Birouli Irina

1944 – Born in Leningrad.1968 – Graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Music, Theatre and Cinematography. Designed stage sets for more than 100 performances in Russia and abroad.1971 – Member of the Artists' Union of Russia.1992 – Member of the International Federation of Artists (IFA). 35 international personal exhibitions. 1997 – The "Grand prix" exhibition and the competition "The Window to the Netherlands", Russia-Netherlands.Personal exhibitions1990 - USSR, Leningrad, The Summer Garden1990 - Finland, Solo, "Sininen Talo"1990 - Finland, Turku, "Varission Kirjasto"1991 – Indonesia, Jakarta. The first Soviet–Indonesian Art Exhibition1991 - Italy, "Padova Fiere"1992 – Indonesia, Toman Mini1993 - Russia, St. Petersburg, "Forum" Gallery1995 - Denmark. Gallery "Ertebaelgen".1996 - Cyprus, Paphos "Days of St. Petersburg Culture",1997 – Russia, Moscow, The Fine Arts Institute1998 - Cyprus, Nicosia, "Cultural Days of St. Petersburg",1998 - Russia, Petrozavodsk, Art Center1999 - Russia, St. Petersburg, "Palitra" Gallery1999 – Cyprus, "Days of Russian Culture in Agia Napa"1999 - Germany. Gallery "ELITE", Dresden2000 - Russia, St. Petersburg 2000 - USA, Bostonlima Birolia's worksRussia, St. Petersburg. State Russian MuseumRussia, St. Petersburg. Museum of TheatreRussia, St. PetersburgAnna Akhmatova Memorial Museum FONTANNY DOMRussia, St. Petersburg. Museum of BreadRussia,St. Petersburg. Arts Diaghilev CentreRussia, Moscow. Museum of TheatreRussia, Moscow. Parliament–CentreIndonesia, Jakarte. National GalleryBelgium, European ParliamentNetherlands, Prince of Orange CollectionNetherlands, Heisden. Gallery of L. ZakirovaSouth Korea, Seoul. "Jean art gallery"Armenia, Yerevan. Charity fund of Spuritual revival "Gougark"USA, Pennsylvania. Buckell UniversityUSA, Pennsylvania. The Reading Public MuseumUSA, New–York. Museum of Contemporary Russian ArtDenmark, Ertebaelgen, Gallery "Ertebaelgen"Cyprus, Municipal Center (Paphos, Limasol)Many other works are kept in private collections in the USA,Germany, Sweden,etc. Irina Bimulia is a theatre artist. Obviously Irina Biroulia has a good taste with a special liking for large planes and walls. It is not quite accidentally that in her professional youth she used to dream about huge frescoes, white in the theatre has been enjoying painting vast theatre backdrops. So there is logic in the fact that she has found a fascinating technical method such as making the priming of sand or ground which, thus, giving a rough grainy and vivid texture to the pictorial surface , which is similar to that of frescoes.Painting in the best works by Irina Biriulia is a sacred craft. The colour scheme shows maxi- mally restrained relations, however, when being scrutinized, the paintings fill with a strong but dimmed colour, and the objects acguire their own internal light. The city on the canvas is born all over again wish a filigree severity. But it is neither its main entrance nor its prosaic backward. Most freguently it is a set of beloved small articles, romantic trifles of the city prose melted in the eternal and illusory beauty ol the city. Nowadays we lack a thing that can be called a creative love to the tired city and a skill to see its dignity in any weather and under any circumstances. And the theatre of the city created by Irina Biroulia compensates the shortage of this love. Ph. Dr. Mikhael GUERMANArt historian. Ph. D. Professor. Member of International Association of critics(AICA)