Nikita Nenashev is a ceramic artist, born and raised in Madison, WI. He obtained his BFA in ceramics from the University of Utah in 2019. He has attended longterm residences at Cub Creek Foundation and Pleasant Hill Pottery and has worked as an assistant to John Dix, Tara Wilson, and John Jessiman. Currently he resides in Logan, Utah where he is a graduate student at Utah State University.

“I aim to present a sense of unfamiliarity or mystery in my work. My pots tend to have irregularities in form and surfaces. Marks and distortions left by my hand compliment textured and scorched surfaces left by the firing process. Whether calculated or spontaneous, it is in these details I see the greatest opportunity for expression.”