Maryia Virshych (b. 1989, Minsk, BY) received her Design Research MA from the Bau Design College in Barcelona, Spain (2016) and a BA in Architecture from Belarusian National Technical University (2012).

Maryia has a background in architecture, space and product design, and craft, all of which reflect on her current work.

She held positions as a creative at several design and art studios in Barcelona. In 2019, she started her own artistic practice - virmary, working primarily with clay.

Maryia received numerous awards, such as the Design Award from the Royal Society of Art and the Residency Award from Domaine de Boisbuchet. She showed her work at various collective exhibitions: CICA Museum (Gimpo, KR), Thrown Gallery (London, UK), Site Brooklyn (New York City, USA), Palais Galerie (Neuchatel, CH), Hangar (Barcelona, ES), Sala d’Art Jove (Barcelona, ES), Cluster Crafts (London, UK), etc.

Education

2024 Escola Massana. Art and Design Centre

Ceramics and Glass

2015-2016 BAU Design College of Barcelona

MFA Design Research + Experimentation

2007-2012 Belarussian National Technical University

BA Architecture

Group Exhibitions

2023/24 “Winter Exhibition”, Thrown Gallery (London, UK)

2023/24 “Contemporary Landscape”, CICA Museum (Gimpo, KOR)

2023 “New Realism/Altered Reality”, SeeMe Gallery (New York, USA)

2023 “New Painting”, SiteBrooklyn Gallery (New York, USA)

2020/21 “Soil. Surface. Sky”, Cluster Crafts (London, UK)

2020 “Toussaint”, Palais Galerie (Neuchatel, CH)

2019 “1000 Vases”, Espace Commines (Paris, FR)

2018 “Afectes Secundaris”, Sala DÁrt Jove (Barcelona, ES)

Awards

Royal Society of Arts award

Rijksmuseum Design shortlist

Sala DÁrt Jove award

Residencies and Grants

Clay Residency (Get Art Fit)

Baltic Lab by Swedish Institute

Domaine de Boisbuchet

INJUVE

Lo Pati

MARYIA VIRSHYCH

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