Arina Antonova (b. 1980 in Sevastopol) is a contemporary artist based between Switzerland and Spain. Working in sculpture and installation, she has developed a language centered on clay, treating it not merely
as a medium but as body, vessel, and memory. Her practice unfolds at the intersection of material culture and feminist critique, where ceramics become carriers of gesture, care, and resistance. Over the past decade, she has shaped a body of work that is grounded in the physicality of craft while speaking to broader questions of ritual, visibility, and the politics of form.
Antonova has participated in international biennales and institutional exhibitions, including the European Ceramic Context Triennale (Bornholm, 2024), Latvia Ceramics Biennale (2023), and Parcours Céramique Carougeois (Geneva, 2022). Her work has been shown at CCA Kunsthalle in Andratx, Space 776 Gallery in New York, and Musée de Carouge in Switzerland. In 2022, she received Second Prize in the Modality of Traditional Ceramics at the Enbarro Competition in La Rambla, Spain, and was nominated for the Martinsons Award in 2023. She has been artist-in-residence at the Bruckner Foundation (Geneva) and the Joan Miró Foundation (Palma de Mallorca). She recently presented her solo exhibition in Paris.
In 2023, Antonova founded AAA Studio, an artist-run space in Palma's Old Town. It is both her own working studio and a venue for exhibitions and collaborations centred on sculpture and contemporary ceramics. The programme shows work by women artists, placing practices based in Mallorca alongside international positions.
as a medium but as body, vessel, and memory. Her practice unfolds at the intersection of material culture and feminist critique, where ceramics become carriers of gesture, care, and resistance. Over the past decade, she has shaped a body of work that is grounded in the physicality of craft while speaking to broader questions of ritual, visibility, and the politics of form.
Antonova has participated in international biennales and institutional exhibitions, including the European Ceramic Context Triennale (Bornholm, 2024), Latvia Ceramics Biennale (2023), and Parcours Céramique Carougeois (Geneva, 2022). Her work has been shown at CCA Kunsthalle in Andratx, Space 776 Gallery in New York, and Musée de Carouge in Switzerland. In 2022, she received Second Prize in the Modality of Traditional Ceramics at the Enbarro Competition in La Rambla, Spain, and was nominated for the Martinsons Award in 2023. She has been artist-in-residence at the Bruckner Foundation (Geneva) and the Joan Miró Foundation (Palma de Mallorca). She recently presented her solo exhibition in Paris.
In 2023, Antonova founded AAA Studio, an artist-run space in Palma's Old Town. It is both her own working studio and a venue for exhibitions and collaborations centred on sculpture and contemporary ceramics. The programme shows work by women artists, placing practices based in Mallorca alongside international positions.
Education
2016 – 2019
Escuela Municipal de Cerámica, Traditional Wheel Throwing, Marratxí, ES
2007 – 2011
University of Applied Sciences,
Illustration / Animation, Hamburg, DE
2002 – 2006
University of Hamburg, Art History, Hamburg, DE
1998 – 2000
University of Humanities and Social Sciences, Art History / Archeology, St.Petersburg, RU
1990 – 1998
Artschool Sevastopol, Painting / Drawing / Sculpture, Crimea, UA
Escuela Municipal de Cerámica, Traditional Wheel Throwing, Marratxí, ES
2007 – 2011
University of Applied Sciences,
Illustration / Animation, Hamburg, DE
2002 – 2006
University of Hamburg, Art History, Hamburg, DE
1998 – 2000
University of Humanities and Social Sciences, Art History / Archeology, St.Petersburg, RU
1990 – 1998
Artschool Sevastopol, Painting / Drawing / Sculpture, Crimea, UA
Residencies
2022 / 2023
Bruckner Foundation City of Carouge, Geneva, CH
2019
Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, ES
Bruckner Foundation City of Carouge, Geneva, CH
2019
Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, ES
Awards
2023
Nominated for the Martinsons Award 2023, Daugavpils, LV
2022
Second prize winner in the Modality of Traditional Ceramics, La Rambla, Córdoba, ES
Nominated for the Martinsons Award 2023, Daugavpils, LV
2022
Second prize winner in the Modality of Traditional Ceramics, La Rambla, Córdoba, ES
Biennale
2026
Bienal Internacional de Cerámica de Manises, Museo de cerámica, Manises, ES
2024
European Ceramic Context Triennale, Hjorts Fabrik, Bornholm, DK
2023
Latvia Ceramics Biennale, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, LV
2022
Parcours Céramique Biennale, Carouge, CH
2021
Internation Ceramic Biennale, Talavera, ES
Bienal Internacional de Cerámica de Manises, Museo de cerámica, Manises, ES
2024
European Ceramic Context Triennale, Hjorts Fabrik, Bornholm, DK
2023
Latvia Ceramics Biennale, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, LV
2022
Parcours Céramique Biennale, Carouge, CH
2021
Internation Ceramic Biennale, Talavera, ES
Selected Exhibitions
2026
For Want of Nail, the Golden Shoe was lost, Studio Orta – Les Moulins, Coulommiers, FR
Shekel&Anubis Agency, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
À la belle vue de l'abattoir, Anciens Abattoirs, Mons, BE
2025
One to One, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
HEART-H, CCA Kunsthalle 1, Andtatx, ES
2024
SLOW, a66gallery, Santanyi, ES
Materia Libre, Natalia Bento Gallery, Alaró, ES
Variable Instructions, Space 776 Gallery, New York, US
Call to Action, AAA Studio, Palma de Mallorca, ES
2023
Captured Stillness, Le Nouveau Vallon, Geneva, CH
Martinsons Award International Exhibition, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, LV
Clay Canvas, Espace l’Aurore, Lausanne, CH
2022
Ceramiche Bestiale, VIII Concorso Ceramico Internationale,
Bling-Bling? International Ceramic Competition, Musée de Carouge, Geneva, CH
Enbarro, Museo de la Ceramica
La Rambla, Córdoba, ES
2021
1000 Vases, Superstudio Più, Milan Design Week, IT
For Want of Nail, the Golden Shoe was lost, Studio Orta – Les Moulins, Coulommiers, FR
Shekel&Anubis Agency, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
À la belle vue de l'abattoir, Anciens Abattoirs, Mons, BE
2025
One to One, Galerie Dix9, Paris, FR
HEART-H, CCA Kunsthalle 1, Andtatx, ES
2024
SLOW, a66gallery, Santanyi, ES
Materia Libre, Natalia Bento Gallery, Alaró, ES
Variable Instructions, Space 776 Gallery, New York, US
Call to Action, AAA Studio, Palma de Mallorca, ES
2023
Captured Stillness, Le Nouveau Vallon, Geneva, CH
Martinsons Award International Exhibition, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, LV
Clay Canvas, Espace l’Aurore, Lausanne, CH
2022
Ceramiche Bestiale, VIII Concorso Ceramico Internationale,
Museo dell’Arte Ceramica, Appignano, IT
Bling-Bling? International Ceramic Competition, Musée de Carouge, Geneva, CH
Enbarro, Museo de la Ceramica
La Rambla, Córdoba, ES
2021
1000 Vases, Superstudio Più, Milan Design Week, IT
Art Fairs
2026
Ceramic Brussels, Brussels, BE
2021
4. FATart Fair, Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, CH
Please feel free to contact me to enquire about collaborations and commissions. I speak english, deutsch, русский, español & français.
Ceramic Brussels, Brussels, BE
2021
4. FATart Fair, Kammgarn, Schaffhausen, CH
Please feel free to contact me to enquire about collaborations and commissions. I speak english, deutsch, русский, español & français.