Tanya Karpova
Tanya Karpova is a Moscow-based ceramic sculptor who actively participates in the art scene both in Russia and internationally. In their artistic practice, Tanya explores the expressive possibilities of various ceramic materials, including porcelain.
Education
2023 CLAY RESIDENCY get art fit
2021 Ceramic Workshop, Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry
2020 "Contemporary Ceramics", British Higher School of Art and Design
2006 Faculty of Graphic Arts, Moscow State University of Printing Arts

Selected Exhibitions
2024
— Cosmoscow 2024 International Contemporary Art Fair, Moscow
— "Traces of Life", solo exhibition, Saint Petersburg
— "Open in 100 Years", Moscow
— ART&CLAY, Manner-matter & British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow
2023
— 1000 VASES, GALERIE JOSEPH, Paris
2022
— Win-win, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
— "Contemporary Ceramics", Artplay, Moscow

In my sculptures, I strive to visualize the invisible: my experiences, inner conflicts and fears take shape in ceramics. The symbols that arise in my dreams and fantasies become the language of these works.

Dreams often give me images that are impossible to imagine in real life — bizarre reflections of my desires and anxieties. The boundary between reality and fiction, between what I see and feel physically and what is hidden inside, becomes blurred. This is the realm of my imagination, full of symbols and riddles.

What is real — the world that surrounds me or the one that I create in my mind and embody in ceramics?
My goal is to show how ceramics permeates my life and reflects my inner world.

I prefer to work with my hands, minimizing the use of tools, in order to feel the material and direct its energy. Each movement of my fingers leaves a mark on it, forming a unique texture that depends on my emotional state. Ceramics becomes a mirror in which I explore myself. Contrasting forms intertwine in my works — geometrically strict, angular, smooth, and flowing. I am attracted to the tactile nature of ceramics — its ability to be smooth, rough, even prickly.
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