Inna Kolupaeva was born artistically in 2002, though she made her first steps into the creative world when she attended to the musical school. During 7 years she was surrounded with amazing atmosphere of sounds in different forms and rhythms where she learned that subtle energy can find appropriate outlet of expression depending the context of composition.

She has made her first input in Graphic Design field in the beginning of 1999 and was continuing explore the visual possibilities till the moment when she decided to expand her knowledge in another area.

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Driven by passion, she started an enriching journey as an artist from 2011.

During 2014, she has completed her artistic project “Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op. 43”, a personal mission in which she was involved for 2 years. The project included the synthesis of digital art and music.

She has participated in several exhibitions such as the “Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op. 43” in Modigliani Art Café in 2014 and the “Me and the Armenian Genocide” in the Modern Art Museum, Yerevan in 2015 with video installation called “Balance”, where she also took part in Edmond Habetian’s associated workshop.

As a participant of the “Art of Power” Competition, she was award recipient at the 2015 Art Exhibeo Competition.

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In 2016 she has been participating with art installation work called “Portal” in Armenian Centre for Contemporary Experimental Art, 'New Talents 2016' Project and had the performance in Modern Art Museum with work “The Life through Mechanical Body”.

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Education

2014    M.F.A. | Visual Art, KASK Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

2002    B.A. | Graphic Design, Yerevan Institute of the ART “ROSLIN”, Yerevan, Armenia

1997    B.Eng | State Engineering University, Yerevan, Armenia

Exhibitions

2016    “Portal”, Art Installation | Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia

2016    “The Life through Mechanical Body”, Art Performance | Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia

2015    “Genocide”, Digital Art | Art Exhibeo Magazine, London, UK

2015    “The Balance”, Video Installation | Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, Armenia

2014    “Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op. 43”, Digital Art | Modigliani Art Café, Yerevan, Armenia

Workshops

2016     Life & Abstraction | Edmond Habetian, MAMY, Yerevan, Armenia

2015      Me & the Armenian Genocide | Edmond Habetian, MAMY, Yerevan, Armenia

2012      Time Lines: The Temporal Dimensions | David Rosand, KASK, Ghent, Belgium

2012      Inner & Outer Movements | Michael Funk, KASK, Ghent, Belgium

2012      The Digital Body in Contemporary | Marco Luceri, KASK, Ghent, Belgium

2012      Gesture & Sound | Daniel Deshays, KASK, Ghent, Belgium

2012      Time Lines: The Temporal Dimensions | David Rosand, KASK, Ghent, Belgium

2012      Hybridism in the Theatre | KASK, Ghent, Belgium

Competitions

2016    “Parasite”, Digital Painting  | “Biosphere: Life on Earth” in Art Exhibeo Magazine, London, UK

2016   “Transcendentent”, Digital Painting  | “On the Road” in Art Exhibeo Magazine, London, UK

2015    “Genocide”, Digital Art  | “The Art of Power” in Art Exhibeo Magazine, London, UK

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Articles

2015    Inna Kolupaeva: Abstraction, Genocide and the Future Dying Sun | J.E. Raddatz, Art Exhibeo Magazine, London, UK

2016    New Talants in Armeian Center of Contemporary Experimental Art (ACCEA)  | Dzovinar Lokmagyozyan, AGOS Newspaper, Yerevan, Armenia

Conferences

2012    INNER MOVEMENT, the motor dimension of Imagination | Helena De Preester, KASK, Gent, BE