Victor Sydorenko

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Rating: 4.9 (8711 reviews)

Ukraine •

Artist (Installation, Painting) •

Born 1953 •

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», ...

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The phantom of art has а capacity for physical effect – it influences the surrounding space in the material[...]

The phantom of art has а capacity for physical effect – it influences the surrounding space in the material way. Its influence is felt by the surrounding world, by the artist and by the family. The influence is perceptible, and traces are always left. There is nothing in art that dissappears into the air.

Something must be wrong with artistic cycles – harmony has been ruined.

Man ruins harmony.

But in this series I have made an attempt to touch а new theme which has been neglected by painters so far – the theme of interconnection between microstructure and the real world. And how the inner, immaterial world affects the real world?

Works of art an artist creates have а ptofound effect both on himself and on his relationship with his family.

My creations have an influence on me, on my relatives and associates.

When we create something, we are setting free а phantom with the power to spiritually influence the world.

The phantom of art has а capacity for physical effect – it influences the surrounding space in the material way. Its influence is felt by the surrounding world, by the artist and by the family. The influence is perceptible, and traces are always left. There is nothing in art that dissappears into the air.

An artist absorbs everything around him – it is а process within him.

It is а process which resembles the swing of the pendulum moving from primitive art to the art of desintegration. The art pendulum has а definite swinging range. Th present time is ideal for the creative process.

The development of related visual arts, as well as the use of computers in visual arts offers ample opportunities for an artist to express himself. He can now accomplish miracles with form. The best direction of movement that art can take is along untrodden paths.

When people ask me, “What are you painting?” – I myself do not know what it will be, because the process of painting goes as if by itself. It is as if some kind of spiritual power directs а painter’s brush.

An artist’s creative work is а kind of vehicle for spiritual power to influence the world.

But an artist does not set himself to do this consciously.

An artist cannot be а missionary, he must not act as а missionary. Art does not fulfil а missionary function – even if it is compelled or tempted to do it.

I am an artist.

What else can I say?