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Ilenok

olesya ilenok is an interdisciplinary artist and educator working at the intersection of visual and technological art. Her artwork explores the around us, whether it is urban, home space or natural surroundings, through subjective data collection, found objects and psychogeography approaches. She delves into the sensory perception of everyday life, the relationship between individuals and their living spaces, and the narratives shaped by the environment. Often using a mix of digital and physical media, she creates installations, sculptures, sound and video art. Her practice has been featured in international exhibitions, festivals, and residencies, including the Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale 2024, The Listening Biennial and Cryptic Nights 2023. She has the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale Prize 2024 and won Creative Scotland Award 2023–24.

Disciplines: Ceramics

Materials: Assemblage, Found, Objects, Modelling, Slip Casting

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olesya ilenok is an interdisciplinary artist and educator working at the intersection of visual and technological art. Her artwork explores the around us, whether it is urban, home space or natural surroundings, through subjective data collection, found objects and psychogeography approaches. She delves into the sensory perception of everyday life, the relationship between individuals and their living spaces, and the narratives shaped by the environment. Often using a mix of digital and physical media, she creates installations, sculptures, sound and video art. Her practice has been featured in international exhibitions, festivals, and residencies, including the Gyeonggi Ceramics Biennale 2024, The Listening Biennial and Cryptic Nights 2023. She has the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale Prize 2024 and won Creative Scotland Award 2023–24.

Previous Experience

EDUCATION 2026 Art Internship Programme, Glasgow Ceramics Studio, Glasgow, UK AWARDS AND GRANTS 2025 Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards, Glasgow, UK 2024 Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale Prize, South Korea 2024 British Korean Society Grant 2024 Creative Scotland Award 2024 Hope Scott Trust Grant 2023 Creative Scotland Award SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 Changes in Contemplation Glasgow edition, The Pipe Factory, Glasgow, UK 2023 Meditative Trash as a part of The Listening Biennial, Listen Gallery, Glasgow, UK 2022 GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2025 Visual Arts Scotland Biennial Exhibition ‘The Thread That Pulls’, National Galleries Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh, UK 2025 Wanderlust. Aberdeen through the drift and mapping, kooperator.space, Aberdeen, UK 2024 Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Gyeonggi Museum of Ceramic Design, South Korea 2023 Cryptic Nights, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK

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