Sergey Ignatenko was born 1975, in Gomel, the Republic of Belarus. At the young age of eleven Ignatenko was accepted into art school. During his training he participated in numerous local and national exhibitions and competitions. Graduating from the school in 1990, Ignatenko was accepted into the Gomel Art College painting department, from which he graduated in 1995. In 1996 he began studies at the Belarusian State Art Academy in Minsk, where he had the privilege of studying painting with great masters of Belarus and the USSR like Dancig, Marochkin, Savickiy, and more. Graduating in 2002, he returned to his native Gomel to teach at Gomel Art College. Sergey Ignatenko is a member of the Belarusian Artist Guild and operates his own studio, working on both commissioned and noncommissioned projects. The artworks are in collections in the USA, United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany, Denmark, Israel, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Spain, Netherlands, Lithuania, Norway.
Selected Exhibitions and Awards of Sergey Ignatenko
2010 - 2009 – Stavanger (Norway) – Gallerie Amare
2010-2008 - Wiener Neustadt (Austria) - Dom Galerie
2010 - 2007 Delft (The Netherlands) - Models in Art
2009 – Sevastopol (Ukraine) - The I international plein air
2008 - Gomel, Belarus - Vashchenko Gallery (personal exhibition)
2008 - Minsk, Belarus - Republic Art Palace
2008 - Spring Collection Art Ireland (with Arkhangel Gallery)
2008 - Listowel, Co. Kerry (Ireland) - Arkhangel Gallery
2007 - 2008 Lleida (Spain) - Rodsevi gallery
2007 - Gasselternijveen (The Netherlands) - Kunstgalerie Arnold
2007 - Navlya (Russia) - The X international art plein air
2007 - Chaville (France) - Atrium de Chaville
2006 - New York (USA) - The Agora gallery
2006 - Zhitomir (Ukraine) - The II international art plein air
2006 - Dallas (Texas, USA) - The American Juried Art Salon
2001 - 2004 - Art Expo New York (USA)
2001 - Israel - Oded Art Gallery - Old Jaffa
2000 - Israel - Dan Palace Eilat
1999 - Israel King Solomon's Palace Eilat
1998 - Hamburg (Germany) - Geissing Design
1997 - Singapore - Tresors International Fine Art
1996 - Paris - Galexy Gallery
1995 - Warsaw (Poland) - Group Exhibition
1994 - Minsk (Belarus) - Personal Exhibition
Award
2006 - Honorable Mention (The American Juried Art Salon)
Publication
2008 - Who's Who in Visual Art (Art Domain Whois Verlag)