IRiNA SHARK

Born in 1982 in Leipzig, Germany, to Russian parents, Irina Shark grew up in Ukraine and Russia. She then moved to Paris and obtained a Masters in Linguistics. She lived in Hong Kong for many years and worked there as an interpreter, translator and professor of French at the Alliance Française and at local universities. She started sculpting in 2011 and trained with Grzegorz Gwiazda at the Barcelona Academy of Art and with Eran Weber at the Florence Academy of Art. She rubbed shoulders and learned alongside many modern sculptors, including Brian Booth Craig, who had an impact on her development as an artist. After several years working on her own, she moved to Florence to work alongside other sculptors in Studio Via dei Conti.
His first bronze titled "Me" was among the finalists of FACE, the prestigious Society of Portrait Sculptors competition and was exhibited at the Pall Mall Gallery in London in 2018.
She has exhibited in different countries since then and has been a finalist of many international competitions, her bronze “Monumental Head ” was exhibited for 6 months at the MEAM (European Museum of Modern Art) in Barcelona, ​​she is the winner of the Brugnon Prize in 2020 of the Taylor Foundation and the Michel Dimon Prize.
She now spends her time between Paris and Normandy where she has her workshop.