Irina Nakhova (b. 1955) graduated from the Moscow Institute of Graphic Arts in 1978. She is an installation artist and an academically trained painter who “parlays art historical references into interactive environments that are humorous and poignant” (Marina Mangubi). She has had a long and ... Read more
Images
Personal Exhibitions
2008
Zone of No Distinction, XL Gallery, Moscow RU
2007
Disagreeable Matters-Disarming Icons, Windows at Kimmel Center, New York University, New York, NY US
2006
Trip, XL Gallery, Moscow RU*
Moscow Installation, Karlsruhe Kunstlerhaus, Karlsruhe D
2005
Artificial Shrubbery, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow RU
Probably Would, Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, NY US
Two New, Kresge Gallery, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ US
2004
Alert: Code Orange, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow RU
Us, XL Gallery, Moscow RU
Silence, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg A*
2003
When Will You Be Home?, Wooster College Art Museum, Wooster, OH US
Rehearsal, State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow RU
2002
Stay With Me, XL Gallery, Moscow RU *
2001
Annunciation, XL Gallery, Moscow RU *
2000
Deposition, Rupertinum, Museum Moderner Kunst, Salzburg A
Showroom: Installation with Big Red, Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn EST
1999
Big Red, XL Gallery, Moscow RU*
Archeology of the Room, Gallery Obscuri Viri, Moscow RU
1998
Showroom: Installation with Big Red, Galerie Eboran, Salzburg A
Honeybuns Performing Goethe's Werter, with Günter Unterburger, Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein A
1997
What I Saw, XL Gallery, Moscow RU*
Power of Painting: Food Painting, Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, MI US
1996
Daddy Needs to Relax, Gallery Obscuri Viri, Moscow RU*
1995
Friends and Neighbors, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI US
Feast for the Gods, XL Gallery, Moscow RU*
1993
Careful With Your Eyes, Gallery 60, Umea, S
1992
In Memoriam, Chicago International Art Exposition, Special Project Installation, Chicago, IL US
Recent Works, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY US
1991
Partial Triumph II, Galeria Berini, Barcelona E
1990
Momentum Mortis, Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY US
1989
Partial Triumph I, Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London GB*
Group Exhibitions
2008
+7 (495)… Russian Artists Abroad. Works from NCCA Collection, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, RU*
Kandinsky Prize, Exhibition of Selected Nominees, Riga, LV and Palazzo Italia, Berlin DE
2007
This Is Not Food, ERA Foundation, Moscow RU*
Kandinsky Prize, Exhibition of the Nominees, Vinzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow RU*
New in Collection, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow RU*
History of Russian Video Art,. Volume 1. Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow RU*
I Believe!, Vinzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow RU*
Katoptron (Direction of a Mirror Glance), Museum Centre of Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow RU
Nostalgia, Neal Davis Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Apocalypse: Contemporary Visions, Candice Dwan/Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, NY US