Irina Korina (; born 11 January 1977) is a Russian installation artist known for large-scale immersive installations that combine elements of architecture, theatre scenography, and everyday materials. Drawing on her background in scenic design, her work explores post-Soviet urban space, collective memory, and the relationship between domestic and public environments.
Biography Korina graduated from the stage design faculty of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), Moscow, in 2000. She also participated in the Valand Academy exchange programme in Sweden. From 2002 to 2005, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Korina has been actively engaged with theatre practice and has had a number of exhibitions since 1999. She was awarded The Debut Prize for drama works in 1999 and also the Soratnik All-Russian Contemporary Art Prize three times in 2006, 2009, and 2012. In 2008 and 2015 Korina became a laureate of the Innovation Prize, the All-Russian State Competition in Contemporary Art. She took part in the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017, and was also awarded the Terna Award for Contemporary Art in 2012.
Selected Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions
2018 — Schnee von gestern (Snow of Yesterday). Steirischer Herbst Festival, Graz, Austria
2017 — The Tail Wags the Comet. Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2016 — Destined to be Happy. GRAD, London, United Kingdom
2016 — Humiliated and Elated. XL Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2015 — Art Experiment. In the Studio. Garage Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2014 — Celebration. Special project for Manifesta 10, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2014 — Refrain. Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Russia
2013 — Chapel. Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City, United States
2012 — Demonstrative Behavior. Scaramouche, New York City, United States
2009 — Comma13. Bloomberg Space, London, United Kingdom
2009 — Installationen. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2009 — Installations. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Group Exhibitions
2021 — Diversity United. Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany
2020 — The Russian Fairy Tale. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019 — The non-conformists. The Story of a Russian Collection. MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain, Montpellier, France
2019 — The City of Tomorrow. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2019 — XIII Krasnoyarsk Museum Biennale: Negotiatiors. Museum Centre Ploschad Mira, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2018 — The Art of the 2000s. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2018 — It’s Okay to Change Your Mind!. MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2017 — Viva Arte Viva. Main project of the 57th Venice Biennale, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2017 — Space Force Construction. V-A-C Foundation, Palazzo delle Zattere, Venice, Italy
2017 — The Travellers: Voyage and Migration in New Art from Central and Eastern Europe. KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2017 — The Work Never Stops. Special project of the Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Tyumen Museum and Education Association, Tyumen, Russia
2015 — Post Pop: East Meets West. Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2015 — Balagan!!!. Kühlhaus, Berlin, Germany
2015 — Hope. Special project of the 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
2014 — Prudential Eye Awards. Suntec City, Singapore
2014 — Manifesta 10. Parallel programme, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2013 — Modern Art Museum: The Department of Labour and Employment. Special project of the 5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2013 — Lost in Translation. Venice Biennale with the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Venice, Italy
2013 — Archstoyanie. Nikola-Lenivets, Kaluga Region, Russia
2012 — Gaiety Is The Most Outstanding Feature Of the Soviet Union. Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2012 — Angry Birds. Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
2012 — 2nd Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art. Yekaterinburg, Russia
2010 — Nevermore. MAC VAL Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
2009 — Victory Over the Future. Russian Pavilion 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale Di Venezia 2009. 53rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2005 — Dialectics of Hope. Main project of the 1st Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lenin Museum, Moscow, Russia
Theatre projects and scenography
2019 — GES-2 Opera, directed by Vsevolod Lisovsky, National Research University MPEI, Moscow, Russia
2016 — Love Machines, directed by Maria Chirkova, Electrotheatre Stanislavsky, Moscow, Russia
2013 — Marina, directed by Evgenia Berkovich, Gogol Center, Moscow, Russia
Film work 2004 — Call Me Genie! (production designer), directed by Ilya Khotinenko
Selected collections Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE, London, United Kingdom
M HKA. Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art Moscow, Russia
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
External links Seddon, Max. "Irina Korina". Frieze. No. 123. ISSN 0962-0672
Irina Korina profile on The Russian Art Archive Network (RAAN), an online catalogue
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