Nika Kupyrova
Date of birth: 14/06/1985
Place of birth: Kiev
Nation: UR
Education
2004-2008: BA in Drawing&Painting (First Class), Painting Department, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
Jan – May 2007: Fine Art (Erasmus/Socrates scholarship), Department of Fine Arts, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland
Professional Experience
2008-present: freelance artist
School represented at
ITS#TEN:
Czech Photographer
Publications
05/2011: Kulturni Pecka, monthly magazine, Prague, Czech Republic
03/2011: Wiener Zeitung, daily newspaper, Vienna, Austria
07/2010: Dolce Vita, monthly magazine. Prague, Czech Republic
07/2010: II Moscow International Biennale of Young Art, exhibition catalogue, Moscow, Russia
06/2010: Die Presse KulturSpezial, weekly magazine, Vienna, Austria
06/2010: Triennale Linz 1.0 - Gegenwartskunst in Österreich, exhibition catalogue, Linz, Austria
09/2009: InMenchen, weekly magazine, Munich, Germany
07/2008: The Herald, daily newspaper, Edinburgh, UK
07/2008: The Skinny, weekly magazine, Edinburgh, UK
Prizes won at ITS
ITS#TEN DISARONNO Photo Award
Other prizes
2009: Dolores09 scholarship, Lothringer13/laden, Munich, Germany
2008: Graduate studio award, SWG3, Glasgow, UK
2008: Archie Webb White Paint Award, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
Additional info
Selected exhibitions:
05/2011: “Über Dinge” group exhibition curated by Stella Rollig, Kunsthaus Muerz, Austria
02/2011: “Count&Collect” two-person exhibition, AUSARTEN e.V., Vienna, Austria
09/2010: “Moonshine” solo exhibition, Galerie Školská28, Prague, Czech Republic
07/2010: "Glob(E)scape“, group exhibition at II Moscow International Biennale of Young Art curated by Darja Pyrkina, ARTPLAY, Moscow, Russia
06/2010: group exhibition at Triennale Linz 1.0 curated by Stella Rollig, LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria
04/2010: “Earwax”, solo exhibition, Sotheby’s Vienna, Austria
09/2009: “Fish Fingers”, solo exhibition, Lothringer 13/laden, Munich, Germany
09/2009: “Naphthalene”, project space, Kunstverein Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, Austria
04/2009: “Earwax”, solo exhibition, Kuhturm Gallery, Leipzig, Germany
07/2008: “Now I know my ABC’s”, group exhibition, +44 141 Gallery, SWG3, Glasgow, UK
03/2007: “El Grillo”, group exhibition, Skaftfell Centre for Visual Art, Seydisfjördur, Island
Residencies:
08/2010: Egon Schiele Art Centre, Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
08-09/2009: Dolores09, Lothringer13/laden, DomagkAteliers, Munich, Germany
03/2007: Skaftfell Centre for Visual Art, Seydisfjördur, Iceland
Languages:
English, Russian, Czech, German
