Polina Potapova is a self-taught ceramic artist with over ten years of experience. Originally from Morshansk, Russia, she was born into a family of an aircraft engineer and a chemist, which gave her a background that naturally shaped her fascination with science. From an early age, she pursued fine art and folklore studies, later earning a diploma in economics and working in the video game industry while traveling across the world.

Her return to ceramics a decade ago became a point of convergence between precision and intuition, merging her love for scientific inquiry with artistic experimentation. A pivotal moment in her development was studying materials science with Matthew Katz (Alfred University, USA), which deepened her exploration of glaze chemistry and the alchemy of transformation.

Polina’s sculptural practice focuses on movement, material fluidity, and the expressive potential of glazes. She has lectured on glaze research in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Tbilisi. In 2022, she relocated first to Georgia and later to France. She is a member of “Particles”, a collective of artists in exile, with whom she participated in group exhibitions at the cultural center Auditoria and the Ortachala Art Residency in Tbilisi. Her solo exhibition HOPE/NO HOPE was presented at Flowers Minda art space in Tbilisi in 2024.

2024 - Solo exhibition “HOPE/NO HOPE", Flowers Minda Studio, Tbilisi, Georgia

2025 - Group exhibition “Utopia”, Ortachala Art Residency, Tbilisi, Georgia
2024 - Group show “Particles”, Cultural Center “Auditoria”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2024 - Group show “White: the beginning/the end”, TMP Space, Batumi, Georgia
2024 - Group show, Festival “Human”, Tbilisi, Georgia
2018 - Group exhibition “Art Ceramics", VDNKh, Moscow, Russia

2022 - CLAY Online Art Residence, Get Art Feet