Sergey Bratkov born 1960 in Kharkov, Ukraine. Graduated Repin Art College, Kharkov, Ukraine, 1978; Polytechnical Academy, Kharkov, Ukraine (department of industrial electronics), 1983. In 1994 organized "Fast reaction group" with Boris Michailov, Sergei Salonsky and Victoria Michailova.
In 2010 took the first prize of the 5th Annual All-Russian Awards in the field of contemporary visual art "Innovation" for his video installation "Balaklavsky Drive".
Since 2000 lives in Moscow, Russia.

Solo shows:

2012

• Chapiteau Moscow, Almine Rech Gallery. Paris, France
• SHAPITO MOSCOW, Red October Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2011  

• Scream, REGINA Gallery. London, UK
• Collecti@n. Photohub_Manometr, ArtPlay Design Center. Moscow, Russia
• Neither War Nor Peace. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2010  

• Glory Days. Deichtor Hallen. Aktuelle Kunst Haus der Photographie. Hamburg, Germany
• Ukraine. Pinchuk Art Centre. Kiev, Ukraine
• Male Games. Espacio Minimo Gallery. Madrid, Spain
• How much? Deweer Gallery. Otegem, Belgium

2009  

• Balaklavsky Drive. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia
• Glory Days. Canal de Isabel II. Madrid, Spain

2008  

• Glory Days. Fotomuseum. Winterthur, Switzerland
• Searching for horizon. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia
• Searching for horizon. Transit Gallery. Mechelen, Belgium

2007  

• BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Gateshead, UK

2006  

• Dream rooms. Deweer Gallery. Otegem, Belgium
• Part of my life. Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia
• SPA. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia
• Misanthrope. Espacio Minimo Gallery. Madrid, Spain

2005  

• S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum for Actuele Kunst. Ghent, Belgium
• Collecti@n. Torch Gallery. Amsterdam, Netherlands

2004       

• On Volcano. Lipanje Puntine Gallery.Trieste, Italy
• Seven. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia
• Birds. Galerie Anita Beckers. Frankfurt, Germany

2003       

• Steelworkers. Transit Gallery. Mechelen, Belgium
• Kids. Espacio Minimo Gallery. Madrid, Spain
• Souvenirs. Scena Gallery. Moscow, Russia
• Faust and Margherita. Center for Contemporary Art. Kiev, Ukraine

2002       

• My Moscow. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia 
• Souvenirs. Atelier Karas. Kiev, Ukraine
• www.girls.ru. LipanjePuntin Gallery. Trieste, Italy
• Djeti-Kinder-Kids. Kunstverein Rosenheim. Rosenheim, Germany

2001  

• Fayur-Soyuz. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia

2000       

• Kids. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia 
• Sailors. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia

1999  

• Alien. Cultural and Press Department of the German Embassy. Kiev, Ukraine

1998  

• Performance in the frame of exhibition ‘A Day in the Life/Crimean Project – I’. Tennis-courts of Kiev Tennis Club. Kiev, Ukraine
• America House. Kharkov, Ukraine

1997       

• The Daily Journal of Chicatilo. Galerie in der BrotFabrik. Berlin, Germany

1996  

• There is no Paradise. MIXt Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine
• There is no Paradise. Up/Down Gallery. Kharkov, Ukraine
• The Daily Journal of Chicatilo. The Medical Cabinet of Professor Dmitriy Pirogov. Kharkov Medical Association. Kharkov, Ukraine

1995       

• Frozen Landscape: photo-action. Soros Center for Contemporary Art. Kiev, Ukraine
• In the Haystacks. Galerie in der BrotFabrik. Berlin, Germany

1994  

• Frozen Landscape: photo-action. Up/Down Gallery. Kharkov, Ukraine

1992       

• Forum Stadtpark. Graz, Austria

1990  

• F-4 Gallery. Cheb, Czech Republic

1987  

• Art Institute. Kharkov, Ukraine

Selected group exhibitions:

2012

• SAMMEN (Together). Trondheim Kunstmuseum. Trondheim, Norway
• Closer to Thee. Galerie Transit. Mechelen, Belgium

2011  

• Independent. Mystetskyi Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine.
• Lymphatic drainage. Small Gallery of the Art Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine
• Passion is the difference. LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea. Triest, Italy
• Arthouse Squat Forum. IV Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Special Project. Arthouse. Moscow, Russia
• Auditorium Moscow. A Sketch For A Public Space. IV Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Special Project. Belie Palaty. Moscow, Russia
• The World Belongs To You. 54th Venice Biennale. Parallel Program. Palazzo Grassi.  Venice, Italy
• Commercial Break. 54th Venice Biennale. Parallel Program. Canal Grande.  Venice, Italy
• Modernikon. Contemporary Art From Russia. 54th Venice Biennale. Parallel Program. Casa dei tre oci.  Venice, Italy
• CROSSROADS: Contemporary Russian Photography. Australian Centre for Photography. Sydney, Australia
• Cosmic Odyssey 2011. Mistetskiy Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine
• Russian Art. Sem-Art Gallery. Monaco, Monaco

2010  

• Art to spend time. M’ARS Center for Contemporary Arts. Moscow, Russia
• Workers and Philosophers. Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO. Skolkovo, Moscow Region, Russia
• Modernikon. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Torino, Italy
• What's up Sea? Rauma Biennale Balticum. Rauma Art Museum. Rauma, Finland
• V Annual All-Russian Awards in the field of contemporary visual art "Innovation". NCCA. Moscow, Russia
• Diary of a madman. REGINA Gallery. Moscow, Russia
• Futurology. Center for Contemporary Culture GARAGE. Moscow, Russia

2009       

• Russian Lettrism. Central House of Artist. Moscow, Russia
• Future depends on you. New Rules. Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia

2007       

• Venice Biennale. Venice, Italy
• Russia, The life and adventures of shed number XII. Collins Building. Miami, USA
• 15 anos tiene mi amor. Galeria Espacio Minimo. Madrid, Spain
• So Close/So Far Away. Be PART. Waregem, Belgium
• Vagina is my motherland. 52th Venice Biennale. Ukrainian Pavilion. Venice, Italy
• On Geekdom. Parallel project of Art Athina. Curated by V.Misiano. Athens, Greece
• II Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Main Project. Moscow, Russia

2006  

• Full House – Face of a collection. Kunsthalle Manheim. Manheim, Germany

2005  

• Urban Realities: Focus Istambul. Martin-Gropius-Bau. Berlin, Germany
• XII. Rohkunstbau "Child’s Play". Brandenburg, Germany
• Postscriptum. Moscow-Warsaw. Warsaw-Moscow. National Centre for Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia; Centre for Contemporary Art "Ujazdowski Castle". Warsaw, Poland
• Reality Check. Ukranian House. Kiev, Ukraine

2004       

• Manifesta5. San Sebastian, Spain 
• Five Years of S.M.A.K. Collection. Ghent, Belgium
• Shrinking Cities. KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Berlin, Germany
• Moscow-Berlin 1950-2000. Central Historical Museum. Moscow, Russia
• Eclips. Deweer Art Gallery. Otegem, Belgium
• Farwell to Arms. Arsenal. Kiev, Ukraine
• System of coordinates. Russian Art Today. Museum of Contemporary Art. Zagreb, Croatia
• Photobiennale’2004. MCA. Moscow, Russia
• Faces of Volga. National Centre for Contemporary Art. Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
• The Beauty of Darkness. Reflex Gallery. Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Flight of Fools. Russian Photography Today. White Space Gallery. London, UK

2003       

• Berlin-Moscow 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau. Berlin, Germany 
• First Collection. Central House of Artists. Kiev, Ukraine
• SteelTondo. 50th Venice Biennale. Russian Pavilion. Venice, Italy
• Neu ansatre/zeitgenossische kunst aus Moscau. Kunsthalle Dusseldorf. Dusseldorf, Germany
• Horizons of Reality. MUHKA Museum of Contemporary art. Antwerp, Belgium

2002       

• Sans Consentement. CAN. Neuchatel, Switzerland
• Shock&Show. Group 78. Trieste, Italy
• Photobiennale’2002. Manezh. Moscow, Russia
• 25th Sao Paolo Bienal. Sao Paolo, Brasil
• Brand "Ukranian". Center for Contemporary Art. Kiev, Ukraine

2001       

• Winter Exhibition. Institute of Visual Arts. University of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, USA
• Innverse Perspectives. Edvik Cultural Centre. Sollentuna, Sweden

2000  

• Contemporary Photographers of the Ukraine. Contemporary Art Centre. Thessaloniki, Greece
• Clean Room. Promzona Club. Kiev, Ukraine
• Two Sides. Center for Contemporary Art. Kiev, Ukraine
• Olaf Breuning&Sergey Bratkov. Museum-Fortress ‘Cosoi Caponir’. Kiev, Ukraine

1999       

• Contemporary Ukranian Photography. Festival Est-Ouest. Die, France
• Face Value. Ukranian Stock Exchange. Kiev, Ukraine
• The Taste of the Other. Tokyo Japanese Club Restaurant. Kiev, Ukraine
• After the Wall. Moderna Museet. Stockholm, Sweden
• 3rd Triennale of Photography. Graz, Austria
• Regards sur l’Ukraine. Passage du Retz. Paris, France
• Contemporary Photographers of the Ukraine. Art School of Mulhouse and Upper Alsace ‘Le Quai’. Mulhouse, France
• Carte-Blanche a Boris Mikhailov. Cite International des Arts. Paris, France
• Photographers from Kharkov. Gallery Kohlenof. Nuremberg, Germany
• The Future is Now. Ukrainian Art of 90s. Museum of Contemporary Art. Zagreb, Croatia

1998   

• Dressed in White. The Art Gallery at Ramapo College. Mahwah, New Jersey, USA
• Accommodation. Gallery "U Iezuitov". Poznan, Poland
• Public Interest. Gallery of the Artists Union at the House of Artists. Kiev, Ukraine
• Humanature. Nortalie, Sweden
• Intermedia. Soros Center for Contemporary Art Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine
• A Day in the Life. Crimean Project-I. Soros Center for Contemporary Art Gallery. Kiev,Ukraine

1997   

• Symptomatic Anonymity. Soros Center for Contemporary Art Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine
• Photo syntheses. Gallery of the Artists Union at the House of Artists. Kiev, Ukraine
• Intrigue-Provocation. M.Zilinkas Art Gallery. Kaunas,Lithuania

1996   

• Sugar Plum Vision. Soros Center for Contemporary Art Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine
• Commodity Fetishism. Special exposition of International Art Festival. 'Ukrainian House' Cultural center. Kiev, Ukraine
• The Family Album. Kyiv Mohyla Academy Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine
• Hermetic Forest. Soros Center for Contemporary Art Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine

1995  

• If I Were A German (Mikhailov, Solonsky, Bratkov). Galerie Andreas Weiss. Berlin, Germany
• Galerie in der BrotFabrik. Berlin, Germany
• Project for Europe. Turbine Hall. Copenhagen, Denmark
• Multiple Exposures: Illya Chichkan and Sergei Bratkov. Mason Gross Visual Arts School. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
• Bred in the Bone. Soros Center for Contemporary Art Gallery. Kiev, Ukraine
• The Art of Photography from Ukraine. Mason Gross Visual Arts School. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
• Black and White. Center for Contemporary Arts 'Brama'. Kiev, Ukraine
• Barbaros. Artists Union Gallery at the House of Artists. Kiev, Ukraine
• Mouth of Medusa. Center for Contemporary Arts "Brama". Kiev, Ukraine

1994  

• Expanse of the Cultural Revolution. 'Ukrainian House' Cultural Center. Kyiv, Ukraine
• Free Zone. Art Museum. Odessa, Ukraine
• Alchemic Surrender. Organized by Soros Center for Contemporary Art-Kiev. Battleship Slavutych. Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
• Project for Europe. Turbine Hall. Copenhagen, Denmark
• Za Buhrom. Ukrainian Museum of Fine Art. Kharkov, Ukraine
• Neoexpressionist Photography: Bratkov, Mikhailov, Solonskiy. Ukrainian Museum of Fine Art. Kharkov, Ukraine

1993  

• The Art of Contemporary Photography from Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia. Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia
• Photography from Kharkov. Museum of Industrial Culture. Nuremberg, Germany
• Trans-Kontakt (Collaborative Work with Boris Mikhailov). Kharkov, Ukraine - New York, USA

1992  

• Group Show of Ukrainian Photography. Center for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Fifth Exhibition of Litera A. House of Artists. Kharkov, Ukraine
• Group Show. Gallery Zabo. Nuremberg, Germany
• Artists from Ukraine. DRK-Forum. Kiel, Germany

1991  

• Sots-Photo Installation: Will We All Eat One Another and Package It? Gallery Up/Down. Kharkov, Ukraine
• No. Installation at The Technics House. Kharkov, Ukraine

1990  

• The Dedication to Van Gogh. House of Artists. Kharkov, Ukraine
• Cinema House. Moscow, Russia

1989  

• Photo-Summer. Gallery on Kashirka. Moscow, Russia
• Photo-bridge. Moscow, Russia
• Message. Kharkov, Ukraine
• 150 Years of Photography. Manege. Moscow, Russia

1988  

• Republican Exhibition of Young Artists. House of Artists. Kiev, Ukraine
• All-Union Exhibition of Young Artists. Manege. Moscow, Russia
• Art Contacts. Riga, Latvia
• New Soviet Photography. Finland, Denmark, Sweden

1987  

• Photography 1987. Kharkov, Ukraine

Public collections:

MUHKA Museum of Contemporary Art. Antwerp, Belgium
Museum of Contemporary Art. Zagreb, Croatia
Museum of Photography. Boston, USA
Zimmerli Art Museum. New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Museum of Contemporary Art. Milwaukee, USA
S.M.A.K. Museum of Contemporary Art. Gent, Belgium
MARTa Herford Museum of Contemporary Art. Herford, Gemany
MAMM Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow / Moscow House of Photography. Moscow, Russia
FRAC. Paris, France
Finnish National Gallery. Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. Helsinki, Finland
Fotomuseum Winterthur. Winterthur, Switzerland
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea. Galicia, Spain
Pinchuk Art Centre. Kiev, Ukraine
Ekaterina Foundation. Moscow, Russia