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About Vorona Gallery

Vorona means crow. And Vorona is me, Alexandra Voronovskaya. I was born in Moscow in 1994. It soon became clear that I was a great lover of nature and its inhabitants. I was incredibly drawn to insects, animals, and plants, and it was practically impossible to tear me away from them. So, our house was always full of various animals, with which I spent almost all my time.

As a little girl, I dreamed of becoming a biologist and zoologist. I treated every inhabitant of our house very seriously, studying books on the care and characteristics of each species. My collection of encyclopedias and educational books grew... The adults around me hid from me more and more, trying to avoid long lectures on the nature of whales or the prehistoric ancestors of horses. And then I suddenly began sketching my favorite animals... And it became clear that I was not destined to be a zoologist, as my future path lay in art.

That's how I ended up at the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum, where my artistic development began. With my characteristic research interest, I studied art directions and realized that I wanted to develop as a theater artist. I entered the College of Musical and Theatre Arts, where I studied to become a theatre production artist. Theater was my "first love." Productions, course projects, internships at the Bolshoi Theater, theater festivals, and even independent work as a scenographer from the age of sixteen. All of this was exciting and vibrant, but, as often happens with first loves, it passed.

I left the theater and turned to painting, experimenting with techniques and materials. I rented a bright studio and immersed myself entirely in the embodiment of images that hadn't found expression in my time as a scenographer.

And one day, a sweet lady potter occupied the neighboring studio. That's how ceramics entered my life. At first, as a hobby. I wanted to make sweet things for myself and my loved ones. My knowledge and skills grew, as did the number of pieces I created. And my hobby also grew, becoming a full-fledged part of my work. Sculptures and cast porcelain, creating plaster molds and hundreds of experiments with glazes. The chemistry and physics of material behavior, salts, oxides, mineral pigments... It's a whole world. A world that unites science and art. A world amazing and very beautiful.

And I want to share pieces of this world. I still create paintings. But this part of my art is quite heavy and dark. It contains a lot of existentialism and inner experiences.

My ceramics are all the kindness that is within me. It is a great desire to create something that will bring joy every moment. It is my endless love for living things. It is a little naive, but it is solely to make these things look even sweeter. To give warmth and light even on the darkest and coldest days. To evoke smiles and bring beauty, challenging dry practicality. After all, happiness is in the little things.

This is the philosophy of VoronaGallery