Graduated from the Secondary Art School named after Boris Ioganson, attached to the St-Petersburg Repin State Academical Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, and then the Faculty of Architecture of the Repin Institute, with a qualification diploma of an Architect and an Artist. Author of a number of civilian and competition architectural projects, and private houses. 

Held a number of solo exhibitions in Russia and abroad, and participated in numerous Russian and international collective exhibitions. 

Since 2003 teaching at the Saint-Petersburg State Stieglitz Academy of Art and Design. Associate Professor at the Interior & Equipment  Project Department, and Professor at the Applied Metal Department. 

Member of the St-Petersburg Union of Russian Artists, St-Petersburg Society of Watercolorists, German Watercolor Society (DAG e.V.), International Masters of Watercolor Association, and Alliance (IMWA).     
 

“I paint with watercolor. 

Probably it is the main thing or maybe it’s not, but I think the presence of water is quite important item in most of my works. I paint clouds or fog, frosty mist of winter or summer day’s haze, sea waves or foam on the shore. I like to look at the water. But however, not less than a pleasure, this quiet contemplation for me is the effort to seize a moment to consider and to remember some things.  Those things that never cease to amaze me: the golden edges of the clouds, the blue color in a break in the clouds, the color of the sky in a frosty morning or the strange pattern of shadows in the street at night. 

And one more thing that never ceases to amaze me and gives me the inspiration to work – the numbers of variants which watercolor technique can provide when I attempt to portray these things. I rarely paint my watercolors au-plain-air. 

Basically most of my work begin with sketches.  I paint on wet paper and try to finish the session before full drying of paper. I use different brands of watercolor paper. 

 

Sergey Temerev

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Saint Petersbourg
http://temerevart.com/
sergestus@temerevart.com

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