Iryna Akimova
Iryna Akimova
Iryna Akimova was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She graduated from Kharkiv State University and got PhD degree. She lives and works in Kyiv. In 2007-10 was the member of Ukrainian parliament. Iryna is the member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. She is the leader of the Ukrainian Association of Feminine Research in the Arts (UAFRA), which she founded in 2017 to advocates gender equality in the arts. Iryna works in painting, installations, animation and performance. In her portfolio, there are 10 solo- and 45+ group exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad. She got awards at the international art competitions. Her artworks are in museums and private collections in Ukraine, Germany, Slovakia, and China.
Contacts:
E-mail: akimova.best@gmail.com
Mobile: +380 50 3307394
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iryna.akimova.39
Site: https://uafra.com.ua/en/gallery-of-irina-akimova/paintings
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Memory of the soul”, Museum of History of Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 “Music”, National Opera House of Ukraine, Kyiv
2021 “Seasons “, Museum of History of Kyiv, Kyiv
2021 “Music”, National Opera House of Ukraine, Kyiv
2021 “Seasons “, Museum of History of Kyiv, Kyiv
2021 MUSIC ,Art Show International, solo exhibition (on-line), Los Angeles, California
2020 “Music”, Museum of History of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 «Just Summer!”, Museum of History of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 «Outside the windows”, Art-hub of ICF “Jewish Hesed “Bnei Azriel”, Kyiv
GROUP
2022 Terra & Tide, Envision Arts online gallery , Dallas, USA, Award of the Best in Show
2022 Art against WAR, Globus Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2022 International Juried Art Competition (on-line), Landscape 5th , Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, USA , Talent Prize Award
2022 International Juried Art Competition (on-line), Abstract 6th , Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, USA , Finalist Award
2022 International Juried Art Competition (on-line), Landscape 4th , Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, USA , Honorable Mention Award
2022 International Juried Art Competition (on-line), Portrait 3d , Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, USA , Talent Prize Award
2022 International Juried Art Competition, Portrait 5th, Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, Honorable Mention Award
2022 Dante Day con Ucraina: Ucrainian Art in Italy, Ravenna, Italy
2021 International Juried Art Competition (on-line), , Third ABSTRACT, Art Show International Gallery, Los Angeles, California , USA, Honorable Mention Award
2021 FEMINITY, TimaxArt Hall, Kyiv
2021 (October) Contemporary Istanbul, International Fair, Istanbul, Turkey
2021 Luxemburg Art Price, La Pinacotheque , Luxemburg ,Certificate
2021 ART AGAINST VIOLENCE, National Institute of Modern Art, Kyiv
2021 ART AGINST VIOLENCE, CAM Garibaldi, Milan, Italy
2021 (Spring) Contemporary Istanbul, International Fair (on-line), Istanbul , Turkey
2021 Stories of love, International on-line exhibition , Spotlightartcollective, Mumbai, India
2021 International Juried Art Competition (on-line), Art Show International Gallery, First ABSTRACT competition, Los Angeles, California , Honorable Mention Award
2021 OUT and ABOUT, 4th Artfest of contemporary women’s art, Modern Art Research Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 «A look through the backstage”, Exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art, Museum of History of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 The 3d Women’sArtFest SANSARA, Institute of Modern Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 Re:Creation, Contemporary Ukrainian Art Project, Govedarou Gallery, Saloniki , Greece
2020 All-Ukrainian Christmas Exhibition, Central House of Artists of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2020 Luxemburg Art Price, La Pinacotheque , Luxemburg, Certificate
2019 “Windows”, Exhibition of contemporary women’s art , Museum of History of Kiev, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 “Nuova Primavera”, Ukrainian Art Fest, Palazzo Velli Expo, Rome, Italy
2019 VIII Ukrainian Art Triennale, Central House of Artists of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 “Agenda”, 2nd Ukrainian Women’s Art Fest , Institute for Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 All-Ukrainian exhibition to the 175 anniversary of Ilya Repin, House of Artists, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
2019 «Contemporaries and the world”, Jewish Cultural Centre"Beit Grand", Odessa, Ukraine
2019 All-Ukrainian exhibition to the Independence day of Ukraine, Central House of Artists, Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 « Women in the arts” ,German-Ukrainian exhibition of contemporary art, Villa Mohr cultural center, Munich, Germany
2019 «Contemporary Ukrainian art: women’s outlook», Museum of Ukrainian culture in Svidnik ( affiliation of the Slovak National Museum) , Svidnik, Slovakia
2019 Triennale of abstract art ART AKT, Cultural center “Vernissage” , Chernivtsi, Ukraine
2019 Exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art “Allowed- Not allowed “, Museum of the History of Kyiv City", Kyiv, Ukraine
2019 “Greek accent- Ukrainian outlook”, Exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian art , Athens, Ukrainian Embassy in Greece/ Purple Gallery , Lamia , Greece
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 “Breath of Fire", Exhibition of contemporary Ukrainian women's ceramic art , 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, Central House of Artists of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 "Feeling of Freedom", Exhibition dedicated to the International Day of the White Ribbon, Ukrainian Parliament, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 "Feeling of Freedom", Centre for Contemporary Arts, Mariupol, Ukraine
2017 “C -squared: Constructive compromise”, Museum of Books and Printing of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
International auctions
August 2021, TimaxArt Auction in London
November 2020, TimaxArt Auction “Painting ,photography and sculpture” in London December
July 2020, Phillips auction NEW NOW in London ( “The purifying rain”)
2018, Phillips auction in London (diptych "Quiet alley in the park")
Enciclopedia dei contemporanei dell’Arte, 2022, Associazione Culturale Ad-Art Artists in the World, Roma, Italia (p.91)