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​MARINA TEMKINA

Poet-Artist
Born in Leningrad in 1948 
Emigrated in 1978
Lives in New York City
Picture
Books:

2022
Forthcoming: Boys Fight, with drawings by Michel Gérard

2019
Nenagliadnye posobia, selected poems in Russian, New Literary Review, Moscow, Russia

2011
WHO IS I?, in collaboration with Michel Gerard, edited by James Copeland, Content series, Brooklyn

2009
What Do You Want, collection of poetry, edited by Matvei Yankelevich, Ugly Ducking Presse, Brooklyn, New York

2006
MoMA Duomo, artist book in collaboration with Michel Gerard, Editions Voix, Richard Meier Publishing, France

2005
Canto Immigranto, selected poem in Russian, New Literary Review, Moscow, Russia

1995
Kalancha, collection of poetry in Russian, Slovo/Word Publishing, New York 

1990
Observatoire Geomnesique, trilingual artist book in collaboration with Michel Gerard, translated in English by Alfred Corn, Editions Voix, Richard Meier Publishing, France

1989
In Reverse (V obratnom napravlenii), collection of poetry in Russian, Syntax, Paris, France

1985
A Part of a Part, (Chasti Chast’), collection of poetry in Russian, Syntax, Paris, France


Public Project:

2004
My Solar Battery, Second Street Station, Hoboken, Bergen-Hudson Light Rail, New Jersey Transit


Selected Art and Artist Book Collections:

Columbia University, NYC  
Harvard University, Boston, MA 
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ  
Cornell University, NY 
Stanford University, CA 
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Central Connecticut State University, CT
Ohio State University Library, OH
Tony Zwicker Collection, Chicago Art Institute, IL
Prints and Artists Books Department, New York Public Library, NYC  
Artists Books Collection, Bienecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Prints and Graphic Art Department, Minneapolis Museum of Art, MN
Kolodzei Art Foundation, NJ
Francois Barnoud Collection, Dijon, France
Gerald Janachek Collection, KY


One-Person and Collaborative Exhibitions:

2011
I Need Angels, solo show, Galerie Francios Barnoud, Dijon, France  

2008
L’enfance d’art, poetry wall installation. In: Michel Gerard’s exhibition L’enfance de l’art, Gallery des Ponchettes, Nice, France; catalogue
Sweet Sixty, multimedia happening, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York   

2003
Rue de Leningrad, multimedia two artists show with Michel Gerard, Cimaise & Portique, Center départemental d’art contemporain, Albi, France; booklet, interview by Alla Efimova

2000
Engagement Time, Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC; review by Susan Tenneriello in: Slavic and East European Performance, quarterly, CUNY, vol. 20, no. 2, summer 2000; interview with Alla Efimova, PhD, curator, Judah Magnus Museum. in: Novoe Russkoe Slovo, daily, March 24, 2000 

1998
Autographs, drawings and poetry installations, traveling exhibition Galerie Francois Barnoud, Dijon, France, Florence Lynch Gallery, NYC Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia; review by Milena Orlova in: Kommersant, daily, Moscow, August 7, 1998, A-YA Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia

1996
Drawings by a Russian Poet, solo show, ArtNations, Florence Lynch Projects, NYC


Group Exhibitions:

2013
CON/TEXT, LYNCH THAM, New York, NY

2011
Small is Beautiful, Galerie Barnoud, Dijon, France
Hermaphrodites, curated by Nikita Vyshnevsky, Invisible Dog Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
Astrology, at Liz Zanis, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Salon de Dessines, Carousel de Louvre, Galerie Barnoud, Paris, France

2005
Chicago Art Fair, Galerie Francios Barnoud

2003
Reactions, Exit Art, NYC

2001
Art On Hangers: We Love Our Customers, collaboration with Michel Gerard, Hungarian Consulate, NYC, traveling to Budapest, Hungary; curated by Robbin Ami Silverberg and Andras Borocz

1999
Art by Russian Women-Artists, The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Hackensack, NJ, curated by Tatiana Kolodzei

1998
Centre St. Charles, Sorbonne, Paris, France, curated by Florence Lynch, catalogue  

1994
"...Sarajevo... Sarajevo... Sarajevo...,” sound track for the Michel Gerard’s sculpture, The Meeting on Sculpture, Euro-cultural Centre, Delphi, Greece; reviewed by Eleanor Heartney in: "Contemporary Oracles," Art in America, May, 1995, p. 61

1993
Post-Leninist Crop, collaborative project with Michel Gerard for the traveling group show "Monumental Propaganda," curated by Komar & Melamid. Exhibited at Courtyard Gallery World Financial Center, NYC; Smithsonian International Gallery, Ripley Center, Washington, D.C.; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; Muckenthaler Art Center, Fullerton, CA; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City, MO; Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland; Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia; Uppsala Kunstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden; Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. Catalogue published by Independent Curators, Inc; review and reproduction "Slight Modifications" by Lawrence Weschler in The New Yorker, 7/12/1993


Awards, Grants, and Residences:

2002
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY

2001
Ledig-Rohwolt Foundation, Switzerland

2001
Puffin Foundation, NJ

1998
ArtsLink/CEC International Partners

1997
Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture  

1994
National Endowment for the Arts

1989
Pergamon Press Award, Carl Djerassi Foundation, CA

1988
Artist Residence, Carl Djerassi Foundation, CA


Fellowships and Academic Affiliations:

2001 – 2002
Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, New York

1999 – 2000
Charles Revson Foundation Fellowship On The Future Of New York, Columbia University, New York

1998 – 2000
Transregional Center for Democracy Development, New School for Social Research, New York

1996 –1997
Art in Transition: Eastern and Central Europe, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

1996, summer
Gender and Identity in Russian Culture, National Endowment for Humanities, Amherst College, MA


Selected Anthologies:

Feminist Poetics, ed. Maria Bobylyova and Yulia Podlubnova, Portal “Such Are Things,” ACT Publishers, Moscow, 2021
Time's Ties: Literary Almanac no. 10, ed. Raisa Resnik, San Jose, CA, 2018-2020 
Contemporary Russian Free Verse, vol. 2, ed. Anna Orlitskaya and Yuri Orlitskiy, Festival of Free Verse, Moscow, 2019 
Interview in Poets in New York: City, Language, and Diaspora, Yakov Klotz, New Literary Review, Moscow, 2016
Two Centuries of Dual Identity: Russian Jewish Writing, ed. M. Shrayer, E.M. Sharp Publishing, CT, 2006
Liberated Ulysses, anthology of Russian poets in Diaspora, ed. Dmitry Kuzmin, New Literary Review, Moscow, Russia, 2005
New Russian Poetry, ed.& translator. Irena Luksic, Biblioteca Knjizevna smotra, Zagreb, Croatia, 1998
Russian Poetry of the Twentieth Century, ed. Evgeny Evtushenko, Moscow, Russia, 1994
Dictionary of Russian Women Writers, ed. Marina Ledkovsky, Greenwood Press, CT, 1994
Poets' Club Anthology, v.1, ed. Boris Vetrov, American-Israel Friendship Society, NYC, 1994 
Free Voices in Russian Literature 1950–1980, ed. Alexander Sumerkin, Russica, NYC, 1987
The Blue Lagoon Anthology of Modern Russian Poetry, v. 4, ed. Konstantin Kuzminsky, 
Austin State University, TX, 1986
Russian Poets in the West, ed. Alexander Glezer, The Third Wave Publishing, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1986


Selected Lectures and Panel Presentations:

Judah Magnes Collection, Berkeley University
Universities in Constantin, Annaba, Algers, Algeria  
Sheffield University, UK 
Birmingham University, UK  
Barnard College, Columbia University, NYC 
New York University, NYC 
New School for Social Research, NYC 
United Nation International School, NYC  
Drew University, NJ 
Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Art, Dijon, France
Ecole des Etudes Slaves, Sorbonne, Paris
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 
Berkeley University, CA 
Austin State University, TX 
Blacksburg State University, VA


Selected Poetry Readings and Performances:

2013
Joseph Brodsky Cabinet, Museum of Anna Akhmatova, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Unnameable Book Store, Brooklyn, NY
Museum of Modern Art with UDP group
Blago Bung Performance Festival, Emily Harvey Foundation, NYC
Co-workers Project, Entwine Tapas Bar, NYC
The Judah Magnes Collection of Jewish Art, Berkeley University 

2012
Sculpture Center, LIC, NY
Institute Francaise: Constantin, Annaba, Algers, Algeria

2011
Mad Hatters Journal, Cornelia Café, NYC 
Chin Music Poetry Café, Brooklyn, NYC

2010
The Kitchen, NYC
Brooklyn Book Festival, NYC
Dixon Place, NYC 
Russian Samovar with Elena Fanailova, organized by ArtsLink/CEC International

2009
St. Mark’s Poetry project, NYC
Bowery Poetry Club, NYC
Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, Paris, France
Spiro Ark, London, UK

2008
Brooklyn Book Festival, NYC 

2007
Brooklyn Public Library, NYC

2005
International Poetry Biennial, Moscow, Russia
Borei Art Club, St. Petersburg, Russia 

2004, May
Bowery Poetry Club, NYC

2002, June
Bard University/Smolny program, Russian Samovar, NYC

2001, Oct.
Bramson ORT Institute, Brooklyn, NY 

2001, Jan.
"From the Next Book," Russian Poets' Club, Workmen Circle, NYC

2000, June
"I love" and other poems, "Reading America" Summer Institute, New School 

2000, March
“Poetry and War,” Africana Studies Program, Institute of African American Affairs, NYU

1999, Oct.
East European Poets, Bohemian National Hall, NYC

1999, Oct.
Berkeley University, Slavic Dept., CA

1999, Apr.
Eugene Lang College, Faculty Reading, New School for Social Research, NY

1998, Dec.
Collective Unconscious, Lower East Side, group reading, NYC

1998, Nov.
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

1998, Aug.
A-Ya Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
“International Poetry” performance, ArtNation Projects, NYC

1997
“International Poetry” performance; "Art in Transition" seminar, Rutgers State University 

1996
Art Nation, Florence Lynch Project, NYC
Art in General, NYC 

1995
Eastern European Expatriate Club, New York University, NYC
International Poetry Fest, Stevens Technology Institute, Hoboken, NJ
The B'Nai Jeshurum Synagogue, NYC

1994
Komar & Melamid Studio, NYC
Nabokov Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Lurie Gymnasium, St. Petersburg, Russia
St. Petersburg Gender Center, Russia
Free Artists Studio, Moscow, Russia
Library of Zionist Forum, Jerusalem, Israel
"Images from the Other Europe," Festival at Central Connecticut State University, CT

1993
American-Israel Friendship Society, NYC

1990
Poets' House, NYC

1987
Japanese Gallery on 7th Avenue, NYC
BBC Poetry Archive, London, England

1986
"Poets in Exile," National Public Radio, Washington, D.C.

1985
Village Voice Bookstore, Paris, France

1983
​"In Defense of Ratushinskaya Case," Endicott Booksellers, NYC


Further list of publications available upon request



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