Sergey Sergeev

Born in 1953 in Leningrad (USSR), Sergeev is a painter whose artistic career is part of the history of Saint Petersburg's nonconformist art.
In 1973, he graduated from the Department of Theatre Design at the V. A. Serov Art School in Leningrad (now the N. K. Roerich Art School in Saint Petersburg). He then continued his studies at the V. I. Mukhina Higher School of Industrial Art (now the Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design), which he left before graduating in order to devote himself entirely to his artistic career.
During these formative years, Sergeev deepened his knowledge of the techniques of the Old Masters—including the preparation of painting grounds, layered painting, and etching—as well as the philosophy of the Northern Renaissance through the works of Lucas Cranach, Rogier van der Weyden, Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes, Pieter Bruegel, and Hieronymus Bosch. At the same time, he developed a strong interest in the artistic traditions of Northern China and the imagery of Zen Buddhism. From this reflection emerged a fundamental principle that has remained central to his entire body of work: the concept of "simplicity and complexity."
At the same time, he worked at the Mariinsky Theatre as a costume designer and partici...

In 1973 graduated the Department of Theatre Design at the V. A. Serov Art School in Leningrad (now the N. K. Roerich Art School in Saint Petersburg). He then continued his studies at the V. I. Mukhina Higher School of Industrial Art (now the Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design)

Solo Exhibitions
2026 – La Croix de Leningrad, exhibition and lecture, Maison des Mémoires, Annemasse, France
2024 – Anomaly, Sergeev Studio, Annemasse, France
2023 – Window to Paris, Sergeev Studio, Annemasse, France
2022 – Freedom from the Actual, ERARTA Museum of Contemporary Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 – Freedom from the Actual, CUBE Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2020 – Freedom from the Actual, Art Square Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2016 – Captcha, State Museum of Urban Sculpture, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2011 – Inside / Outside, D137 Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2009 – Urban Architecture, D137 Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2006 – Einstürzende Neubauten, D137 Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2004 – Bull's Whisper, D137 Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2003 – Shift, exhibition organized jointly by D137 Gallery and ARKA Gallery, ARKA Gallery, Vladivostok, Russia
2001 – Shift, D137 Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2000 – Palimpsests, Palitra Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1997 – Selected, D137 Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1996 – Paintings from Different Years, Palitra Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1995 – Maxim Publishing House, Moscow, Russia
1994 – Bread and Wine, Art Collegium Gallery, Saint Peters...