ARTISTIC OUTPUT:

-Painting: oil, tempera, acrylics, watercolor, pastels, miniatures, pictures, murals, wall paintings in different media. Textile: batik and silk painting, appliqué works, hand waving. Created and painted unique cloth (dresses, scarves, T-shirts), curtains on windows and wall-hangers, theater curtains and tapestry. Interior design: domestic and commercial interiors, including all elements of interior decorations. Designed (on  commission) large interiors using my own painting, porcelain and textile products. Porcelain & ceramic: free sculpting, mold making, sleap-casting, over and underglaze painting. Figurines, vases, candleholders, decorative plates, boxes, jewelry, etc. Jewelry: rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, diadems from gold and silver with precious stones and pearls.    Created unique and limited edition jewelry from porcelain. Restoration: all media paintings, marble sculpture, ceramic, china, wooden items, gilt. Painting and composition teacher.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

-Independent artist.

-Member of National Association Of Women Artists USA. Traveling Painting Exhibition, USA July 1996 - March 1998.

-Member of Union Of Artists USSR. (St. Petersburg/Leningrad) USSR, 1980-92.   1993 -Three show exhibitions of my own porcelain jewelry (Boston, MA); 1992/3 -Displays for art stores: "Touch Of Class" and "Skaska" (Boston, MA). 1993 -Oil painting, as a part of interior decoration for showroom, Italian Design Inc., (Boston, MA). 1993 -Project of the front window display for art shop "Little Russia" on Harvard Square (Cambridge, MA).

*Leningrad Art Fund. (St. Petersburg/Leningrad) USSR, 1980-92. 1988/9 -Decorative curtains on windows and walls (400 sq.ft.) and three tapestries (30 sq.ft.) for the interior of the Cultural Center in Siberia (Tomsk) Russia. 1987 -Decorative curtains on windows (1100 sq.ft.) for the interior of a large restaurant (Sillamiae, Estonia). 1983 -Theater curtains for Children's Theater (500 sq.ft.) using batik, silk painting, appliqué work (Vsevolojsk) Russia.

*Leningrad's Department of Moscow Art Fund "Rossmonumentiskusstvo". (St. Petersburg) USSR, 1984-92. 1991 -Wall painting (340 sq.ft.), oil on canvas, for the large interior of the Cultural Center (Viatka) Russia. 1987 -Decorative curtains on windows (3800 sq.ft.) for  the Cultural Center "Sverdlova" (St. Petersburg) Russia. 1986 -Decorative curtains on windows (2690 sq.ft.) for  one of the principal Leningrad's Cultural Center "Viborgskiy" (St. Petersburg) Russia. 1984/5 -Decorative woodcarving sculpture (10 relief's 7x5 sq.ft. each) for the interior of the tasting hall Wine Factory #1 (Baku) Azerbaijan.

AWARDS:

1996 -Book Art Press award for book "New Art International." 1996 -Award of Kentucky Craft Marketing Program: "Irina Ilina is commissioned to represent the highest standards of Kentucky craftsmanship." 1997 -Art Decorators Club Of Cincinnati.

JURY - EXHIBITIONS:

1996-8 TRAVELING PAINTING EXHIBITION, USA    -Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA;   -Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN;   -Sheldon Swope Museum of Art, Terre Haute, IN:    -Muscatine Art Center, Muscatine, Iowa;  -Northwest Art Center, Minot, ND;   -Cando Art Center, Cando, ND;     -Gannon Gallery, Bismarck State College, Bismarck, ND;     -Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas, Nevada;    -Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, Nevada;    -Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX.    

• 1997 "Sacred Arts XVII" Billy Graham Center Museum (Wheaton, IL)
• 1995. "Abstraction In Fiber" Exhibit in Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery (Louisville, KY) USA.
• 1995-6. Frideman IMAGES Gallery (Louisville, KY) USA.
• 1993. Exhibition at the "Dyansen Gallery" (Boston, MA) USA.
• 1993. Exhibition at the Russian Cultural Center (Boston, MA) USA.
• 1992. Alpert Gallery (Boston, MA) USA.
• 1992. Exhibition at the Children's Museum (Boston, MA) USA.
• 1990. Exhibition of Contemporary Soviet Art in Museum Of Progress; Zagreb Yugoslavia .
• 1989. National exhibition of textile artists ,St. Petersburg, Russia.
• 1984. "My Leningrad" regional exhibition in The Union Of Artists USSR, St. Petersburg, Russia.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• 1996. Singletary Center for the Arts University Of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) USA.
• 1996. Danville Public Library; (Danville, KY).
• 1995-6. Elmwood Inn Historic Center; (Perryville, KY).
• 1995. Lexington Art League  (Lexington, KY) USA.
• 1994. Gallery of the Lexington Central Public Library (Lexington, KY) USA.
• 1992. Mobile exhibition accompanying St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra's tour in Sweden.
• 1991. Exhibition at the Leningrad Journalist's Cultural Center (St. Petersburg) Russia.
• 1990. Two month exhibit at the Museum Of Leningrad's History (St. Petersburg) Russia.
• 1990. Six week exhibition at the Cultural Center of Publishing House "Aurora" (St. Petersburg) Russia.
• 1989. Exhibitions Hall Union Of  Artists USSR "Proftehobrazovania".

Grants:

• 1993. Federal Government granted legal status of "Extraordinary Artist Valuable for American Culture".

Permanent Collections:

• State Museum of St. Petersburg's History [St. Petersburg, Russia]
• Calvary Baptist Church [Danville, KY].
• Church of  Christ [Danville, KY].
• Elmwood Inn Historic Place, [Perryville, KY].
• Constitution Square State Park [Danville, KY].
• Lexington Public Library [Lexington, KY].
• Several Private Collections in US, Canada, Sweden, Estonia, Azerbaijan and Russia.

WORKSHOPS & LECTURES:

• "Dialogues" meeting with art community University Of Kentucky, Singletary Center for the Arts (Lexington, KY) 1996.
• "Art Creation" lecture for the  Art Department University Of Kentucky (Lexington, KY) USA, 1994.
• "Overglaze Painting" workshop in the Radcliffe College Ceramic Studio (Cambridge, MA) USA, 1993.
• "Porcelain Jewelry" workshop in the "Mudflat" Ceramic Studio (Sommerville, MA) USA, 1993.
• "Art Creation" lecture for international students in the Exhibitions Hall "Proftehobrazovania" (St. Petersburg) 1990.
• Lecture for veterans of Afghanistan war at the Leningrad Journalist's Cultural Center (St. Petersburg) Russia, 1990.

EDUCATION:

• 1986  Artistic practice in the art studio of the professor P.A. Shevchenko,  Academy of Fine Art, St.Petersburg.
• 1980  Graduated from Leningrad Herzen Pedagogical College as a teacher of art and drawing.
• 1971   Work practice in HERMITAGE.
• 1969-71  Leningrad Restoration Studio "Sokol".

Publications:

• 1996 "Art International" book [Book Art Press] New York, NY;
• 1996 March; October cover St. Anthony Messenger magazine Cincinnati, OH;
• 1996 November cover and article "Horizons" magazine, Louisville, KY;
• 1996 "Celebrating Art and Music at the Elmwood Inn" book [Crescent Hill Books].
• 1994 Jan., Jun., 1995 Dec., 1996 Dec., "The Kentucky Advocate" newspaper Danville, KY;
• 1996 Feb., "ACE" newspaper Lexington, KY;
• 1996 Mar., "Russian Forward" newspaper New York, NY.
• 1994 Sept., "Lexington Herald-Leader" newspaper KY;
• 1991 Sept., Oct., "Gallery" magazine Estonia;
• 1990 Apr., "Vecherniy Leningrad" newspaper Russia;