Sergei Dmitrievich Vorzhev Сергей Дмитриевич Воржев

Born	(1950-02-21)21 February 1950 Varenikovskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	19 May 2023(2023-05-19) (aged 73) Krasnodar, Russia
Nationality	Russian
Education	Kuban State University
Known for	painting
Awards	Honored Painter of the Russian Federation, The Gentleman of an award of Peter Great I degrees
Website	http://www.vorzhev.com/

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.^[1]

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").^[2]

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.^[3]

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^[4]
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^[5]
2008. Regional exhibition "The South of Russia ", Krasnodar, Russia
2008 Personal exhibition, gallery "ART-Union", Krasnodar, Russia^[6]
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^[7]

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.