Olga Chernysheva born in 1962 in Moscow, where she lives and works.
- 1981–1987 pursued studies at the Russian State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow
- 1994–1996, pursued studies at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam
- 2001 Second Life, La 49 Biennale di Venezia, Russian Pavilion
- 2004 The Happiness Zone, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg / Galerie J.J. Heckenhauer, Berlin
- 2005 Fields, Moscow Multimedia Complex for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
- 2006 Sites, Sydney-Biennale
- 2009 An Evening with Olga Chernysheva, Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), London
- 2003/2004 Berlin-Moscow/Moscow-Berlin 1950–2000, Martin- Gropius-Bau, Berlin / State Historical Museum, Moscow
- 2004 Photobiennale 2004, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
- 2005 Russia! Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York; Russian Pop Art, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
- 2006 Soleil Noir. Depression and Society, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
- 2007 I Believe. Moscow Art Center Vinzavod, Moscow
- 2008 After Eisenstein, Kunsthalle Lundt/Sweden
