ALIONA KRYSHTOFIK

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Designer, sculptor, artist. Born in Belarus, graduate of Industrial Design at the University of Arts in Poznań. Winner of the prestigious Grand Prix in the design category in the 37th Maria Dokowicz competition. Winner of the Young Poland 2025 programme. She uses ceramic material as the main means of expression. In her works she seeks the natural simplicity of the material, giving it a more complex state. Mainly works with porcelain and stoneware.

Adapting to a new place and building a new world comes through very clearly in her art objects. Both physical and personal transformations become a constant inspiration. Her most recognisable Geometric Series is a reference to wooden toys from the communist era and nostalgia for the times when porcelain was a treasure unattainable for children.

Currently working on the Deformation Series: these are metaphors, compositions, beautiful colours, random cracks and destruction that cannot be held together. It's all of these things at once. The material itself influences the process. The works are made in high-fired clay and low-fired clay, overlapping different materials to create a complex texture using the same means. All the changes that occur in the work during firing occur within the several materials used. This provides an opportunity to show the mutual influences and relationships of the surfaces.

CARRIER DETAILS:

Member of Nów. New Craft Poland Association
Member of KERAMOS Association of Ceramic Artists in Poland
Member of ZPAP Association of Fine Art Artists in Poland

RESIDENCES:

16th International Ceramics Plein Air LAB ORO, Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko, 2024
GETARTFIT, Clay residency. Online ceramic residency, 2024
GULDAGERGAARD INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC RESEARCH CENTER, YAIR, Young-Artist-in-Residence Program in Denmark, 2021
Artistic residency at CMIELÓW DESIGN STUDIO. Work on own projects, assistance in the studio, contact with Marek Cecuła and Edyta Cieloch, 2019/2022

EXHIBITIONS:

Selected for 63d Premio Faenza 2025 in under 35 cathegory
LAB ORO exhibition, Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko, Poland, 2024
KERAMOS 50 years YESTERDAY/TODAY/TOMORROW, Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko, Poland, 2024
16th International Biennial of Ceramics of the KERAMOS Association, Warsaw, Poland, 2024
WTS Warsaw Art Fair . Group exhibition of KERAMOS, 2024 and 2023
Stratos, Warsaw. Group exhibition of KERAMOS, Poland, 2024
Otwarte Ogrody Artystów Dabrowy, Poland, 2024
Thrown Contemporary Winter Exhibition 23/24, online, United Kingdom, 2023
PRAGALERIA design - auction and exhibiton, 2023
Varso Tower, Warsaw. Group exhibition of KERAMOS, Poland, 2023
2nd National Biennial of Small Ceramic Forms, Wejherowo, Poland, 2022
15th International Biennial of Ceramics of the KERAMOS Association, Warsaw, Poland, 2022
Stipend from ZAiKS (FTP - Fundusz Popierania Twórczosci for Geometric Sculpture Project), 2022
Solo exhibition Curators’LAB Gallery. Aliona Kryshtofik | GULDAGERGAARD ??– International Ceramic Research Center, Poznan, Poland, 2022
make me! 2020 Łódź Design Festival, Łódź, Poland, 2022
+Gusto al design. FUORISALONE, Milan Design Week. Group exhibition on food&beverage during Milan Design Week. Exhibition in two spaces: Santeria and Ristorante Enrico Bartolini in Tortona District, Milan, Italy, 2019
#kawowaceramika #coffeeceramics, Poznan, Poland. Myceramicproject collection. Solo exhibition at the University of Arts in Poznan. Presentation of research results on form and texture, Poland, 2018
Design 32. Collective exhibition of the best design diplomas, Katowice, Poland, 2018
37th edition of the Maria Dokowicz Competition. Exhibition of the best diplomas of the University of Arts in Poznan. Grand Prix Award in the design category, Poznan, Poland, 2017