ARINA ANTONOVA

Arina Antonova (b. 1980, Sevastopol, lives and works in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Switzerland) studied archaeology and art history at the University of Hamburg and the University of Humanities and Social Sciences in St. Petersburg. She later specialized in illustration and animation at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. In 2019, she completed a programme in traditional wheel throwing at the Escuela Municipal de Cerámica in Marratxí, Mallorca. Antonova has participated in the European Ceramic Context Triennale (Bornholm, 2024), the Latvia Ceramics Biennale (2023), and Parcours Céramique Carougeois (Geneva, 2022). Her work has been exhibited at CCA Kunsthalle in Andratx, Space 776 Gallery in New York, and the Musée de Carouge, Switzerland. In 2022, she received Second Prize in the Traditional Ceramics category at the Enbarro Competition in La Rambla, Spain, and was nominated for the Martinsons Award in 2023. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Bruckner Foundation (Geneva) and the Joan Miró Foundation (Palma de Mallorca). In 2016, Antonova transformed her workshop in Palma’s Old Town into AAA Studio — an exhibition space and artistic residency focused on sculpture and contemporary ceramics, supporting emerging women artists.