Yuferova Irina

Born in 1948 in Kostroma, Russia. Currently lives in Almaty.

1966-1973 Leningrad Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Department of Theory and History of Art

 

Professional Experience

1973-1981 Senior researcher, responsible for the Semipalatinsk city exhibition, Directorship for Art Exhibition of the Ministry of Culture of the Kazakh SSR

1981-1983 Senor Methodologist of the Directorship for Art Exhibitions of the Artist Union

1983-1986 Editor, “Oner” publishing house

1987-1992 Head of the “Cathedral” Exhibition Hall of the Directorship for Art Exhibition of the Ministry of Culture of the Kazakh SSR

since 1993 Director, “Voyager” Gallery

 

Curatorial Projects

1989 “Crossing”, Directorship for Art Exhibition, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1991 “Portraits of the Soul”, “Cathedral” exhibition hall, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“A road to a temple”, “Cathedral” exhibition hall, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1992 “Chinese Erotic Art”(jointly with V. Ibraeva). Music Instruments Museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1995 “Art among the Arts”, “Parade of Galleries”, Presentation of the “Voyager” Gallery. Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1996 “A Memory Evening dedicated to Sergei Kalmykov” with honoring with a Fly Order, Central State Museum of History, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“A postman’s song”, KazakhBusiness Club, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1997 “Criminal Report”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan. “A Parade of Galleries”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Almaty’s dull Art”, “Voyager” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Art-Discourse-97”, seminar on theory and practice of modern art, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1998 “Maslov near art and close to literature”, Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan. “A Parade of Galleries”, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1999 “Manifesto of the Five Galleries’ Block”, Kasteec State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2000 “We loved the Beatles so much”. “Voyager” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Organized or Participated in the Following Exhibitions

1989 “Private Collection of Kristin Kola, Paris”, Concert-Exhibition Hall “Cathedral”, Almaty, Kazakhstan

1999 “Almaty’s nonconformists”, “Voyager” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Empire Style during the Time of Plague. “Voyager” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2000 “Voyager – Lonely Hearts' Club”, “Voyager” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“The Past is Somewhere Nearby.”, “Voyager” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2001 “Russian Icon”, “Voyager” Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Russian Palette of Almaty”, Russia’s Embassy in Kazakhstan, Almaty

1993-2002 personal exhibitions by Kazakhstani artists, including S. Sariev, S. Maslov, V. Demidov, E. Vorobieva, E. Zhapak, R. Nurikeev and others

Publications

Catalogues

1988 “Emilia Babad”, Almaty

1990 “Ivan Bondarenko”, Almaty

1995 “Elena Vorobieva”, Almaty

1998 Preface for “Art-Discourse'97” catalogue, Almaty

Digests

1996 “Experience of careful analysis on the background of tectonics of the late XXth century” in “Maslov”, Almaty

2000 “Maslov as a mirror of contemporary art”, in “The Latest on the Contemporary”, Almaty

2002 “Fine Arts of Kazakhstan. Dynamics of international relationships”, in digest “Problems and Perspectives of Kazakhstani Contemporary Culture Development”, Almaty

Magazines

1990 “Drawings in non-formal hues”, Iskusstvo, vol.9, Moscow

2002 “Fine Arts of Kazakhstan. Dynamics of international relationships”, Spektr Razvitiya, vol.2, Almaty

Also numerous publications, articles and monographs on arts in Kazakhstan.