How I Became a Conceptual Artist: From Clay to Consciousness

 

I did not graduate from a traditional art academy. My path was different — unusual, even unexpected. I studied linguistics, defended a PhD, and only later returned to my first love: sculpture.

From the age of 3, I attended a ceramic studio in the very center of St. Petersburg. Later, I graduated from art school and studied philology at the Faculty of Greek Language and Literature. I moved to Cyprus for research, wrote my dissertation in linguistics — but sculpture was always stronger than anything else.

At some point, I realized that academic career and research could no longer contain my search for freedom, meaning, and truth. I left the university and chose art fully. I trained in private studios in Paris, Cyprus, and St. Petersburg — clay, ceramics, and gradually larger and more complex forms. What started as small figurative pieces grew into monumental sculptures, public works, and finally — into a clear artistic concept.

My journey was not a straight line through an academy, but a multidisciplinary exploration. Literature, philosophy, history, cultural studies, design, even spiritual mentoring — all became part of my vision. This wide perspective shaped me into a conceptual artist with my own voice.

Today, my work is defined by the Head of the Creator — a symbol of awareness, unity, and profound love. My sculptures are not only objects, but manifestos. They invite to remember our true meaning, true nature, propose a broader and deeper look at our existance on Earth, inspire unity, harmony and peace.

Becoming a conceptual artist was not a career choice — it was the only way to bring together everything I know, everything I feel, and everything I believe in.

✨ Art, for me, is not about decoration. It is about transformation. It is about love, about the true me together with the whole world. Me in the world and the world in me.

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