EVGUENIA IGNATENKO (b. 1997, Moscow, Russia) is the fragment and the whole, transformed in the process of making and unmaking. Their task is to communicate the interconnected and fluid nature of reality by empowering audiences to make kin with thing-beings (such as clay). They explore how an individual communes with materiality through photography, movement practice, and participatory experiences, and reflect on the process through autotheoretical writing. Their research wonders: How can a deep engagement with the material re-condition us towards attunement and skilful response to the world?

Evguenia’s clay journey began in 2016, with their first cup of pu-erh tea — They fell in love with the art of tea and teaware, going on to train in both Chinese and Japanese tea ceremonies and completing a residency at Dream Community Taipei, where theycreated several tea bowls for the Japanese Tea Room. In 2021, they began their teaching career in Vancouver at HiDe Ceramic Works, and went on to help open Vancouver Ceramics, where they managed studio operations, taught short- and long-form workshops, and produced slipcast pieces for Celsia Floral. In 2023, They relocated to London to pursue ceramics as a vocation, working as a studio technician at Turning Earth London, and manageing Dalston Clay. They recently graduated with an MA in Ceramics and Glass from the Royal College of Art, and are now teaching at several studios in Toronto, Canada.