Education
Master of Fine Arts (2002), Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
MA in Central European History (2000), Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism; summa cum laude, valedictorian (1999), American University in Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Fellowships / Grants and Awards
George Sugarman Foundation Grant (2007)
American Association of University Women (AAUW), International Fellowship 2000-2001 to undertake MFA in painting, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Soros Foundation / Full Central European University MA Fellowship (1999 - 2000)
Principal exhibitions
Solo show, Prince Street Gallery, NY, NY (2008)
New Directions '07 (juror Jose Luis Blondet, Dia Art Foundation, NY), The Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (2007)
Finalists in The Miami University National Young Sculptors Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award (juror: Mary Ceruti, Executive Director, SculpureCenter, NYC), Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford OH (2007)
Bowery Gallery Juried Show (juror: artist John Walker), New York (2007)
Portraits, Self-Portraits, Gallery 402 / Organization of Independent Artists, New York, NY (2006)
New Directions '05 (juror: Steven Evans, Assistant Dirctor of the Dia Art Foundation in Beacon, NY), The Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (2005)
Finalists in The Miami University National Young Sculptors Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award (juror: Judith Russi Kirshner, dean of the College of Architecture and Art at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford OH) (2005)
Boston High Tea, group show curated by Peter Wayne Lewis, ARamona Studio Gallery, New York, NY (2005)
MFA Thesis Show, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art (2002)
Midway show, recent graduate work, Huntington Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art (2001)
International Exhibition of Emerging Artists, Jiger '00, Almaty, Kazahstan (2000)
Fish-Therapy (2-person show with Konstantin Shkurpela), Bishkek (1999)
Exhibition devoted to Anti-Poverty Day - juried by Development Program of UN, Bishkek (1998)
Exhibition Labyrinth (curated by Museum studio), Bishkek (1998)
International Exhibition of Emerging Artists Jiger 98, Almaty - honorable mention (1998)
Exhibition Portrait (curated by Kyrgyzstan Artists' Union), Bishkek (1997)
Exhibition Parallel City (curated by Museum studio), Bishkek (1997)
Kyrgyz-Turkish Exhibition of women-artists, Bishkek (1996)
Solo show, Kyrgyz State Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek (1995)
Reviews of artist's work
Studio Visit, Spring 2009 and Winter 2009
Joe Bendik, "Shkurpela's View of the World", Chelsea Clinton News, August 14, 2008
Fine Arts in Kyrgyzstan, ed. by Gamal Bonkonbaev, AUB, 2007
Chicago Art Journal, Univesity of Chicago, 2003
The William and Mary Review, 2002, 2003
Jiger - 2000 (International Festival of Young Artists, Almaty Kazakhstan, 2000), catalogue
A. Yarkov, "Fish Therapy - 1" in: Almanac Kurak #1, Bishkek: Soros Foundation, 1999
Jiger - 1998 (International Festival of Young Artists, Almaty Kazakhstan, 1998), catalogue
A. Yakrov, "A Talent Emerges", Kyrgyzstan Chronicle, May 1995
The works are in private collections in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, United States; in the collections of Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, and American University in Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
