Konstantin Grouss

Konstantin Grouss

Sphere of interest is in visual art, and integration of visual art, choreography, sculpture and video.

Graduated from Dance and Art school and the Technical University.
Studied at the "Class of expressive dance" by Gennady Abramov, Moscow.
Fellow of danceWeb program in dance and choreography, 2004, Vienna.
Participant of ICR (International Choreographers In Residence) program of American Dance Festival ADF, USA, 2007.
Participant of SPACE Programme in contemporary art provided by Performance Corporation (Dublin, Ireland), 2008.
Resident OMI International Dance Collective, NY, USA, 2011.
Worked with different choreographers and theatre directors: Shusaku Takeuchi (Netherlands), Yury Urnov, Valery Fokin, Tatyana Grindenko, Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia), Theodor Tezhik (Russia-Czech), Efva Lilja (Sweden), Maida Withers (USA).

Since 2009, the creator and curator of the International culture project "Art-Residence".

In 2012, created the "Art-Residence Culture Project" space on Povarskaya, 20, Moscow, where, within the framework of the Random gallery project, more than 30 art exhibitions and many parallel events were created.
Curator of the Skolkovo and Varshavka galleries of the"Exhibition Halls of Moscow" Association (2014-2015).

The main area of interest as a curator is the creation of a common platform for the equal presentation of various disciplines of art within the framework of a single concept.
Specialisation - Visual arts, dance / performance, music, media art. Projects also include discussions and educational programs, public and street art, architecture.


DOCUMENTS
Curriculum Vitae
2026
Selected Projects & Context (Archive portfolio)
2003-2023

CONTACTS
email:
konstantin.grouss<at>gmail.com
ARTIST / CURATOR / CHOREOGRAPHER
For current visual works and ongoing series Extended Moment, see: www.grouss.art

Artistic works

Visual art

"Extended Moment". Current visual works and ongoing series. www.grouss.art

Sculpture

“Swans Have Arrived!”. Sculpture, performance, video. The Botanic Gardens of Moscow State University "THE APOTHECARIES' GARDEN”. 2018

“Absolute synchronicity”. Sculpture, performance, video. "Horizontal" project, Moscow biennale of contemporary art, 2015

Video

"Dive Within". Video, dance. 4'43". Kintamani, Bali. 2023

"A poem at war / Dandelion time”. Video, music, poetry, dance. duration 4’33”. 2020

“Capriccio for violin solo”. Music Simeon ten Holt. With "OpenSound Orchestra”. 2020

”Almost empty space". Series of video. New space of Theatre of Nations. Moscow. 2018

”Round panorama 13/11". Video, dance. New space of Theatre of Nations. Moscow. 2016-2017

“Inappropriate texts”. Video film / Multimedia performance. Marina Tsvetaeva museum. Moscow. 2015

“A Property of Memory”. Video. Quest for Silence project. Art-Residence. Moscow. 2014

“The 21st Floor”. Video. Moscow-Basel. 2007-2011


Performances, choreography, actions

”Dance for 8 strings". Contemporary dance, contemporary music performance. Scriabin museum. 2019

"What is it eaten with ". Contemporary dance, performance. Guslitsa creative castle. 2019

"Solo mio, solo duo’. Contemporary dance, performance-action. Guslitsa creative castle. 2018

"Aheym". Contemporary dance, video. Rachmaninov concert hall of Moscow State Conservatory. 2018

“Inappropriate Texts”. Video film / Multimedia performance. Marina Tsvetaeva museum. Moscow. 2015

«EASY-COME-EASY-GO<at>BODY<dot>MOVE». Interactive dance composition. GARAGE museum, Moscow. 2014-2018

«INFO<at>BODY<dot>MOVE». Interactive dance composition. Kod Epohi contemporary art festival, 5th Moscow Biennale of contemporary art. 2013

"around the heart in 40 min". Contemporary dance performance. extension.art-3 festival at Art-Residence, Moscow. 2012

"Constellations and finger-prints". Dance performance. Rachmaninov concert hall of Moscow State Conservatory, No Translations #2 festival. Moscow. 2011

“Notes”. Contemporary dance performance for 3 dancers. No Translations mulimedia exhibition. Moscow. 2010

“Circular Ruins”. Dance and music performance for 4 dancers and signer. Art-Residence project, Moscow. 2009

“Cage for Air”. Choreographic drama for 3 dancers, piano solo and voice. Theatre of musical comedy, Krasnoyarsk. Russia. 2008

“Phases of the Moon”. Dance performance for 4 dancers and painter, Aktoviy Zal, Moscow. 2008

“mask For body”. Dance performance for 4 dancers, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, December. 2006

“Bacchanalia in the Garden of Stones”. The performance for 3 dancers and prepaired piano on John Cage music, in collaboration with pianist Alexei Lubimov. 2006

“Philosophy of Walls”. Dance piece for 5 dancers. State Theatre of Nations. Moscow. 2005

“Intuition of Form”. Contemporary dance performance. Meyerhold Theatre Centre Moscow. 2003-2004


Curatorial practice
Exhibitions and festivals

Contemporary art

"Accelerator of New Moscow". Art&science mulimedia exhibition, conference. 2015


"Quest for Silence". Multimedia exhibition. Contemporary art, music, dance. 2014


"WHERE VIEWABLE". Multimedia exhibition. 2013


"Kod Epohi / Zeitgeist". Multimedia exhibition. Contemporary art, music, dance, science. Museum of applied and folk art, Moscow. 2013


"Art-Ovrag". Festival of public-art, architecture, street-art, music and dance. 2011-2013


"no translations". Multimedia exhibition. Contemporary art, music, dance. 2010-2011


"extension.art". Multimediaexhibition. Contemporary art, music, dance. 2010-2014


"Architecture-body-dance". Multimedia exhibition. Contemporary art, music, dance. 2010-2011

Contemporary dance

"Anthology of contemporary dance in Russia. 21 century. The beginning". Dance performance, united 7 Russian dance companies' works of 2000−2018 into one performance. Moscow. 2018


"Room Room Room". Contemporary choreography festival. Special project of 5th Moscow biennale of contemporary art, International culture project "Art-Residence". 2013


"Kod Epohi / Zeitgeist". Multimedia exhibition. Contemporary art, music, dance, science. Museum of applied and folk art. Moscow. 2013


"no translations". Multimedia exhibition. Contemporary art, music, dance festival. 2010-2011


"extension.art". Multimedia project. Contemporary art, music, dance. 2010-2014