Iryna Akimova
Born in Kharkov, Ukraine. Graduated from Kharkiv State University, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor. She is the Director of the Analytical and Cultural Center NOSEP (New Socio-Economic Policy) and the leader of the Ukrainian Association of Feminine Research in the Arts (UAFRA), a public organization that supports women in the arts and advocates gender equality in the arts.
Works in painting and installations. Iryna has been the organizer and the curator of several exhibitions. Her works are in private collections in Ukraine, Germany, Austria, and China.
EXHIBITIONS.
SOLO:
2016 “I am painting the Sky ..”, Gallery NUART, Kyiv, Ukraine (www.nuart.com.ua/)
2017 “Nonfictional Essays”, Museum of Books and Printing in Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 “Reflection”, Museum and Exhibition Center “Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 «Outside the windows”, Art-hub of ICF “Jewish Hesed “Bnei Azriel”, Kyiv
GROUP:
2017 “C -squared: Constructive compromise”, Museum of Books and Printing of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine (http://vuam.org.ua/uk/)
2018 “To you, Madonna …”, National Museum “Kyiv Art Gallery”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 Artfest of Ukrainian Contemporary Women’s Art, Institute for Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine – Diploma
2018 8th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts (8th international exhibition of traditional art),Museum of Art Collections, Shanghai, China
2018 «Art of compromise», second exhibition of Artfest of Ukrainian contemporary women’s art , Gallery XXI, Vinnitsa, Ukraine
2018 International exhibition of contemporary women’s art “NUMERI ESSE”, Museum and Exhibition Center “Museum of the History of Kyiv City”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 Exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian women’s ceramic art “Breath of Fire”, special project “Anima”, TsheGlinArt Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 All-Ukrainian Exhibition For the Artist’s Day, Kiev, Gallery of the Kyiv House of Artists of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 All-Ukrainian Christmas Exhibition, Gallery of the Kyiv House of Artists of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 Exhibition “Feeling of Freedom” dedicated to the International Day of the White Ribbon, Ukrainian Parliament, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 Exhibition “Feeling of Freedom”, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Mariupol, Ukraine
International auctions
December 2018, Philips auction in London, diptych “Quiet alley in the park” (sold)