IRINA VALKOVA / CV
Paulus Str. 21 33602 Bielefeld, Germany
Irina Valkova, born in Kemerovo (Russia) in 1982, lives and works in Bielefeld (Germany). She studied at Art Center College of Design (Los Angeles, USA), Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), majoring in Fine Art Media and System Theory, and received her Bachelor and Master Degrees in Fine Arts from Weissensee School of Art (Berlin, Germany) in 2012-2013. Irina Valkova presented her work at solo exhibitions in Germany, Bulgaria and Finland, as well as at the numerous group exhibitions in Germany, Finland, Austria and Japan. Her work has been supported by various institutions, including the Ministry of Culture and Science of Northern Rhine-Westphalia, Mart Stam Foundation (Berlin, Germany), Alfred Toepfer Foundation (Hamburg, Germany).
Since 2020, Irina Valkova is a member of the Steering Committee of the Federal Union of Visual Artists (BBK-OWL).
Education
2012-2013 Master Project (Weissensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany)
2007-2012 Diploma in Fine Arts (Weissensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany)
2005-2006 studies of Fine Arts and Systems Theory at Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia)
2003-2005 studies of Fine Art Media at Art Center College of Design (Los Angeles, CA)
Awards and residencies
2022 Eskimo Group/ReBonkers Residency (Varna, Bulgaria)
2022 Project Award (Landesprogramm Kultur und Schule NRW)
2022 Fellowship of the Ministry of Culture NRW
2021 Project Award (Landesprogramm Kultur und Schule NRW)
2021 Fellowship of the Ministry of Culture NRW
2020 Fellowship of the Ministry of Culture NRW
2020 Project Award (Landesprogramm Kultur und Schule NRW)
2013 Project Award (MART STAM Foundation, Berlin, Germany)
2013 Nomination for the ars-viva Award (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
2013 TOKAMAK Artistic Residency, HIAP (Souomenlinna, Finland)
2011-2012 Alfred-Toepfer-Fellowship (Alfred Toepfer Foundation, Hamburg, Deutschland)
2011 TOKAMAK Artistic Residency, HIAP (Souomenlinna, Finland)
2009 Project Award (Weissensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany)
2004-2005 Art Center College of Design Fellowship (Los Angeles, USA)
Solo exhibitions
2023 During Apocalypse (L wie Materie Gallery, Salem, Germany)
2023 Routes Rites Rituals (L wie Materie Gallery, Salem, Germany)
2022 Instead of apocalypse (Artists Unlimited Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany)
2021 Typology of vague distances (BBK OWL Gallery, Bielefeld, Germany)
2018 Landscape for angels and lucifers (Chamber of Commerce of East Westphalia, Germany)[Review: Stefan Brams. Vom Reiz der Landschaft. – Neue Westfälische, Nr.135/24, S. 7).]
2016 Sea-Change (Arkadia bookstore and gallery, Helsinki, Finland)
2015 Commissioning Commissions (Alfred Töpfer Foundation, Galerie im Georgshof, Hamburg, Germany)
Group exhibitions (selection)
2023 Mittendrin (Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld, Germany)
2022 Occasional Camping (Eskimo Group/ReBonkers, Varna, Bulgaria)
2020 Die Neuen (BBK OWL, Bielefeld, Germany)
2019 Contemporary Art Ruhr (Essen, Germany)
2019 Gestein: Soil, Sediment, Stone (Kunstverein Kärnten / Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt)
2015 Hotel Exhibition (Schillerpalais, Berlin, Germany)
2015 Cool Runnings (Kühlhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
2014 Bahnhöfe [Railway Stations] (Weissensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany)
2013 Hello, Goodbye: Fragen und Antworten zur Gegenwärtigkeit des Bauhaus-Mythos (Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau, Germany )
2012 Ausgerechnet Freitag der 13 (Oranienplatz 17, Berlin, Germany)
2012 Contes. Märchen. Eventyr. ска́зoк. Fairytales. Pohádek. Baśni (Hamburg, Alfred Töpfer Foundation, Galerie im Georgshof, Hamburg, Germany)
2012 Momentaufnahme [Snapshot] (Theaterhalle Dock 11, Berlin, Germany)
2011 Hermann and Madeleine: Foodstuffs Through the Prism of Art (Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany)
2011 unspontaneous | Drawings (Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany)
2010 BIG IN JAPAN (ARCUS Studio, Moria, Japan)
2009 Slow Revolution (Weissensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany)
2009 Raumforschung Flugplatz Werneuchen [In the Fog the Yellow Becomes Red and the Red Turns Yellow] (Werneuchen Airport, Werneuchen, Germany)
2008 Akklimatisatsiia [Acclimatization] (C. A. G. Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia)
2007 Notes from the Overpass: St. Petersburg/Los-Angeles (Galeriet 18, Helsinki, Finland)
Curatorial experience
2023 Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen (Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld, Germany)
2016 Sea-Change (Arkadia bookstore and gallery, Helsinki, Finland)