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Sergey Eylanbekov was born in Russia in 1960. He started to study art at the age of 13, in the acclaimed Moscow School of Fine Arts. At the age of 17, he was accepted to the Moscow Surikov Academy of Fine Arts, one of the most prominent art schools in Russia.
After six years of study at the Academy and graduating with honor, Sergey was consistently exhibiting his works and received a number of private and public commissions. His works were acquired by private collectors in Russia and Europe. The Russian Ministry of Culture purchased a number of Sergey's sculptures for display in museums.
In 1989 Sergey moved to the United States, though it meant starting his career in art over again. After a brief stint working in a Manhattan print shop, Sergey began working at a company which specialized in commercial reproduction and mass production of famous classic and contemporary sculpture. At the same time, Sergey was working as much as possible on his original bronze sculptures, paintings and drawings, showing them at the various exhibitions.
In the mid '90's , as he continued to create and exhibit his bronzes, for several years Sergey also experimented with casting his works in acrylic. In 2004, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose Sergey's cast acrylic sculpture "Five Continents" as the first place winner in Olympic Art and Sport Contest 2004. In 2002 Sergey's acrylic sculpture was chosen to commemorate the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
Currently, Sergey lives on Long Island, New York. He is well-known, received numerous awards, and continues to create and exhibit his works, many of which can be found in public and private collections in the United States, Europe and Russia.
Sergey is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society and serves on its Board of Directors.
He teaches drawing part time at Farmingdale State University of New York.
Sergey Eylanbekov
Honors & Awards
2004
Winner of the IOC Art competition – sculpture "Five Continents" awarded First Place in world wide Olympic Art and Sport Contest in Lausanne, Switzerland; The award presented by the by the IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education at the World Forum on Culture Education and Sport in Barcelona, Spain; "Five Continents" is on permanent display at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland and exhibited at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece;
Winner of the USOC Sport Art Competition in the Sculpture Category – sculpture "Five Continents" represents the United States in the world wide Olympic Art Contest in Lausanne, Switzerland;
Sport Artist of the Year 2004 by the United States Sports Academy (Mobile, Alabama);
2001
Sculpture "Nike" endorsed by the US Olympic Committee as one of the official works of Art commemorating 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City;
1996
First place in Figure Modeling Competition by the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Walter and Michael Lantz Prize;
Edward Fenno Hoffman Prize for Outstanding Achievement;
"Artist Showcase Award Winner" – Manhattan Arts International Magazine;
Tallix Foundry Prize – NSS Annual Exhibition;
1995
Young Sculptors Awards Competition - Roger T. Williams Prize;
1993
National Sculpture Society Silver Medal and Chilmark Award by Lance Jury of Awards of the Centennial Anniversary Exhibition;
1991
ARTstravaganza Juried Art Competition Award, 2nd place;
1984
Russian Academy of Arts Award for Diploma Project.
Professional Organizations
Fellow of the National Sculpture Society;
The National Sculpture Society Board of Directors (1998-2001; 2005-present);
Member of the Editorial Board of Sculpture Review magazine.
Publications
"Sport: Universal Dialogue – The World Forum of Education, Culture and Sport" (International Olympic Committee, July 2005)
"Art & Sport 2004" – International Olympic Committee Art Catalogue (June 2004)
"Artist claims Olympic Prize" – article in New York Newsday (April 2004)
"Olympic Beat" – United States Olympic Committee Magazine (May 2004)
"The Academy" – the United States Sports Academy publication (Winter 2004; Spring 2004) "Drawing Studies" – a book by Russian Academy, which displays best academic drawings for last 60 years (2003);
"Masterworks of American Sculpture, 1875-1999", exhibition catalogue (1999);
Cover Article: "Faces Half Seen: The Figures of Sergey Eylanbekov", by Dena Merriam in Sculpture Review Magazine (spring/summer, 1995);
Review of works in Sculpture Review Magazine (4th quarter, 1991);
"100 Years of the National Sculpture Society of the United States of America in Italy", exhibition catalogue (1994);
Manhattan Arts International Magazine (1996);
"Young Artists of the 80's"- Art review book (1988-89);
Education
1978-1984
Moscow Surikov Academy of Fine Arts; Moscow, Russia; M.F.A., sculpture and drawing
1973-1977
Moscow (Surikov) School of Visual Arts; Moscow, Russia; sculpture, drawing
Sergey Eylanbekov
Exhibitions
2006
"Seven Tormented Bronzes and Other Works." 25 September through 6 October, at United Nations Secretariat Building, Secretariat Lobby, the United Nations headquarters, New York City.
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2005
Exhibition 'VII.'
Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Four Masters: Selected Works from 2005 Kenan Master Sculptors, Brookgreen Sculpture Gardens, SC, USA;
Larry Smith Fine Art, West Hollywood, CA, USA
Borsini Burr Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA, USA
2004
Art Exhibition at 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece;
Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland;
Art Expo New York;
Loves' Art Emporium, St. Augustine, Florida;
2003
New York Fine Art Forum, Manhattan, New York;
2002
Olympic Winter Games- Salt Lake Gallery, Park City Gallery;
2001
New York Art Expo; Manhattan, New York;
1999-2001
Exhibition at the Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Gallery, Brookgreen Gardens, SC;
1999
"Masterworks of American Sculpture, 1875-1999", Fleischer Museum, Scottsdale, AZ. National Sculpture Society 66th Annual Exhibition;
1998, 1997, 1996
National Sculpture Society 65th, 64th, 63rd Annual Exhibitions;
1996
"Making Faces" Americas Tower, NSS, Manhattan, New York;
1994
"100 years of the National Sculpture Society of the United States of America in Italy," Palazzo Mediceo, Serravezza, Italy;
1993
Michael Andi Gallery, group show, Manhattan, New York;
1991
4th Annual ARTstravaganza juried exhibition-competition, Chattanooga, TN;
5th Biennale "Grand Asia", Bangladesh
1980-1990
Participated in 16 various shows and exhibitions in Russia and abroad, including exhibitions at: TheTretiakov Gallery (Moscow, 1985),
Exhibition at the Russian Academy of Fine Arts (Moscow, 1986),
"Emerging Artists" (Moscow, 1987)
"Young Artists and Contemporary World" (China, 1990)
Museums
Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland;
American Sport Art Museum and Archives, Mobile, Alabama, United States;
ROSIZO – Russian Ministry of Culture Fine Art Collection, Moscow, Russia;
Belgorod Museum of Art, Belgorod, Russia;
Kaliningrad Gallery of Fine Art, Kaliningrad, Russia;
Nizniy Tagil Museum of Fine Art, Nizniy Tagil, Russia;
Chuvashi National Museum, Cheboksari, Russia.
Private Collections
France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, USA.
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