Nakhova, Irina Isaevna

Father Isai Mikhailovich Nakhov (1920-2006), philologist, professor of Moscow State University. Mom worked in the publishing house "Detgiz" and knew many unofficial artists who worked there as illustrators . When Irina was 14 years old, her mother took her with her to the workshop of Viktor Pivovarov . He became the mentor of a young Irina Nakhova, gradually she became closer to the circle of Moscow conceptualists. From 1972 to 1978 she studied at the correspondence department of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute . By the mid-1970s are the first independent experiments in painting. In 1974 she was included in the list of participants of the “Bulldozer Exhibition” , but due to subsequent threats from the authorities, she was unable to take part in it. Since 1981, she has been a member of the MANI circle. Since 1983 - participated in the actions of the group "Collective Actions" . In 1983, in a Moscow apartment at M. Gruzinskaya, 28 began to create the project “Rooms”, one of the first examples of the environment genre in Russian contemporary art. In 1986, she entered the book section of the Moscow Union of Artists, and by that time illustrated about fifty books. In 1987 she entered the association of artists KLAVA (Avant-garde Club). After the success at Sothby's auction in Moscow (1988), a series of international exhibitions with the participation of Nakhova followed, as well as her first solo exhibition in the New York gallery Phyllis Kind (1989). In 1991, Irina Nakhova received a green card, moved to the United States, and later began to live in two houses. In his installations, he uses different media: painting, photography, collage, and since 1994 - modern technical tools that allow him to make his work interactive and spectacular: inflatable materials, touch sensors, sound. In 1994-1997 - professor of painting at the University of Wayne in the city of Detroit, USA, currently works as an artist-teacher on the invitation of European and American universities. In 2011, there was a large retrospective of Irina Nakhova in the MMS on Gogol Boulevard. In 2013, she won the Kandinsky Prize in the nomination "Best Project". In 2015, Irina Nakhova represented Russia at the Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art .

He lives in Moscow and New Jersey.

For the first time in the history of the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Russia was represented in 2015 by a female artist, Irina Nakhova.

• The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. The Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, New Brunswick, USA
• State Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow
• National Center for Contemporary Art , Moscow
• Moscow Museum of Modern Art , Moscow

• 2017 - “Battle of the Disabled” , in the framework of the Parallel Program of the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art, pop / off / art gallery , Moscow
• 2016-2017 - "The View". Pushkin Museum to them. A.S. Pushkin, Moscow.
• 2016 - “Primary Forces”. Nailya Alexander gallery, New York.
• 2015 - The Green Pavilion. Russian Pavilion, Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
• 2013 - “Paradise”. Large wine storage center CSI "WINZAVOD" , Moscow
• 2011 - “Native Speech”. Era Foundation, Moscow [3].
• 2011 - “Rooms”. Moscow Museum of Modern Art , Moscow [4].
• 2008 - “Zone of nondiscrimination”. XL Gallery , Moscow.
• 2007 - Disagreeable Matters - Disarming Icons. Windows at Kimmel Center, New York University, New York, USA
• 2006 - “Food of the Gods”. XL Gallery , Moscow.
• 2006 - Trip. XL Gallery , Moscow [5].
• 2006 - Moscow Installation. Karlsruhe Kunstlerhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany
• 2005 - Artificial Shrubs and Sitting on the Shore. State Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow
• 2005 - Probably Would 1. Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, USA
• 2005 - Two New. Kresge Gallery, Ramapo College, Mawa, USA
• 2004 - We. XL Gallery , Moscow
• 2004 - Irina Nakhova. Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
• 2004 - "The degree of increased danger." NCCA , in the attic of the house of V. Polenov, Moscow.
• 2003 - When Will You Be Home? Wooster College Art Museum, Worcester, USA
• 2003 - Rehearsal. State Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow, Russia
• 2002 - "Stay with me." XL Gallery , Moscow.
• 2001 - The Annunciation. XL Gallery , Moscow, Russia
• 2000 - Deposition. Rupertinum, Museum Moderner Kunst, Salzburg, Austria
• 2000 - Showroom: Installation with Big Red. Tallinna Linnagalerii, Tallinn
• 1999 - “Big Red”. XL Gallery , Moscow.
• 1999 - Archeology of the room. Gallery "Obscuri Viri", Moscow, Russia
• 1998 - Showroom: Installation with Big Red. Galerie Eboran, Salzburg, Austria
• 1998 - Honeybuns Performing Goethe`s Werter (with Gunter Unterburger). Galerie im Alcatraz, Hallein, Austria
• 1997 - What I saw. XL Gallery , Moscow, Russia
• 1997 - Power of Painting: Food Painting. Bunting Gallery, Royal Oak, United States
• 1996 - Dad needs to rest. Gallery "Obscuri Viri", Moscow
• 1995 - Friends and Neighbors. Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, USA
• 1995 - Food of the gods. XL Gallery , Moscow
• 1993 - Careful With Your Eyes. Gallery 60, Umeå, Sweden
• 1992 - In Memoriam. Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, USA
• 1992 - Recent Works. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA
• 1991 - Partial Triumph II. Galeria Berini, Barcelona, ​​Spain
• 1990 - Momentum Mortis. Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, USA
• 1989 - Partial Triumph I. Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London, England

• 2016 - Primary Forces. Nailya Alexander gallery, New York
• 2016 - Contemporary Russian artists - participants of the Venice Biennale. Central Exhibition Hall "Manege", St. Petersburg
• 2016 - House of impressions. Classic and modern media art. Pushkin Museum to them. A.S. Pushkin , Moscow
• 2015 - Festival "DADA", NCCA , Moscow
• 2015 - People in the city. NCCA , Moscow
• 2014 - Reconstruction 2. Culture Fund "Catherine"
• 2013 - International Women's Day. Feminism: from avant-garde to the present day. Museum and Exhibition Center "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" , Moscow
• 2011 - Hostages of the Void. State Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow
• 2010 - ŽEN d'ART. Moscow Museum of Modern Art , Moscow
• 2010 - Visual / speculative, NCCA , Moscow
• 2010 - Field of Action: Moscow Conceptual School and its context, 70-80s of the XX century. Cultural Foundation "Catherine", Moscow
• 2009 - Russian lettrism. Central House of Artists , Moscow
• 2009 - Not toys?!, State Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow
• 2008 - +7 (495) ... Artists of the Russian diaspora in the NCCA collection, National Center for Contemporary Art , Moscow
• 2007 - History of Russian Video Art - Volume 1. Moscow Museum of Modern Art , Moscow
• 2007 - I believe. CSI "Winzavod" , Moscow
• 2007 - Katoptron (Mirror View Direction). Museum Center of the Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow
• 2007 - Nostalgia. Neal Davis Gallery, Royal Oak, United States
• 2007 - Apocalypse: Contemporary Visions. Candice Dwan / Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York, USA
• 2006 - Territories of Terrorism: Mythologies and Russian Gulag in Contemporary Russian-American Art. Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, USA
• 2006 - Artists Against the State: Perestroika Revisited. Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, USA
• 2006 - Collage in Russia. State Russian Museum , St. Petersburg
• 2006 - Homo Grandis Natu: Age. Museum Center of the Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow
• 2005 - Reflection. National Center for Contemporary Art , Moscow; National Center for Contemporary Art, Nizhny Novgorod;
• 2005 - Ekaterinburg Gallery of Modern Art, Ekaterinburg
• 2005 - Gender unrest. Moscow Museum of Modern Art , Moscow
• 2005 - Accomplices. State Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow
• 2005 - Egalitarianism. Museum Center of the Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow
• 2005 - Apartment exhibitions. Yesterday and today. National Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
• 2005 - Allusive Form: Painting as Idea. Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
• 2004 - Beyond Memory. Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
• 2004 - Body, culture and optical illusions. Museum Center of the RSUH, Moscow
• 2004 - Berlin-Moskau / Moscow-Berlin 1950-2000. State Historical Museum , Moscow
• 2003 - Lulea Sommar Biennial. Lulea, Sweden
• 2003 - Berlin-Moscau / Moscau-Berlin 1950-2000. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 3rd 2003 - International Biennale of Contemporary Graphics. State Art Gallery, Novosibirsk
• 2003 —Tests of Time: Five Reflections. Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, New York, USA Contemporary Art Celebrating Life. Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, USA
• 2002 - Art of the feminine. State Tretyakov Gallery , Moscow
• 2003 - Aquaria. Oberosterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria; Kunstammlungen Cheminitz, Chemnitz, Germany
• 2003 - mind / body. The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, USA
• 2001 - Milano - Europa 2000. Palazzo Triennale, Milan, Italy
• 2001 - Dumbo Double Deuce. 10 Jay Street, Brooklyn, USA
• 2001 - Women Artists from the Dodge Collection. Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers
• 2001 —University, New Brunswick, USA
• 2001 - Four Women and Their Ironing Boards. Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, USA
• 1999 - IV International Forum of Art Initiatives. State Exhibition Hall "Small Manege", Moscow
• 1999 - Conceptualist Art: Points of Origins. Queens Museum of Arts, New York, USA
• 1999 - My First Work. Pasadena City College Gallery, Pasadena, USA
• 1999 - Collector`s Edge. New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, USA
• 1999 —Russian art from abstraction to conceptualism. Central House of Artists , Moscow
• 1999 - Russland ohne zeitgenoessisches Museum. Teil 2: Die Galerie XL in Moskau. 1999 - Foyer Hochhaus W1 der Bayer AG, Leverkusen; Feierabendhaus der Bayer AG, Dormagen
• 1999 - Women in Art. Friendship Gallery, Chevy Chase; Atrium Gallery, Morristown, United States
• 1994 - II Cetinjski Bijenale. Cetinje, Montenegro
• 1994 - Monumental Propaganda. Smithsonian International Gallery, Ripley Center, Washington, USA
• 1993 - 1994 - After Perestroika: Kitchenmaids or Stateswomen. Center International d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Canada; The Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton; DePree Art Center and Gallery, Hope College, Holland; Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham; Ins and B.Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, USA
• 1992 - a Mosca ... a Mosca ... Villa Campoleto, Herculaneum; Galleria Comunale d`Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
• 1992 - A Changeable Feast: International Flavors. Walters Hall Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA
• 1992 - Master Prints. Gallery at Bristol Meyers Squibb, Princeton, USA; Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, USA
• 1989 - The Green Show. Exit Art, New York, USA; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Canada; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
• 1989 - Inexpensive art, or Small creatures. First Gallery, Moscow
• 1988 - Ich lebe - Ich sehe. Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
• Iskunstvo I. Kunstlerwerkstatt im Bahnhof Westend, West Berlin
• 1988 - 2nd exhibition of the Avant-garde Club. Exhibition Hall of the Proletarsky District in Peresvetov Lane, Moscow
• 1988 - Neuvostoliiton Nuorta Taidetta. Turun Taidemuseo, Turun, Finland
• 1982 - What is plastic (one-day exhibition). Exhibition Hall of the Ministry of Agriculture at Kuznetsky Most, 11, Moscow

Irina Nakhova, whose artistic career is connected with the circle of Moscow conceptualism, is considered the author of the first Russian “total installations”. Under all artistic transformations, the artist heroically gave one of the rooms of her two-room apartment, which, for example, could completely, together with all the furnishings located in it, be painted gray.

- I. Kulik

• About the exhibition "Battle of the Disabled"
• Irina Nakhova: “The artist is a lonely profession”
• Irina Nakhova: “I have a strong character”
• Irina Nakhova on the Moscow Conceptualism website
• Irina Nakhova dossier on ArtFacts.net
• Faina Balakhovskaya . Spin the pedals, neck sails
• Valery Ledenov's photo report from the first artist’s retrospective’s exhibition — Rooms Rooms (MMSI, 2011)
• Interview with Irina Nakhova in the project "Contemporaries"

• Irina Nakhova. Works 1973-2004. Cat. ex. Gallery Traklhaus, Salzburg (Avt. Art .: Nikita Alekseev, Joseph Backstein, Catherine Degot, Andrei Kovalev, etc.). Salzburg-Moscow, 2004
• Shmagina, OI. Creativity of Irina Nakhova in the context of late Moscow conceptualism / Graduation work of a student of the RSUH, Moscow, 2011