Irina Kotova Explained

Irina Kotova
Birth Place:Minsk, Belarus
Nationality:Belarusian, French
Field:Drawing, Painting
Training:Belarusian State Academy of Arts

Irina Kotova (Belarusian: Ірына Міхайлаўна Котава, Russian: Ирина Михайловна Котова; born November 17, 1976, in Minsk) is a Belarusian-French painter and graphic artist.

Biography

Irina Kotova was born in Minsk (Belarus), November 17, 1976.She studied in Belarusian State Academy of Arts from 1996 to 2002, got a Diploma of Graphic Art Department. She entered St. Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris in 2003, got a Diploma of Theology Licence[1] in 2007.She studied in the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) in Paris from 2007 to 2009, got a Diploma in the History of Art, Master. Kotova is a participant in international and republican exhibitions. Her works are kept in the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, the Belarusian Embassy in Paris, and various private collections across Belarus, Russia, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, and the USA.

Exhibitions

Personal exhibitions

Duo exhibition

Group exhibitions

Open Days Artists Workshops

Book illustrations

Irina Kotova illustrated[10] a new English version[11] of the book The Conversation of St Seraphim of Sarov with N.A. Motovilov, published in London in 2010.[12] [13]

Presentations, reportings, documentary

Edition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clôture de l'année universitaire - Institut de Théologie Orthodoxe Saint-Serge . www.saint-serge.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070717082923/http://www.saint-serge.net/article.php3?id_article=143 . 2007-07-17.
  2. http://www.artmuseum.by/eng/news/2010/irina-kotova.-promenades-through-paris . Photos from the opening of the exhibition Promenades through Paris: http://www.artmuseum.by/eng/news/2010/photos-from-the-opening-of-the-exhibition-promenades-through-paris
  3. Web site: CRSC. Activités culturelles. 2012 . 2012-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120402192449/http://www.russiefrance.org/fr/activites/culture.html . 2012-04-02 . dead .
  4. http://www.orthodoxie.com/actualites/exposition-de-lincarnation-a-la-resurrection/ Orthodoxie.com: "From the Incarnation to the Resurrection"
  5. Web site: Les ailes de Noël . 2014-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140303160158/http://www.galerierusskiymir.com/les-ailes-de-noel-2/ . 2014-03-03 . dead .
  6. Web site: Выставка.
  7. Reporting from the exhibition opening: http://www.nlb.by/portal/page/portal/index/detailed_news?param0=34974&lang=en&rubricId=1011
  8. Web site: Exhibition of Belarusian artists in Brugge - Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Kingdom of Belgium.
  9. Web site: Découvrez les œuvres d’art sur le lieu même de leur création . 2018-11-12 . 2018-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181112101411/http://www.chatou.fr/Evenements/Rendez-vous/Journees-Portes-Ouvertes-Ateliers-d-Artistes . dead .
  10. Web site: Orthodoxie: Une publication anglaise des conversations de saint Séraphin de Sarov avec Motovilov . 2011-09-13 . 2012-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083806/http://www.orthodoxie.com/2010/12/publication-anglaise-des-conversations-de-saint-s%C3%A9raphin-de-sarov-avec-motovilov.html . dead .
  11. Foreword by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Introduction by Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.
  12. Web site: Англоязычный вариант книги "Беседа преподобного С.Саровского с Н.Мотовиловым" иллюстрирован белорусской художницей | Культура | Последние новости | Новости Беларуси | Белорусские новости | Республика Беларусь|Минск|БелТА . 2011-09-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110103062649/http://www.belta.by/ru/all_news/culture/Anglojazychnyj-variant-knigi-Beseda-prepodobnogo-SSarovskogo-s-NMotovilovym-illjustrirovan-belorusskoj-xudozhnitsej_i_531422.html . 2011-01-03 .
  13. Web site: Saints Alive - Shop - Books - Triumphs of the Spirit in Russia . 2011-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110317142858/http://www.saintsalive.org.uk/english/en-saintsalive-shop-books-bk3.html . 2011-03-17 . dead .
  14. Web site: Orthodoxie: A l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art . 2011-09-13 . 2012-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083816/http://www.orthodoxie.com/2009/05/a-linstitut-national-dhistoire-de-lart.html . dead .
  15. http://www.tvr.by/eng/culture.asp?id=40217 Beltéléradiocompagnie
  16. Watch film fragments: on Youtube
  17. http://www.orthodoxie.com/2012/02/le-documentaire-paris-imaginaire-a-%C3%A9t%C3%A9-prim%C3%A9-au-viie-festival-orthodoxe-international-du-film-de-la-sainte-rencontre.html Orthodoxie.com: Le documentaire "Paris imaginaire" a été primé au VIIe Festival orthodoxe international du film de la Sainte-Rencontre
  18. The publication of the album Imaginary Paris was coincided with the opening of Irina Kotova’s exhibition at National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus.
  19. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-09-13 . 2022-03-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220327084332/http://libcat.bas-net.by/opac/pls/!search.http_keyword?query=a001=%22BY-NLB-ar4027924+%22&lst_siz=20 . dead .