Oleksandr Miroshnychenko lives and works at his studio in Chuhuiv, a small village in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. In 2001, he decided to become an artist after studying radiophysics at Karazin Kharkiv National University. Miroshnychenko subsequently enrolled at Kharkiv Artist College but was expelled after two years of education. The aspiring artist's first meeting with ceramics took place at the ceramic studio of Kharkiv State Academy in 2003. There he started working as an assistant, preparing materials for students and helping them to make their artwork. The head of the studio, instructor Volodimir Shapovalov, taught Miroshnychenko the technology and art of ceramics and clay. Miroshnychenko worked at the studio for seven years, and during that time, he studied ceramics and pottery intensively. The artist earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree through correspondence courses at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts.
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Oleksandr Miroshnychenko