SERGEI SVIATCHENKO

BIOGRAPHY

1952 Born in Kharkov, Ukraine

1969 -1975 Graduated from Kharkov Academy of Art and Architecture
1983 -1986 Studied PhD at Kiev School of Architecture
1990 moved to Denmark

1986-2008 A great number of solo and group exhibitions
in Denmark, Germany, France, USA, Italy, Austria, Canada

Selected solo exhibitions

1986 Institute of Design, Kiev, Ukraine
1990 Gallery of Magazine Art of USSR, Moscow
1991 Galleri Ho, Viborg, Denmark
Gallery Thea Fisher-Reinhardt, W. Berlin
Galleri Nord, Randers, Denmark
1992 Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994 THE WIND, Gallery Nord, Denmark
FIAC (International Art Fair), Gallery Nord, Paris
1995 WORKS, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen
1996 THE LIGHT, Viborg Stiftsmuseum, Denmark
1998 Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen
2000 KATARSIS installation, video, photography, Arkitektskolen i Aarhus, Denmark
MIXEDLANDSCAPE, installation, video, photography Nielsen & Holm-Møller Museet,
Holstebro,Denmark
Brænderigården, installation, video, photography, paintings, objects, Viborg, Denmark
NEW WORKS, Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
2002 Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
2003 EXPRESS installation, photography, Galleri Ægidius, Randers, Denmark
Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
2004 TWINSinstallation, Stockholm Art Fair, Galerie Wolfsen
LESS, digital collages, Iride Associazione, Perugia, Italia
THE WHITE SIDE OF DREAMS, Galleri Ægidius, Randers
2005 Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
DARWIN MY FRIEND, collage installation, Galleria Arturarte, Rome, Italy
2006 YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE, installation, video, photography, Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark
Galleri NB, paintings, Viborg, Denmark
Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
2007 MIND NATURE, Galleri NB, paintings, Roskilde, Denmark
PRINTS TOKYO, International Print Exhibition, Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
OUTSIDEINSIDE, Drake Public spaces, Toronto, Canada
RATHER GENTLE STEREOTYPE, Spark, Copenhagen, Denmark
HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, Galleri Signe Vad,Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 FOR BRAVE TREES ONLY, Galleri NB, paintings, Viborg, Denmark
THE TRIP, Homage to the Psychedelic era, collage installation, ROJO®artspace, Barcelona, Spain
ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE, Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
TERRITORY OF WATER, Art space Spanien 19, video installation, Aarhus, Denmark
MIRROR BY MIRROR, Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky, photocollage, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark

Selected group exhibitions

1989 1st Soviet-American Exhibition, Kiev, Kharkov, Tbilisi
21 View, Ukrainian Artists, Munich, Germany,
21 View, Ukrainian Artists, Odense Denmark
Three Generations of Ukrainian Paintings. 1960s-1980s,Denmark
Flash - New Ukrainian Art, Kiev
1995 Kunstrai Art Fair Kunsthandel Frans Jacob, Amsterdam, Holland
1996 Galerie Proteé, Paris, France
Art Cologne, Galerie Egelund, Cologne, Germany
1998 Artissima, Galerie Egelund, Turin, Italy
1999 Art Miami, Galerie Egelund, Miami, USA
2000 Art 2000, Berkeley Square Gallery, London
2004 APPERTIZERS, collages, Iride Associazione, Perugia, Italy
2005 PlAYFACE, collage installation, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Italy
DISPLAY, collage installation, Kforumvienna, Vienna, Austria
PLOTARTEUROPE, Museo laboratorio di arte contemporanea, Rome, Italy
2006 TIME, videofilm, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark
EMERGENCY ROOM, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark, Galerie Olaf Struber, Berlin
Varoom Magazine, Coningsby Gallery, London
VIDEOTEKA:MOBILE VIDEO ART ARCHIVE, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria
2007 LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, Drake Public spaces, Toronto, Canada
SMART FORTWO, Rojo magazine, Venice, CA USA
IT’S NICE THAT//ORIGINAL FORMAT, The Viewpoint Gallery, Plymouth, England
2008 INK 01, INTERNATIONAL ILLUSTRATION RALLY,Fundacion Bilbao Arte Fundazioa, Spain
TENSELESSNESS II, Netfilmmakers, artists talk, Copenhagen
WATCH THIS SPACE 2, The Illustration gallery, Stroud, England
Netfilmmakers, Alternative Art Copenhagen, Denmark
ROJO OUT, Reina Sofia Contemporary Art Museum, Madrid, Spain
THE VISUAL WAY OF LIFE, Optica, International festival for video art, FNAC callao,
Madrid, Spain
3. Europäischer Monat der Fotografie, Berlin. " Die Hülle des Selbst"
2009 George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, USA

Awards

2001/ Ljubljana/ 2nd World Festival of Art on Paper
2004/The 13th Seoul Space International Print Biennial
2007/D&AD Yellow Pencil Award Winner 2007

Residences
2004 Jyllands Posten Artist in residence program, Berlin, Germany
2007 OUTSIDEINSIDE,The Drake Hotel Artist in residence program, curated by Mia Nielsen,
Toronto,Canada

Commisions / Represented/ Collections
Danisco– Danisco (China) Co., Ltd – Dansk Industri – Danske Bank
Grundfos,The Poul Due Jensen Academy - Holstebro Central Hospital Højgaard & Vista– Jysk Display– Jyske Bank –Kommunedata – Kommunekredit –Kommunernes Landsforening – Kulturhus Bjerringbro – Landbrugs og Fiskeriministeriet – Nokia A/S – Nordea – Nowaco A/S – Nykredit A/S – Nørhaven A/S – PricewaterhouseCoopers -Sabroe A/S – Scanvest Management – Schulstad A/S – Schur International A/S
Sonofon A/S – Statsministeriet –Skjern Kirke - Tryg-Baltica– Viborg AMT –Viborg Seminariet - New Danish Buisness Academy Minerva, The Drake Art Collection