ARTIST STATEMENT

I define myself as a “designer-maker” because both parts of this title are crucial to me. As a designer I like to rethink common objects, seeking alternative uses that transcend the ordinary. As a maker I like to create things with my hands. In my practice, ideas develop and flourish in the making. I believe that a tiny detail can change perception of an object – both for the better and for the worse – and to the details I attend.

Yet, the cornerstone of my practice is the aspect of play: I enjoy playing with ideas, shapes, colors, materials, and processes. Moreover, I want people to actively interact, i.e. play with my objects, whether it’s simply arranging colors on their breakfast table or implementing new scenarios in their simplest everyday routines.

Ksenia Shigaeva
Photo: Ilya Nodia

CV

Member of Ornamo (Finnish Assosiation of professional designers)

 

Education

2008 – 2009  —  Bachelor in Fine Arts / Ceramics (completion), Bergen National Academy of the Arts  —  Bergen, Norway

2006 – 2008  —  BA Ceramics (beginning), Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London —  London, UK

2005 – 2006  —  Foundation, University for the Creative Arts  —  Canterbury, UK

1999 – 2004  —  MSc Physics, Saratov State University  —  Saratov, Russia

 

Work, residencies, teaching

2016 – 2020  —  Running own ceramic studio KSceramics. Besides production, teaching various short- and extended group and individual courses on throwing, plaster and slip casting, KSceramics studio — Pushkino, Russia

2013, 2014  —  Running plaster workshops for artists, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center —  Skaelskor, Denmark

2012 – 2014  —  Studio manager (part-time), Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center —  Skaelskor, Denmark

2011  —  Studio assistant, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center — Skaelskor, Denmark

2010  —  Artist in residence, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center — Skaelskor, Denmark

2009  —  Project Network 09/10, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center — Skaelskor, Denmark

 

Selected group shows

2023  —  Rejsen Nicolai  —  Kolding, Denmark

2023  —  Helsinki Design Week, Cable Factory  —  Helsinki, Finland

2019  —  Not a spoilage А3 gallery  —  Moscow, Russia

2018  —  Invented and made in Russia, Fashion and Design Center  —  Moscow, Russia

2018  —  Vitra. Moscow showroom pressroom styling, ARMA  —  Moscow, Russia

2017  —  World Cup, Ann Linnemann Studio Gallery  —  Copenhagen, Denmark

2017  —  Interiors and Objects. Contemporary Russian Design,  ARCH Moscow 2017  —  Moscow, Russia

2016  —  Toy, Ann Linnemann Studio Gallery  —  Copenhagen, Denmark

2010  —  300+X, Porzellanikon  —  Selb, Germany

2010  —  Project Network, Clay Museum  —  Middelfart, Denmark

2009  —  The non objective, Lodz International Design Festival  —  Lodz, Poland

2009  —  Serving Forms, Porsgrunn Kunstforening  —  Porsgrunn, Norway

2008  —  Make or Break, Village Underground  —  London, UK

Selected publications

Elle Decoration vases
Designchat interview
AD Spain
elle decor interview
AD publication
Seasons Nov Dec 2018
elle decoratiom bedside table with vase
AD Russia
Interior and Design
cultural code base