Biography

Born in 1949 in Odessa, Ukraine. In 1974 graduated from the Odessa Art College. His exhibition activity began in 1976. Is a member of the National Union of Artists since 1988, member of NAA (National Association of Artists) and of the Unions of Artists "Choven" and "Mamay". Specializes in monumental art, painting, and graphics.

Sergey Savchenko has won Prizes of UAPHP (Ukrainian Association for Protection of Historical Places), of International Biennale "IMPREZA" Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine) in 1989 and 1991, Diploma in nomination of arts "Autumn Salone" Lviv (Ukraine), 1998.

Sergey Savchenko lives and works in Odessa (Ukraine).

Main exhibitions

1981 Exhibition of artworks by the artists of Odessa, Genoa (Italy);

1987 Exhibition of artists-monumentalists, Odessa (Ukraine);

1989 International Biennale "IMPREZA", Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine);

1990-1991 Exhibition "Ukrainian Artists of Odessa", Lviv, Chernivtsi, Khmelnitski, Ternopil (Ukraine);

1991 "Glory and contemporanity of Odessa", Yokohama (Japan);

1991 International Biennale "IMPREZA", Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine);

1991 Biennale "Renaissance-91", Ukrainian National Gallery, Lviv (Ukraine);

1993 Exhibition "Ukrainian Contemporanity", Gallery "Kyiv", Kyiv (Ukraine);

1993-1994 Exhibition "Khutir", National Art Museum of Ukraine in Kiev, Lviv, Khmelnitski (Ukraine);

1993 International Biennale "IMPREZA", Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine);

1994 Exhibition "Choven", Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa (Ukraine);

1994 A group exhibition for the third anniversary of the Ukrainian Independence, Literary Museum, Odessa (Ukraine);

1995 Biennale "Pan-Ukraine", Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine);

1995 Exhibition "Kandinski in the art life of Odessa", Odessa State University, Odessa (Ukraine);

1995 90 years of Odessa "Prosvita", Literary Museum, Odessa (Ukraine);

1995 "Khutir-2", Khmelnitski, Lviv (Ukraine);

1996 "Art club-96" Art Museum, Khmelnitski (Ukraine);

1998 "KUM" –"MAMAY" joint exhibition of the artists from Odessa and Lviv, Palace of Arts, Lviv; Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa (Ukraine); Art Museum of Gdansk (Poland);

1998 Autumn salon "Tall Castle", Lviv (Ukraine);

1998 "Biennale of Abstract Art" as a history of Ukrainian art life in XX-th century, Kyiv (Ukraine);

1998 "Art-98", Ukrainian Triennale, Kyiv (Ukraine);

1999 "April salon", Odessa Group of artists, Marine gallery, Odessa (Ukraine);

1999 Autumn salon "Tall Castle", Lviv (Ukraine);

1999 Exhibition "MAMAY" for the fourth world congress of Ukrainian Diaspora, Art Museum, Odessa (Ukraine);

1999 "Ukrainian Graphics of the XX-th century" National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine);

1999 Exhibition of graphics by the artists of the association MAMAY, Palace of Arts, Lviv (Ukraine);

2000 "Noy’s Boat" Ukrainian Art of the 2nd half of the XX-th century, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2000 Exhibition "Graphics - 2000" Ukrainian Triennale, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2001 Autumn salon "Tall Castle", Lviv (Ukraine);

2001 "Fine Art - 2001" Ukrainian Triennale, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2002 "II-nd April Salon" of the artistic association Mamay, Marine Gallery, Odessa (Ukraine);

2002 Exhibition of the artistic association Mamay, Literary Museum, Odessa (Ukraine);

2002 Autumn salon "Tall Castle", Palace of Arts, Lviv (Ukraine);

2003 The Third International Novosibirsk Biennale of Modern Graphics, Novosibirsk (Russia);

2003 "The Light of the South" – a group exhibition, Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Odessa (Ukraine);

2003 All Ukrainian exhibition of graphics in the memory of Georgy Yakutovich, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2003 Exhibition of Odessa Artists in Kyiv, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2004 III-rd April "Salon" of the artistic association Mamay, Marine Gallery, Odessa (Ukraine);

2004 All Ukrainian Exhibition of Modern Art, Ternopil;

2004 "Ukraine from Tripoli until today in the images of modern artists", Kyiv-Mohylanian Academy, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2004 "Odessa School of Art Today, Half a Century Together", a joint exhibition by the artists of the Odessa Group, Odessa Art Museum, Odessa (Ukraine);

2005 "Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine" – international exhibition of modern art, Palace of Arts, Lviv (Ukraine);

2005 "Ukrainian Art of the XX-th century from the collection of the National Art Museum of Ukraine", National Art Museum, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2005 All Ukrainian Triennale of Sculpture, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2005 "The Odessa Group", a joint exhibition by the artists of the Odessa Group, The Chambers Gallery, London (UK);

Personal exhibitions

1994 "Artis" gallery, Odessa (Ukraine);

1995 Museum of Ukrainian Contemporary Art, Khmelnitski (Ukraine);

1996 Museum of Taras Shevchenko, Kaniv (Ukraine);

1997 Museum of Western and eastern Arts, Odessa (Ukraine);

1998 Palace of Arts, Lviv (Ukraine);

1998 National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2000 "Symbol and Space" paintings, graphics, installations, Art Museum, Odessa (Ukraine);

2000 Exhibition "Motives" at Gallery-36, Kyiv (Ukraine);

2001 International Festival "Two Days and Two Nights of Contemporary Music", Odessa (Ukraine);

2001 International Festival of contemporary music "Improvisations", Odessa (Ukraine);

2001 Exhibition "Motives", Worldwide Club of Odessits, Odessa (Ukraine);

2001 "Arcadia and Traditions", fine art on paper, instalations, Marine Gallery, Odessa (Ukraine);

2005 "Contemporary Art" – a personal exhibition, Castillo de Argüeso (Spain).

Museums that exhibit his paintings

National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv;
Art Museum, Odessa;
Art Museum, Ivano-Frankivsk;
Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art, Khmelnitski;
The Gallery of Kyiv-Mohylanian Academy, Kyiv;
Museum of Modern Art, Kyiv;
Museum of Taras Shevchenko, Kaniv;
Palace of Arts, Lviv;
Gallery of Ukrainian Art "Choven", Odessa.
Art Museum, Novosibirsk (Russia).

Private collections in cities
Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Khmelnitski (Ukraine)
Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
Warszawa, Gdansk (Poland)
London (England)
Vein (Austria)
Paris, Strasbourg (France)
Munich, Doreen (Germany)
New-York, Washington, Baltimore, Troy, Seattle (USA)
Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Santander, Torrelavega, Reinosa (Spain)