Born 1952, Kharkov, Ukraine, USSR
Since 1990 lives and works in Viborg, Denmark
Education
Graduated from Kharkov Academy of Art and Architecture, 1969-75
Studied PhD, Kiev School of Architecture, 1983-86
Selected solo exhibitions
2019 Dream Machine, Homage to Interbau 57, Hansa center, Berlin
2019 WE, collage, photography, paintings, Galerie Didier Devillez, Stephan Marquardt & Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Close up and Private, Den Gammel Brandstation, Viborg, Denmark
2018 Tribute to Viborg 1018 - 2018, Viborg, Denmark
2018 Nature Matter, curated by Fay Dawling, Silkeborg Art Centre, Denmark
2018 End of Spring, Kiev Art Week, Ukraine
2018 Artist Take by Sergei Sviatchenko for Magasin du Nord, Copenhagen
2017 Library Time, Barkas, Copenhagen
2017 You, Retrospective, curated by Helene Bay Nyborg, Kunsthal Viborg, Denmark
2016 Secretly, Collage and paintings, curated Elisabeth Hajek and Manfred Maenling, Vienna
2016 Secretly, Wall installation at the MQ Fore Court, Vienna
2015 Collages, Augustiana center for contemporary art, Denmark
2014 The Other Side of Lifeless Landscapes, Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2013 For Light and Memory, Gestalten Space, Berlin, In Between Trees, Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
2012 Mirror by Mirror, Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky, photocollage, installation, Ivanovo Art Museum, Ivanovo, Russia
For Certain Because…, Galleri Naboløs, Copenhagen, Denmark
Beautiful Bridges, Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark
Dreams, Galleri Ægidius, Randers, Denmark
Mirror by Mirror, Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky, photocollage, installation, Riga Film Museum, Riga, Latvia
2011 Insideoutside, Galleri NB, paintings and collages, Viborg, Denmark
Sergey Nielsen paintings for Close Up And Private, Kaufmannshaus, Hamburg, Germany
Sister Moon, Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky, www.thirdear.dk
Mirror by Mirror, West Cork Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Højtid, Galleri Ægidius, Randers, Denmark
Year of the Rabbit, Galleri NB, Roskilde, Denmark
2009 Illumination of the White, Galleri NB, paintings, Roskilde, Denmark
The Shape of White, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester NY, USA
Mirror by Mirror, Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky, photocollage, installation, Gallery Photo Edition Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Less, photocollage, installation, Peter Lav Photo Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
New Paintings, Galleri Ægidius, Randers, Denmark
Broken Images, Liaison Controverse, Dusseldorf, Germany
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 c, video installation, Aarhus, Denmark
Mirror by Mirror, Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky, photocollage, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
2007 Mind Nature, Galleri NB, paintings, Roskilde, Denmark
Prints Tokyo, International Print Exhibition, Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan
Outsideinside, Drake Hotel public spaces, Toronto, Canada
Rather Gentle Stereotype, Spark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Happy with What You Have, Galleri Signe Vad, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 You are Not the Only One, installation, video, photography, Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark
Time, Kunsthallen Braenderigaard, Viborg, Denmark
Galleri NB, paintings, Viborg, Denmark
Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
2005 Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
Darwin My Friend, collage, installation, Galleria Arturarte, Rome, Italy
2004 Twins, installation, Stockholm Art Fair, Galerie Wolfsen, Stockholm, Sweden
Less, collages, Iride Associazione, Perugia, Italia
The White Side of Dreams, Galleri Ægidius, Randers, Denmark
2003 Express, installation, photography, Galleri Ægidius, Randers, Denmark
Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
2002 Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
2000 Katarsis, installation, video, photography, Aarhus School of Architecture, Aarhus, Denmark
Mixed Landscape, installation, video, photography, Nielsen & Holm-Møller Museet, Holstebro, Denmark
Sergei Sviatchenko, installation, video, photography, paintings, objects, Viborg Kunsthal, Denmark
New Works, Galerie Gardy Wiechern, paintings, Hamburg, Germany
1998 Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
1996 The Light, Viborg Stiftsmuseum, Viborg, Denmark
1995 Works, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994 The Wind, Gallery Nord, Denmark
FIAC (International Art Fair), Gallery Nord, Paris, France
1992 Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
1991 Gallery Thea Fisher-Reinhardt, West Berlin, Germany
Galleri Ho, Viborg, Denmark
Galleri Nord, Randers, Denmark
1990 Gallery at the magazine Decorative Art of USSR, Moscow, USSR
1986 Institute of Design, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR
Selected group exhibitions
2019 You Know My Name, Photo Kyiv Fair, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 Art Week, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 Photo Kyiv Fair, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 Tribute to Viborg 1018-2018, International collage show, Viborg, Denmark
2018 International Weird Collage Show, Jealous Gallery, London,
2017 Face and Identity, Kunstcenter Silkeborg Bad, Denmark
Meta-Matter, curated by Faye Dawling, Karst, Plymouth, UK
2016 Detached, Now and tomorrow, EIKON gallery at MQ, Vienna
2014 L'Extime, Galerie Seine 51, Paris
2013 Less, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia
Faceless, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria
Stories, Danish Central Library, Flensburg, Germany
2012 Alternative, Galerie Seine 51, Paris, France
The Parade, Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark
Affordable Art Fair, CCA&A GALLERY, Hamburg, Germany
Art Copenhagen, Galleri Naboløs, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gentle Elements and Strict Deconstructions, Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, Denmark
2011 For Love Not Money, The 15th Tallinn Print Triennial, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
Contemporary Collage, West Cork Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Contemporary Collage, Gestalten Space, Berlin, Germany
That was Now, curated by Mia Nielsen, Drake Hotel public spaces, Toronto, Canada
2010 21st International Poster and Graphic Design Festival, Chaumont, France
Love Your Work, Maverick Gallery, London
Capture the Fade, The Paper Mill Gallery, Sydney
2009 Cut, Platform Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Appetite for Construction, curated by Mia Nielsen, Drake Hotel public spaces, Toronto
Dreams, Danish Graphic House, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 It’s Nice That/Original Format, The Viewpoint Gallery, Plymouth, England.
Ink 01, International Illustration Rally, Fundación Bilbao Arte Fundazioa, Bilbao, Spain
Tenselessness II, Netfilmmakers, artist’s talk, Copenhagen, Denmark
Watch This Space 2, The Illustration Gallery, Stroud, England
Rojo Out, Reina Sofia Contemporary Art Museum, Madrid, Spain
The Visual Way of Life, Optica, International festival for video art, FNAC Callao, Madrid, Spain
Cosmological Embeddedness or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Gallery Higher Pictures, New York, USA
2007 Looking the Other Way, Drake Public spaces, Toronto, Canada
Smart Fortwo, Rojo, Venice, California, USA
2006 Time, videofilm, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Emergency Room, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark
Emergency Room, Galerie Olaf Struber, Berlin, Germany
Varoom Magazine, Coningsby Gallery, London, England
Videoteka: Mobile Video Art Archive, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2005 Playface, collage installation, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Italy
Display, collage installation, Kforumvienna, Vienna, Austria
Plotarteurope, Museo laboratorio di arte contemporanea, Rome, Italy
2004 Appetizers, collages, Iride Associazione, Perugia, Italy
2000 Art 2000, Berkeley Square Gallery, London, UK
1999 Art Miami, Galerie Egelund, Miami, USA
1998 Artissima, Galerie Egelund, Turin, Italy
1996 Galerie Protée, Paris, France
Art Cologne, Galerie Egelund, Cologne, Germany
1995 Kunstrai Art Fair Kunsthandel Frans Jacob, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1989 1st Soviet-American Exhibition, Kiev, Kharkov, Ukraine, USSR
21 View, Ukrainian Artists, Munich, Germany
21 View, Ukrainian Artists, Odense, Denmark
Three Generations of Ukrainian Paintings: 1960s-1980s, Denmark
Flash – New Ukrainian Art, House of Architects, Kiev, Ukraine, USSR
Awards
2013 Film Mirror by Mirror. Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky. With Noriko Okaku (JP/UK) - 1st prize at the International competition of experimental short films at The Lucca International Film Festival, Toscana, Italy
2nd place in Fine Art: Collage category, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Honorable Mention in Fine Art: Collage category for winning entry “Lineless”, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, USA
2010 Capture the Fade, Overall winner, Ampersand Magazine Photography Award, Sydney, Australia
2009 Honorable Mention in Fine Art: Collage category for the winning entry “Less”, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, USA
2007 D&AD Yellow Pencil, London, England
2004 The 13th Seoul Space International Print Biennial, Seoul, Korea
2001 Ljubljana/2nd World Festival of Art on Paper, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Workshops
2016 City magic, collage workshop, Viborg Youth School, Denmark
2015 Feeling of shape, workshop at Viborg Gymnasium in collaboration with The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark
2013 Playface 10, collage workshop, Grundfos Russia, Center Digital October, Moscow, Russia
Playface 9, collage workshop , Mozarteum University of Salzburg (stage design department),Salzburg, Austria
2012 Playface 8, collage workshop, Belgrade Design Week, Museum of Contemporary Art, Serbia
Playface 7, collage workshop, Viborg Youth School, Denmark
2011 Playface 6, collage workshop, Tradium New Danish Business Academy, Randers Art Museum, Randers, Denmark
2009 Playface 5, collage workshop, The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark
2006 Teach Me 3, Playface 4, collage workshop, University Luav of Venice, Faculty of Arts and Design, Venice, Italy
Playface 3, collage workshop at Business School, Viborg, Denmark
2005 Playface 1 & 2, collage workshops and exhibition at Trevi Flash Art Museum, curated by Maurizio Coccia, Trevi, Italy
1999 Colour & Form, photography and collage, Lunderupgaaard, Denmark
Residences
2014 Artist-in-residence program, MuseumsQuartier 21, Vienna, Austria
2013 Artist-in-residence program, MuseumsQuartier 21, Vienna, Austria
2007 The Drake Hotel artist-in-residence program, Toronto, Canada
2004 Artist-in-residence program, Jyllands Posten, Berlin, Germany
1990 Artist-in-residence program, Herning Folk High School, Denmark
Major large works
2015 “Twins” large painting for Tradium, Danish Buisness Academy, Randers, Denmark
2011 Photomurals for Tradium, Danish Buisness Academy, Randers, Denmark
Photomurals at Buchs, Randers, Denmark
2010 Photomurals for Tradium, Danish Buisness Academy, Randers, Denmark
Photomurals for Vestervang primary school, Viborg, Denmark
2009 Photomurals for Envision Advertising Agency, Aarhus, Denmark
Photomurals for FCM Football Academy, Ikast, Denmark
2008 Photomurals for Tradium, Danish Buisness Academy, Randers, Denmark
2006 Photomurals for Tradium, Danish Buisness Academy, Randers, Denmark
2005 Large paintings, Buchs, Randers, Denmark
Large paintings for Holstebro Central Hospital, Denmark
2004 Large wall painting installation at the New Danish Business Academy Tradium, Randers, Denmark
Photomurals for Energi Viborg Arena, Denmark
2003 Creation of 150 m2 painting installation “Illumination of horizontal and vertical connection” covering two walls at Jyske Bank’s head office, Silkeborg, Denmark
2002 “Comfort, Trust, Hope”, large painting, Skjern Church, Denmark
Opening of exhibition space, Senko Studio, Viborg, Denmark
Photomurals for Mercantec, Viborg, Denmark
2001 The Poul Due Jensen Academy, Grundfos, Bjerringbro, Denmark
Large painting for Schulstad’s factory, Holstebro, Denmark
2000 “Culture Column” painting at Gudenaahus, Bjerringbro, Denmark
13 watercolors of Viborg Cathedral for the millennium calendar 2000, Viborg, Denmark
Collage, paintings and watercolors for Mercantec, Viborg, Denmark
1999 Series of paintings for Nykredit, Viborg, Denmark
1998 Large painting, Danisco factory, Kunshan, China
Water sculpture, 14 glass paintings, Bus terminal, Viborg, Denmark
Large paintings for the entrance and painting for the production hall, System B8, Bjerringbro, Denmark
Six large paintings for the reception area, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997 Large collage for the Grundfos Auditorium, Bjerringbro, Denmark
Two large paintings for the Danish Parliament, Copenhagen, Denmark
1996 145 m2 painting covering two walls at Nokia House (now Aalborg University) Copenhagen, Denmark
Painting and an external fountain for Viborg Central Power Station, Denmark
Bibliography
Selected books and catalogues
2018 Jørn Jacobsen, Sergei Sviatchenko: I am collage, Lindhardt & Ringhof, Copenhagen
2014 Rick Poynor, Sergei Sviatchenko: Collages, Schlebrueger.editor, Vienna
Skull Art Prints, 20 removable posters, Laurence King Publishing, London
2013 Dennis Busch, Hendrik Hellige and Robert Klanten (eds.), The Age of Collage, Gestalten, Berlin
2012 Silke Krohn (ed.), Everything Goes Right & Left if You Want It: The Art of Sergei Sviatchenko, Gestalten, Berlin
Iben From, The Parade, Art Center Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg
2011 Robert Klanten, Hendrik Hellige and James Gallagher (eds.), Cutting Edges: Contemporary Collage, Gestalten, Berlin
Andrew Hall, Illustration, Laurence King Publishing, London
Faye Dowling, The Book of Skulls, Laurence King Publishing, London
Richard Brereton with Caroline Roberts, Cut & Paste: 21st Century Collage, Laurence King Publishing, London
Rebeka Poldsam, “Sergei Sviatchenko”, For Love Not Money, The 15th Tallinn Print Triennial, Kumu Art Museum,Tallinn
2010 Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy (eds.), Supergraphics – Transforming Space: Graphic Design for Walls, Buildings & Spaces,
Unit Editions, London
2009 Faye Dowling, SENKO Book 1, Realise Editions, London
Daisuke Nishimura, We Love Artists. Artist in Residence around the world, Someone’s Garden, Tokyo
2008 Trine Rytter Andersen, Viktor Antonov, Marina Tarkovskaya, Mark Le Fanu, Irina Tchmyreva, Per Carlsen, Mirror By Mirror. Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky by Sergei Sviatchenko, Galleri Image, Aarhus
2007 Sergei Sviatchenko, Less, limited edition artist’s book, Rojo, Barcelona
2006 Hans Henrik Jacobsen, Paintings & Others 1991–2006, Hovedland, Aarhus
Sergei Sviatchenko, You Are Not the Only One, Filosofgangen, Odense
2005 Sergei Sviatchenko, Less, Senko Publishing, Viborg
2004 Nina Poulsen, Pierra Peri, Less, Iride Associazione, Perugia
Sergei Sviatchenko, The White Side of the Dreams, Galerie Ægidius, Randers
2003 Viktor Antonov, Georgy Nikich and Martine Arnault-Tran, Sviatchenko: Multimedia, Light, Art, Stories, Borgen, Copenhagen
Georgy Nikich, Mixedlandscape, Jens Nielsen &Olivia Holm-Møller Museum, Horsens
Steffen Lange, Illumination of Horizontal and Vertical Connections, Jyske Bank Publisher, Silkeborg
2000 Viktor Antonov, Georgy Nikich, Katarsis, Aarhus School of Architecture, Aarhus
Karen Lindrup, Mogens Brandt Poulsen, Sergei Sviatchenko, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg
1998 Tom Jørgensen, Sergei Sviatchenko: Works on Paper 1989-1998, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen
Lisbeth Tolstrup, Dansk Kunst, Soren Fogtdal Publisher, Copenhagen
Tamara Li, Alexander Klimenko, The Art of Ukraine in 20th Century, National Museum of Fine Art of Ukraine, Kiev
1996 Jørgen Hansen, Sergei Sviatchenko: Paintings 1993-1996, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen
1995 Jesper Overgaard, Byens Magi, Art Sted, Viborg
1994 Torben Weirup, When the Light Breaks Through, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen
Lisbeth Tolstrup, The Name of the Place, Galerie C, Aarhus
1993 Jørgen Hansen, Sergei Sviatchenko: Paintings, 1990-1993, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen & Galerie Nord, Randers
Jørgen Hansen, 3 års malerier I Danmark, Galerie Nord, Randers & Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen
Jørgen Hansen, Dansk Kunst 1993, Soren Fogtdal Publisher, Copenhagen
1992 Palle Schmidt, A Dynamic Colourist. Painting, Galerie Egelund, Copenhagen Poul Nielsen, Belonging, Edition Schur, Horsens
1991 Erik Johannesen, Painting 1991, Galerie Nord, Randers
Selected articles
2015 Marie Duedahl, “Jeg er selv en collage”, Jyllands-Posten, Denmark
Thomas Edlinger, “Less plus less”, Eikon no.89, Austria
2014 Alex Gubi Kierrumgaard, “Sergei Sviatchenko” (interview), Cold North no. 1, Denmark
Eunyoung Park, “Graphic Design to overpower the Space”, Design, no.430, April, South Korea
Antony Hudek, “Collaborations. Sergei Sviatchenko”, CCC Newspaper nr.1, Austria
2013 Peppe Orru, “ A modern-day renaissance man: the multi-faceted work of Sergei Sviatchenko”, Collezioni Uomo, nr.83, Italy
Rick Poynor, “Collage Now, Part 1: Sergei Sviatchenko”, Design Observer (website), 22 August
P.J. Smith, “Sergei Sviatchenko” (interview), Acclaim, no. 29, Australia
Ayako Ueda, “Visual Language of Style. Sergei Sviatchenko”, Free&Easy, no.174, April, Japan
Sina Braetz, “Der provocateur”, L’Officiel Hommes, no.4, winter, Germany
2011 Francis Cazal, “De l’art et du style”, Clark, no.50, September/October, France
2010 Frederik Andersen, “Close Up And Private”, Euroman, no.198, August, Denmark
Adrian Shaughnessy, “Quand l’illustration s’exspose”, étapes, no.181, June, France
Paul Burgess, “The Future is Junk”, Varoom no. 12, spring, UK
Victor Verbeek, “Close Up And Private”, Code, no.17 spring/summer 20, Netherlands
2009 Richard Brereton, “Sticks in the Mind”, Elephant, no.1, winter 2009-10, UK
Xi Sheng, ”Sergei Sviatchenko”(interview), 100%O2, no.001, China
2008 Peter Kelly, “Paper City: Sergei Sviatchenko”, Blueprint no. 272, November, UK
Adrian Shaughnessy, “Sergei Sviatchenko”, Blueprint no. 265, April, UK
2007 Anna Follo and Nello Russo, “Sergei Sviatchenko” (interview), Playzebra, no.05, Italy
“Who I Think I Am”, thisisamagazine 5th compendium, Italy
Walter Bettens, “Art for Art’s Sake”, DAMn no. 12, July/August, Belgium
Anna Lengle, “Meeting Sviatchenko”, LE, no.235, August, Russia
“Nami”, Rojo, Spain
“Fortwo”, Rojo, special edition, Spain
“To inspire”, Wonderland, no.7, September, Denmark
2006 Adrian Shaughnessy, “Mapping the Terrain”, interview with Sviatchenko, Varoom no. 1, UK
Sergei Sviatchenko, “When I was Seventeen…” Kilimanjaro, no.6, UK
1999 Giovanni Joppolo, “The Amalgam’s Dialectics”, Cimaise no. 266/267, France
1995 Philippe Piguet, “Interior Landscapes”, Cimaise no. 234, France
1990 Enver Bajkeev, “Fireworks Honoring General ‘S’”, Decorative Art of USSR, no. 10, October, USSR
1989 Viktor Kudin, “In the world of Sergei Sviatchenko´s collages”, Construction & Achitecture, nr.6, June, Ukraine, USSR
1988 Lembit Remmelgas, “Sergei´s Collages”, Norus, nr.1, January, Estonia, USSR
1986 Olena Matushek, “Sergei Sviatchenko. Collage of ideas”, Ranok, nr.12, December, Ukraine, USSR
Collections
Cobra Invest 1974, Copenhagen, Denmark
Grundfos, Bjerringbro, Denmark
The Poul Due Jensen Academy, Bjerringbro, Denmark
The Danish Parlament, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dansk Industri, Copenhagen, Denmark
DFDS, Copenhagen, Denmark
Danske Bank, Viborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jyske Bank, Silkeborg, Denmark
Nokia House (Now Aalborg University),Copenhagen, Denmark
Institute of Scandinavian Physical Culture, Viborg, Denmark
Nykredit, Viborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Else and Erik Johannesen collection, Randers, Denmark
Tradium, Danish Bussines Akademy, Randers, Denmark
Gerner F. Siepmann collection, Aarhus, Denmark
Hotel La Perle, Paris, France
Viborg Kommune_Viborg, Denmark
Jørn Jakobsen Collection, Randers, Denmark
Minna and Niels Due Jensen, Bjerringbro, Denmark
Manfred Maenling collection, Vienna, Austria
Henning Nielsen and Elisabeth Lund collection, Silkeborg, Denmark
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Copenhagen, Denmark
Morville collection, Viborg Denmark
Per Norhaven collection, Viborg, Denmark