BlueSoup group was founded in Moscow, Russia in 1996 by Alex Dobrov, Daniel Lebedev and Valery Patkonen. Since 2002 group works in cooperation with Alexander Lobanov
Daniel Lebedev - born in Kyrgyzstan (1974), graduated in Moscow Architectural Institurte (1999) and Studio of Individual Direction
Alex Dobrov - born in Moscow (1975), graduated in Moscow Architectural Institurte (1998)
Alexander Lobanov - born in Moscow region (1975), graduated in Moscow State University of Culture (2007)
Valery Patkonen - born in Moscow (1972), graduated in Moscow Architectural Institurte (1998) and Studio of Individual Direction
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
| 2009 | Transfer (M’ARS CCA) | Russia, Moscow |
| A Window to the World (Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art) | Japan, Hiroshima | |
| 21 Russia (PinchukArtCentre) | Ukraine, Kiev | |
| 2008 | Russian art: paradoxes of history (National Academy of Art) | Bulgaria, Sofia |
| The Next of Russian Art (Alternative Space Loop) | Korea, Seoul | |
| The Busan Biennale 2008 | Korea, Busan | |
| Defence (XL gallery)*** | Russia, Moscow | |
| 2007 | Shared Boundaries (Gallery EM) | Korea, Seoul |
| Sots Art \ L'art politique en Russie depuis 1972 | France, Paris | |
| Art Unlimited \ Art Basel | Switzerland, Basel | |
| The Lake (XL gallery) *** | Russia, Moscow | |
| Urbanistic Formalism \ 2nd Moscow biennale of contemporary art | Russia, Moscow | |
| 2006 | Modus-R \ Russian Formalism Today \ Art-Basel Miami-Beach | USA, Miami |
| Caucasus Biennale Declaration | Georgia, Tbilisi | |
| Russia! (Guggenheim museum) | Spain, Bilbao | |
| Echelon (Modern City Foundation) *** | Russia, Moscow | |
| International Film Festival Rotterdam \ special program | Nederland, Rotterdam | |
| Russia! (Guggenheim museum) | USA, New York | |
| 2005 | Angels of History \ Europalia | Belgium, Antwerpen |
| Situation Comedy \ Art-Moscow | Russia, Moscow | |
| Russia-2 \ 1st Moscow biennale of contemporary art | Russia, Moscow | |
| Constructed Situations \ 10th anniversary of Attitudes | Switzerland, Geneve | |
| 2004 | Black River (Guelman gallery) *** | Russia, Moscow |
| Six Times Video \ Art-Moscow (Guelman gallery) | Russia, Moscow | |
| White (Izo Gallery) | UK, London | |
| Playlist (Palais de Tokyo) | France, Paris | |
| Digital Russia | Russia, Moscow | |
| 2003 | FireWire (Guelman gallery) | Russia, Moscow |
| Viper Basel | Switzerland, Basel | |
| Projection (Arsenal) | Russia, N.Novgorod | |
| Neue Ansante \ Contemporary Art from Moscow | Germany, Dusseldorf | |
| We and They \ Art-Moscow (Guelman gallery) | Russia, Moscow | |
| BlueSoup – 7th anniversary (Guelman gallery) *** | Russia, Moscow | |
| Redefining Identities (TATE Modern) | UK, London | |
| Moscow Minimalism \ Art-Frankfurt | Germany, Frankfurt | |
| Transeuropa (Medien Kunst Archiv) | Austria, Vienna | |
| 2002 | Melioration Festival | Russia, Moscow region |
| Extra Short Film Festival | Russia, Novosibirsk | |
| 2001 | Art-Moscow 2001 | Russia, Moscow |
| Post-Soviet Montages | Canada, Montreal | |
| 2000 | Instrumenta 2000 | Russia, Moscow |
| Video Lisboa 2000 | Portugal, Lisboa | |
| 13th Stuttgarter Filmwinter | Germany, Stuttgart | |
| 1999 | 12th Stuttgarter Filmwinter | Germany, Stuttgart |
| 3rd International Festival of New Film | Croatia, Split | |
| 1998 | European Media Art Festival | Germany, Osnabrueck |