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BORN:
August 17, 1963
Stavrapole, Russia
EDUCATION:
1990 Art Institute of Tallinn, Estonia B.A./M.F.A. Ceramics
1982 Ukrainian State Art School, Kiev
RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES:
2012
February 16 – 19, Alabama Clay Conference, Birmingham, AL
March 16 – 18, Travel Arte, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 21, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
2009
Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Workshop, Mesa, AZ
2008
James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Lecture, Renwick Museum of the Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC
James Renwick Alliance Distinguished Workshop: Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC
Metropolitan State College of Denver, Workshop and Lecture
2007
International Ceramics Studio, Artist Residency, Kecskemet, Hungary
Estonia, University of Tallinn, Artist in Residence
2006
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, Lecture & Workshop
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Artist Talk
Jam Factory, Adelaide, South Australia, Artist in Residence
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, Artist in Residence, International Symposium
Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Figurative Sculpture in Porcelain, 3 wk. session
2005
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, workshop presentation
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Guest Artist, Lecture & Workshop Presentation
Yixing Conference, Yixing, China, Guest Artist
2004
Hawaii Craftsmen Society, Honolulu, HI, workshop presentation
Huinoeau Art Center, Maui, HI, slide show
Kawai Crafts Guild, Kawai, HI; workshop presentation
2003
Artist in Residence; John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry Program at Kohler Company, Kohler, WI
Artist in Residence; Littleton Studios, Spruce Pine, NC
Clay Art Center; Port Chester, NY; workshop presentation
Santa Fe Clay; Santa Fe, NM; visiting artist
American Craft Council Southeast Regional Conference; Longwood College, Farmville, VA; workshop presentation
2001
NCECA; Charlotte, NC; Demonstrating Artist
State University of New York, New Paltz, NY; workshop presentation
2000
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, workshop presentation
Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, Figurative Sculpture in Porcelain, 2 wk. session
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, Ceramic National Panel
Lill Street Art Center, Chicago, IL, lecture and demonstration
Carnegie Museum of Art and Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, lecture
Littleton Studios, Spruce Pine, NC
1999
SOFA New York, NYC, Interview with Judith Schwartz
University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH, workshop presentation
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, workshop presentation
1998
Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA, workshop presentation
Greenwich House Pottery, NYC, NY, workshop presentation
New York University, NYC, NY, workshop presentation
Scripps College, Los Angeles, CA, workshop presentation
1997
Renwick Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, workshop presentation, Washington DC
SOFA Miami 1997, Miami, FL, slide presentation
1996
Indiana State University Southeast, New Albany, IN, workshop presentation
1995
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, slide lecture
1994
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, slide lecture
1990
Oslo International Ceramics Symposium, Oslo, Norway, 1990
AWARDS:
2001
Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award
1996
Smithsonian Craft Show Top Award for Excellence, Washington, DC
1995
Juror’s Merit Award for Excellence in Ceramics; Transitions ’95, Kentucky Arts Council Marketing Program
1993
Director’s Scholarship, six-week residency, International Ceramics Center, Kecskemet, Hungary
1991
“Best Young Estonian Artist” (under age 30) by the Union of Artists of Estonia
Prize of the Ministry of Culture of Estonia
1990
Invitation Scholarship to 1990 Oslo International Ceramics Symposium
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
Arkansas Center for the Decorative Arts, Littlerock, AR
The Art Galleries of Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Tallinn Museum of Applied Art, Estonia
Museum of Applied Art, Tuman, Russia
Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Summe, Ukraine
Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC
Oslo Museum of Applied Art, Oslo, Norway
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Norwegian Museum of Art, Trondheim, Norway
Museum of Arts + Design, New York, NY
Museum of International Ceramics, Keckemet, Hungary
Museum fur Angewandte, Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
PUBLICATIONS:
Sergei Isupov: Androgyny, Exhibition Catalog; 2008; The Studley Press, Dalton, MA
Confrontational Ceramics, Dr. Judith Schwartz; 2008; University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA
Masters: Porcelain, Curated by Richard Burkett, 2008, Lark Books, A Division of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.: New York, NY
Voices: Invitational Exhibition, 2008, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
.Cent “The Basso & Brooke Issue, ‘Ornament’”, Summer 2008, “Lullabies”
Shy Boy, She Devil, and Isis: The Art of Conceptual Craft, Selections from the Wornick Collection, Gerald W.R. Ward, Julie Muniz, Matthew Kangas; 2007, MFA Publications, Boston, MA
“Teapots: Makers and Collectors”, 2006, Dona Z. Meilach, Schiffer Publishing
The Figure in Clay, 2005. Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, NY
The Ceramic Narrative; Matthias Osterman, 2005; A&C Black Publishers, London, UK
Electric Kiln Ceramics, Richard Zakin, 2005
Thirty Ceramic Sculptors; 2005, John Natsoulas Press, Davis, CA
Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface, Robin Hopper, 2004, Krause Publications Inc., Iola, Wisconsin
Art and Antiques, May 2004, “All Fired Up”, Bobbie Leigh
500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form, 2004, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, NY
Kerameiki Techni - International Ceramic Art Review, Issue 44, August 2003, “Trans Mission by Andy Nasisse
Sex Pots: Eroticism in Ceramics, Paul Mathieu, 2003, Rutgers University Press, Rutgers, NJ
American Style, 2003, “Fragile”, Jane Friedman
Ceramic Arts & Perception, 2003, Issue 51, “Sergei Isupov – On Multi stable Ground, Glen Brown
Penland Book of Ceramics: Masterclasses in Ceramic Techniques, Deborah Morgenthal, 2003, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, NY
500 Teapots: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design, 2002 Kathy Triplett, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York, NY
The Ceramic Surface; Matthias Osterman, 2002; A&C Black Publishers, London, UK
Kerameiki Techni - International Ceramic Art Review, Issue 38, August 2001, Review, by Susan Barry
Postmodern Ceramics, Mark Del Vecchio, 2001; Thames & Hudson; New York, NY
American Craft Magazine, October 2001, “Ceramic National 2000″, Janice T. Paine
The Artful Teapot, Garth Clark, 2001, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, NY
Ceramics Monthly, April, 2000, Erotic Clay
Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection; Mary Douglas; 2000; Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object; Leslie Ferrin; 2000; GUILD Publishing, Madison, WI
Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950 – 2000; Jo Lauria; 2000; Rizzoli International Publications, NY, NY
Confrontational Clay: Artist as Social Critic; Dr. Judith Schwartz; 2000; Exhibits USA, Mid Atlantic Arts Alliance; Kansas City, MO
Everson Ceramic National 2000; Tom Piche’; Everson Museum of Art; Syracuse, NY
American Ceramics, 13/2 (May), 1999, “Sergei Isupov,” Rick Newby
American Craft Magazine, February, 1999, “Sergei Isupov,” by Karen Chambers
Ceramics Monthly, February, 1999, “Nude in Clay”
Ceramic Arts & Perception, 1999, Issue 38, “Erotica in Ceramic Art, Sexual, Sensual & Suggestive”, Leon Nigrosh
Kerameiki Techni - International Ceramic Art Review, Issue 30, December 1998, “Sergei Isupov: From Stavropol to Louisville,” by Karen Chambers