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Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Alexander Sergeyev in Leningrad (1953). Studied theatrical design at the Vladimir Serov School of Art in Leningrad (1969–73). Engaged in a quest for his own personal style, studying Flemish art and the techniques of tempera painting and etching (1973). Studied at the Vera Mukhina School of Art and Industry in Leningrad (1973–75), before leaving to join the nonconformist movement (1975). Founded the Alypius group and held exhibitions in private apartments (1975–80). Founding member of the Fellowship of Experimental Fine Art (1981–89). Worked on a series of still-lifes and landscapes in the New Romantic style and painted portraits of friends and fellow artists (early 1980s). Worked in the New Wave style and exhibited alongside the New Artists (mid-1980s). Returned to tempera painting, creating a large series entitled Grey Peter, combining still-lifes with urbanscapes to capture the spirit of St Petersburg and the mood of the city (early 1990s). Member of the International Federation of Artists (1995). Launched a major series entitled Palimpsest influenced by the ideas of Victor Samokhvalov (mid-1990s). Subject of an essay by Timur Novikov (2001). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1975). Contributed to private apartment exhibitions (from 1975) and the official exhibitions at the Railway Workers House of Culture (Panina Palace) in Leningrad (1977), Alypius at the University of Tartu (1978), Artists of Leningrad at the Observatory in Crimea (1980), First Exhibition of the Fellowship of Experimental Art on Bronnitskaya in St Petersburg (1981), Modern Art of Leningrad at the Manège Central Exhibition Hall, St Petersburg (1988), Art Contact at Rigas-Modas in Riga (1988), Galerie Art-2i in Paris (1988), Guernsey’s Exhibition and Auction in New York (1988), The Art of Contemporary Russia at the Gallery Lory in New York (1989), The Russian Experiment at the Castle Gallery in New Rochelle (1990), Leningrad Artists on Malaya Gruzinskaya in Moscow (1990), St Petersburg Art in Helsinki/Porvoo (1991), Hammer Center in Moscow (1991), Art Collegium at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (1991), TIAS ‘92 in Tokyo (1992), East-West Gallery in San Francisco (1992), Russische Maler der Perestroika in Karlsruhe (1993), Third Petersburg Biennale at the Manège Central Exhibition Hall in St Petersburg (1994), Art Reality ‘95 at the Manège Central Exhibition Hall in St Petersburg (1995), AVANTGARDE at the Kultur + Projektmanagement Galerie in Duisburg (1995), International Society for the Development of Science and Culture in Hamburg (1997), Portraits of Twentieth-Century Artists at the Tauride Palace in St Petersburg (1997), Neobattalism-2 at the Borei Gallery in St Petersburg (1997), Anatomy of Modern Art at the Art Collegium in St Petersburg (1998), Collection at the Palitra Gallery in St Petersburg (1998), All Petersburg 1999 at the Manège Central Exhibition Hall in St Petersburg (2000), Art Manège at the Manège Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow (2000), Abstraction in Russia: XX Century at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2001) and such one-man shows as Bread and Wine at the Art Collegium Gallery in St Petersburg (1994), Sergei Sergeyev at the Maxim Publishing House in Moscow (1995), Painting of Various Years at the Palitra Gallery in St Petersburg (1996), Selected at the Gallery D-137 in St Petersburg (1997), Palimpsests at the Palitra Gallery in St Petersburg (2000) and Transition at the Gallery D-137 in St Petersburg (2001).