Iryna Marko

• Name — Iryna Marko • Born — 28 February 1967 • Birthplace — Zaporizhzhia • Education — Donetsk Art School, Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts • Occupation — Artist of decorative and applied arts

Iryna Marko was born on 28 February 1967, in Zaporizhzhia. In 1986, she graduated from the Department of Artistic Design of the Donetsk Art School, and in 1993, from the Department of Artistic Ceramics of the Lviv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (specialty teachers S. Andrusiv, T. Yanko). After graduation, she was active in the creative workshop of the Lviv Experimental Ceramic and Sculptural Factory. In 2000, she began working independently as an artist.

From 1987, Marko has participated in city, regional, and national (all-Ukrainian) exhibitions. Solo exhibitions have taken place in Lviv (2012–2014; 2015, jointly with Hanna Drul), Orońsko (Poland, 2013–2014), Chernivtsi (2014), and Kyiv (2015). The artist's oeuvre includes ceramic decorative compositions. Individual works are preserved in museum institutions in Ukraine, as well as in private collections in Ukraine, the US, Europe, and Japan. Among important works: "Chaynyk iz pidnosom", "Dialoh" (both 2007), "Harbuzova para" (2010), "Prazvir" (2011), "Toi, shcho z oseni" (2012), "Budiak", "Otsvitina" (both 2014), "Hranat", "Skybky kavuna" (both 2015).