Mikhail Dashevsky

Mikhail Dashevsky was born in 1935 in Moscow. In 1953 he entered Hydrotechnical Faculty of Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute which he graduated from in 1958. He worked for a short time at Stalingrad and Bratskaya hydroelectric stations construction sites, further for forty years in Moscow at a construction research institute. Mikhail Dashevsky has a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, he specializes in vibration protection of buildings.

Such are my life and mindset, mixture of rebellion and technique, which is not unimportant for art photography «about people».

Dashevsky dedicated his whole life to photography: having started as photographer in early 1960s, in 1969 he became member of Novator, the famous Moscow photographers club.

Personal exhibitions:

Sunken Time. Photographs by Mikhail Dashevsky. 1962–1992

State Architecture Museum, Shusev Museum, Moscow (2003), Museum of Non-Conformism, St.-Petersburg (2004), Andrey Sakharov Center, Moscow (2006),  International Photography Festival, Poznan, Poland (2007), St.-Filaret Orthodox Christian Institute, Moscow (2007), Lithuanian Photographic Society, Fuji Film Gallery, Kaunas (2008), Fotovisa Festival, Krasnodar (2008), Lego Gallery, Kolomna (2008), Technical University, Tokio, Japan (2008)

As Seen by the Old House, Moscow Reflecting

Belyayevo Gallery (program of Photography Biennial), Moscow (2008)

Group exhibitions:

1969–1989 – annual exhibitions of Novator photographers club, Moscow

1998, 2000, 2004, 2006 – Photography Biennial, Moscow

2001 – Month of Photography International Festival in Bratislava, Slovakia

2002 – Silver Camera, Moscow

2008 – Photography of 1960–1970s (Photography in the USSR in 1960-1070s). Central House of Artists, Moscow

In 2004 M. Dashevsky’s book Sunken Time. 1962-1992 was awarded first prize in Contemporary Photography Publication section of the International competition of photography books in Central and East Europe that was held in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Mikhail Dashevsky’s photographs are owned by The State Museum of Architecture – Shusev Museum (Moscow), art collectors in Russia, France, and Japan.