Irina Shkoda is a visual lens-based artist born in Kiev (Ukraine). Graduated from the School of Modern Photography Docdocdoc, Saint-Petersburg, in 2019. 

   The most important part of her work is dedicated to personal long-term projects that contemplate the notion of the sacred and the associated taboos. The impulse for research on this topic arose as a result of her adolescent experience, when she spent a significant part of her time in a convent.

   Selected awards:

    2021:

           Der Greif online exhibition selected by Mariama Attah 

           Boutographies festival, jury’s projection 

           Nikon-Noor academy masterclass participation

           The international photography award Grand Prix Images Vevey (shortlisted)

           Belfast Photo Festival 2021 OPEN SUBMISSION (shortlisted)

           1854 Fast Track selection

           Fotolimo festival official selection 

           Palm* Photo Prize 2021 group exhibition

           Le BOOK “Meet The Unsigned”

           Der Greif “Artist Feature”

   Scholarships:

            Nikon-Noor scholarship 2021

            State scholarship for outstanding figures of culture and art of Russia 2021

   Publications:

           Der Greif

           FK Magazine

           Calvert Journal

           BJP

           PH Museum