Alexander Saidoff Bio

Alexander was born in 1970 in a small town called Pavlovsk, in the Krasnodar region of Russia. In 1989 he graduated with honors from the Krasnodar Art College. In 1995 he was accepted into a prestigious Union Of Artists of Russia, and starting 1991 Alexander is a permanent participant of the city, regional and country-wide exhibitions of the Union.

In 1998 Alexander won First Place at the regional exhibition of the “young talent”. In 2000 he was a finalist of the all-Russia exhibition of young artists, and received the “Best Merit” award for his painting “Feast on the rug”. In 2004 Alexander received Silver medal on the Juried Show “St Petersburg, Spring”, and the Gold Medal on the “St Petersburg, Fall”. In March 2005 President of the Academy of Fine Art of Russia called
Alexander “one of the most promising young artists of contemporary Russia.” In October 2005 he was invited to participate in the exhibition of outstanding contemporary artists in Kremlin.

In 2003 two Alexander’s paintings were purchased by the Museum of Modern Art of Omsk, Russia. In the same 2003 his painting was purchased by a Museum of Ethnography of the Don region. In 2004 one painting by Alexander was purchased by the Russian Academy of Fine Art, Moscow. In 2006 The City Art Gallery & Museum of Krasnodar purchased four still life paintings by Alexander and included them in the museum’s permanent collection. In 2007 two Alexander’s paintings were purchased by the Administration of the President of Russia to be part of the permanent art collection at the Presidential palace in Gatchina, St Petersburg.

In 2009 Alexander was included in the catalogue “100 best” by Art Renewal Center’s International ARC Salon, USA.

Alexander’s paintings are in private collections in Russia, Germany, Australia, USA, Thailand and some other countries.

Main exhibitions:

1991    Regional group exhibition “Young Russia”, Moscow House of Artists, Moscow
1998    Regional juried show “young talent”, Krasnodar, Russia
1999    Group exhibition of Russian artists at the "Noah's Art Gallery", Beirut, Lebanon
2000    Solo exhibition in "Kunst Handlung, Rotzel & Co", Frankfurt, Germany
2000    All-Russia juries show “Artists to watch” (young talent), Moscow, Russia
2000    Solo exhibition in "Gallery Breheret", Paris, France
2000/2003 taking part in annual summer workshops and exhibitions in Italy
2001    Solo exhibition in "Gallery Art Coupe", Mainz, Germany
2002    Art Salon in the Moscow House of Artists, Moscow
2003    Group show “South Russia”, Krasnodar, Russia
2003    Exhibition in the Museum of Ethnography of the Don region.
2003    Solo exhibition in gallery “Bedoir”, Stockholm, Sweden
2004    Solo exhibition in gallery “Steps”, Krasnodar
2004    Juried shows in the Artists Union Hall of St Petersburg, in Spring and Fall
2005    Group exhibition “Salon of the four”, Krasnodar
2005    Exhibition in Adegeiski Museum of National Arts & Crafts
2005    Group exhibition “Classical games”, Krasnodar
2005    Group show at the Academy of Fine Art of Russia, Moscow, Russia
2006    Personal exhibition in “Nevska gallery” San Francisco, USA
2007    Personal exhibition in “Nevska gallery” San Francisco, USA
2007    Art salon in the Moscow House of Artists, Moscow