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.