Exhibitions and Events

Practice

Meditative, gestural, automatic abstraction. Oil on canvas, sometimes embellished with semi-precious stones (amber, malachite, amethyst, quartz) pressed into the surface during the final layers. Rather than depicting the visible world, the work records states of attention, presence, and inner experience. The resulting paintings are intended to bring a sense of calm, energy, and contemplation to the spaces they inhabit. Connoisseurs have drawn comparisons to Joan Mitchell, Mark Tobey, Édouard Manet, and Edvard Munch. The practice grows out of more than thirty years of Vipassana meditation.

2026

  • Solo exhibition, Weston Public Library, MA (August 2–30) — a return engagement

  • Feature profile, Stroll Dover magazine (June)

  • Over twenty paintings anchor the Lee Industries showroom at Cabot House, Framingham (ongoing)

2025

  • The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, New York City (May 1 – June 14)

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, NH — “Uplifting & Healing Art Exhibition” (July 1 – September 30)

2024

  • Arts & Culture Partner and Lecturer, Art Pharmacy

  • The Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Online Gallery

  • Fundraising contribution, Tomorrow’s Women Today, Boston, MA

  • Fundraising contribution, Victim Rights Law Center, Boston, MA

2023

  • Art event, Boston Tango Marathon at Lumen Academy, Waltham, MA

  • Open Studios

2022

  • Fundraising Gala for Ready-Inspire-Act (RIA), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • The Intuit (Museum Shop), Chicago

  • Solo show, Weston Public Library, MA

  • Art licensing to Hyatt, Orlando, FL

2021

  • Fundraising auctions in support of Ukraine, Boston

  • Private showings

2020

  • Group show, Colm Rowan Gallery, East Hampton, NY

2019

  • Boston International Fine Art Show
    New York Fashion Week SS20 Wearable Art & Athleisure @IGModa by Irina Gorbman, Vogue Ukraine

    2018

    Costume design for Koltun Ballet Boston

2016

  • Architectural Digest Design Show, New York City, Pier 94 — Art Booth

  • Runway appearance, SoWa Kick-off Event, South Boston

2015

  • Architectural Digest Design Show, New York City, Pier 94 — Art Booth

  • Art exhibit, #BostonWinter Holidays Celebration

  • Art, wallpapers & fabrics exhibit, Boston Design Market, Boston Design Center

2014

  • Agora Gallery group show, Chelsea, NYC

  • Architectural Digest Design Show, New York City, Pier 94 — MADE Section

  • International Prints, Posters & Etchings Exhibit, transFORM Gallery, New Rochelle, NY

  • Art exhibit, Dover Church, MA

2011 – 2014

  • Architectural Digest Magazine — Favorite Picks, March 2014 issue

  • Robb Report Magazine — Art Section

  • Art exhibit, Architectural Digest Design Show, New York City, Pier 94

2011

  • Floral designer for Art in Bloom, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2011, 2012, 2015)

2004 – 2006

  • Press & TV coverage: Bellevue TV (WA), Dover-Sherborn TV (MA), Bellevue Press, Seattle Times, and others

Community & Civic Engagement

Gorbman’s ties to the Boston arts community run deep. She served as a floral designer for the Museum of Fine Arts’ Art in Bloom for three seasons beginning in 2011, and is a longtime member of two Dover-based garden clubs and the Massachusetts Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her work has supported fundraising efforts for Boston-area organizations including Ready-Inspire-Act at the Museum of Fine Arts, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Victim Rights Law Center, and Ukraine relief auctions.

Education

  • Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, USSR — MS in Mechanical Engineering (1984–1989)

  • The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford — MA in International Relations (1996-1998)

Memberships & Affiliations

  • International Furnishings and Design Association, New England Chapter (IFDA-NE)

  • Massachusetts Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (MA-NMWA)

  • Wellesley Business Group

  • Tufts Alumni / Fletcher alum

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  • Ready-Inspire-Act (RIA), MA

  • Tomorrow’s Women Today, MA

  • Art Pharmacy / Art by Prescription, MA