About the Artists: Nikita Kavryzhkin: "Atmosphere. Symbol. Narrative"

 
Venue: Gallery of Art, 1 Katedralny Square
Dates: 18.04. – 19.07.2026
Opening: 9^th May 2026
Open hours: Tuesday – Sunday 12 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Admission free

Nikita Kavryzhkin begins his work on form by seeking atmosphere – an invisible presence that lends emotional weight. He is interested in how materials, proportions, and composition evoke a feeling, even before a thought arises; how silence and tension can be inscribed into the very substance of a work. He draws on the atmosphere of the church and the grandeur of sacred architecture, perceived outside the context of Christian tradition.

Kavryzhkin uses stone as a medium of stillness and silence, making use of its cool beauty. He employs symmetry. He creates small, architectural forms whose centre holds an emptiness. He invites the viewer to experience a presence that is restrained yet contemplative. Here, narrative emerges from silence, and “absence” is not a lack but a pause — a point of focused attention. From this interplay arise intimate structures: both close and distant. Quiet forms that breathe and sustain presence.

Watch out for the baobabs brooch, cacholong, petrified wood, muonionalusta meteorite, stainless steel, 52 x 60 x 20 mm, 2025

Nikita Kavryzhkin – born in Russia, currently lives and works in Germany. A sculptor and jewellery designer who places emptiness at the heart of his practice, turning it into a site – a non-place – of contemplative presence. His architectural stone forms, rendered on a micro scale, create an atmosphere of simultaneous proximity and distance.

He graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of the Russian Academy of Arts, as well as from the University of Applied Sciences Trier, Gemstone and Jewellery, Idar-Oberstein (Germany). He is a recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Prize of the Gallery of Art in Legnica at the 32nd International Jewellery Competition Empathy (2024).

He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, the USA and Canada. His works are included in the CODA Museum in the Netherlands and in private collections (including the Marion Fulk Collection in the USA and Galeria Marzee in the Netherlands).

Naked Scream brooch, mookaite jasper, stainless steel, 52 x 52 x 25 mm, 2023

Pull brooch, jasper (Kellerwald), 14ct gold, faceted garnet, 52 x 52 x 25 mm, 2024