht, the Netherlands; the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, United States; and the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio, United States.
misha shenbrot 
