Victor Sydorenko
Ukrainian artist Victor Sydorenko was born 31 December 1953 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
1997 - till now - Vice-President of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine
1997-2005 - Vice-President of the National Union of Artist of Ukraine
2002 - Professor of Kharkiv Academy of Design and Arts
Principal curatorial projects:
2007 - A Poem about an Inland Sea, Ukrainian project at the 52nd Venice Biennale (in collaboration) (catalogue)
2003 - Millstones of Time, Ukrainian project at the 50 Venice Biennale, (catalogue, CD-Rom)
2002 - Art of Ukraine, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, (catalogue)
2000, 2002, 2005 - New Directions; Kyiv, Ukraine
1999, 2002 - Triennale of Sculpture, (catalogue), Kyiv, Ukraine
1998, 2001, 2004 - Triennale of Painting, (catalogue), Kyiv, Ukraine
1997, 2000, 2003 - Triennale of Graphic Arts, (catalogue), Kyiv, Ukraine
Selected exhibitions
2024
People live here, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Kyiv
White and Black, National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv
2023
My Story: 32 Years of Independence, Museum of Kyiv History, Kyiv
2021
30х30.Contemporary Ukrainian art, National Center «Ukrainian House», Kyiv
2020
Strange Time, online, www.strangetime.art
Ukraine Today, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv
The Artifical Pain, Сontemporary Art Centre ZnakiCzasu, Toruń, Poland
2019
The Long Journey. Contemporary Ukrainian Art 1985 - 2004 from private collections, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv
Art United, Mandarin Maison, Kyiv
Acquisition of subjectivity. Kherson Regional Art Museum. O. Shovkunenko, Kherson
Time Attribution. Karas Gallery, Kyiv
Memory of unconsciousness, XV Istanbul Biennale, parallel program. Turkey, Istanbul
Collected moments, Modernism Gallery, USA, San Francisco
2018
Auguste Rodin. Premonition of the future. Cherkasy Museum of Fine Arts, Cherkasy, Ukraine
Atonal reality. Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odesa, Ukraine
Acquiring Subjectivity. Voloshyn Gallery, Kyiv
2017
Private Collection. Contemporary Ukrainian Artists. Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
Show Promise. Lviv Palace of Arts. Ukraine
2016
Recipe for Utopia , Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
2015
Wien,Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde,Ukraine. Transformation der Moderne, 20-29 november, 2015
The Museum Collection. Ukrainian Contemporary Art. 1985–2015, 22.09–10.10.2015. From Private Collections
2014
A New Ukrainian Dream, Forbes Ukraine and Mystetskyi Arsenal Art Project Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
2013
Terrain Orientation National Art Museum of Ukraine Exhibition of Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Kyiv (catalog)
Contemporary Ukrainian Artists. Saatchi Gallery. London (catalog)
2011
Levitation, National Art Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv
Art Palm Beach, Art fair, Black Square Gallery, Florida, USA
MIA art fair, Black Square Gallery, Miami, USA
Art Chicago 2011, Black Square Gallery, Chicago, USA
Art Moscow 2011, Central House of Artists, Moscow (catalogue)
UKRAINIAN ARTISTS, Albert Benamou Gallery, Paris
20 years of presence, Modern Art Research Institute (NAAU), Kyiv
Independent, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
11ème Festival Européen de la photo de nu, Arles, France (catalogue)
Art Kyiv contemporary 2011, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
2010
Millstones of Time, Black Square Gallery, Miami, USA
Levitation, Taiss Gallery, Paris
SCOPE International Contemporary Art Show, New York, USA
Art Hamptons, Mironova Gallery, NY
Oliva's Seed, Contemporary Art Center M 17, Kyiv
Scope Art Show Basel, Mironova Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Art Miami, Mironova Gallery, Miami, USA
Art Chicago 2010, Mironova Gallery, Chicago, USA
RESTART (Contemporary Art Stars' of Ukraine), Modern Art Research Institute of Ukraine, Dymchuk Art Promotion, Kyiv
2009
Depersonalization, Plaza Athenee’s, Paris, France
Levitation, National Art Museum of Ukraine; Art Kyiv International Art Festival, National Art Center Ukrainian House, Kyiv (catalogue)
New Ark, Collection Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Art Paris, Taiss Gallery, Paris
Art Palm Beach Art fair, Mironova Gallery, Miami, USA
Myth Creators, Gogol Fest, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
Art Kyiv International Art Festival, National Art Center Ukrainian House, Kyiv
2008
Authentification, Taiss Gallery, Paris, France (catalogue)
Yearning for the Immensity, Museum of Russian Art, Kyiv
Gogol Fest, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
2007
Gogol Fest, Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv
Traverse Video, X International Video Festival, Toulouse, France
2006
Authentification, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine (catalogue)
Eastern Neighbours, International Art Festival, Cultural Center Babel. Utrecht, Netherlands
2005
Now, V International Art Festival in Magdeburg, Germany. Diploma for Best project, (catalogue)
2004
Farewell to Arms, Museum of Contemporary Art Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv (catalogue)
Faster than History, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland (catalogue)
Millstones of Time, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv
2003
Lora D. Art gallery, Chicago, USA
Millstones of Time, 50th Venice Biennale, (catalogue, CD-Rom)
Eurographic - 2003, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Blood: Lines and Connections, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA
2002
Soviart gallery, Kyiv
Art of nations (1992-2002), Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, (catalogue)
Art of Ukraine, Beijing, China
2000-2001
Aral cycle, Maysternya gallery, Kyiv
2000
All-Ukraine Christmas Exhibition, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv
1999
Lillie, France (catalogue)
1998
Pendleton Art Centre, Cincinnati, USA
Salon of Central and Eastern Europe, Paris, France
International Art Festival, National Art Center Ukrainian House, Kyiv (catalogue)
1997
Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv
1996
State Fine Arts Museum of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata
1995
Picture Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine
Kyiv Arts Fair - 95, Ukraine
1993
National Museum of Fine Arts, Kyiv
Konsumentart-93, Nurnberg, Germany
1992
Fine Arts Museum, Kharkiv
Exhibition of works of Ukrainian Artists, Berlin (Zelendorf, Germany)
Exhibition Art of Ukraine, Yale University, USA
1989
The Aral Sea, Artist House, Kharkiv
1987
Post Graduates Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts of the USSR, Museum of Russian Fine Arts, Kyiv
1984
My contemporary, Soviet-Union - Czech-Slovakia, Central House of Artists, Moscow
1983
All-Soviet Union exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow
1979-1997
All-Ukrainian exhibitions of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv