Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky are New York based artists who work in various media. Their works are represented in public collections: Museum of Modern Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum, New York; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington; Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey; Musée National d'Art Moderne Center Pompidou, Paris, France; Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole; Tate Modern, London; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany; Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Berlinische Galerie; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main; Deutsche Bank collection, Frankfurt; MUMOK Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, Austria; Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy; MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow, Poland.

Works by Svetlana Kopystiansky and Igor Kopystiansky were exhibited at venues including Center Pompidou, Paris (2015, 2011, 2010, 2009), Center Pompidou Metz (2011-2012), MoMA, (2012) Tate Modern (2010, 2011-2012), Metropolitan Museum, (2013-2014, 2010-11, 2001, 1997), Smithsonian American Art Museum (2015, 2010-11). Art Institute of Chicago, (1996, 1997-1998, 2008) The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1999), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona (2005). Fine Arts Center UMass, Amherst, Massachusetts (2005), Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne (2010) Tate Liverpool (1999), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1999), MMK Frankfurt/Main (1999, 2010, 2011), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (1992, 1994, 1995), Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (2000), Folkwang Museum, Essen (2000), Sprengel Museum Hannover (2002), Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel (1999, 2005-2006), Deichtorhallen Hamburg ( 2011-2012), Kunsthalle zu Kiel (2011-12), Kunst-Werke Berlin (1999), Reina Sofia, Madrid (1994-1995), S.M.A.K. Gent (2009), GAMeC, Bergamo (2011), Museum of Modern Art EMMA, Finland (2007), AGNSW, Sydney (1992, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009), Kunsthalle Krems, Austria (2012), MARCO, Vigo, Spain (2007), Museum of Modern Art, Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna, (1989) and others.

Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky participated at international exhibitions including Documenta 11, Sculpture Projects Münster 1997, Venice Biennial Aperto 1988, Sydney Biennial 1992, Sao Paulo Biennial 1994, Istanbul Biennial 1995, Johannesburg Biennial 1997, Lyon Biennial 1997, Liverpool Biennial 1999.

Bibliography: kopystiansky.blogspot.de/