Lena Krivenkova, who stands behind Not Yet Ceramics, is a London-based, self-taught ceramic artist whose earlier training in illustration continues to influence her practice through a close attention to gesture and character.

Working primarily with stoneware, terracotta, and porcelain, Lena creates sculptural vessels that feel raw, vulnerable, and slightly unresolved. Interested in silence as a theme, she explores the unspoken spaces where feeling exists before it finds words. Though abstract, her forms suggest movement, intention, and pause, as if something lies just beneath the surface.

Using traditional techniques such as coiling and slab building, she allows each piece to emerge gradually through an intuitive process. A vessel might begin with a small element - a base, a leg, a subtle twist - revealing its final form only as the work unfolds. Spontaneity and imperfection are central to her practice. By embracing accidents and distortions, she creates sculptures that feel quietly alive, reflecting her interest in vulnerability and the beauty found in strangeness.

Lena lives and works in London.

Recent group exhibitions:

Atrium. Edition 001: Fragments at Hypha Gallery South Bank, London, 2026
Ceramic Art London, 2026
Winter Exhibition at Thrown Contemporary, 2025
Le Vase Fleuri at Ruup & Form Gallery (London), 2025
(Un)Spoken at 67 York Street Galley (London), 2025
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (London), 2025

For available works and any inquires please email at hello@notyetceramics.com