Irina Matinian was born in Armenian family in Georgia, lived in Russia and Spain, travelled Europe. She now resides in the United States. Living among different cultures, architecture and languages, enriched her experience, and inspired many of her paintings. This compilation of cultures is influential to Irina’s style, as could be seen in many of her artwork. Her artwork demonstrate her observations of inner world in changing surroundings and their inherent journeys of transformation.
There is a delicacy to Irina’s paintings, which, together with the rich textures and colors of her paintings, makes for atmospheric observations of the world around.
Education:
Modern Art & Ideas course, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
International School of Design, BA in Design, Moscow, Russia
Interior Design and Decoration, Rhodec International, United Kingdom
MS in Physics, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Fine Art classes at the Russian Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburgh
Art Director. MORA Art Museum, Jersey City, NJ, USA
Member of The Artists' Union of Russia (TCXP), International Federation of Artists
Awards:
CFA Artist of the Year Award Finalist Certificate. 2019
Gold Medal for Contribution to the National Culture. Artists Union of Russia. 2018
Exhibitions and Performances:
2022 — Back to MORA Exhibition. MORA Art Museum. Jersey City, NJ
2021 — Cosmopolitan Art Fair. Margo Gallery NY.
2021 — Group Exhibition. MORA Museum. Jersey City, NJ
2021 — VI-th International Festival "Abstraction Without Borders". Moscow. Russia
2021 — International Contemporary Art Exhibition. IMDRart Gallery. Moscow. Russia
2020 — Group Exhibition. The Museum of Contemporary Art. Jersey City, NJ
2020 — V-th International Festival "Abstraction Without Borders". Moscow. Russia
2020 — International Women's Day Group Exhibition. One Art Space Gallery. TriBeCa, New York, NY
2020 — JC Fridays Exhibition. MoRA Contemporary. Jersey City, NJ
2020 — 20/20 Vision Exhibition. The Museum of Contemporary Art. Jersey City, NJ
2019 — International Art Festival. One Art Space Gallery. TriBeCa, New York, NY
2019 — Group Exhibition of American, Korean and European artists. The Museum of Contemporary Art. Jersey City, NJ
2019 — The Contemporary Art Exhibition. 17 Battery Place, New York, NY
2018 — III International Festival "Abstraction Without Borders". "Steppe Wolf" Project. The MARS Center for Contemporary Art.
2018 — III International Festival "Abstraction Without Borders". "Return to the Future" project. DK Moskvorechie. Moscow. Russia
2018 — Multimedia project "Zodiac Signs", artist Irina Matinian, music of Karlheinz Stockhausen arranged by Nikolay Popov. III International Festival "Abstraction Without Borders". NEO GEO, POP UP MUSEUM.
2018 — III International Festival "Abstraction Without Borders". "Return to the Future" project. Curators: David Ru, Nikolay Popov, Irina Matinyan. Nikolskaya Gallery. Moscow. Russia
2017 — II International Festival "Abstraction Without Borders". "Ecological Dreams" project. Moscow. Russia
2016 — I International Festival "Abstraction Without Borders". Curators: David Ru, Irina Matinyan. Moscow. Kazan. Russia
2016 — Multimedia Performance. Makao. Milan. Italy
2016 — "Art for Peace". Palazzo Farnese. Ortona. Italy
2015 — Multimedia project "Zodiac Signs", music of Karlheinz Stockhausen arranged by Nikolai Nikolay Popov. M.I. Glinka Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory. Russia
2015 — Exhibition "The Golden Collection of Abstract Art". Curator David Ru. Lavrushinsky, 15. Moscow. Russia
2015 — "Around The Square": Exhibition dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the “Black Square” by Kazimir Malevich. The Russian Academy of Arts. Moscow. Russia
2014 — "Abstract Environment" Exhibition. Curator David Ru. ARTPLAY Design Center. Moscow. Russia
2013 — Project ATTRACTION OF ART "Tetractys" MOSKHAOS (within the 5-th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art). Moscow. Russia
2013 — Abstract Art Exhibition. Modern Fine Arts Museum on Dmitrovskaya. Rostov-on-Don. Russia
2013 — "The Wall" project, performance. "Velo-Art" project, performance. Curator David Ru. Night of Museums. Belyaevo Gallery. Moscow. Russia
2013 — "The Space of Jazz". Curator David Ru. ARTPLAY Design Center. Moscow. Russia
2013 — "The Myth and Reality", "DavidGroup" with the Lebanese sculptor Raffi Tokatlyan. Belyaevo Gallery. Moscow. Russia
2013 — "Return of the King". Curator David Ru. Belyaevo Gallery. Moscow. Russia
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 — I, II, III, IV International projects "Abstract Art in Modern Russia". Exhibitions "The Space of the Ideal". Curator David Ru. Nagornaya Gallery. Moscow. Russia
2012 — The space of the Ideal. Curator David Ru. Nagornaya Gallery. Moscow. Russia
2012 — Exhibition "Above and Beyond the Plane". Curator David Ru. Belyaevo Gallery. Moscow. Russia
Performances online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdlsSXZy-GU&t=1s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggukx8JVtNM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvlNdrOaQhg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us2bhvHTOvo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxIP00RlMd4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ir_RU9CD4
https://www.2016-moscow.davidru.com/
Collections:
Palazzo Farnese Museum. Ortona. Italy
Contemporary Art Museum, Kazan, Russia
Modern Fine Arts Museum on Dmitrovskaya, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Belyaevo Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Nagornaya Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Private collections:
USA, Italy, Russia, Georgia, Austria
