Katerina Smoldyreva

I do not ask myself why I sculpt - I just cannot do without it. Everything I see around me, everything I touch, hear or read, I try to imagine in clay and it is always about the figure.
There are always two sides to each sculpture - the thin shell made of clay, cold and static, and those deeply human emotions, which it envelops. My desire is to reveal our vulnerabilities, anxieties and uncertainties behind that thin, fragile, skin-like capsule.

Bashkir State University, Ufa, Russia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

09/2018 The Distorted Monument – Gallery 85, Wanganui, NZ
05/2018 Darkness in a Sound – Kina Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
02/2018 Catharsis – Gallery 85, Wanganui, NZ
02/2013 Secret Dubai – Gallery 76, Dubai, UAE
08/2011 Echoes of Old Persia – Majlis gallery, Dubai, UAE
02/2011 Echoes of Old Persia – Gallery 76, Dubai, UAE

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

12/2018 Heads Road – Rayner Brothers Gallery, Wanganui, NZ
11/2017 The Elephant in the Room – Rayner Brothers Gallery, Wanganui, NZ
09/2017 100 days Project Show – Thievery Studio, Auckland, NZ
08/2017 Little Beauties – Rayner Brothers Gallery, Wanganui, NZ
06/2017 Taranaki Arts Trail exhibition – Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, NZ
12/2016 Plate Oh! – Rayner Brothers Gallery, Wanganui, NZ
08/2016 New Plymouth Pottery Club members’ exhibition – Guest Exhibitor – JD Reid gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
11/2016 Stratford Art Society members’ exhibition - Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, NZ
04/2016 Stratford Art Society members’ exhibition - Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, NZ
11/2015 Members Exhibition - Dubai International Art Centre – Gallery 76, Dubai, UAE
01/2015 Omnium-Gatherum – Gallery 76, Dubai, UAE
06/2014 Celebrating Ramadan – Dubai International Art C...