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BIOGRAPHy

MARINA TEMKINA

Poet-Artist
Born in Leningrad in 1948 
Emigrated to New York City in 1978


Books:

2011       WHO IS I?, in collaboration with Michel Gerard, edited by James Copeland, Content series, Ugly Duckling Presse,  
                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, Richard Meier Publishing, France
2005       Canto Immigranto, selected poem in Russians, 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, Richard Meier Publishing, France
1989       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:

Judah Magnes Collection, Berkeley University, CA
Columbia University, NYC  
Harvard University, Boston, MASS 
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, MI 
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, 
Kolodzei Art Foundation, New Jersey
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 departemental 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 Francios 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  
                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:

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  
Selected Lectures and Panel Presentations continued:

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               Unnameble 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 


Selected Poetry Readings and Performances continued:

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


List of publications available upon request (6 pages)



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