Maryia Virshych (b. 1989, Minsk, BY) received her Design Research MA from the Bau Design College in Barcelona, Spain (2016) and a BA in Architecture from Belarusian National Technical University (2012).
Maryia has a background in architecture, space and product design, and craft, all of which reflect on her current work.
She held positions as a creative at several design and art studios in Barcelona. In 2019, she started her own artistic practice - virmary, working primarily with clay.
Maryia received numerous awards, such as the Design Award from the Royal Society of Art and the Residency Award from Domaine de Boisbuchet. She showed her work at various collective exhibitions: CICA Museum (Gimpo, KR), Thrown Gallery (London, UK), Site Brooklyn (New York City, USA), Palais Galerie (Neuchatel, CH), Hangar (Barcelona, ES), Sala d’Art Jove (Barcelona, ES), Cluster Crafts (London, UK), etc.
Maryia Virshych
Education
2024 Escola Massana. Art and Design Centre
Ceramics and Glass
2015-2016 BAU Design College of Barcelona
MFA Design Research + Experimentation
2007-2012 Belarussian National Technical University
BA Architecture
Awards
Royal Society of Arts award
Rijksmuseum Design shortlist
Sala DÁrt Jove award
Residencies and Grants
Clay Residency (Get Art Fit)
Baltic Lab by Swedish Institute
Domaine de Boisbuchet
INJUVE
Lo Pati
Group Exhibitions
2023/24 “Winter Exhibition”, Thrown Gallery (London, UK)
2023/24 “Contemporary Landscape”, CICA Museum (Gimpo, KOR)
2023 “New Realism/Altered Reality”, SeeMe Gallery (New York, USA)
2023 “New Painting”, SiteBrooklyn Gallery (New York, USA)
2020/21 “Soil. Surface. Sky”, Cluster Crafts (London, UK)
2020 “Toussaint”, Palais Galerie (Neuchatel, CH)
2019 “1000 Vases”, Espace Commines (Paris, FR)
2018 “Afectes Secundaris”, Sala DÁrt Jove (Barcelona, ES)