Sergei Isupov

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.^[1] 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 several awards and his work is held in many galleries and private collections.^[2]

Isupov's parents are both artists, his father, Vladimir, being a painter and his mother, Nelli, a folk sculptor working in ceramics. His brother, Ilya, is a painter.^[3] Sergei emigrated to the United States in 1993.

Solo exhibitions

• 2009: Androgyny, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona, United States^[4]
• 2009: Androgyny: New Work by Sergei Isupov, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri, United States^[5]
• 2008:Androgyny, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts^[6]
• 2007: Ferrin Gallery, Lenox and Pittsfield, Massachusetts
• 2003: Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts^[7]
• 1995: It all started with tea, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States^[8]
• 1995:Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• 1993: Mosabaka Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
• 1993: Vasa Gallery, Falun, Sweden

Selected group exhibitions

• 2011: Nude in Chicago, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States^[9]
• 2011: He + She, Barry Friedman Ltd, New York City, New York, United States^[10]
• 2010: Illumination, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States^[11]
• 2009: Figuration to Fragmentation: The Human Form in Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, United States^[12]
• 2009: The Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, United States^[13]
• 2008:Voices, NCECA Invitational Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States^[14]
• 2007: Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts^[15]
• 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^[16]
• 2006: Resident and Invited International Artist Exhibition, Archie Bray Foundation: North Gallery, Helena, Montana, United States^[17]
• 2006: Surface Tension, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Adelaide, South Australia^[18]
• 2006: The Body Ceramic, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky^[19]
• 2006: The Edges of Grace: Provocative, Uncommon Craft, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts^[20]
• 2006: SOFA Chicago^[21]
• 2005: Excess: A Group Exhibition, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA^[22]
• 2005: Particles of Passion: The Art of Clay, Academy of Art Museum, Easton, MD^[23]
• 2004: “A Family of Artists”, Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA^[24]
• 2004: SOFA New York (with his parents and brother)^[3]
• 2003: “Short Stories”, Ferrin Galley, Lenox, MA^[25]
• 2002: “Tastefully Tawdry”, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA^[26]
• 2002: “Big Head: Ceramic Sculpture on a Heroic Scale”; Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX^[27]
• 2002: “Biological Mutiny”, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA^[28]
• 2001: National Clay Invitational, Blue Spiral 1; Asheville, NC^[29]
• 2001: SOFA New York^[30]
• 2000: “Bridge VI”, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA^[1]
• 2000: SOFA Chicago^[31]
• 1999: “The Nude in Clay II”, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL, Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine WI, curator Karen Johnson Boyd^[32]
• 1997: “All Figural: Many Media”, Contemporary Art from the Kamm Collection, California State University, Northridge, CA^[33]
• 1997: Teapot Exhibition, Craft Alliance Center for the Visual Arts, St. Louis, Missouri, United States^[34]
• 1996: “Altered States: Contemporary American Ceramics”, Denver Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO^[35]

Selected residencies, workshops and lectures

• 2009: Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Workshop, Mesa, AZ^[36]
• 2008:James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Lecture, Renwick Museum of the Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC^[37]
• 2008: James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Workshop: Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC^[36]
• 2008: Metropolitan State College of Denver, Workshop and Lecture^[37]
• 2007: International Ceramics Studio, Artist Residency, Kecskemet, Hungary^[37]
• 2006: Jam Factory, Adelaide, South Australia, Artist in Residence^[2]
• 2006: Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, Artist in Residence, International Symposium^[17]
• 2005: California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Guest Artist, Lecture & Workshop Presentation^[38]
• 2005: Yixing Conference, Yixing, China, Guest Artist^[39]
• 2001: NCECA; Charlotte, NC; Demonstrating Artist^[40]
• 2000: Carnegie Museum of Art and Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, lecture^[1]
• 1997: SOFA Miami 1997, Miami, FL, slide presentation^[41]

Awards

• 2001: Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award^[42]
• 1996: Smithsonian Craft Show Top Award for Excellence, Washington, DC^[43]
• 1993: Director’s Scholarship, six-week residency, International Ceramics Center, Kecskemet, Hungary^[43]
• 1991: “Best Young Estonian Artist” (under age 30) by the Union of Artists of Estonia Prize of the Ministry of Culture of Estonia^[43]

Museum collections

• Arkansas Arts Center, Littlerock, AR^[44]
• Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA^[45]
• Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY^[46]
• Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA^[20]
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art^[1]
• Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC^[1]
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA^[47]
• Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI^[1]
• Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Estonia^[48]
• The Imperial Center for the Arts & Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC^[49]
• Oslo Museum of Applied Art, Oslo, Norway^[43]
• National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia^[50]
• Norwegian Museum of Art, Trondheim, Norway^[1]
• Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY^[51]
• Museum of International Ceramics, Keckemet, Hungary^[1]
• Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC^[52]

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