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In 1989 Sergei left former USSR and received immediate recognition in the West. He began to paint and exhibit
his work in London and the USA. Since then he has been living and working in
London and is now a British citizen. Now an established portrait painter, both
in Europe and the USA, Sergei's work is in constant demand. His portrait
of H.M. The Queen, completed in 2000, was said to be the Queen's favourite
portrait since her Coronation. It was personally unveiled by Her Majesty.
The painting received
impressive coverage by the world press and television and a postage stamp was
subsequently made in the UK.
In 2004, Sergei
Pavlenko had a spectacular one-man exhibition in London in the Russian Embassy
and in Moscow in the British Embassy, with over 1000 guests attending the Private
View. Four TV channels covered the event and numerous articles and reviews on
the subject appeared in newspapers and magazines. In Russia, Sergei's
name has been added to the list of highly distinguished emigrants and is next
to the ballet dancer Anna Pavlova. In Britain, Channel 4 of the UK Television
showed a film about Sergei and his portraits.
Recently Sergei
was awarded a commission to paint a large-scale picture of The Queen meeting
with Prince William and Prince Harry at The Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
The painting is now completed and was highly acclaimed.
In 2008 Sergei has painted the portrait of King Abdullah the Second of Jordan .
At the moment Sergei is working on the large painting of British Parlament.
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Frost and Reed Gallery , London
2004 One-man show,
The British Embassy, Moscow
2004 One-man show, The Russian Embassy, London
2003 Discerning Eye, London
2001-03 Andean Gallery, Cork Street, London
2003-2008 Andreeva Portrait Gallery, Santa Fe, USA
2001-04 "Artlondon", Contemporary Art Fair, London
2002-03 Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair
2000 20th Century British Art Fair, London
1996-97 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1992-2009 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Gallery, London
1989, 1993,2006 Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London
Portrait Commissions, Henry Wyndham Art Gallery, London
David Ker Gallery, London
Kertesz Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Royal West of England Academy of Arts
Art Expo-90, Los Angeles, California, USA
Commissions and Collections
HM Queen Elizabeth II
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
HRH The Prince of Wales
HRH Prince Michael of Kent
HRH Prince Ernst of Hanover
HRH Prince Nickolas Romanoff
HRH Maria Gabriella de Savoie
The Duke of Marlborough
The Duke of Grafton
The Duke of Rutland
The Earl of Airlie
The Earl of Verulam
House of Lords works of art collection, the portrait of Lord Speaker Baroness Hayman
Brown University, USA
Mr Crispin Odey
Cazenove Group plc
The Worshipful Company of Drapers - The portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
The Earl and Countess of Dalhause
The Earl of Derby
Mr Rudolf Oetker (Germany)
Mr Lee Bass (USA)
Robber de Balkany (France)
Mr Carlo Bonomy (Italy)
Mr John Goulandris (Greece)
Rudolf von Ribbentrop (Germany)
Count Gustaff Douglas (Sweden)
Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Ribb (France)
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild
Alfred Taubman (USA)
Mr Fridtjof Lorentsen (Norway)
Count Knut Winterfeld (Denmark)
Lord Younger (former Secretary of Defence)
12th Lancers Regiment ---H.M. The Queen Mother
Countess Dalhause (born Golitsin)
Sir Jack and Lady Stewart-Clark (former Vice-President of European Parliament)
Mr Michael Stone
Mr Salah Hawila
Colonel Hamilton-Russell
Colonel Peter Rodgers
Captain John Macdonald-Buchunan
Dr August Oetker (Germany)
Mr William Worsley
Sir Jeoffry Rose (RAC Club)