The "Masks" series is the most extensive and diverse in the artist’s body of work. In these pieces, Ielizaveta turns to a classical image, experimenting with various ceramic bodies, porcelain, and surface treatments.
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The results of these explorations resonate throughout her later series. It is here that new visual effects are born, and through experimentation, patterns emerge from what once seemed like random phenomena.
This series can be compared to a photo album — but instead of human portraits, we see the face of art itself.
Observing the evolution of Masks, now numbering in the hundreds, we witness the artist’s growth — how the expression, character, and gaze of her artistic language transform over time.
"Snow Queen" 2022
Ceramic, chamotte, modeling, glaze, engobe,
Ceramic, chamotte, modeling, glaze, engobe,
electric kiln firing 1200 degrees.
electric kiln firing 1200 degrees.
45*30*12 cm
45*30*12 cm
The "Snow Queen" came into being in the winter of 2022. In her image, a multitude of the artist’s techniques and firings were brought together into a unified color palette.
In her characteristic manner, Ielizaveta incorporated a fragment from one of her earlier works, embedding it into the face of the panel. Thus, shards of the past sometimes speak for us — even when we try to hide behind a silent image to appear invulnerable.
Yet something inevitably shows through — in the features, in the gaze — revealing our true essence, even when it is concealed behind a mask.
"Fortunately" 2022
Ceramic, chamotte, pottery, modeling, glaze, engobe,
Ceramic, chamotte, pottery, modeling, glaze, engobe,
electric kiln firing 1280 degrees.
electric kiln firing 1280 degrees.
45*27*14 cm
45*27*14 cm
This mask continues one of the artist’s recurring themes: the transformation of utilitarian objects into works of art.
In the world of ceramics, pottery is traditionally not regarded as part of the fine arts. Through pieces like this, however, the artist challenges that perception and offers a new perspective on a long-standing misconception.
The ceramic fragments used in the mask are reproductions of Neolithic pottery, which Elizaveta created in advance and then deliberately broke in order to use the shards as the starting material.
"Head in the clouds" 2023
Ceramic, porcelain, chamotte, modeling,
Ceramic, porcelain, chamotte, modeling,
electric kiln firing 1280 degrees.
electric kiln firing 1280 degrees.
30*26*16 cm
30*26*16 cm
This metaphor precisely conveys the essence of the artist’s approach. Light, almost weightless porcelain, like a veil, envelops the eyes and lifts the entire image skyward. It is boldly — even defiantly — combined with black chamotte, a symbol of earthly heaviness, like an unyielding rock.
The search for this balance — between fragility and solidity — always follows us, and at the same time, guides us.
But it is within this very contradiction that harmony is found.
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