Irina Razumovskaya is a London-based artist whose work explores themes of female identity, cultural memory, and diaspora. Rooted in material and form, her hand-built ceramic sculptures weave historical references into pieces that embody resilience and reimagine decay as a space of beauty and transformation.
Irina studied at the Saint Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design (BA, MFA) and the Royal College of Art in London (MA), where she now works as an Associate Lecturer. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo presentations at Cromwell Place in London and Officine Saffi in Milan. Her sculptures have also been included in group exhibitions such as FLUX at Sotheby’s Stockholm, New Sculptural Presence at Nilufar Gallery during Milan Design Week, and Argylos at Carson Gallery in Athens.
She has been recognised in international competitions including the Loewe Craft Prize, the Mino Ceramic Competition, and the Faenza Prize, and is a recipient of several awards including First Prize at the Westerwald Museum in Germany. Her works are held in public collections including Chatsworth House (UK), the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art (Japan), the Yingge Ceramics Museum (Taiwan), the Icheon World Ceramic Center (Korea), and the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon (France).
EDUCATION
2008–2014 BA, MFA. St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design, Russia
2015–2017 MA. Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art, London, UK
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019–present Tutor, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2019-present Founder of Get Art Fit School for artists
AWARDS (selected)
2024 1st Prize, The Westerwald Prize, Westerwald Museum, Germany
2022 Brookfield Art Award, finalist, London, UK
2019 LOEWE Craft Prize, Finalist, London, UK
2019 British Ceramics Biennale, AWARD, UK
2016 1st Prize, Biennal de Ceramics d’Esplugues, Spain
2015 D’A Silver Award, Faenza Ceramic Competition, Italy
2014 1st Prize, International Triennial of Silicate Art, Hungary
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 Falling in Line, Roxanda Flagship, London, UK
2022 Ellipsis, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2018 Inner Geometry, Officine Saffi Gallery, Milan, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2026― What Lasts Doesn’t Always Hold Shape, Hypha Gallery, London, UK
2026― Things Fall, Phoenix Gallery, UK
2025 ̶ Boundaries of Metamorphosis, SCHENKWEITZDÖRFER Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2024 Beyond the Kiln, County Hall, London, UK
2023 Argylos, Carson Gallery, Athens, Greece
2021 FLUX, Sotheby’s, Stockholm, Sweden
2020 RADICAL CRAFT, Direktorenhaus, Berlin
2019 New Sculptural Presence, Nilufar gallery, Italy
2017 Emerging and Established, Christies auction house. London
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS (selected)
2026 ̶ Summer Show, Royal Scottish Academy, UK
2024 Open to Art, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
2022 Mino Ceramic Competition, Japan
2021 Triennale of Kogei, Kanazawa, Japan
2019 KIKB International Ceramic Competition, Korea
2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Yingge Museum, Taiwan
RESIDENCIES (selected)
2024 Memorial gestures, Holocaust Centre North, UK
2019 Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
2018 Bruckner Foundation for Contemporary Ceramics. Bursary award residency, Switzerland
2018 Officine Saffi Studios, Milan, Italy
2015 New Taipei City Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan.
2012 Guldagergaard Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark
2011 IWCAT Ceramic Residency, Tokoname, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selected)
Lyon Museum of Fine Art, France
Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
Centre Culturel de Manoir, Geneva, Switzerland
Mark Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia.
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
Chatsworth House, UK
Contact me to arrange private studio visit in London
3 Decima Studios, 17-19 Decima street, SE14QR, London
Irina Razumovskaya is a London-based artist whose work explores themes of female identity, cultural memory, and diaspora. Rooted in material and form, her hand-built ceramic sculptures weave historical references into pieces that embody resilience and reimagine decay as a space of beauty and transformation.
Irina studied at the Saint Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design (BA, MFA) and the Royal College of Art in London (MA), where she now works as an Associate Lecturer. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo presentations at Cromwell Place in London and Officine Saffi in Milan. Her sculptures have also been included in group exhibitions such as FLUX at Sotheby’s Stockholm, New Sculptural Presence at Nilufar Gallery during Milan Design Week, and Argylos at Carson Gallery in Athens.
She has been recognised in international competitions including the Loewe Craft Prize, the Mino Ceramic Competition, and the Faenza Prize, and is a recipient of several awards including First Prize at the Westerwald Museum in Germany. Her works are held in public collections including Chatsworth House (UK), the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art (Japan), the Yingge Ceramics Museum (Taiwan), the Icheon World Ceramic Center (Korea), and the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon (France).
EDUCATION
2008–2014 BA, MFA. St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design, Russia
2015–2017 MA. Ceramics and Glass, Royal College of Art, London, UK
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019–present Tutor, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2019-present Founder of Get Art Fit School for artists
AWARDS (selected)
2024 1st Prize, The Westerwald Prize, Westerwald Museum, Germany
2022 Brookfield Art Award, finalist, London, UK
2019 LOEWE Craft Prize, Finalist, London, UK
2019 British Ceramics Biennale, AWARD, UK
2016 1st Prize, Biennal de Ceramics d’Esplugues, Spain
2015 D’A Silver Award, Faenza Ceramic Competition, Italy
2014 1st Prize, International Triennial of Silicate Art, Hungary
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 Falling in Line, Roxanda Flagship, London, UK
2022 Ellipsis, Cromwell Place, London, UK
2018 Inner Geometry, Officine Saffi Gallery, Milan, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2024 Beyond the Kiln, County Hall, London, UK
2023 Argylos, Carson Gallery, Athens, Greece
2021 FLUX, Sotheby’s, Stockholm, Sweden
2020 RADICAL CRAFT, Direktorenhaus, Berlin
2019 New Sculptural Presence, Nilufar gallery, Italy
2017 Emerging and Established, Christies auction house. London
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS (selected)
2024 Open to Art, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy
2022 Mino Ceramic Competition, Japan
2021 Triennale of Kogei, Kanazawa, Japan
2019 KIKB International Ceramic Competition, Korea
2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Yingge Museum, Taiwan
RESIDENCIES (selected)
2024 Memorial gestures, Holocaust Centre North, UK
2019 Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
2018 Bruckner Foundation for Contemporary Ceramics. Bursary award residency, Switzerland
2018 Officine Saffi Studios, Milan, Italy
2015 New Taipei City Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan.
2012 Guldagergaard Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark
2011 IWCAT Ceramic Residency, Tokoname, Japan
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selected)
Lyon Museum of Fine Art, France
Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan
Centre Culturel de Manoir, Geneva, Switzerland
Mark Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia.
Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
Chatsworth House, UK
Contact me to arrange private studio visit in London
3 Decima Studios, 17-19 Decima street, SE14QR, London