Sergei Tchoban studied at the Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg in Russia. He is an architect and architectural draftsman whose 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, Albertina in Vienna, Museu Oscar Niemeyer in Curitiba, The State Academic Bolshoi Theater Museum 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, Baukunstarchiv Mecklenburg-Vorpommern / Müther-Archive in Wismar, Mies van der Rohe House / House Lemke in Berlin, Kunsthalle Rostock and various private collections.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2023
Sergei Tchoban: Tempo Espelhado (Sergei Tchoban: Mirroring Time), MAC USP, São Paulo, Brazil
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2016
Bridges & Spires—Drawing Reflections on Past and Future, InCITE Gallery, Bangalore, India
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2015
Glazing the Future. Sergei Tchoban’s Architectural Fantasies, Brussels, Belgium
Realtà e Fantasia: Cartoline dall’Italia, SpazioFMG Gallery, Milan, Italy
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2010
Architectural Worlds. Sergei Tchoban-Draftsman and Collector, Deutsches Architekturmuseum DAM, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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2009
Aqua, Galleria Antonia Jannone, Milan, Italy
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2007
Petersburg Hanging, Architektur Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
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2022
Enduring Brilliance – 50th Annual Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, New York, USA
Orizzonti Trasversali, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy & Fuerteventura, Spain
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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
PORTAL #2 – Naples / Berlin, Luigi Solito Galleria Contemporanea – former Lanificio complex, Napels, Italy
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2020
PORTAL, Schau Fenster – Artspace, Berlin, Germany
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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
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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
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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
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2015
Treasure, Legacy: A Museum for Architectural Drawing, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, USA
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2014 – 2021
Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition (KRob) awards exhibitions 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, Dallas, Texas, USA
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2014
Only Italy!, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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2013
Northern Vision, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, England
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2012
Library of Architecture, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
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1999
5 Drawn Worlds, Gallery Aedes East, Berlin, Germany
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1992 – 2019
Annual exhibitions of American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI)
GRANTS AND AWARDS
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Gold Medal at the First Athens Architecture Club Exhibition
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Special Mention at the 13th Architecture Biennale in Venice
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Jury prize of the 40th international competition of architectural drawing KRob
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Finalist of the international competition of architectural drawing KRob 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
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Special prize of the jury of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) 2013, 2021, 2022
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Best informal drawing award of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) 2015, 2018
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Observational best in show award of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI) 2018
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Since 1992 repeatedly awarded with Awards of Excellence of the American Society of Architectural Perspektives
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Commended entry of World Architectural Festival´s 2017 (WAF) Inaugural Architecture Drawing Prize and shortlisted 2018, 2021
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