Sergei Vorzhev

Sergei Dmitrievich Vorzhev (Russian: Сергей Дмитриевич Воржев; 21 February 1950 – 19 May 2023) was a Russian visual artist based in Krasnodar.

Biography Sergei Dmitrievich Vorzhev was born on 21 February 1950 in Varenikovskaya Cossack village of Krasnodar Region. In 1972 he graduated from the Faculty of Art of Kuban State University. He was a member of the Russia's Painters union since 1983.

In the subjects of his works he falls back upon the history of Kuban, represents landscapes and wild nature of his smaller motherland, applying very often the ethnic surrealism style. One of his favorite motifs is the marapatsutsa ("my solar chariot").

A participant of more than 40 exhibitions of all levels, including 14 international, since 1977. More than 10 personal exhibitions. His works were bought by the Krasnodar Art museum, Maikop Art museum, Russian Ministry of Culture, some of them are now in private collections in United States, Japan, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Russia.

Vorzhev died on 19 May 2023, at the age of 73.

Works "House of antiquarian" (1980); "Sign of the sea" (1986); series "Marapatsutsa" (1984–1998); series "UFO" (1984–2001); series "Flown away bird Kuban" (1987–2000); series "Kuban angels" (1996–2000); series "Solyony farm-stead" (1990–2001); "Year of the rooster" (1994); series "Ekaterinodar" (1979–2001); series "Coast of Aphrodite" (1996–2000).

Exhibitions 1977. Republican exhibition of picture and watercolors. Leningrad, Central Exhibition Hall 1980. Republican exhibition "Soviet Russia". Moscow, Central Exhibition Hall 1981. All-Union youth exhibition. Tashkent, Central Exhibition Hall 1984. All-Union exhibition of young artists. Moscow, USSR Academy of Arts 1986. Republican exhibition "Soviet Russia". Moscow, Central Exhibition Hall 1987. "Drawings of Kuban". Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1989. International exhibition "Starway of the Mankind". Moscow, Central Exhibition Hall 1990. International exhibition "Starway of the mankind". Travelling exhibition in United States cities 1990. "Modern art of Kuban". Mimara Museum, Zagreb, Croatia 1991. Personal exhibition, INTERPRESSCENTER, Warsaw, Poland 1991. International exhibition "To the stars". Moscow, Central House of Artist 1991–1993 International exhibition "To the stars". Travelling exhibition in United States cities and towns 1993. Exhibition of Kuban artists "The passing Millennium". Moscow, Central House of Artist 1994. Exhibition of Russian artists "Multifaced Russia". Moscow, Russian Academy of Arts 1994. Third International biennale of easel graphics "Kaliningrad-Koenigsberg-94» 1996. Personal exhibition, Hamburg, Germany 1996. Personal exhibition, ASTON Trading GmbH, Hamburg, Germany 1998. Regional exhibition "South of Russia – 98", Krasnodar, Russia 1998. "Modern arts festival", Sochi, Russia 1999. Russian exhibition "Russia – 99", Moscow 1999. Personal exhibition. Italy, Verona, gallery "La Torretta» 2001. Personal exhibition, Stuttgart, Germany 2001. Exhibition of Kuban artists "Nu – 2001", Krasnodar 2001. Biennale 2001, Central Exhibition Hall, Krasnodar 2002. "Art-Ekaterina 2002", Central Exhibition Hall, Krasnodar 2002. Personal exhibition of graphics, gallery "South", Krasnodar, Russia 2003. The exhibition project "Moscow-Krasnodar", Krasnodar, Russia 2003. Regional exhibition "The South of Russia ", Krasnodar, Russia 2003. The international biennial "Kuban-Abkhazia", Krasnodar, Russia 2004. Regional exhibition "The South of Russia ", Krasnodar, Russia 2005. Exhibition "Art of artists of Kuban ", St.Petersburg, Russia 2005. The All-Russia art exhibition, devoted to Day of the Victory, Krasnodar, Russia 2006. Republican art exhibition, the Central House of the Artist, Moscow, Russia 2007. Regional exhibition "Blessed Kuban ", Krasnodar, Russia 2007. Exhibition "Art of artists of Kuban ", St.Petersburg, Russia 2008. Exhibition "Culture of Kuban ", Hanover, Germany 2008. Exhibition of painting and charts "21", Krasnodar, Russia 2008. Regional exhibition "The South of Russia ", Krasnodar, Russia 2008 Personal exhibition, gallery "ART-Union", Krasnodar, Russia 2009. Ffirstirst International open-air UNESCO "The Earth Gold Amazons", Taman, Russia 2010. National exhibition "Russia-10", Moscow, Russia 2010. Personal exhibition, the Russian Olympic house, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Awards Honored Painter of the Russian Federation since 1997. The member of the board of the Krasnodar Regional painters' union. The Gentleman of an award of Peter Great I degrees.

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