Sergey Voychenko ( be, Сяргей Войчанка, ''Siarhiej Vojchanka''; russian: Серге́й Войченко) (15 November 1955 – 9 December 2004) was a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian artist and designer known for his creative posters and photography art work together with his partner Vladimir Tsesler. Sergey Voychenko was born in

Mariupol Mariupol (, ; uk, Маріу́поль ; russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius River. Prior to the 2022 Russian i ...

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but his family moved to

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

(where his family roots were) when he was four years old. In 1969 he enrolled in an art school where he studied art and sculpture, and in 1975 got accepted to the Belarusian Art Academy, the department of design, where he met his future co-author Vladimir Tsesler. He got his first award for posters in 1984 for a series of posters called "History of Minsk." Voychenko and Tsesler exhibited at the

State Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...

in 2000.rusmuseum.ru
In autumn 2004, Voychenko had a

heart bypass Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage") is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart. It can relieve chest pai ...

surgery, but died only two months later. One month before his death, Voychenko and Tsesler had another exhibition on

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References

External links

The official website
1955 births 2004 deaths People from Mariupol Russian contemporary artists Belarusian poster artists Belarusian photographers Place of death missing {{Europe-photographer-stub