1905 : Ida Karskaya is born in Bender (Russia, province of Bessarabia, at present Moldavian Republic).
1922 : Leaves her country to study medicine in Ghent (Belgium), then in Paris from 1924 on.
1930 : Marries the painter Serge Karsky. She herself starts painting a few years before the war and becomes acquainted with Chaim Soutine who encourages her to continue.
1943 : First one-woman show in Montpellier, Galerie Favier.
1946 : First one-woman show in Paris, Galerie Pétridès, with a preface by Francis Carco.
1949 : One woman show “20 Jeux nécessaires, 40 gestes inutiles” (20 Necessary Games, 40 Useless Gestures) in Galerie Breteau, Paris.
1950 : Death of Serge Karsky. One-woman show “Nouveaux Jeux nécessaires et Gestes inutiles” (New Necessary Games and Useless Gestures) in Galerie “Calligrammes”, Paris.
1953/54 : Karskaya begins to make collages, has an order for a tapestry from Aubusson, travels to Spain, has a one-woman show “Espana” in the Galerie Colette Allendy, Paris.
1955/57 : Karskaya paints a series called «Lettres sans réponse» (Unanswered Letters).
1959 : Begins the series “Gris quotidiens” (Daily Grays), shown in Galerie La Roue, Paris.
1962 : One-woman shows :
Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, prefaces by Jean Paulhan and Geneviève Bonnefoi.
Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal, Germany, preface by Herta Wescher.
Hanover Gallery and Gallery One, London.
1963 : One-woman show in Galerie Argos, Nantes.
1965 : Exhibition in Galerie La Roue, Paris : “Les Invités de Minuit” (The Midnight Guests), a series of collages produced in collaboration with the painter Hester Hess.
1967 Exhibition “Connusinconnus” (Knownunknown) with the painter Chafik Abboud, in Galerie Le Fanal, Paris, as well as in Galerie Simone Florentin in Dieulefit.
1972 : First Karskaya retrospective show in the Center for Contemporary Art of the Abbaye de Beaulieu en Rouergue : “Karskaya - vingt-cinq années d’inventions” (Karskaya – twenty five years of invention). A monography on the artist, by Geneviève Bonnefoi, is published.
1973/74 : Three tapestries are made by Karskaya in her atelier :
“Poste Restante” (« General Delivery » in leather)
“Mur de Silence” (“Wall of Silence” in sisal and wool)
“La tête” (”The Head” in sisal and rope).
And she receives an order for a large tapestry (18m2) : “Mémoires d’un noyé” (Memories of a Drowned Man), also executed in her own atelier.
1975 : Participates in the Tapestry Biennial in Lausanne.
One-woman show « Billi-Billi un rien du tout » (Billi-Billi a mere Nothing) in Galerie Françoise Tournié, Paris.
1976/79 : Participates in numerous exhibitions.
One-woman show in Galerie Arts Contemporains, Paris.
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1980 : Retrospective show of Karskaya’s work in the Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (National Foundation for Graphic and Plastic Arts), Paris.
Participates in numerous exhibitions.
1981 : One-woman shows in Galerie Praestegaarden, Denmark, and Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany.
Participates in several exhibitions.
1982/83 : One-woman shows in Wilhelmshaven and in Galerie Becher, Germany, as well as in Galerie Praestegaarden, Denmark.
Participates in numerous exhibitions.
1984/86 : One-woman shows, Galerie Praestegaarden, Denmark, and Galerie Limmer, Freiburg Germany.
1987/89 : One-woman shows : Galerie Praestegaarden, Denmark, Galerie Rolf Ohse, Bremen, Germany, Galerie Philip, Paris and Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany.
Participates in several exhibitions.
1990 : Karskaya dies in Paris, on March 23rd.
Galerie Limmer edits a catalogue and has a one-woman show of Karskaya at the International Art Fair in Cologne, Germany.
1992 : One-woman shows in Galerie Philip, Paris and in “La Petite Galerie”, Paris.
1993 : One-woman show, Galerie Arnoux, Paris.
1995 : One-woman show « Les Invités de Minuit » (The Midnight Guests), Galerie Arnoux, Paris.
One-woman show « Gris Quotidiens » (Daily Grays), Galerie Pierre Brullé, Paris.
One-woman show « collages », Galerie Philip, Paris.
One-woman show, Galerie Limmer, Freiburg, Germany.
1997 : One-woman show in the Collegiale Saint-Pierre-le-Puellier, Orléans. Retrospective show of Karskaya’s work in the P.A.B. (Pierre André Benoit) museum in Alès (France).
One-woman show (1947-57) in Galerie Pierre Brullé, Paris.
2000 : Exhibit « Karskaya / alltägliches Grau » (Karskaya / Daily Grays), Galerie Limmer, Cologne, Germany.
2003/04 : Exhibit “Paris Russe” (Russian Paris) in the Russian National Museum of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, the Von der Heydt-Museum of Wuppertal, Germany, and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, France.
2005 : Retrospective show of Karskaya’s work in the Abbaye de Beaulieu en Rouergue, France, in celebration of the centenary of her birth.
2008 : One-woman show “KARSKAYA”, September 25 till October 25, in Galerie 53, 53 rue de Seine Paris.
