ira waldron
biography
Ira Waldron was born in Saint Peterbourg. She lived in London from 1982 and today resides between Paris and Moscow. Her new series "Maniphisto" is a combination of "manifesto" as in Marx's Communist Manifesto and "Mephisto" as in Mephistopheles' devil who tempts Goethe's Faust. The series will consist of 12 silkscreens and 20 original drawings based on a kind of communist hell and a world of modified Stalinist propaganda.
selected personal exhibitions
2008
Ladies with Dogs, mixed media installation, National Centre of Contemporary Art (NCCA), Moscow
2005
One Lady’s Story (with Georgy Litichevsky), Galérie Iragui, Paris
Carré des Arts, Salon du livre, Paris
2004
Gender Studies, One Work Gallery, Moscow
2003
Megabite, One Work Gallery, Moscow
2002
Self-portraits, Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
2001
Ex voto, Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
1999
Fuck you, d’Anthès at:
Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
State Centre of Modern Art, Nizhny Novgorod
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
1996
“L” Gallery, Moscow
1997
Social Hygiene, “Mitki-Vkhutemas”, St Petersburg
1995
Clothing and footwear, “L” Gallery, Moscow
1985
Stephen Bartley Gallery, London
selected group exhibitions
2010
Russian Artists : an Art Superlative, Saint André Abbey Contemporary Art Center, Meymac, France
2009
Papiers russes, Galerie Blue Square, Paris
2008
This isn’t food, ERA Foundation, Moscow
2007
The Word and the Image – National Centre of Contemporary Art, Moscow (NCCA)
1st Thessaloniki Contemporary Art Biennale
2nd Moscow Contemporary Art Biennale
2006
Beauty-free shop, Prague
2005
Neuro-titan Gallery, Berlin
2005
International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Prague
2005
Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (Special Projects)
- Gender Anxieties (Museum of Contemporary Art)
- Egalitarianism (Museum of the Russian State University of the Humanities)
2004
Musées de Chateauroux: George Sand – Interpretations 2004
2004
FIAC, Paris: Guelman Gallery Moscow
Watch Out, Russia!, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
Art Moskva, Guelman Gallery and One Work Gallery, Moscow
Motherland, State Centre of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
2003
Frontiers of Childhood, Artek Gallery, London
Nature morte, Fine Art Gallery, Moscow
Art Klyazma, Summer Arts Festival, Moscow
Art Moskva, Guelman Gallery and One Work Gallery, Moscow
Beware, religion!, A.D. Sakharov Museum, Moscow.
2002
Art of the Female Kind -Womens’ art in Russia from the 16th Century to the present day, State Tretyakovskaya Gallery, Moscow
Art Moskva, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
2001
Amateur Photography, “Escape” Gallery, Moscow
Art Moskva, Guelman Gallery, Moscow
Warhol Connections, Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
2000-2001
Memory of the Body, State Historical Museum, St. Petersburg
Central House of Artists, Moscow (Soviet-era underwear)
2000
In the Open Sea (five Russian artists), Volga-Balt tanker, Thessaloniki, Greece,
Art against Geography, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg/Marat Guelman Gallery, Moscow
Claudia’s lovers, "Art Moskva”, Moscow
1998
Human Rights, A.D. Sakharov museum, Moscow
Motherland, I.E.Repin Museum, Moscow
My Country or My Life, Zverev Centre, Moscow; Pushkinskaya 10, St. Petersburg
An experiment in identification, “Dar” Gallery, Moscow
1993
Temporary Address, Musée de la Poste, Paris
selected collections
Russian State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiasma, Helsinki
National Centre of Contemporary Art (NCCA), Moscow
Waldron's works are in private collections worldwide.
selected publications
Sotsialnaya Gigiyena (Socialist Genius) catalogue publication 1997; L Gallery, Moscow 1996
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