Marina TEMKINA
Born in Russia. Lives and works in New York, NY, USA.
Education
1977 Post-Graduate Internship, Museum Studies, Hermitage, St-Petersburg, Russia
1976 M. A., Art History/Cultural Studies, Leningrad State University, Russia
Grants, awards, residences
2001 – 2002 Yaddo Artist-in-residence, USA
2001 Ledig-Rowohlt Foundation Residence, Switzerland
2001 Puffin Cultural Forum, NJ, USA
2000 Centre de Sculpture, Montolieu, France
2000 PEN American Writers Fund, NYC, USA
1998 ArtsLink/CEC International, NYC, USA
1998 Tatiana Kholodzei Foundation, Moscow, Russia
1996 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, NYC, USA
1994 National Endowment for the Arts, USA
1988 Djerassi Foundation Residence, CA,USA
Main exhibitions
2015
Hippie Priest, Honey Ramka, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC, New York, USA
2011
I need Angels, galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France (solo)
2010
Salon du dessin contemporain, represented by the galerie Barnoud, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2008
Sweet Sixty, happening, Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC, USA (solo)
L’enfance de l’art, poem on the wall in: Little Nemo and Other
Heroes, exhibition by Michel Gerard, Gallerie Ponchette, Nice, France
2007
The Power of Naming, two artists show with Michel Gerard, Pierre Noel,Museum, Saint Die, France; traveling to Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York in 2011, USA (solo)
2003/04
Rue de Leningrad, two artists show with Michel Gerard, Cimaise et Portique, France (solo)
Albi Art Centre, booklet with the interview by Alla Efomova, PhD, France (solo)
Chicago Art Fair, Galerie Oniris-Barnoud (France), USA
Reactions, Exit Art, NYC, USA
2001
Art On Hangers: We Love Our Customers, collaboration with Michel Gérard, Hungarian Consulate, NYC, USA, traveling to Budapest, Hungary; organized by Robbin Ami Silverberg and Andras Borocz
Art by Russian Women-Artists, The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Hackensack, NJ, curated by Tatiana Kolodzei
2000
Engagement Time, multimedia show, Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC, review by Susan Tenneriello in: Slavic and East European Performance, quarterly, CUNY, vol. 20, no. 2, summer 2000; and interview with Alla Efimova, Director, Judah Magnus Museum in: Novoe Russkoe Slovo, daily, March 24, 2000, USA (solo)
1999
Centre St. Charles, Sorbonne, Paris, France, curated by Florence Lynch, catalogue
1998
Authographs: Drawings by the Russian Poet, Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC and Galerie Oniris-Barnoud, Dijon, France (solo)
Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, review by Milena Orlova in : Kommersant, daily, Moscow, August 7, 1998, Russia (solo)
A-YA Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia, reviewed (solo)
ArtNations Projects/Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC, USA (solo)
Centrum Pro Metamedia, Plasy, Czech Republic, curated by Denice Carvalho, catalogue
1997
Recycling Ashes, participated in Michel Gerard's project as writer and photographer, Ludwig Museum, Koblentz, Germany
1993/96
Monumental Propaganda, in collaboration with Michel Gerard; traveling show organized by Komar & Melamid, catalogue published by Independent Curators, Inc.; review "Slight Modifications" by Lawrence Weschler in The New Yorker, 7/12/93
1994
Sarajevo... Sarajevo... Sarajevo..., sound track, collaboration with Michel Gerard Eurocultural Centre, Delphi, Greece, reviewed by Eleanor Heartney in: "Contemporary Oracles," Art in America, May, 1995, p. 61
Selected art and artistic collections
Pierre Noel Museum, Saint Die, France
Columbia University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Cornell University
Stanford University
University of Califonia, Berkeley
Central Connecticut State University
Ohio State University Library
Tony Zwicker Collection, Chicago Art Institute
Prints and Artists Books Department, New York Public Library
Artists Books Collection, Bienecke Library, Yale University
Prints and Graphic Art Department, Minneapolis Museum of Art
Kolodzei Art Foundation, New Jersey
Francois Barnoud Collection, Dijon, France
Gerald Janachek Collection, KY
Monographic catalogues
2011
Who Is I?, artist book with Michel Gérard, ed. Content, NYC, NY, USA
2009
What Do You Want?, artist book, ed. Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2006
MoMA Duomo : and twelve objects from Melencolia and Broken Obelisk, artist book with Michel Gérard, ed. VoixEditions, Elne, France
2003
Michel Gérard, Marina Temkina : rue de Leningrad, interview with Alla Efimova, ed. Cimaise & Portique, Albi, France
1990
Observatoire Geomnesique, artist book with Michel Gérard, ed. VoixEditions, Elne, France
Education
1977 Post-Graduate Internship, Museum Studies, Hermitage, St-Petersburg, Russia
1976 M. A., Art History/Cultural Studies, Leningrad State University, Russia
Grants, awards, residences
2001 – 2002 Yaddo Artist-in-residence, USA
2001 Ledig-Rowohlt Foundation Residence, Switzerland
2001 Puffin Cultural Forum, NJ, USA
2000 Centre de Sculpture, Montolieu, France
2000 PEN American Writers Fund, NYC, USA
1998 ArtsLink/CEC International, NYC, USA
1998 Tatiana Kholodzei Foundation, Moscow, Russia
1996 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, NYC, USA
1994 National Endowment for the Arts, USA
1988 Djerassi Foundation Residence, CA,USA
Main exhibitions
2015
Hippie Priest, Honey Ramka, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC, New York, USA
2011
I need Angels, galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France (solo)
2010
Salon du dessin contemporain, represented by the galerie Barnoud, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2008
Sweet Sixty, happening, Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC, USA (solo)
L’enfance de l’art, poem on the wall in: Little Nemo and Other
Heroes, exhibition by Michel Gerard, Gallerie Ponchette, Nice, France
2007
The Power of Naming, two artists show with Michel Gerard, Pierre Noel,Museum, Saint Die, France; traveling to Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York in 2011, USA (solo)
2003/04
Rue de Leningrad, two artists show with Michel Gerard, Cimaise et Portique, France (solo)
Albi Art Centre, booklet with the interview by Alla Efomova, PhD, France (solo)
Chicago Art Fair, Galerie Oniris-Barnoud (France), USA
Reactions, Exit Art, NYC, USA
2001
Art On Hangers: We Love Our Customers, collaboration with Michel Gérard, Hungarian Consulate, NYC, USA, traveling to Budapest, Hungary; organized by Robbin Ami Silverberg and Andras Borocz
Art by Russian Women-Artists, The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Hackensack, NJ, curated by Tatiana Kolodzei
2000
Engagement Time, multimedia show, Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC, review by Susan Tenneriello in: Slavic and East European Performance, quarterly, CUNY, vol. 20, no. 2, summer 2000; and interview with Alla Efimova, Director, Judah Magnus Museum in: Novoe Russkoe Slovo, daily, March 24, 2000, USA (solo)
1999
Centre St. Charles, Sorbonne, Paris, France, curated by Florence Lynch, catalogue
1998
Authographs: Drawings by the Russian Poet, Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC and Galerie Oniris-Barnoud, Dijon, France (solo)
Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, review by Milena Orlova in : Kommersant, daily, Moscow, August 7, 1998, Russia (solo)
A-YA Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia, reviewed (solo)
ArtNations Projects/Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC, USA (solo)
Centrum Pro Metamedia, Plasy, Czech Republic, curated by Denice Carvalho, catalogue
1997
Recycling Ashes, participated in Michel Gerard's project as writer and photographer, Ludwig Museum, Koblentz, Germany
1993/96
Monumental Propaganda, in collaboration with Michel Gerard; traveling show organized by Komar & Melamid, catalogue published by Independent Curators, Inc.; review "Slight Modifications" by Lawrence Weschler in The New Yorker, 7/12/93
1994
Sarajevo... Sarajevo... Sarajevo..., sound track, collaboration with Michel Gerard Eurocultural Centre, Delphi, Greece, reviewed by Eleanor Heartney in: "Contemporary Oracles," Art in America, May, 1995, p. 61
Selected art and artistic collections
Pierre Noel Museum, Saint Die, France
Columbia University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Cornell University
Stanford University
University of Califonia, Berkeley
Central Connecticut State University
Ohio State University Library
Tony Zwicker Collection, Chicago Art Institute
Prints and Artists Books Department, New York Public Library
Artists Books Collection, Bienecke Library, Yale University
Prints and Graphic Art Department, Minneapolis Museum of Art
Kolodzei Art Foundation, New Jersey
Francois Barnoud Collection, Dijon, France
Gerald Janachek Collection, KY
Monographic catalogues
2011
Who Is I?, artist book with Michel Gérard, ed. Content, NYC, NY, USA
2009
What Do You Want?, artist book, ed. Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2006
MoMA Duomo : and twelve objects from Melencolia and Broken Obelisk, artist book with Michel Gérard, ed. VoixEditions, Elne, France
2003
Michel Gérard, Marina Temkina : rue de Leningrad, interview with Alla Efimova, ed. Cimaise & Portique, Albi, France
1990
Observatoire Geomnesique, artist book with Michel Gérard, ed. VoixEditions, Elne, France
