Sergei Tchoban, born on 09 October 1962, studied at the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. He is an architect and architectural draftsman, who lives and works in Berlin since 1996. Tchoban’s works have been shown in group and solo exhibitions worldwide.

His architectural drawings are in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Akademie der Künste in Berlin, The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg,  The State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Albertina in Vienna, Museu Oscar Niemeyer in Curitiba, The State Academic Bolshoi Theater Museum in Moscow, The Bakhrushin Theater Museum in Moscow, The Shchusev Museum of Architecture in Moscow, Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt/Main, Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität in Berlin, Kunstbibliothek in Berlin, Hamburgisches Architekturarchiv in Hamburg, Museum for contemporary Christian Art in Moscow, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica in Rome, Polo Territoriale di Mantova – Politecnico di Milano in Mantova, Museo della Grafica in Pisa, Biblioteca da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo (FAU USP) in São Paulo, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo – Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU) in Buenos Aires, RIBA Drawings & Archives Collections in London, Drawing Matter Collection in London, Baukunstarchiv Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Müther-Archive in Wismar, Mies van der Rohe House / House Lemke in Berlin, Kunsthalle Rostock, Potsdam Museum – Forum fuer Kunst und Geschichte in Potsdam and various private collections.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2024

    Sergei Tchoban: Toward New City, URA, Singapore

  • 2023

    Sergei Tchoban – Towers, Museo della Grafica / Palazzo Lanfranchi, Pisa, Italy

    Sergei Tchoban: Tempo Espelhado (Sergei Tchoban: Mirroring Time), MAC USP, São Paulo, Brazil

  • 2021

    Sergei Tchoban – Futuristische Utopien oder Realität (Sergei Tchoban – Futuristic Utopias or Reality), Schaudepot Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany

    Sergei Tchoban. Searching for architecture, Pyotr Fomenko Workhop Theater, Moscow, Russia

    Sergei Tchoban. Urban Visions between past and future, Museo della Grafica di Pisa / Palazzo Lanfranchi, Pisa, Italy

    TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten Re-Use, Aedes Architecture Forum, Berlin, Germany

  • 2020

    Imprint of the Future. Destiny of Priranesi’s city. Exhibition and research by Sergei Tchoban, Instituto Centrale per la Grafica, Rom, Italy

    Une ville dessineé (A drawn city), La Galerie d’ Architecture, Paris, France

  • 2019

    Draw Art Fair London 2019, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

    Open Borders. Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporânea de Curtiba 2019, Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil

    Drawing Buildings/Building Drawings, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

  • 2018

    Den-City – Urban Landscape, Antonia Jannone: Disegni di Architettura, Milan, Italy

    The Dreams of Frozen Music, Tokyo Art Museum, Japan

    Capricci Russi—Drawings from Sergei Tchoban and the Tradition of the Architectural Fantasy, Rimini, Italy

    Contrasting Harmony of the City, Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw, Poland

    Drawing Buildings/Building Drawings, Gallery of Shanghai Study Center, Shanghai, China

    Visions/Projections, Raumgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany

  • 2017

    Bridges & Spires—Drawing Reflections on Past and Future, XVI Biennial of International Architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Architectural Drawings, A+D Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles, USA

    TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten. Bilder aus Berlin (Tchoban Voss Architekten. Pictures from Berlin), Architektur Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  • 2016

    Bridges & Spires—Drawing Reflections on Past and Future, InCITE Gallery, Bangalore, India

  • 2015

    Glazing the Future. Sergei Tchoban’s Architectural Fantasies, Brussels, Belgium

    Realtà e Fantasia: Cartoline dall’Italia, SpazioFMG Gallery, Milan, Italy

  • 2010

    Architectural Worlds. Sergei Tchoban-Draftsman and Collector, Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  • 2009

    Aqua, Galleria Antonia Jannone, Milan, Italy

  • 2007

    Petersburg Hanging, Architektur Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  • 1997

    Der Java Turm (The Java Tower),  Galerie Aedes East, Berlin, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

  • 2024

    Les Lieux Imaginaires, Château de Lourmarin, Lourmarin, France

    Imagine Having a Relationship with a Building!, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • 2022

    Enduring Brilliance – 50th Annual Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, New York, USA

  • 2021

    Kunst & Hallen. Kunstsinn über Mauern hinweg (Art & Halls. A Sense for Art beyond Walls), Kunsthalle Rostock at Reinbeckhallen, Berlin, Germany

    Mies Goes Future: Film and Exhibition Project, Mies van der Rohe House / House Lemke, Berlin, Germany

  • 2019

    AVANTI-AVANTI-100: Bewegung als Traum (AVANTI-AVANTI-100: Movement as dream),  Mies van der Rohe House, Berlin, Germany

    BRICS Brasil 2019 Exhibition, 11th BRICS Summit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Brazil, Itamaraty Palace, Brasilia, Brazil

    Cities in Motion, Zaryadye Park Media Center, Moscow, Russia

  • 2018

    The Drawing Show, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, USA

    Imprint of the Future: Sergei Tchoban and Ioann Zelenin, part of the ’St. Petersburg 2103’ exhibition project; Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia

    The Architecture Drawing Prize 2018, Sir John Soane’s House, World Architecture Festival; Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, UK

  • 2016

    Himmel über Berlin. 40/40 (Heaven over Berlin. 40/40), BDA Galerie, Berlin

    Solo Italia. Architettura e paesaggio culturale. Disegni dal Settecento ad Oggi (Only Italy! Architecture and cultural landscape. Drawings of the 18th – 21st centuries), exhibition by the Tchoban Foundation. Museum for Architectural Drawing, the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica di Roma, and the Tretyakov Gallery; Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Rome, Italy

    The Drawing Show, A+D Architecture and Design Museum in Los Angeles, USA

  • 2015

    Treasure, Legacy: A Museum for Architectural Drawing, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, USA

  • 2014 – 2023

    Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition (KRob) awards exhibitions 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, Dallas, Texas, USA

  • 2014

    Only Italy!, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

  • 2013

    Northern Vision, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, England

  • 2012

    Library of Architecture, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

  • 1999

    5 Drawn Worlds, Gallery Aedes East, Berlin, Germany

  • 1992 – 2022

    Annual exhibitions of American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI)

GRANTS AND AWARDS

  • European Prize for Architecture 2018 of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design for his complete work

  • Gold Medal at the First Athens Architecture Club Exhibition

  • Special Mention at the 13th Architecture Biennale in Venice

  • Premio Internazionale Giacomo Quarenghi 2020 for the Tchoban Foundation

  • Awarded at the German Design Award 2015, 2017, 2023, 2025

  • Awarded at the Iconic Awards 2013, 2016, 2017

  • Awarded at the Green Good Design Award 2023

  • Awarded at the International Architecture Award 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

  • Awarded at FIABCI Prix d’ Excellence Germany 2009, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022

  • Nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Awards 2015, 2024

  • Awarded at Design Educates Awards 2024

  • Jury prize of the 40th international competition of architectural drawing KRob

  • Finalist of the international competition of architectural drawing KRob 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

  • Special prize of the jury of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) 2013, 2021, 2022

  • Best informal drawing award of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) 2015, 2018

  • Thematic award of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) 2024

  • Observational best in show award of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) 2018

  • Since 1992 repeatedly awarded with Awards of Excellence of the American Society of Architectural Perspektives

  • Commended entry of World Architectural Festival´s 2017 (WAF) Inaugural Architecture Drawing Prize and shortlisted 2018, 2021

  • Highly Commended at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2013 and finalist in 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023

  • Awarded at the BUILT Design Awards 2023, 2024

  • Awarded at the Rethinking the Future Awards 2023

  • Awarded at the Global Architecture & Design Awards 2019

  • Awarded at THE PLAN Award 2018 and finalist in 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

  • Awarded at Heinze Architekten Award 2015

  • Awarded at AR+D Emmerging Architecture Awards 2013

  • Awarded at Future Projects Awards 2013

  • Awarded at Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards 2013

  • Awarded at the Architizer A+Awards 2014, 2020, 2021, 2023

  • Awarded at the Architizer Vision Awards 2023

  • Awarded at the Frame Award 2023

  • Awarded at the 2A Europe Architecture Award 2022