Ekaterina Khrustaleva

Artista
Tel Aviv-Yafo, TA
Biografia

Ceramic and Multidisciplinary Artist Born in 1977 in Moscow, Russia. Based in Tel Aviv since 2022. She holds a degree in Book Design from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts (1995–2000), where she also studied in the painting workshop of A. Korovin. In 2018–2020 she continued her professional education at the New Ceramic School in Moscow under T. Punans. In 2025–2026 she is participating in DOR by ANU — an accelerator program for immigrant artists run by the Ministry of Culture of Israel together with ANU – Museum of the Jewish People. She has worked in ceramics for over ten years, and her broader professional background — spanning publishing, illustration, film, and advertising — brings a distinct sensitivity to image, narrative, and form to her artistic practice. She is the founder of a ceramic art studio in central Tel Aviv. Her work sits at the intersection of body, memory, and organic transformation. Drawing on observations of natural processes — growth, decay, fragility — she translates these dynamics into tactile ceramic forms. A recurring motif in her work is the sprout, symbolizing potential, vulnerability, and the quiet continuity of life. Her projects include Migration, addressing movement and the search for a better life; Sprouting, centered on growth and care; Acquaintance with the Land, a collective mapping of place through clay; and The Birth of Movement, created in dialogue with dancers. She has exhibited in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Kfar Masaryk, and Jingdezhen (China), and completed residencies in Karelia and at Guslitsa Art Residence. EDUCATION 2025–2026 — DOR by ANU, Accelerator for Immigrant Artists Ministry of Culture of Israel & ANU – Museum of the Jewish People 2018–2020 — New Ceramic School, Moscow Instructor: T. Punans 1995–2000 — Moscow State University of Printing Arts Department of Book Design 1995–2000 — Painting Workshop of A. Korovin, Moscow

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2026 — Taoxichuan Spring Exhibition, Jingdezhen, China Curator: E. Fedotova 2026 — At First Sight, Mazal Dagim Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo Curators: H. Farago, M. Moskona 2025 — Novi God, City Museum, Kakdela Art, Birds of Israel project 2025 — Inner Fairway, Nefashot Amiad Center, Tel Aviv 2025 — Spectrum Festival Exhibition, Jerusalem Municipality 2025 — Where Is Your Safe Place?, Maze 9, Tel Aviv 2025 — Taoxichuan Spring Fair, Jingdezhen, China 2025 — UNHiNGED #5, Itamar Ben Avi 9, Tel Aviv 2025 — ULPAN MONSTERS, Ulpan Gordon, Tel Aviv Curator: V. Gailis 2024 — Do Flowers Grow on the Land of War?, Monio Gallery, Kfar Masaryk 2024 — Fresh Paint Art Fair, Dialog Project, Tel Aviv 2023 — Every Exhibition Will Become a Memorial, Tel Aviv 2022 — Surfaces, Tsaritsyno Museum, Moscow 2022 — Ceramics and Glass in an Ancient Park, Kuskovo, Moscow 2022 — Movement to Meet Spring, Ryazan 2021 — Field of Physicality, St. Petersburg 2021 — KBLB as a White Sheet of Paper, Moscow 2021 — Simulacra, Moscow 2021 — Bon Appétit, Moscow 2021 — Unity of Dissimilars, Moscow 2021 — Philosophy of White, Moscow 2020 — Teacher and Student, Moscow 2019 — Personal Exhibition, IBS, Moscow

Artworks