Irina was born in Russia in 1978. 
In 1996 she moved to Israel. She graduated from Tel-Aviv University with an MFA in Theatre Design in 2006. 
She has worked as a stage and costume designer and also a puppet maker since 2003.
In 2008 Irina moved to England. She started work as an independent clay sculptor in 
2009. Irina also teaches a group of young students.

Exhibitions

  • June-July 2013 Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries, London
  • March 2013 The Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries, London
  • January 2013 Cork Street Open Exhibition - Cork Street Gallery, London
  • August 2012 Cork Street Open Exhibition - Cork Street Gallery, London
  • June-July 2012 Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries, London
  • May-July 2012 The Menuhin Hall Sculpture Exhibition - Menuhin Hall, Surrey
  • November 2011 London Potters Annual Exhibition - Morley Gallery, London
  • October 2011 Islington Contemporary Art Fair - Candid Gallery, London
  • September 2007 Artic-8 - The Exhibition of Israeli Artists - Haifa, Israel
  • June 2007 The Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture, Prague, Czech Republic      
  • August 2005 “Its All Puppets”, Haifa, Israel
  • June 2003 The Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture, Prague, Czech Republic

Professional Experience
2009 - now

August -
October 2007

November 2005 - 
March 2006


November -December 2005

September -December 2005

April - June 2005


March - May 2005


August - October 2004

June - July 2004


January - March 2003
My home studio, Kingston

Nadneda Theatre in Tel-Aviv, Israel

Emuna Theatre in Jerusalem, Israel


The Ashdod Theatre in Israel


The Triangle Theatre in Tiberias, Israel

The Tel-Aviv University Theatre

Jbeneh Theatre in Haifa, Israel

The Kibbutzim College Theatre in Tel-Aviv, Israel

Theatre “The Steps” in Herzliya, Israel

The Tel-Aviv University Theatre
Sculpture

Design and puppet making for musicals Aladdin and Peter Pen. (Director: Lior Chamo)


Stage and costume design for production of “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” by Bertolt Brecht.
(Director: Salit Ahimeir)

Stage design for production “The Bodyguard” by Gregory Gorin. (Director: Ilia Brodetskiy)


Stage design, puppet design/making for roduction of “An Assistant as Himself” (based on the Old Testament stories). (Director: Gennady Babitskiy)

Costume design and puppet making for production “I Now Pronounce You…” (based on fragments from Jewish classics). (Director: Moshe Pernshtein)

Stage design, puppet design/making for puppet theatre production Thumbling (based on an Arabian folk story). (Director: Valentina Abu-Oksa)

Puppet design and making for production Winter in Kalandia by Lia Nirgad.
(Director: Nola Chelton)

Costume and stage design for production of Masha and the Beast (based on Russian folk story). (Director: Simeon Perel)

Costume design for production The Good Doctor by Neil Simon. (Director: Nola Chelton)

Education
2002 - 2004


1999 - 2002
Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Theatre
MFA in Stage Design and Costume Design

Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Theatre
BA in Stage Design, Costume Design and Stage Lighting

Awards
2007

2005 - 2006
Shternfeld Design Prise for designing puppets for the production of “Winter in Calandia”

Stipend from America Israel Cultural Foundation for Young Artists