IRINA
STARZHENETSKAYA
Irina Starzhenetskaya was born in 1943 in Uzbekistan where
her family was evacuated during World War II. In 1957-1962,
she studied in the Moscow Middle School of Fine Arts. In
1968, she graduated from the Surikov Fine Arts Institute
in Moscow where she had studied under A.Gritsai, D.Zhilinsky
and S.Shilnikov. In 1969, she joined the Artists Union of
the USSR. In 1965-1985, besides painting she was involved
in theater set design. In 1989, she began to work in the
field of church art. In 2000, she was awarded the Russian
Federation State Prize. In 2001, she became a corresponding
member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts. In 2003, she
was decorated with a St. Sergius of Radonezh Medal of the
Russian Orthodox Church. In 2004, she received the Gold
Medal of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts. She has participated
in public exhibitions since 1966.
Selected solo exhibitions include those in The Serpukhov
Museum of History and Arts in 1988; The Central House of
Artists in Moscow in 1989; The Tarussa Picture Gallery in
1991 and 2001; West Art Gallery in Oslo, Norway, in 1993;
The State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in 1993 and 2004;
the exhibition hall of Our Heritage Journal in Moscow in
1994; The Kaliningrad Fine Arts Gallery in 1994; the Manezh
Gallery in Moscow in 1996, 1998 and 2002; the Phoenix Culture
Center in Moscow in 1996; the Russian Gallery in Tallinn,
Estonia, in 1998; The Central House of Artists in Moscow
in 1999; the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall in Moscow in
1999 and 2001; Art 21 Gallery in Moscow in 2002; Lilja Zakirova
Gallery in The Netherlands in 2002; M’ARS Center for Contemporary
Arts in Moscow in 2003 and 2006; the School of Dramatic
Arts Theater in Moscow in 2004; The Obninsk History Museum
in 2005; the New Gallery in Tambov in 2007; Vincent Gallery
in Moscow in 2007; Novy Manezh in Moscow in 2008; The Russian
Academy of Fine Arts in Moscow in 2008.
Starzhenetskaya’s works are found in the State
Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the State
Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, the State Glinka Museum
of Musical Culture, the State Museum of the Moscow History,
the Moscow
Museum of Modern Art, the Peter
Ludwig Museum in Cologne (Germany), the New Gallery
in Achen (Germany), the Slovak National Gallery (Slovakia),
as well as in Russian fine arts museums in Vologda, Ivanovo,
Omsk, Tomsk, Yaroslavl and in private collections in Great
Britain, USA, Italy, Spain, France, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Austria, Germany, Russian and other countries.
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