Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sergienko is a painter and a graphic artist.
He was born on June 13, 1946 in the city of Zaporozhye. In 1966, he graduated from the faculty of painting of the Dnepropetrovsk Art College. He worked as an artist in the experimental workshop of the Zaporozhye “Souvenir” factory. Since 1972, he has been living in the city of Severomorsk, Murmansk region. From 1978 to 2014, he headed the folk art studio of the House of Officers of the Northern Fleet.
Sergienko has been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1975, an Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation since 1990, an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation since 2005. He is the winner of the Murmansk Region Administration Award for achievements in the field of professional excellence and the winner of the Murmansk Region Governor’s Award for contribution to the culture of the Kola Territory.
His solo exhibitions have been held in the cities of the Murmansk region, Norway, Finland, USA, Canada, Holland, Denmark, and England.
Today Anatoly Sergienko works as a teacher at the Children’s Art School in Severomorsk.
The artist paints in the portrait, still life, and landscape genres. Many of his works are based on biblical, ancient, mythological, historical, and literary motifs. Sergienko has favorite characters and plots that he constantly paints in different variants, always finding new ways of their interpretation. Many of his works display his interest in folk art and the unique way of life led by the northerners. Pictorial harmony, eccentricity of compositions, and shrewd psychological characteristics are typical for the artist’s self-portraits and female portraits.
In the 1970s and 1980s Sergienko worked in the manner of Realism and Impressionism, since the 1990s he moved to the avant-garde and non-figurative painting. The master uses a variety of techniques in his work: oil, tempera, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, and sanguine. He also experiments in printed graphics.
The picture “Songs of the Northern Coast” is one of several canvases based on the artist’s impressions from visiting Pomor villages. It is executed in a tempera technique. The picture shows a Pomor choir of the Teriberka village on the shores of the Barents Sea against a background of rocky hills.
He was born on June 13, 1946 in the city of Zaporozhye. In 1966, he graduated from the faculty of painting of the Dnepropetrovsk Art College. He worked as an artist in the experimental workshop of the Zaporozhye “Souvenir” factory. Since 1972, he has been living in the city of Severomorsk, Murmansk region. From 1978 to 2014, he headed the folk art studio of the House of Officers of the Northern Fleet.
Sergienko has been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1975, an Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation since 1990, an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation since 2005. He is the winner of the Murmansk Region Administration Award for achievements in the field of professional excellence and the winner of the Murmansk Region Governor’s Award for contribution to the culture of the Kola Territory.
His solo exhibitions have been held in the cities of the Murmansk region, Norway, Finland, USA, Canada, Holland, Denmark, and England.
Today Anatoly Sergienko works as a teacher at the Children’s Art School in Severomorsk.
The artist paints in the portrait, still life, and landscape genres. Many of his works are based on biblical, ancient, mythological, historical, and literary motifs. Sergienko has favorite characters and plots that he constantly paints in different variants, always finding new ways of their interpretation. Many of his works display his interest in folk art and the unique way of life led by the northerners. Pictorial harmony, eccentricity of compositions, and shrewd psychological characteristics are typical for the artist’s self-portraits and female portraits.
In the 1970s and 1980s Sergienko worked in the manner of Realism and Impressionism, since the 1990s he moved to the avant-garde and non-figurative painting. The master uses a variety of techniques in his work: oil, tempera, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, and sanguine. He also experiments in printed graphics.
The picture “Songs of the Northern Coast” is one of several canvases based on the artist’s impressions from visiting Pomor villages. It is executed in a tempera technique. The picture shows a Pomor choir of the Teriberka village on the shores of the Barents Sea against a background of rocky hills.
