Alexandra Exter: Stage Sets (Alexandra Exter: Décors de théâtre)

1924

Emigrates to France

She and her husband emigrate to France and settle in Paris; she will never return to Soviet Russia.

spring 1924

The Soviet pavilion at the Venice Biennale

In the spring of 1924 she travels to Venice to take part in organising the 14th Venice Biennale and the Soviet pavilion; most of her works are not shown but appear in the catalogue, and for the entrance hall on the pavilion's second floor she creates a special painting inspired by Venice.

1925–1930

Teaches at Léger's Académie d'Art Contemporain

At Fernand Léger's invitation she teaches at the Académie d'Art Contemporain in Paris from 1925 to 1930; other accounts say she first taught at the Académie Moderne and from 1926 to 1930 at Léger's Académie d'Art Contemporain.

1927

First solo exhibition at the Sturm gallery

The Berlin gallery Der Sturm organises her first solo exhibition.

1928

Solo exhibition at the Claridge Gallery in London

A year after the Berlin show, her solo exhibition is held at the Claridge Gallery in London.

1929

Exhibition “Theatre: Models, Sets, Costumes” in Paris

The exhibition “Alexandra Exter. Theatre. Models, Sets, Costumes” is held at the Galerie des Quatre Chemins in Paris.