Victor Sydorenko
Biography
SYDORENKO VICTOR
31 December 1953 - was born in the town of Taldy-Kurgan, Kazakhstan
1974-1979 - studied at Kharkiv Institute of Applied Arts (professor B.V. Kosarev)
1985-1988 - Post Graduate of Creative Studio of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (Academician, professor S.A. Grigoryev)
Membership
Academy of Arts of Ukraine, National Union of Artists of Ukraine
Professional activities:
Since - 2001 - Founder and Director of the Modern Art Research Institute of Academy of Arts of Ukraine
2002 - Professor of Kharkiv Academy of Design and Arts
Principal curatorial projects:
1997, 2000, 2003 – Triennale of Graphic Arts, (catalogue), Kyiv, Ukraine
1998, 2001, 2004 – Triennale of Painting, (catalogue), Kyiv, Ukraine
1999, 2002 – Triennale of Sculpture, (catalogue), Kyiv, Ukraine
2000, 2002, 2005 – “New Directions”; Kyiv, Ukraine
2002 – “Art of Ukraine”, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, (catalogue)
2003 – “ Millstones of Time”, Ukrainian project at the 50 Venice Biennale,
(catalogue, CD-ROM)
Personal exhibitions:
1989 - "The Aral Sea", Artist House, Kharkiv
1992 - Fine Arts Museum, Kharkiv
1993 - National Museum of Fine Arts , Kyiv
1995 - Art Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
1996 - State Fine Arts Museum of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata 1997 - Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv
1998 - Pendelton Art Centre, Cincinnati, USA
1999 - Lille, France (catalogue)
2000-2001 - “Aral cycle”, Maysternya gallery, Kyiv
2002 - Soviart gallery, Kyiv
2003 - “Millstones of Time”, 50th Venice Biennale, (catalogue, CD-ROM)
2003 - Lora D. Art gallery, Chicago, USA
2004 - “Millstones of Time”, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
2006- «Authentification», Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (catalogue)
Group exhibitions:
1979-1997 - All-Ukrainian exhibitions of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv
1983 - All-Soviet Union exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow
1984 - "My contemporary", Soviet-Union – Czecho-Slovakia, Central House of Artists, Moscow
1987 - Post Graduates Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts of the USSR, Museum of Russian Fine Arts, Kyiv
1992 - Exhibition " Art of Ukraine", Yale University, USA
1992 - Exhibition of works of Ukrainian Artists, Berlin (Zelendorf, Germany)
1993 - "Konsumentart-93", Nurnberg, Germany
1995 - Kyiv Arts Fair – 95, Ukraine
1998 - International Art Festival, National Art Center “Ukrainian House”, Kyiv (catalogue)
1998 - Salon of Central and Eastern Europe, Paris, France
2000 - All-Ukraine Christmas Exhibition, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv
2002 - “Art of Ukraine”, Beijing, China
2002 - “Art of nations”(1992-2002), Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, (catalogue)
2003 - “Blood: Lines and Connections”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA
2003 - “Eurographic – 2003”, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2004 - “Faster than History”, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland (catalogue)
2004 - „Farewell, the weapon”, Museum of Contemporary Art «Arsenal», Kyiv, Ukraine (catalogue)
2005 - „Now”, V. International Art Festival in Magdeburg, Germany (catalogue)
2006- «Eastern Neighbors», International Art Festival, Cultural Center Babel, Utrecht, Netherlands (catalogue)
2007 – «Traverse Video», X International Video Festival, Toulouse, France (catalogue)
Collections:
National Art Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kharkive Museum of Fine Arts, Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk Museum of Fine Arts, Ukraine
Zaporizhya Museum of Fine Arts, Ukraine
Mikolayiv Museum of Fine Arts, Ukraine
Pochayiv Museum of Regional Studies, Ukraine
Krasnograd Museum of Regional Studies, Ukraine
Stakhanov Museum of History and Fine Arts, Ukraine
Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine
Ismayil Art Gallery, Ukraine
Yale University, School of Art, USA
Collection of Karin -Simon Kutschke, Luneburg, Germany
Collection of Jean Jaques Ludovikovich Viella, Versailles, France
Collection of Wolfgang Beckers and Berbel Kroll, Laugenfeld, Germany
Collection of Peter Schunk, Berlin, Germany
Collection of Y.A. Yevtushenko, Moscow, Russia
President’s Palace, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Collection of A.A.Ivanov, Kyiv, Ukraine
Collection of “Real-Bank”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Collection of “Mega-Bank”, Kharkiv, Ukraine