ABOUT
Ira Prohorova (born in 1990 in Yekaterinburg, Russia) is an Israeli multidisciplinary artist, mostly known for her portrait photo works and photo installations. Ira works with installations, video, photography, painting, and sound art. She showed her work in several exhibitions, such as the Tel Aviv Museum of Street Art (“Pop Up Museum TLV 2”, “Pop Up Museum TLV 3”); Tel Aviv Illustration Week; “La Culture” (”La Culture: Reference”, ”La Culture: Relief"), “Hatzlakhot” (Nassima Landau Gallery, Tel Aviv). Her work deals with immigration, self-identification, and social and reflective processes.
EDUCATION
2020-2024
2023
2019-2020
2007-2009
Bachelor's degree at the College of Education, Technology and Art "Seminar Ha-Kibbutzim" at the Faculty of Arts, specialization – “Fine Arts" and "Art Education".
Exchange semester at Kunsthochschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany.
Pre-academic art school "HaGarazh". Specialization – Fine Art. Continuation of studies - 1 academic year (completed).
Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art (USAAA), specialty "Informatics in Architecture" (full-time education, incomplete higher education).
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2023
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
2023
2023
2022
2022
2021
2021
2020
2020
2020
“You”, Gallery Mimikri, Kassel, Germany
"Going out to the light”, Lightbox Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
"1777”, Ausstellungshalle KhK, Kassel, Germany
"Feminism is for everyone”, Drehi Community Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Reveal and erase”, Abraham Hostel, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Museum of Street Art "Pop Up Museum TLV 3", Tel Aviv, Israel.
"La Culture: Reference", Tel Aviv Illustration Week, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Hatzlakhot”, Special project by HaGarage at Nassima Landau Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Art festival “Art HaHashmal”, Tel Aviv, Israel
”La Culture: Relief", Maze 9, Tel Aviv, Israel
"This is just a dream", Museum of Street Art "Pop Up Museum TLV 2", Tel Aviv, Israel.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2021
Award for particularly outstanding artist by the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Israel
Phone
+972533401463
prokhorova.ira @ gmail.com
@iraprohorova