IRINA KOUKHANOVA

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Education
1993 - 1996	MFA in Sculpture, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
1992 - 1993	BFA magna cum laude, University of Mass, Dartmouth, MA.
1986 - 1991	BFA/MFA Candidate, Institute of Art and Industrial Design, Moscow, Russia.
Non-degree courses:
1997	Industrial Welding Course, Southwestern Michigan College, Dowargiac, MI.
Solo Exhibitions
2010	"Stahlhartes Gehäuse”, DKO Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
2005	"Red", installation, Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH
2003	"Disclosure", one-person show, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1997	“Meet Me on the Island”, one-person outdoor exhibition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
1996	"Notation on Passage”, Solo exhibition, Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI.
Public Art Commissions
2006	"Reflections", a site-specific Public Art Commission, Ludington, MI, installed August 2006 Finalist for City of Lawrence, KS, Percent-per-Art Commission
2004	"Cedar-Fairmount Public Art Project", Cleveland Heights, OH, finalist.
2000 - 2002	“Urban Configurations”, a site-specific Public Art Commission, City of Ann Arbor, MI, installed July 2002
2002	Finalist for the Eco-Design Competition, Public Art Committee, Cleveland, OH
1999/2000	Finalist for the Coventry Public Sculpture Project, Cleveland, OH.
1998	"Muse", a site-specific public art commission, unveiled November 1998, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI.
Other Commissions
2002	Design concept and fabrication for “Viva Barcelona”, Westlake, OH Design concept and fabrication for “Chemistry”, Pittsburgh, PA
2001 - 2002	Design concept and fabrication for Downtown Entertainment Complex, “Velvet Dog and Sushi Rock”, Cleveland, OH
Selected Exhibitions
2011	"War Elegy", choreographed ballet by Verb Ballets, composed by K. O'Connell to sculpture "Convoy". May 2011.
2010	"45th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show", Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX, catalogue "A Whole New Mind 2010 Brainstorm", Governors State University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. Juror - Tricia Van Eck, Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
2009	"18th Annual National Juried Exhibition", Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, MD "Seeing Sound", a multi-media concert, exhibition, and digital presentation, Cleveland Chamber Collective and Cleveland Composers' Guild, Unitarian Church Concert Hall, Rocky River, OH. "Image and Object", Asterisk Gallery, Cleveland Ohio
2008	"National Juried Sculpture Exhibition", Marlboro Gallery, PGCC, Largo, MD, curated by Kristen Hileman, Associate Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Scuplture Garden. "A Sense of Place", Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta Georgia "Assemblage", Arts Collinwood, Cleveland Ohio
2007	"Resistance to Vision: Searching, Sifting, Finding, Seeing", curated by Dana Saulnier. Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH.
2006	"River Bend Sculpture Biennial", Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY
2005	“Red”, installation, Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH "Iron Tribe Exhibit", New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, curated by David Lobdell
2004	"Buddha Project", curated by Geanne Grosetti and Robert Thurmer, Cleveland State University Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2003	"Pier Walk 2003", Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, juror David Pagel. “Maquette Show”, Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL "Disclosure", one-person show, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH "Visiting Critics Series", studio visit and critique from Monim Shamim, curator of Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, NY. "Visiting Critics Series" is a program conducted by Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland,OH Video "Homage to the Red Square" (in collaboration with Qian Li) projected downtown Cleveland, OH in arrangement with Playhouse Square Foundation
2002	“Mid-West Invitational”, juried Group Show, Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI “The Invitational”, Little Rock Convention Center, Little Rock, AR
2001	“National Maquette Competition”, Art Walk Navy Pier, juror David Hickey, Chicago, IL
2000	“Sculpture”, 4 person show, Inside Gallery, Cleveland, OH “Notre Dame Alumni Invitational”, Highland University, Las Vegas, NM
1999	“Exchange Exhibition”, Bratislava National Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia "Identity", four-person juried show, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI "Regional VI", juried Group Show, Juror: Michael Hall, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1998	“Origins”, two-person show, Glen Vista Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI.
1997	“Barriers”, Three-person show, Steelhead Gallery, South Bend, IN. “Meet Me on the Island”, Two-person outdoor exhibition, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN. “9th Michigan Artists Competition”, Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI.
1996	“Notation on Passage”, Solo exhibition, Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI. “Summer Affair”, Three-person show, Serendipity Gallery, South Bend, IN. MFA Thesis Exhibition, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN.
1995	“Perspectives: South Bend", Three-person juried show, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN. "Morality", National Juried show, Juror: David S. Rubin, EIO Gallery, Cleveland, OH. "10th Annual Area Artists Juried Show", John Blanks Center for the Arts, Michigan City,IN. "Mad Dog Loves Becky", Invitational, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN. “Faculty Group Show”, Warner Gallery, SBRMA, South Bend, IN.
1994	"Declining Gravity", Two-person show, John Blanks Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN “Notre Dame on the Bayou”, Ameen Gallery, Nicholls State University, in conjunction with the NCECA Conference, Thibodaux, LA.
Awards, Lectures, Residencies
2011	Allen and Ruth Carson Purchase Award, (one of two available juror's prizes) 45th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, TX
2010	Residency, self-directed, Mottola, Italy. Organized by DKO Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland Panelist, "Concerning the State of Sculpture", Cleveland Institue of Art and Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.
2008	Merit recognition Award 2008", Cleveland State University.
2007	Residency at Academy for Art and Media Technology, Venice, Italy Residency at Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, Joan Mitchell fellowship. Residency at Vermont Studio Center, VT,Joan Mitchell full fellowship. Travel grant, Cleveland State University Graduate School.
2004	"Merit recognition Award 2004", Cleveland State University
2003	Panelist, "The State of Sculpture", a sculptors' forum, in conjunction with the "Monumental Spirit, a retrospective of sculptor David Davis, Cleveland, OH
2002	Honorable Mention, Eco-Design Competition, Public Art Committee and Green Cleveland Coalition, Cleveland, OH
1999 summer	Residency at Watershed, Center for Ceramic Arts, Maine, Invitational: “Artists invite Artists”
1999	Lecture, Pomona College, Claremont, CA. Lecture, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI. Lecture, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA. Lecture, New College of the University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL.
1998	Residency at Sculpture Space, Inc., Utica, New York.
1997	Lecture, Graceland College, Lamoni, IA.
1996	Lecture, Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI.
1995	Gold Medal, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN. First Prize, 10th Annual Area Artists Juried Show", John Blanks Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
Selected Reviews
2010	"Go Erie", June 24 2010, "A generous Panarama: Awards and recognition go to 25 area artists."
2008	The Plain Dealer, February 20, 2008, article about Stonebridge Complex.
2006	Ludington Daily News, August 5, 11, 14, 2006. articles about “Reflections”.
2003	Angle, October 2003, Irina Koukhanova "Disclosure", review, photograph
2002	South Bend Tribune, August 18, Carving a niche, article. Kalamazoo Gazette, September 5, "Krasl sculptures show organic, geometric trends", article. The Herald-Palladium, August 8, "All Sculpture", article. Ann Arbor News, June 30, "Drive -in art for downtown", article, photograph.
2000	Scene, January 20, "Art by the Book", article.
1997	South Bend Tribune, May 2, Barriers, article.
1996	Dowagiac Daily News, September 16, SMC Art Gallery exhibiting ceramics, photograph and article. Arts Indiana Magazine, April, Art Review, Perspectives: South Bend, photograph The New Art Examiner, March, Perspectives: South Bend, article. South Bend Tribune, January 5, Perspectives: South Bend, photograph and article. NUVO, Indianapolis, January 3, Multi-layered multi-media, article.
Teaching Experience
1999 - present	Associate Professor of Art in Sculpture, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
2007, 2009, 2011 Summer	Master Class at Summer Academy Venice, Venice, Italy
1997 - 1999	Assistant Professor of Art in Ceramics and Sculpture, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI.