Zimina
Irina Zimina. Artist.
Irina Zimina works with the concepts of eros, self-knowledge and search for identity. Using the technique of framing the image, she creates a lively atmosphere in her work, conveying the mood of the space around the subject. The main character of her works is her own prototype with her pain, feelings, imperfection and vulnerability. The artist talks about looking for the true self and self-determination in the space of the outside world, about unconsciousness and confusion. The choice of the painting medium is not accidental, because working with canvas and brushes is primarily a physical practice. It is important for the author to show the viewer through her example that he is not alone in his problems. Irina explores the topic of psychoanalysis and poses questions of existential loneliness, violation of personal boundaries, awareness of her own worth.
CV
Irina Zimina was born in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) in 1991 .
2020 - graduated from the creative workshop of theatrical and decorative art under the direction of B.A. Messerer at the Russian Academy of Arts.
2017 - graduated from Moscow's Surikov State Academy Art Institute (class of Dmitry Cherbadzhi).
2011 - graduated from the Art School of Nizhny Novgorod.
2016 - had a study placement at the Berlin University of Arts.
Since 2016 - a member of the Russian Union of artists.
2015 - won a presidential scholarship.
Since 2015 - Honorary Member of the Serbian Union of Artists "Byzantium" in Belgrade.
Zimina's works are in the collection Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, private collections inside and outside Russia.
Selected group exhibitions:
2023
FETHİYE WORKSHOP 23 EXHIBITION at the LIKYA SONAT YOLU Gallery, Fethiye (Turkey)
2023
ART RUSSIA FAIR, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow (Russia)
2023
Permanent Exhibition, BIZON Contemporary Art Gallery Foundation, Kazan (Russia).
2022
New Lovers Available, ARTBUZZ GALLERY, Moscow (Russia)
2022
Performance as part of the Art-Space-Hopping festival, ArtWKND gallery, Moscow (Russia)
2022
"No one does that!", "Apartment S" gallery, ARTPLAY, Moscow (Russia)
2022
"Diary of a Time Traveler", Peresvetov Pereulok Gallery, Moscow.
2019
Reporting exhibition of trainees of the Academy of Arts at the Tsereteli Museum, Moscow (Russia)
2018
Exhibition in the gallery of the cultural center of Saint Sava, Paris (France)
2017
Exhibition at the Bulgakov Museum, Moscow (Russia)
2016
Exhibition "Maslenitsa, Navruz, Sabantuy 2016", London (England)
2016
"Youth of Russia" All-Russian art exhibition, Moscow (Russia)
2015
Exhibition "Byzantine Autumn Salon", Belgrade (Serbia)
2015
Exhibition named after Oleg Sheintsis at the Moscow International Festival of Performances "Your Chance," Moscow
2014
Youth Exhibition of the Moscow Artists' Union, Exhibition Center of the Moscow Artists' Union, Moscow (Russia).
2010
"Volga Youth," interregional exhibition, Saransk (Russia).
2008
"Youth of Russia," interregional exhibition, Saratov (Russia).
Residencies:
2022
Summer School ISI IB «Spaces of Stories / Stories of Space», Vyshny Volochek (Russia)
2022
Winter School ISI IB «Posthuman», Moscow (Russia)
Awards:
2018
State scholarship of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
2015
Laureate of the Presidential Scholarship of Russia
Art Fairs:
2023
ART RUSSIA FAIR, Gostiny Dvor, Moscow (Russia)