Sergei Isupov (born August 17, 1963) is a ceramic artist born in Stavropol,

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, now living in

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, and Tallinn, Estonia. He was educated at the Ukrainian State Art School in

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and went on to graduate in 1990 from the Art Institute of Tallinn in

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with

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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, is a painter and his mother, Nelli, is a sculptor working in ceramics. His brother, Ilya, is a painter. Sergei emigrated to the United States in 1993.

Solo exhibitions

*2018: ''Directions'', Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA *2017: ''Sergei Isupov: Selections from Hidden Messages'', Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA *2016: ''Sergei Isupov: Hidden Messages'', Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA *2016: ''Head On'', de Menil Gallery,

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, Groton, MA *2016: FIREFEST, STARworks, Star, NC *2015: ''Sergei Isupov'', Kasher , Potamkin, New York, NY *2014: ''Promenade'', Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL *2014: ''Collection Focus: Sergei Isupov'',

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, Racine, WI *2014: ''New Work: Sergei Isupov'', Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL *2014: ''Sergei Isupov'', Ferrin Contemporary at Independent Art Projects, North Adams, MA *2014: ''Here and There'', International Biennial of the Vallauris Institute, Hôtel de Ville, Vallauris, France *2014: ''Here and There'', solo exhibition, HOP Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia *2013: ''Call of the Wild'', Barry Friedman Gallery Ltd., New York, NY *2013: ''Here and There'', HOP Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia *2010: ''He + She'', Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY *2010: ''Firmly Standing'',

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, Tallinn, Estonia * *2009: ''Androgyny'', Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa,

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, United States *2009: ''Androgyny: New Work by Sergei Isupov'', Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia,

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, United States *2008:''Androgyny'', Ferrin Gallery,

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, Massachusetts *2007: Ferrin Gallery,

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and Pittsfield, Massachusetts *2003: Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts *1995: ''It all started with tea'', Connell Gallery,

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, Georgia, United States *1995: Marta Hewett Gallery,

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, United States *1993: Mosabaka Gallery,

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*1993: Vasa Gallery, Falun,

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Awards

*2001: Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award *1996: Smithsonian Craft Show Top Award for Excellence, Washington, DC *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

Collections

* de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA *

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, CA *Houston Museum of Art, Houston, TX *

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, Mobile, AB *Tallinn Museum of Applied Art, Estonia *Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Summe, Ukraine * Museum fur Angewandte, Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany * Arizona State University (Art Museum), Tempe, AZ * Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO *

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, Sparta, NC * *

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, Littlerock, AR *

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, Pittsburgh, PA *

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, Syracuse, NY *

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, Brockton, MA *

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, Charlotte, NC * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA *

, Racine, WI *

, Estonia * The Imperial Center for the Arts & Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC * Oslo Museum of Applied Art, Oslo, Norway * National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia * Norwegian Museum of Art, Trondheim, Norway *

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, New York, NY * Museum of International Ceramics, Keckemet, Hungary * Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC

References

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