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Name
Sergei Isupov
Education
Estonian Academy of Arts
Abc 15 at mesa contemporary arts sergei isupov sneak peak workshop
Sergei Isupov (born August 17, 1963) is a ceramic artist born in Stavropol, Russia now living in Cummington, Massachusetts, United States and Tallinn, Estonia. He is represented by Ferrin Contemporary. He was educated at the Ukrainian State Art School in Kiev and went on to graduate in 1990 from the Art Institute of Tallinn in Estonia with Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in ceramic art. He has since exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions, received numerous awards and widely collected by museums and private collectors.
Isupov's parents are both artists, his father, Vladimir, a painter and his mother, Nelli, a sculptor working in ceramics. His brother, Ilya, is a painter. Sergei emigrated to the United States in 1993.
Sergei isupov at sofa 2010 m4v
Solo exhibitions
2009: Androgyny, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona, United States
2009: Androgyny: New Work by Sergei Isupov, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri, United States
2011: Nude in Chicago, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2011: He + She, Barry Friedman Ltd, New York City, New York, United States
2010: Illumination, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States
2009: Figuration to Fragmentation: The Human Form in Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
2009: The Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
2008:Voices, NCECA Invitational Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
2007: Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
2006: Harvey K. Littleton and Friends: A Legacy of Transforming Object, Image and Idea, Western Carolina University Museum of Fine Art, Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States
2006: Resident and Invited International Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation: North Gallery, Helena, Montana, United States
2006: Surface Tension, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, South Australia
2006: The Body Ceramic, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky
2006: The Edges of Grace: Provocative, Uncommon Craft, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
2006: SOFA Chicago
2005: Excess: A Group Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2005: Particles of Passion: The Art of Clay, Academy of Art Museum, Easton, MD
2004: “A Family of Artists”, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA
2004: SOFA New York (with his parents and brother)
2003: “Short Stories”, Ferrin Galley, Lenox, MA
2002: “Tastefully Tawdry”, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002: “Big Head: Ceramic Sculpture on a Heroic Scale”; Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX
2002: “Biological Mutiny”, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
2001: National Clay Invitational, Blue Spiral 1; Asheville, NC
2001: SOFA New York
2000: “Bridge VI”, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2000: SOFA Chicago
1999: “The Nude in Clay II”, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine WI, curator Karen Johnson Boyd
1997: “All Figural: Many Media”, Contemporary Art from the Kamm Collection, California State University, Northridge, CA
1997: Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center for the Visual Arts, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
1996: “Altered States: Contemporary American Ceramics”, Denver Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
Selected residencies, workshops and lectures
2009: Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Workshop, Mesa, AZ
2008:James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Lecture, Renwick Museum of the Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC
2008: James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Workshop: Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC
2008: Metropolitan State College of Denver, Workshop and Lecture
2007: International Ceramics Studio, Artist Residency, Kecskemet, Hungary
2006: Jam Factory, Adelaide, South Australia, Artist in Residence
2006: Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, Artist in Residence, International Symposium
2005: California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Guest Artist, Lecture & Workshop Presentation
2005: Yixing Conference, Yixing, China, Guest Artist
2001: NCECA; Charlotte, NC; Demonstrating Artist
2000: Carnegie Museum of Art and Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, lecture
