VICTOR SYDORENKO

Victor Sydorenko was born in 1953 in Kazakhstan, he lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Graduted from the National Design and Art academy of Kharkiv, Victor Sydorenko represented Ukraine at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003 and was the chief curator of 54th and 55th Venice Biennale in 2011 and 2013.

Study

1974-1979

Kharkiv Institute of Applied Arts, Ukraine

1985-1988

Post Graduate of Creative Studio of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, Ukraine

Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland
Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine Ismayil Art Gallery, Ukraine
National Art Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine
Kharkiv 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
President’s Palace, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Private collections

Solo exhibition (selected)

2009

Depersonalization, Plaza Athénée, Paris, France
Levitation, National Art Museum of Ukraine
New Ark, Collection Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

2008

Authentification, Taiss Gallery, Paris, France

2006

Authentification, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

2004

Millstones of Time, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv

2003

Millstones of Time, 50th Venice Biennale

2002

Soviart gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

2000-2001

Aral cycle, Maysternya gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine

1999

Lillie, France

1998

Pendleton Art Centre, Cincinnati, USA

1997

Municipal Gallery, Kharkiv, Ukraine

1996

State Fine Arts Museum of Kazakhstan, Alma-Ata

1995

Picture Gallery, Lviv, Ukraine

1993

National Museum of Fine Arts, Kyiv, Ukraine

1992

Fine Arts Museum, Kharkiv, Ukraine

1989

The Aral Sea, Artist House, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Collective exhibition (selected)

2009

Myth Creators, International Art Festival, National Art Center

2008

Yearning for the Immensity, Museum of Russian Art, Kyiv, Ukraine Depersonalization, Public Space, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine

2007-2008

Art Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine

2007

Traversée Video, X International Video Festival, Toulouse, France

2006

Eastern Neighbors, International Art Festival, Cultural Center Babel, Utrecht, Netherlands

2005

Now, International Art Festival in Magdeburg, Germany.

2004

Farewell to Arms, Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
ARTIADE, Olympics of Visual Art, Athens, Greece
Faster than History, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki

2003

Eurographic, Lavra gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Blood: Lines and Connections, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver,

2002

Art of nations (1992-2002), Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, Art of Ukraine, Beijing, China

2000

All-Ukraine Christmas Exhibition, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv

1998

Salon of Central and Eastern Europe, Paris, France

1998

International Art Festival, National Art Center “Ukrainian House”, Kyiv

1995

Kyiv Arts Fair, Ukraine

1993

Konsumentart-93, Nuremberg, Germany

1992

Exhibition of works of Ukrainian Artists, Berlin, Germany
Art of Ukraine, Yale University, USA

1987

Postgraduates 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, Russia

1983

All-Soviet Union exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

1979-1997

All-Ukrainian exhibitions of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv