Gaya Vartanyan is a London-based artist whose ceramic sculptures translate human dualism into rigid geometry and tactile surfaces. Born into an Armenian-Ukrainian family in Tbilisi, her perspective is shaped by a rich cultural intersection and a foundation in architecture. 

Gaya Vartanyan’s practice is an exploration of materials and space—a search for identity and belonging. Working with clay is, for her, a dialogue with the body. Through ceramic sculptural forms, she examines the boundaries between what we choose to reveal to society and what remains hidden, investigating the fine line between structural logic and fluid, expressive form.

Her works are vessels and sculptures—forms that hold the tension between power and vulnerability, stillness and gesture, intimacy and distance. In her practice, she explores contemporary interpretations of the human silhouette, blending structural precision with the intuitive nature of clay. Gaya pays meticulous attention to materials, process, and textures, creating a heightened sensory and emotional experience. By embracing raw surfaces and self-developed glazes, she transforms clay into a site of both construction and surrender, hand-building each unique piece through traditional coiling.