Irina Polin | Give back my things! | 26 May — 30 June 2009
Born in Moscow, USSR
Lives and works in Switzerland
Awards
2007
Magazine-Photography prize, Zurich, Switzerland
the-selection.ch
Project Grant of Bern, Switzerland
2006
PhotographyPrize 2006, Bern, Switzerland
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2009
My Collection, Pobeda Gallery, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
Karin Sutter Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2008
12 Rooms, Photounion Gallery, Moscow, Russia
7-th Moscow Photo Biennale
Balthus, Freud’s Dreams Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia
Dochki-Materi, Loft Project Etazhi, St. Petersburg, Russia
2007
Eros and Muses, Scalo/Guye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2006
Miracles and Nightmares, Galerie Rothamel, Erfurt, Germany
Dreams and Reality, Galerie Alfred Knecht, Karlsruhe, on the occasion of the European culture-days 2006 “Moscow” Karlsruhe, Germany
2005
Private Things, Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, Switzerland
Hotel Rossia, Project for Marks Blond, Raum für Kunst, Bern, Switzerland
2004
Edition for KunstKöln with Galerie Vayhinger, Germany
2002
Begegnungen-Beziehungen, Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell, Germany
2001
No Title, Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland
Fotografien, Galerie Leonhard Rüthmüller, Basel, Switzerland
2000
No Title, Galerie Kabinett, Bern, Switzerland
One Artist Show, Kunst 2000, Zurich, Switzerland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Chroniques Russes, Theatre de la photographie et de l’image, Nice, France (Catalog)
Lianzhou Foto 2010, annual international festival in Lianzhou, China
Parcours Saint-Germain-des-Pres, Paris, France (Catalog)
The Selection 2010, vfg, Zurich, Switzerland (Catalog)
Virtual Libido — Real Ecstasy (Part 2), 5 Patro Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2009
Positions 09, Seewerk, Moers-Kapellen, Germany (Catalog)
Exhibition Photography prize 2009 of the canton Bern, Kornhaus Forum,Bern, Switzerland
2008
Virtual Libido — Real Ecstasy (Part 1), Branska Bystrica State Gallery, Slovak Republic
2007
Photo.Kunst, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria (Catalog)
The Selection, vfg, Zurich, Switzerland (Catalog)
Artseasons, Cape Town 2007, Cape Town, South Africa (Catalog)
2006
Emerging Artists 06, Collection Essl, Vienna, Austria (Catalog)
Reiz & Risiko, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, Switzerland (Catalog)
Exhibition Photography prize 2006 of the canton Bern, Photoforum,,Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland
17. International Triennale for Original print graphics, Grenchen, Switzerland (Catalog)
2005
Exhibition project European Art in the “Südwestkurve”, with Galerie Vayhinger, Karlsruhe, Germany
Beauty, Rudolf Budja Galerie, Salzburg, Austria
2004
Photography prize 2004 of the Canton Bern, Musee Jurassien des Arts, Moutier, Switzerland
Love, Rudolf Budja Galerie, Salzburg, Austria
2003
Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland
2002
Galerie NN-Fabrik, Vienna, Austria
2001
Transit, Exhibition Halls of the Port of Nagoya, Japan
Publications
2009
My Collection, Pobeda Gallery, Russia (Solo)
Tomograph. Interviews with Artists, Arnoldsche Publishing, Germany
2007
Photo.Kunst, Edition Sammlung Essl, Austria
2006
Dreams and Reality, Irina Polin, Engelhardt & Bauer Publishing, Germany
Emerging Artists 06, Edition Sammlung Essl, Austria
Reiz und Risiko/Risk and Allure, Arnoldsche Publishing, Germany