About
Irina Goryacheva (also known as Heather Hermit) is a graphic designer, art director and visual artist. She is currently working as a Graphic Design Expert for the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt.
First she graduated in Arabic Philology from Moscow State University and later in Graphic Design from Moscow Institute of Industrial and Applied Arts.
Irina has extensive experience as a communication graphic designer and art director in such diverse disciplines as print, typography, corporate and exhibition design for a range of large cultural institutions. Irina has been highly awarded for her work, both nationally and internationally, among the most important awards are four Red Dots in Communication design (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015).
Irina is passionate about modernism, colorful geometric shapes, typography and collage. She is inspired by the visionaries of the Weimar Era, experimental music and cinema of the 1920s and 1930s, ornithology, the phenomena of mass culture, space flights, airships and three-storey sandwiches.
She loves folding, burning midnight oil, heavy rains, orthodox darjeeling and rather gloomy music. Irina is currently working as a communication designer and art director in such diverse disciplines as print, typography, corporate and exhibition design for a range of cultural institutions. She hopes someday she would have enough time to devote herself to her real vocation – star charming and painting.
First she graduated in Arabic Philology from Moscow State University and later in Graphic Design from Moscow Institute of Industrial and Applied Arts.
Irina has extensive experience as a communication graphic designer and art director in such diverse disciplines as print, typography, corporate and exhibition design for a range of large cultural institutions. Irina has been highly awarded for her work, both nationally and internationally, among the most important awards are four Red Dots in Communication design (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015).
Irina is passionate about modernism, colorful geometric shapes, typography and collage. She is inspired by the visionaries of the Weimar Era, experimental music and cinema of the 1920s and 1930s, ornithology, the phenomena of mass culture, space flights, airships and three-storey sandwiches.
She loves folding, burning midnight oil, heavy rains, orthodox darjeeling and rather gloomy music. Irina is currently working as a communication designer and art director in such diverse disciplines as print, typography, corporate and exhibition design for a range of cultural institutions. She hopes someday she would have enough time to devote herself to her real vocation – star charming and painting.
Solo exhibitions:
Aerialist show, Maximilian Voloshin Сultural Сenter, Moscow, Russia, 2013
Glavryba show, State Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2013
Ghosts Before Breakfast show, art space Green Door, Moscow, Russia, 2012
Selected group exhibitions:
4th Moscow Poster Contest Exhibition, Moscow Union of Artists Gallery. Moscow, Russia, 2016
Design on stage - Red Dot winners' exhibition: communication design 2015, E-werk, Berlin, Germany, 2015
Dutch Design Week 2015, Blob, Einhoven, The Netherlands, 2015
In Reserve: Concerning the Architecture of the Reservoir. Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Muche-Schlemmer-House, Dessau, Germany, 2015
Post Scriptum 100 + 8, OMG Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2015
In Reserve: Concerning the Architecture of the Reservoir. Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau, Germany, 2014
Open Interpretation. Poster Group Exhibition. Afdesta gallery, Shiraz, Iran, 2014
4th Moscow Architecture Biennale. Moscow, Russia, 2014
Ausgezeichnet. Red Dot präsentiert prämiertes Kommunikationsdesign 2013/2014
("Excellent. Red Dot presents award-winning communication design 2013/2014"), Basel, Switzerland, 2014
Design on stage - winners' exhibition: communication design 2013, The Red Dot Design Museum, Essen, Germany, 2013
Best Communication Design – Red Dot Winners Selection 2013, Museum for Communication, Berlin, 2013
Design on stage - Red Dot winners' exhibition: communication design 2013, Umspannwerk Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany, 2013
Design on Stage in Basel, Basel School of Design and the Academy of Art and Design FHNW, Basel, Switzerland, 2013
"ВВС", Anatoli Zverev Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, 2013
Design on stage - Red Dot winners' exhibition: communication design 2012, Alte Münze Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2012
Malevich Prize finalists' exhibition, The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, 2012
OPEN Exhibition, art space Green Door, Moscow, Russia, 2012
New Museum Token, ARTPLAY Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2012
The Sketchbook Project Tour and Exhibition, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA, 2012
Design on stage - Red Dot winners' exhibition: communication design 2011, Alte Münze Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2011
"And Nowhere Shall I Go From Moscow...", Exhibition-installation, State Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2011
Best Student Works, State Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2010
Young Photographers: First Impressions, Shots Net Gallery, London, UK, 2010
Life in suitcases, collaboration with Carol Lee Born, Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, Texas, USA, 2010
Manuscripts Don't Burn, State Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2000
Bulgakov, the Doctor", State Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow, Russia, 1999
Aerialist show, Maximilian Voloshin Сultural Сenter, Moscow, Russia, 2013
Glavryba show, State Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2013
Ghosts Before Breakfast show, art space Green Door, Moscow, Russia, 2012
Selected group exhibitions:
4th Moscow Poster Contest Exhibition, Moscow Union of Artists Gallery. Moscow, Russia, 2016
Design on stage - Red Dot winners' exhibition: communication design 2015, E-werk, Berlin, Germany, 2015
Dutch Design Week 2015, Blob, Einhoven, The Netherlands, 2015
In Reserve: Concerning the Architecture of the Reservoir. Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Muche-Schlemmer-House, Dessau, Germany, 2015
Post Scriptum 100 + 8, OMG Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2015
In Reserve: Concerning the Architecture of the Reservoir. Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Dessau, Germany, 2014
Open Interpretation. Poster Group Exhibition. Afdesta gallery, Shiraz, Iran, 2014
4th Moscow Architecture Biennale. Moscow, Russia, 2014
Ausgezeichnet. Red Dot präsentiert prämiertes Kommunikationsdesign 2013/2014
("Excellent. Red Dot presents award-winning communication design 2013/2014"), Basel, Switzerland, 2014
Design on stage - winners' exhibition: communication design 2013, The Red Dot Design Museum, Essen, Germany, 2013
Best Communication Design – Red Dot Winners Selection 2013, Museum for Communication, Berlin, 2013
Design on stage - Red Dot winners' exhibition: communication design 2013, Umspannwerk Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany, 2013
Design on Stage in Basel, Basel School of Design and the Academy of Art and Design FHNW, Basel, Switzerland, 2013
"ВВС", Anatoli Zverev Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, 2013
Design on stage - Red Dot winners' exhibition: communication design 2012, Alte Münze Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2012
Malevich Prize finalists' exhibition, The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia, 2012
OPEN Exhibition, art space Green Door, Moscow, Russia, 2012
New Museum Token, ARTPLAY Gallery, Moscow, Russia, 2012
The Sketchbook Project Tour and Exhibition, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, USA, 2012
Design on stage - Red Dot winners' exhibition: communication design 2011, Alte Münze Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2011
"And Nowhere Shall I Go From Moscow...", Exhibition-installation, State Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2011
Best Student Works, State Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2010
Young Photographers: First Impressions, Shots Net Gallery, London, UK, 2010
Life in suitcases, collaboration with Carol Lee Born, Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, Texas, USA, 2010
Manuscripts Don't Burn, State Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow, Russia, 2000
Bulgakov, the Doctor", State Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, Moscow, Russia, 1999
Selected Publications:
Red Dot International Yearbook Communication Design 2015/2016, Red Dot Edition, Germany, 2015
Excellent Branding Identity, Hightone Publishing, China, 2014
Red Dot International Yearbook Communication Design 2013/2014, Red Dot Edition, Germany, 2013
Classic Patterns and Modern Patterns, SendPoints Publishing, China, 2013
Be Amused, №3, Silamandarina Publishing, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2013
Chois Gallery (Vol.20) The World's Best Graphics, Chois Publishing Inc., Shanghai, China, 2013
Red Dot International Yearbook Communication Design 2012/2013, Red Dot Edition, Germany, 2012
Spot Cells, SendPoints Publishing, China, 2012
BranD Magazine, №1 (2012), SendPoints Publishing, China, 2012
New Museum Token, Assosiation of Cultural Managers and "Muzeiprom", Kabinetny ucheniy publishing, Russia, 2012
Red Dot International Yearbook Communication Design 2011/2012, Red Dot Edition, Germany, 2011
Red Dot International Yearbook Communication Design 2015/2016, Red Dot Edition, Germany, 2015
Excellent Branding Identity, Hightone Publishing, China, 2014
Red Dot International Yearbook Communication Design 2013/2014, Red Dot Edition, Germany, 2013
Classic Patterns and Modern Patterns, SendPoints Publishing, China, 2013
Be Amused, №3, Silamandarina Publishing, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2013
Chois Gallery (Vol.20) The World's Best Graphics, Chois Publishing Inc., Shanghai, China, 2013
Red Dot International Yearbook Communication Design 2012/2013, Red Dot Edition, Germany, 2012
Spot Cells, SendPoints Publishing, China, 2012
BranD Magazine, №1 (2012), SendPoints Publishing, China, 2012
New Museum Token, Assosiation of Cultural Managers and "Muzeiprom", Kabinetny ucheniy publishing, Russia, 2012
Red Dot International Yearbook Communication Design 2011/2012, Red Dot Edition, Germany, 2011
