IRINA CHARNY
BIOGRAPHY
Irina is a self-taught mosaicist. She appreciates the history and theory
of the medium, and so builds a unique and personal art form on the base
of classical mosaic art. In addition to traditional mosaic tessera,
she incorporates unusual materials - mirror, pebbles, found objects,
beads, buttons, wire, handmade ceramic pieces, and broken plates. She
brings experience in ceramics, lampworked glass, and polymer clay to
her mosaics.
Born in Russia, Irina now lives in California. She has been making mosaics professionally for over a decade and her work has been published in several books and featured across the country.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 - Mosaic Arts International Society of American Mosaic Artists
at Mesa
Contemporary Art Center - Mesa, Arizona
2006 - Beneath the Surface, Society of Am. Mosaic Artists, High Risk
Gallery, Chicago
2004 - The Sum of All Parts, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
2003 - Jewish Women Artists, Temple Bat Yahm, Newport Beach, California
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“Mosaic Masterpieces” - Orange Coast Magazine - June, 2005
“Mosaic Techniques and Traditions” by Sonia King, Sterling
Publishing - 2003
“Call Me Sentimental” San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyle Magazine
- February 2004
“The Art of Mosaic: Encyclopedia of Projects, Techniques &
Designs” by S. Kelly - 2003
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