Stella Arion is a London-based, award-winning ceramic artist and creative thinking mentor with an extensive academic background in art and fashion. Her practice operates at the intersection of the natural and the industrial, probing the emotional tensions between what is grown and what is constructed.
EDUCATION:
MA ‘Ceramics and Glass’ (2021-2023), Royal College of Art, London
MA ‘Fashion Media Production’ (2010), London College of Fashion, UAL
Postgraduate Diploma ‘History of fashion’ (2007), Lomonosov Moscow State University
MA ‘Image Making’ (2005), Moscow State University
BA ‘Finance and Credit’ (1994), Rostov State Economic University
PRIZES:
The Charlotte Fraser Award, London
The Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers Award, London
Shortlisted for QEST scholarship, London
RESIDENCIES:
The Guldagergaard International Ceramics Research Centre (Denmark) (01.08.2021 - 01.09.2021)
La Wayaka Current residency (Atacama desert, Chile) (05.10.2023 - 05.11.2023)
Self-funded wild nature walking residency research trip (Bolivia from Highlands and major National parks to Amazon rainforest) (05.11.2023 - 05.12.2023)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
FORM 2024 | 02 October - 20 October 2024 | CICA Museum,196-30 Samdo-ro, Yangchon-eup, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
BURSTING INTO FLAME | 25 September - 27 September 2024 |Shtager&Shch Gallery, 52-53 Margaret Street, W1W 8SQ, London, UK
ArtGemeniPrize | 4 July - 14 July 2024 | London Lighthouse Gallery, 18 Lyell St, City Island, E14 0SZ, London, UK
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Summer show 2024 |12 June - 21 July 2024 | RBSA Gallery,4 Brook Street,Birmingham, B3 1SA, UK
FRESH LEGS | 5 June - 25 September 2024 | Galleri Heike Arndt DK - Berlin, Voigtstrasse 12, 10247, Berlin
ART SPRING BERLIN 2024 | 4 May - 9 June 2024 | Bornholm allotment gardens, Berlin
IN THE EMANCIPATION OF SELF | 3 May - 26 May 2024 | D Contemporary, 23 Grafton Street, W1S 4EY, London, UK
FRACTION | 27 April - 5 May 2024 | Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket, UK
WAVES | 20 March - 26 March 2024 |The Factory, 21-31 Shacklewell Lane, E8 2DA, London, UK
HIDDEN DESIRES | 19 Dec 2023 - 6 Jan 2024 | Willesden Gallery, 95 High Rd, NW10 2SF, London, UK
HUBBUB | 12 - 16 December 2023 | Bermondsey Project Space, 185 Bermondsey Street, SE1 3UW, London, UK
PLANET ROCK | London Design Festival | 16 - 24 September 2023 | Charles Burnand Gallery, 27 Whitfield Street, W1T 2SE, London, UK
RCA GRADUATION EXHIBITION | 13 - 16 July 2023 | The Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Ln, E1 6QR, London, UK
WIP SHOW | 16 - 27 February 2022 | Royal College of Art, London, UK
PREFACE | 20 - 23 May 2022 | Pumphouse Gallery, Battersea Park, SW11 4NJ, London, UK