About

Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, ukrainian artist:

I began my pottery journey in 2003 with a desire to create functional wares, drawing inspiration from Japanese ceramic art and the expression of natural processes in clay. Fascinated by the transience of life, imperfection, impermanence, and the beauty of materials, I soon realized that my philosophy had transformed. I began reflecting on human beings and the impact of societal processes on our nature. Personality became a focal point, as I explored the separate elements that compose it and how they can be permanently transformed. The idea that continuous change and imperfection are inherent to personality challenged the concept of order and stability. My work began to reflect these themes, incorporating motifs of entropy, transformation, and psychological isolation.
Despite my focus on sculptural work, I remain dedicated to the study of form, surface, color, science, and technology through my pottery. It continues to be a great experience to create functional pieces, which allow me to integrate my ideas and express them in a tangible way.
       
   Education
2004-2010 Specialist degree in industrial design , Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts 
       
   Work Experience
2003-2010 - Laboratory of Ceramics in Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts
2011- 2022 - working in own studio
         
   Memebership
2019  Member of International Academy of Ceramics
2019  Member of Artaxis - independent network of artists 
       
   Group exhibitions
2020- Durer.Paraphrase. – Kharkiv Art Museum, Kharkiv , Ukraine
2020 Habitat – Lavra gallery with WWF Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine  
2020 – Corpore- exhibition with Nataliya Korf-Ivanyuk, Mironova-gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2018 Starting point – exhibition with Segii Shaulis, Mironova gallery, Kyiv ,Ukraine
2018 Ukrainian ceramic festival  TSE GLYNA, Kyiv, Ukraine
2016 Litoralis - Gogolfest,Ivano-Frankivsk,Ukraine 
       
    Juried exhibitions 
2021 MINO International Ceramic Competition, Japan. Special Judges Award (selected by Tatehata Akira)
2021 International Juried Ceramics Exhibition MARTINSONS AWARD,  Rothko art centre , Daugavpils,Latvia
2018  International Juried Ceramics Exhibition MARTINSONS AWARD,  Rothko art centre , Daugavpils,Latvia
2017  Gold prize on First Ukrainian ceramic biennale, National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery, Oposhnya ,Ukraine
2015  35 CICA International Ceramic Competition of L'Alcora (Spain), Museum of  Ceramics  of L'Alcora
2015  3th International Triennial of Ceramics Unicum 2015, National museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana
2013  Ukrainian Exhibition of Ceramics Artists, National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery, Oposhnya, Ukraine. 
2010  International festival of arts and crafts. Gallery "Belyaevo", Moscow 
2010 Ukrainian Exhibition of Ceramics Artists, National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery,  Oposhnya, Ukraine 
         
   Solo exhibition
2017 On the fracture – solo exhibition, Art Jump gallery, Poltava, Ukraine 
2016 Ceramic codes – solo exhibition, Nurnberg house, Kharkiv, Ukraine 
       
   Museums collections 
2018 Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre , Latvia
2017 National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery in Opishne
2015 Museu de Ceràmica de l'Alcora , Spain
2015 National museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana