Born in Russia and based in Riga, Latvia, I am an artist and designer working primarily with clay. During the last seven years that I have been doing ceramics, I have experimented with various methods and techniques – from traditional...
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Born in Russia and based in Riga, Latvia, I am an artist and designer working primarily with clay. During the last seven years that I have been doing ceramics, I have
experimented with various methods and techniques – from traditional
wheel pottery to hand-built absrtact structures and from electric kilns
to Japanese wood-firing. I use every opportunity to learn new ceramics
and sculpting skills, participating in two to five symposiums/seminars
per year.
In the last three years I got a Master's Degree in ceramics at the Latvian Academy of Arts and began my studies towards MA in sculpture,concentrating on hand built clay objects. The latter include both figurative and abstract pieces. The focus of my current research falls on large-scale artistic installations in natural environment along the lines of Green Art and Process Art. All of this led to my recent collaboration with the Venetian Academy of Arts - in fact, the work I am submitting is the result of that project. As an artist, I am interested in the meeting point of the philosophical and the aesthetic: the beauty and the horror of the modern age, the frailty of human existence, the curse and the blessing of time, and the imprints we leave on this ever-changing world. Currently, my artistic pursuits include the
use of raw clay in sculptures, large-scale terracotta installations, and
use of ceramics in interior design. I enjoy collaborations both with my fellow-ceramists and with artists
working with other media. The basis of my creative practice is spatial relations, rather - the relationship between space and everything else —time, volume, light, shadows, human bodies and objects.
Please refer to my CV for the full list of education, exhibitions, symposiums and residencies. Here I would like to mention the recent award: III Place / 'Takeda. Art / Help/ The Rule of Exception 'EKATERINA Cultural Foundation, Moscow, Russia. Few of my works are in Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center (Latvia), Latvian Center for Contemporary Ceramics, and Shiro-oni Art Gallery (Japan) and also participated in exhibitions:South Korea, Barcelona-Milan-Zurich, Latvia, Romania, Georgia, Hungary, Japan, Russia, Lithuania