Irina Brzeski - artist
Statement
Out of place.
Irina's work is based on research into the effects of pollution on the marine environment.
The biggest ever survey of Britain's coasts has shown that they are covered in more rubbish than ever before. Objects, alien to the sea environment are washed up on our beaches every day.
Out of place, entangled in seaweed and trapped between the pebbles, they are all too familiar a sight on our beaches and a visible reminder of the damage we do to our planet.
BIO
Irina Brzeski was born in Russia and has lived in USA and England since 1991. She has taught Art at Chichester College and has been invited to Chichester University and the Winchester School of Art as a visiting lecturer. She currently runs art classes and workshops in Chichester and is employed by the Pallant House Gallery as an Artist-Educator.
EDUCATION 1982-2006: Fedoskino School of Painting (Russia) Distinction; Chichester University BA Hons 1 class; Winchester School of Art MA Distinction; Portsmouth University PGCE.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 1996-2006: Royal Society of Painters in Watercolour; Royal Miniature Society, London; Design Competition, Goldsmith Hall, London (commendation); Llewelin Alexander Gallery London; Watercolour Society of NC, USA (2 prize); Contemporary Art Exh., NC, USA; Chichester Open; Otter Gallery Annual Exhibition (1 Prize); Hampshire Sculpture Trust, Winchester; Salt Gallery, Cornwall (solo);
