Olga Sidorenko

Olga Sidorenko (1986, Taganrog, Russia), visual artist and artivist, lives and works in Brussels. She studied Art and Graphic Design in Russia and got her BA at the Kuban State University (Krasnodar 2003-2009).
As a queer person and activist, she started her way in art as an artivist fighting against Russian anti-LGBTQI+ policies and propaganda.
She was selected by the human rights project “International Live Rainbow Museum” for the exhibitions in Stockholm and Riga (2013). Her artwork was chosen for the charity auction “Art For Peace. Latvia for Ukraine” (2015) curated by the Ukrainian Embassy in Latvia. She was presented in the project “Pandemic Self Portraits” curated by Adrienne DeLoe for the exhibition in Green Wave Gallery in Denver, Colorado (2020), and for printing in the Pandemic Self Portraits book.
Her works were exhibited in Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Czeсhia, Ukraine, Canada and the USA. Her first solo exhibition in Brussels took place as a part of the Q.ArtzFestival (2021) during the Belgium Brussels Pride week.

Her impressional values-based work is the result of a deep exploration of the connection between nature, traditions and modern human beings. The individual emotional experience, personal...

2003- 2009 graphic designer, Kuban State University, Russia.

2023 September, solo exhibition "The Source", Fabio Laera Salon, Brussels, Belgium.
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2021 September, solo exhibition during the Q.ArtzFestival, Brussels, Belgium.
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2020 October, group show "Pandemic Self Portraits", Green Wave Gallery, Denver, Colorado, USA.
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2017 June, group show "Nature's Beauty Art Contest". International Gallery Of The Arts (IGOA).
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2015 March, group charity exhibition and auction "Art for peace". Riga, Latvia.
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2013 November, group show of the project “Sava Istaba", Riga, Latvia.
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2013 April, "International Live rainbow museum", presentation and art show, Riga, Latvia, sculpture, comics.
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2013 May, «Queer Riga» - Czech TV filmed me and my art for the tv series .
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2013 March,"International Live rainbow museum", presenation and show, Riga, Latvia , sculpture
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2013 January, solo show at the "International Live rainbow museum", Stockholm, Sweden.
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2012, group show "Laterna Magica", curated by Baltic Guild of the Dolls Makers, Riga (Latvia) and Tallinn (Estonia).
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2011 October – November, solo exhibition "My visiting card. Olga Helly: The Dolls", Riga, Latvia.