BIOGRAPHY

Born: Stavrapole, Russia, 1963

Resides: Richmond, Virginia

Education: Art Institute of Tallinn, Estonia (M.F.A./B.A., 1990); Ukranian State Art School, Kiev (1982)

Solo Exhibitions:

2002
Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts.

1993
Mosabaka Gallery, Helsinki.

1993
Vasa Gallery, Falun, Sweden.



Group Exhibitions:

2002
"Major Figures," Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts.

2002
"The Figure in Ceramic," Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Catalogue.

2001
"Clay 2001," Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, North Carolina.

2001
"National Clay Invitational," Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina.

2001
"Erotica in Ceramic Art II," Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida.

2001
"American Ceramic Art at the New Millenium," World Ceramic Exhibition, Seoul, Korea. Catalogue.

2000
"Everson Ceramic National: The 30th Ceramic National Exhibition," Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York. Catalogue. Traveled.

2000
"Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000," Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Traveled.

2000
"Masterworks from the Collection," Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina. Catalogue.

2000
"Confrontational Clay: The Artist as Social Critic," University of Central Florida, Orlando. Traveled. Catalogue.

2000
"Bridge VI," Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh.

1999
"Body Parts," Pewabic Pottery, Detroit.

1999
"The Nude in Clay II," Perimeter Gallery, Chicago. 1998 "Self Portraiture in Contemporary Art," The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky.

1999
"5th Scripps Ceramic Annual," Scripps College, Claremont, California.

1999
"Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award," Auckland Museum, New Zealand.

1999
"Dress Up," Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin.

1997
"All Figural, Many Media," California State University, Northridge.

1997
"Go Figure: A National Ceramic Invitational," Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland.

1993
"International Symposium," St. Petersburg, Russia.

1993
"International Symposium," Kecskemet, Hungary.

1992
"Eastern European Ceramics," The Clay Studio, Philadelphia. Traveled.

1990
"USSR Ceramists: Charity Exposition," Hammer Center, Moscow.

1990
"Oslo International Ceramics Symposium," Norway.

Selected Bibliography:

2001
Barry, Susan. "Review."Kerameiki Techni-International Ceramic Art Review (August).

2001
Clark, Garth. The Artful Teapot.New York: Watson-Guptill Publications.

2001
Del Vecchio, Mark. Postmodern Ceramic. New York: Thames & Hudson.

2000
Douglas, Mary. Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection. Charlotte, North Carolina: Mint Museum of Craft and Design.

2000
Ferrin, Leslie.Teapots Transformed: Exploration of an Object. Madison, Wisconsin: Guild Publishing.

1999
Chambers, Karen. "Sergei Isupov."American Craft Magazine (February).

1999
Newby, Rick. "Sergei Isupov."American Ceramics (May).

1999
Nigrosh, Leon. "Erotica in Ceramic Art, Sexual, Sensual and Suggestive."Ceramic Arts and Perception (no. 38).

1998
Chambers, Karen. "Sergei Isupov: From Stavropol to Louisville."Kerameiki Techni-International Ceramic Art Review (December).