Sergei Isupov (born August 17, 1963) is a ceramic artist born in Stavropol, Russia, now living in Cummington, Massachusetts, United States, and Tallinn, Estonia. He was educated at the Ukrainian State Art School in Kiev and went on to graduate in 1990 from the Art Institute of Tallinn in Estonia with Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees in ceramic art. He has since exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions, received numerous awards, and widely collected by museums and private collectors.
Isupov's parents are both artists: his father, Vladimir, is a painter and his mother, Nelli, is a sculptor working in ceramics. His brother, Ilya, is a painter. Sergei emigrated to the United States in 1993.
Solo exhibitions
2018: Directions, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA
2017: Sergei Isupov: Selections from Hidden Messages, Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA 2016: Sergei Isupov: Hidden Messages, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA 2016: Head On, de Menil Gallery, Groton School, Groton, MA 2016: FIREFEST, STARworks, Star, NC 2015: Sergei Isupov, Kasher | Potamkin, New York, NY 2014: Promenade, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014: Collection Focus: Sergei Isupov, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI 2014: New Work: Sergei Isupov, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014: Sergei Isupov, Ferrin Contemporary at Independent Art Projects, North Adams, MA 2014: Here and There, International Biennial of the Vallauris Institute, Hôtel de Ville, Vallauris, France 2014: Here and There, solo exhibition, HOP Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2013: Call of the Wild, Barry Friedman Gallery Ltd., New York, NY 2013: Here and There, HOP Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 2010: He + She, Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, NY 2010: Firmly Standing, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
2009: Androgyny, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona, United States
2009: Androgyny: New Work by Sergei Isupov, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri, United States 2008:Androgyny, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 2007: Ferrin Gallery, Lenox and Pittsfield, Massachusetts 2003: Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts 1995: It all started with tea, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States 1995:Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States 1993: Mosabaka Gallery, Helsinki, Finland 1993: Vasa Gallery, Falun, Sweden
Awards
2001: Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award
1996: Smithsonian Craft Show Top Award for Excellence, Washington, DC
1993: Director’s Scholarship, six-week residency, International Ceramics Center, Kecskemet, Hungary 1991: “Best Young Estonian Artist” (under age 30) by the Union of Artists of Estonia Prize of the Ministry of Culture of Estonia