Kolesnikova Irina Yuryevna
Born on August 23, 1959 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Textile Institute, Faculty of Applied Arts, in 1982. Has exhibited since 1991.
Works in collections
Works are in the State Historical-Architectural, Art and Landscape Museum-Reserve 'Tsaritsyno', the All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art in Moscow, and in private collections in the USA, Germany, Canada, and Italy.
Exhibitions and auctions
1986 Mini Tapestry Biennale, Szombathely, Hungary;
1988 Color. Black Gallery. Legnica, Poland;
1989 Positions. Youth Group Exhibition, Moscow;
1990 Positions. International Youth Exhibition, 'Am Fischmarkt' Gallery, Erfurt, Germany;
1990 Solo Exhibition. 'A-3' Gallery, Moscow;
1991 Art Textile 90. 'F-15' Gallery, Moss, Norway; Russian Gallery (David Harrington), London;
1992 Textiles from Moscow and St. Petersburg. 'Raisa' Gallery, Erfurt, Germany;
1993 Textiles from Moscow and St. Petersburg, Stuttgart, Germany;
1993 Tapestry. From Miniature to Panel. Solo Exhibition. All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art, Moscow;
1993 White Nights. International Textile Symposium, St. Petersburg;
1993 Facing Each Other – Russian and Rhine Textile Art. Handwerkskammer, Cologne;
1993 One Day of Europe. International Patchwork Exhibition, Chateau de Chassy, France.
Author about himself
Fragments of images from different times, different cultures, and abstract forms, coming together into a whole, create a new quality, a new symbol. Colored surface plus line. Associativity and decorativeness.
Bibliography
Catalogue 'Color', 1988;
V. Kopachev, 'Mini-art,' journal 'Decorative Art,' No.9, 1990, p.5;
Catalogue 'Art Textile-90', 1991, London;
E. Agashina, 'Double Portrait on Textile Motif', journal 'Smena', No.3, 1991;
Karl-Heinz Bornmann 'Jorg-Heiko Bruns', catalogue 'Haltungen', Germany, 1989;
Catalogue 'Moscow Textile', 1992;
'Textiles from Moscow and St. Petersburg', journal 'Textilform', Germany, 1992;
A. Tarkhanov, Introductory Article, 'Raisa' Gallery catalogue, Germany, 1993.
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