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 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 Mirror By Mirror. Homage to Andrei Tarkovsky by Sergei Sviatchenko, Galleri Image, Aarhus. Trine Rytter Andersen, Viktor Antonov, Marina Tarkovskaya, Mark Le Fanu, Irina Tchmyreva, Per Carlsen.
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
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
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
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