MARYNA HANDYSH
SCULPTOR
CERAMIST ARTIST
FIELD TALK
2017
120*50*100 cm
Chamotte, glaze
Hand sculpting
Sculpture was created at the National Ukrainian symposium "Wonderworld" at the village of Mala Bilozirka, Ukraine.
Exhibited at a boarding school for gifted children in the village of Mala Bilozirka
Talk of celestial bodies about the history of the steppe region, the eternal struggle for the right to live on these lands. By opening the book of Genesis, one can only accept everything that was, everything that should be.
MOKOSHA
2015
70*60*120 cm
Chamotte, glaze, oxids
Hand sculpting
Sculpture was created at the National Ukrainian symposium "Wonderworld" at the village of Mala Bilozirka, Ukraine.
Exhibited at a boarding school for gifted children in the village of Mala Bilozirka.
Mokosha, the great goddess, the patroness of mermaids, the water world, rains and crops.
For me, the world of Ukrainian mythology is always about harmony in nature. It's all about its wild identity. Mokosha is coming out of the river water lily, gently holds a duck in her hands, wants to release it into the sky.
THE FOREST
2013
25*25*60 cm
Chamotte, glaze, oxids
Hand sculpting, Raku ware technology
This work was created at the symposium "Ethnocode" in Lviv.
This work is the research of plastic interaction of glass and ceramics.
THE LADY & THE CLOUD
2014
20*30*40 cm
Chamotte, glaze, oxids
Hand sculpting, Raku ware technology
This work was created at the International ceramics plein-air "Art-zhizhal" in Belarus.
Granted to the Museum of Fine arts, Bobryisk.
Dreamy image of a lady, whose mind's is the clouds. She caught a piece of sky and holds it next to heart now.
THE COLOR OF THE WIND
2017
60*25*35 cm
Chamotte, glaze, oxids
Hand sculpting, Raku ware technology
The work was created during the international symposium "Bukovyna" in Chernivtsi.
Exhibitions:
Collection of "Gallery on Steinberg", Chernivtsi.
The theme of the symposium was Japanese culture. Traditional techniques were studied by copying traditional vats at the workshops. We also created works on Japanese themes. I decided to beat this topic not with a stylistic content, but with a philosophical approach, based on traditional short Japanese poem. So in real these ladies hold the conversation about the wind. They speculate about the color of the wind.
GOSSIP
2013
85*40*4 cm
Chamotte, glaze, oxids
Hand sculpting, Raku ware technology
This work was created at the International ceramics plein-air "Art-zhizhal" in Belarus.
Exhibitions:
"Tseglyna" gallery, Tseglyna art festival Kyiv 2015
The work describes a list of events that often follows a person in society. Gossip made up from the air and personal experiences of a person surrounded by false information about himself
THE HUGS
2014
60*40*40 cm
Chamotte, glaze
Hand sculpting
Project made at the International Ceramics Symposium "2014:14х14" in Opishne, Ukraine.
Exhibitions:
Main exhibition of the National Museum of Pottery, Opishne, Ukraine
The theme of this project is zoomorphism. It came to me while speculating about the responsibility to the animals we tamed. Our attitude to these beings is of high importance. The inhabitants of the planet, who connect their lives with man, who need love and care for themselves for so many years.
HEARTBREAKER
2017
40*30*40 cm
Chamotte, glaze
Hand sculpting
Private collection
Exhibitions:
"Tseglyna" gallery, Tseglyna art festival 2017, Kyiv 2017
Riders' hearts. World is full of dreamers, who seem to be ordinary until you met your very own dreamer soulmate. Collecting hearts was easy, until I lost my own, until I felt the warmth of my heart being in love, being in bloom.
How curious it is, that roles can switch so fast in life. Just now you are heart breaker and your choice's so wide. And all of sudden when you take one's heart, it flourishes. It can cloud your mind and take away the logic of your life.
POSIDONIA
2016
30*20*35 cm
Chamotte, glaze
Hand sculpting.
Exhibitions:
CCS "Nexus", Kyiv 2018.
Posidonia is the most genuine and longest marine plant of the world. Who's aware of this?
Real closeness is the longest way to each other, as the we live in state of universal availability. Isn't this closeness is what we are looking for?
Research of volatility and durability, lightness and emotional tension in the couple's relationship.
THE WAVE
2018
30*30*35 cm
Chamotte, glaze
Hand sculpting
Private collection.
Studying the plastics and architecture of the conch. In order to study it, you need to copy it, try it, investigate it.
I call this type of works meditative. the process of creation is as follows: I take the natural architecture principles (conch, plant, rock, etc.) and use it as the basis for my improvisation. It helps me to relax and experience the world.
THE BOATS IN ONES' EYES
2012
30*100*15 cm
Chamotte, glaze
Hand sculpting
Private collection.
This is an artistic self-portrait. The glance represents the river and tiny boats are sailing down the river. Roosters on the cheeks call to one another. Angel-hands are ready to make any dream real.
This is my old project, which became really significant. It has never beed displayed to the audience, as was not sure whether it will be welcomed. I thought one might consider it primitive. But it happened so that some people saw and appreciated it a lot. This stimulated me to display it to the wider audience.
Then I made an assumption to myself that there's no need to wait for the estimation of other people and I need to do only things that I consider to be worthy. Tastes differ anyway.
LILIT & ADAM
2019
25*25*30 cm
Chamotte, glaze
Hand sculpting
Private collection.
This work describes first acquaintance, when the image of the person is not yet formed, but felling already grow. His feelings already in bloom while hers are just some buds. This work is the study of feeling at the dawn.
THE TWO IN THE SEA
2018
30*30*45 cm
Chamotte, glaze
Hand sculpting
Private collection.
Multiple connections unite two people. These connections like waves. This work was so many times redone and restored, and still survived. The complexity of this work reflects the complexity of relationship between people. Different events are interlaced as in the tangle.
CONNECTION
2014
15*15*2 cm (each)
Chamotte, glaze, oxids
Hand sculpting, template.
Partially in private collection.
Communication as the mean of interaction with the world and mean to discover it. Mean to interact with yourself. Situation-dependent communication may occur via language, touch and mental connection. Like an invisible thread it connects everything.
THE UNICORN
2016
25*25*45 cm
Chamotte, glaze
Hand sculpting
Private collection.
Exhibitions:
"Tseglyna" gallery, Tseglyna art festival, Kyiv 2017
Unicorns are often described as the symbol of chastity and purity. One can catch just for a little glance and then it vanishes.
Existence of this creature may only be proved by another beholder, who also caught it chasing from the real world.
I wanted to create the sculpture, that will gradually open for the beholder. It needs attention, it requires one to come closer and take a deep look to see what it hides. As the shield reveals the story.
THE FAMILY
2015
100*60*100 cm
Chamotte, glaze, oxids
Hand sculpting, Raku ware technology
This work was created at the International ceramics plein-air "Art-zhizhal" in Belarus.
Granted to the Museum of Modern Art “InSTAN” in Dnipro.
Exhibitions:
Museum of modern art “InSTAN” Dnipro 2017
"Tseglyna" gallery, Tseglyna art festival Kyiv 2017
Composition is made of three figures - male, female and child torsos. They are leaning on each other. If any of the figures is placed solely, it has no fulcrum and collapses. Only when all the figures rest on each other, a solid composition is formed.
GROWING THE WINGS
2020
10*10*20 cm (each)
Chamotte, glaze, oxids.
Hand sculpting.
This project explores the process of crystallization of a dream. It is about dreams and aspirations, about trying to make the desired a reality. To take flight. It is about the process of forming one's own path. Some have many aspirations, while others hone in on one big one. We are all different, and our approaches are different, but the process is the same - growing.
As a result, a series of figures were created that reflect different states. Among them: a figure with the necessary number of wings, but they are not fully formed and are quite small, making it impossible to take flight; a figure with one large wing like a shield; or a human-wing hybrid. Together, they create an interactive space for the viewer. This work is constantly evolving and unlimited by time, as these images arise and manifest in various variations.
