CV

Iryna Merkulova

Montreal, QC

(contact info / website omitted here but should appear on the actual CV)

Selected Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions

2024

Verre et Plastique (solo exhibition)

La Galerie La Seigneurie, Centre culturel Georges P.-Vanier, Châteauguay, QC

2023

Discontinuous, Heterogeneous, and Pluriversal (two-person exhibition with Sarah-Mecca Abdourahman)

Shenkman Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON

2023
Blind Contour (solo exhibition)

Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto, Montreal, QC

2023

Blind Contour (solo exhibition)

Sivarulrasa Gallery, Almonte, ON

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

Figureworks Finalists’ Exhibition

Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON

2024

Chlorophylle et Mélanine

Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay (Hors les murs), Montreal, QC

2023

Salt Spring National Art Prize – Finalists’ Exhibition

Salt Spring Island, BC

2022

Traces

Fais-moi l’art, Montreal, QC

2022

Sled

Le Livart, Montreal, QC

2021

City of Art III

Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON

2020

Merging Perimeters

PDSA, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Awards & Grants

2024

Exhibition Assistance Grant, Conseil des arts de Montréal

2023

Finalist, Salt Spring National Art Prize (SSNAP)

2023

Articipate Grant, Arts Network Ottawa
(administered by Multicultural Artists’ Coalition – MAC-CAM)

2022

Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts

2021

Fine Arts Prize, Concordia University Alumni Association (CUAA)

Residencies

2024

Jano Lapin Gallery Residency,
Montreal, QC

Publications

2024
Suboart Magazine Nr. 31
https://suboartmagazine.com/2024/11/14/suboart-magazine-nr-31-32/

2023
Journal Metro
Contour aveugle
https://journalmetro.com/evenement/iryna-merkulova-contour-aveugle/

2023
Missisippi Mills
Iryna Merkulova: Blind Contour at Sivarulrasa Gallery
https://www.mississippimills.ca/news/posts/iryna-merkulova-blind-contour-at-sivarulrasa-gallery/

2023
The Millstone News
Arts & Culture
IRYNA MERKULOVA: BLIND CONTOUR at Sivarulrasa Gallery
https://millstonenews.com/iryna-merkulova-blind-contour-at-sivarulrasa-gallery/

2019
InArte Journal, Issue 09: Emotions, Concordia University

Education

2021

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Painting and Drawing

Concordia University, Montreal, QC