Artur Bakhtin

"Ceramics, for me, are both a challenge and a discovery. At first glance, the material seems pliable, promising boundless possibilities. Yet upon closer inspection, it proves demanding, requiring devotion to the process. Each piece is a meticulous exploration of the limits of clay, glaze, and firing techniques. Experimenting with glazes serves as a means of expanding my artistic palette, allowing me to explore texture, colour, running effects, and chromatic responses. Nevertheless, with each passing year, I find myself increasingly drawn to simplicity, noticing beauty in the material itself. Minimalism emerged for me as a natural development, a response to the overwhelming influx of information in contemporary society. In a world oversaturated with stimuli and visual imagery, I seek tranquility in minimalism—a space where I can rest my eyes and mind. My objects are the result of my struggle for control over the material. In every project, I face the eternal question: do I control the clay, or does it control me?" Education 2018–2019 — Professional retraining in "Artistic Ceramics" at the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry (MGHPA), Moscow 2019–2021 — Master's degree at the Stroganov Academy, Department of Artistic Ceramics, specialising in studio ceramics, Moscow Master's thesis topic: "The Aesthetics of Aggression in Artistic Ceramics of the 20th–21st Centuries" Teaching Since 2021 — teaches "Technology and Materials Science" and "New Trends and Technologies in Ceramics" at the Stroganov Academy, Department of Artistic Ceramics Selected Group Exhibitions: International Festival Spring Art Fair, Jingdezhen, China, 2025 All-Russian Exhibition "Half a Century on Baikal," Tankhoy, 2024 Evolution Art Group Exhibition "Hypersensitive," Moscow, 2024 Moscow Union of Artists Group Exhibition "Christmas in Tarusa," Tarusa, 2023 Moscow Union of Artists Group Exhibition "On the Eve of Christmas," Moscow, 2023 Participant in the performance for the exhibition of Olga and Oleg Tatarintsev "I Think: Away," pop/off/art gallery, Moscow, 2023 Exhibition "Introduction. In Search of a Contemporary Dialogue with Tradition," All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts, Moscow, 2022 Group Exhibition "Mixed Media," New Wing of the Gogol House, Moscow, 2022 All-Russian Forum of Youth Creative Workshops "Art-Workshop XXI: Bestiary," Saratov, Kazan, Kolomna, Moscow, 2021 Contemporary Ceramics Festival "Milky Way," Kaluga, 2021 Exhibition "Form of Time," ARTS.BOGORODSKOE Gallery, Moscow, 2021 Competition Exhibition "Stroganov Traditions," Moscow, 2021 Ceramics Exhibition "Dreams of a Room," Moscow, 2020 RUSSIAN PROJECT 2020 International Festival "Artistic Ceramics," Gzhel, 2019