Dragunkina Irina Yuryevna.
Member of the Union of Artists of Russia (board member of the Saratov branch of the Union of Artists of Russia), member of the International Association of Arts-AIAP UNESCO, member of the Russian Authors' Society (RAO), member of the professional Union of Artists of Russia, member of the international association Palette du monde
Artist of theatrical and decorative arts. Also works as a painter. She was born in Saratov into a family of architects. Graduated from the Saratov Art College named after A. P. Bogolyubov, specializing in decorative design, and from the Saratov State Agrarian University named after N. I. Vavilov, specializing in "Landscape Architecture".
She began her career at the Saratov Regional Puppet Theater "Teremok". As a production designer for the puppet theater, she staged a number of performances in Saratov, Vladimir, Volgograd, Moscow, Nizhny Tagil, Donetsk, Grodno (Belarus). After completing the Zhostovo painting courses in Moscow, she worked as chief artist at the art and commercial firm "Russian House". Since 1992, she has been working as the head of the art and decorative workshop at the Saratov State Academic Drama Theater named after I. A. Slonov. She collaborates as an artist with the theater "Papa Carlo's Dolls" and the Saratov Regional Philharmonic named after A. G. Schnittke. Participant in regional, all-Russian, and international exhibitions. Laureate and prize-winner of various art competitions: "Russian Art Week" in Moscow and St. Petersburg, "Kamyshinsky Watermelon" in Kamyshin, "With Love for the Land" in Balakovo, "Russian Week in France" in Vierzon, etc.
A regular participant in various plein airs in Moscow, at the academic dacha of I. E. Repin in Vyshny Volochyok, in Khvalynsk, and elsewhere.
Organizer and curator of regional exhibitions of artists "Theater Vernissage" at the Saratov State Academic Theater named after I. A. Slonov.
For her high professionalism, she has been awarded honorary certificates from the Saratov Regional Puppet Theater "Teremok", the Saratov State Academic Drama Theater named after I. A. Slonov, the Saratov Regional Philharmonic named after A. G. Schnittke, the administration of the city of Saratov, the Saratov Regional Duma, the Governor of the Saratov Region, the Ministry of Culture of the Saratov Region, the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, and the Trade Union of Cultural Workers of the Russian Federation.
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