IRINA TRUSOVA, Silence, 2019, 1. 37 x 26 cm, 2. 26 x 35 cm, 3. 17 x 24 cm, Stoneware, glazes, woodfiring.
 
IRINA TRUSOVA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
is a Russian artist working in ceramics and art education, based in Moscow. Her journey in
ceramics started eight years ago after giving up a successful business career. Received her very
first degree in biology she is inspired by nature and the processes that occur in the Universe. She
experiments with different clays and firings and tries to follow clay in its natural manifestation.
She also owns one of the largest ceramic studios in Moscow where she teaches kids and adults
the art of ceramics.
Irina believes that functionality of any handmade object is first and foremost in its beauty.
Ceramics for her is a unique art, complicated in its technology, advanced in the process of
interaction with the materials and borderless in its expressive ability. She uses this perfect tool to
express her understanding of beauty, in its intimate intricacy. Through her work she expresses
her feelings and interprets surrounding world. She says that in a way she is “stealing” from the
nature, but because it is too boring to copy something, she creates her own imaginary worlds.
Irina’s path in art is not a straightforward thing. She opted out of getting a classic art education
and preferred to self-educate herself and to learn from the artists she found inspiring. She took
several pottery and stationary ceramic courses in Russia and internationally, and she constantly
continues her education. This multidisciplinary approach gives an additional advantage in the
creative process as she sees ceramics from different angles, educational, businesslike as well as
pure art. Having started as a functional potter, her work recently shifted towards large sculptural
forms, which she exhibited nationally and around the world.
She facilitated two international ceramics symposiums Baikal-CeraMystica (2018 and 2019) and
co-organized an educational course on fire-sculptures “Make your fire.” She participates in
ceramic symposiums and her work is present in private collections in Russia, Croatia and Italy as
well as in the collection of Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Denmark. She
sees her mission in making the world more beautiful through the art of making ceramics and
educating people.