Background
Irina Kotova was born in Minsk (Belarus), November 17, 1976.
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Iryna Kotova
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She studied in Belarusian State Academy of Arts from 1996 to 2002, got a Diploma of Graphic Art Department. 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.
Career
She entered Saint Sergius Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris in 2003, got a Diploma of Theology Licence in 2007. Personal exhibitions 2006 Belarusian Embassy in France, Paris 2010-2011 National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk 2011 Belarusian State Academy of Arts, Minsk 2012 Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Paris 2013-2014: Orthodoxie.com gallery in Paris, "From the Incarnation to the Resurrection". Duo exhibition 2013-2014: Russkiy Mir gallery in Paris, "The Wings of Christmas".
Group exhibitions 1995/1996 two International, organized by the Canadian Relief Fund for Chernobyl Victims in Belarus (CRFCVB), la Maison du Citoyen, Hull, Canada 2003 International Exhibition «Alberobello Arte editione 2003», Alberobello, Italy 2003 3rd International Exhibition of Arts, Sartrouville, France 2004 4th International Exhibition of Arts, Sartrouville, France 2006 5th International Exhibition of Arts, Sartrouville, France 2006 Belarusian Embassy in Paris, France 2009 International Exhibition at the art gallery of the Palace of Republic in Minsk, Belarus 2013 International Exhibition “Welcome to Central and Eastern Europe.
Beyond the cliché” at Doctorate.E.V.E. Gallery in Bruges, Belgium In 2009, Irina Kotova’s creative work was presented by a French writer and publicist Christophe Levalois in his report at National Art History Institute in Paris. In 2010 « television-First » Channel of Belteleradiocompany prepared a special newscast reporting from the opening of Irina Kotova’s exhibition at National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus.
In 2010, Belteleradiocompany released a documentary Imaginary Paris (director Sergej Katier). The film was awarded the prize of the Mayor of Obninsk at the 7th International Sretenskij Orthodox Film Festival, which was held from 17 to 22 February 2012 in four towns of Kaluga region (Russia).
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2011 Exhibition “Le retour au romantisme” (“Return to Romanticism”) at The National Library of Belarus, Minsk.
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Belarusian