Katya Apekina
Katya Apekina was born in 1959, Moscow, USSR. She received Master of Ceramic Arts degree from Stroganoff School of Applied Arts in 1983. Apekina and her family currently reside in the United States. Her work, always bright, radiant, and hopeful, presents her artistic view of Jewish life, past and present.
“I enjoy doing ceramics because it is a synthetic art – it combines form, color, texture and adds an unexpected component of firing. In structural designs of my pieces you can trace the influence of Russian Constructivist architecture of the early twenties. Like in architecture, the general outlook and the details are equally important in my works.”