The Scream
The Scream
Abandonned mask
Bronze
Edition of 8 + 4 A/E
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Height ..cm with base
Abandonned mask
Bronze
Edition of 8 + 4 A/E
..x..x..
Height ..cm with base
Silenzio
Silenzio
Born in 1982 in Leipzig, Germany
Lives and works in Normandy, France
Irina Shark was born in Germany to Russian parents, grew up in Ukraine and then in Russia. After earning a master's degree in linguistics in Paris, she lived and worked for many years in Hong Kong, where she began sculpting. The artist then moved to Florence to work alongside other sculptors at the Studio Via Dei Conti, before settling in Normandy. A finalist in prestigious international competitions: Portrait Society of Sculptors in London, Figurativas at the Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, she was awarded the Brugnon Prize by the Taylor Foundation in Paris in 2020. While working on her own creations, the artist currently undertakes commissions for the public and private sectors. She is represented by the Galerie L'oeil du Prince. Her representations are those of a world full of poetry, lyricism and mysteries while associating references that are both current and traditional, realistic and poetic. Irina Shark's sculptures unfold with great virtuosity, offering a range of remarkable emotions. Frozen at the peak of a movement, the sculptures are captured in the emotion of a cry, the singularity of a face, the gesture of a suspended moment... Casting her sharp gaze on our world, her work reflects her interiority which attempts to understand and express the essence of things, to go "towards the truth"...
Awards
2020
Alain Brugnon Prize / Fondation Taylor / Paris / France
Michel Dimon Prize / Salon des Artistes Français / Paris / France
"Mention" / Salon des Artistes Français / Paris / France
2019
“Figurativas” Finalist / European Museum of Modern Art / Barcelona / Spain
14 th International Salon Finalist / Art Renewal Center / USA
Finalist / FACE 2019 / Society of Portrait Sculptors / London / UK
2018
Finalist / FACE 2018 / Society of Portrait Sculptors / London / UK
Exhibitions
2024
OFI Invest, Paris, France
Galerie 29 Hoche, Paris, France
2023
FACE 2023 / The Garisson Chapel / London / UK
2022
Le Quartier dans tout son art / Eglise Saint-Pierre / Touques / France
Botanik' Art / La Manche / France
Exposition des lauréats / Fondation Taylor / Paris / France
2020
Art de la Conversation / I - Gallery & Hors-Champs Gallery / Paris / France
Salon des Artistes Français / Art Capital / Grand Palais / Paris / France
2019
Salon d'Automne / Champs-Elysées / Paris / France
Salon d'Automne / Saint-Emilion / France
European Museum of Modern Art / Barcelona / Spain
FACE / La Galleria Pall Mall / London / UK
Solo show “Creation” / Quai Malaquais / Paris / France
2018
FACE / La Galleria Pall Mall / London / UK
