Slava’s Studio Archive

A studio archive of works by Slava Romanenko. The section brings together sculptural works, works on paper, studies, and visual documentation of the artist’s practice.

Glazed ceramic dinosaur holding an ice cream cone, a work by Slava Romanenko.

Dinosaur with Ice Cream

2024 · Fired clay, ceramic glaze. A ceramic rattle shaped as a dinosaur holding a waffle cone with three scoops of ice cream.

Glazed ceramic rooster with an outstretched wing, its head tilted back and its tail acting as a support, a work by Slava Romanenko.

Singing Rooster

2024 · Fired clay, ceramic glaze. A ceramic rooster with outstretched wings, its head tilted back in song and a tail that helps keep the figure balanced.

Slava Romanenko’s ceramic work “Horse-Shaped Cup” with a saddle and a handle formed as a tail.

Horse-Shaped Cup

2026 · Ceramic work · Fired clay, milk treatment and second firing. A horse-shaped cup created by Slava Romanenko as a New Year gift for his mother and inspired by childhood memories of horse riding.

Accordion-Playing Rooster — Video by Slava Romanenko

Accordion-Playing Rooster

2025 · Fired clay and glaze. A ceramic rooster playing a bayan, created by Slava Romanenko for an exhibition series inspired by a Ukrainian folk song.

Frog Rattle, a ceramic work by Slava Romanenko, shown from the front

Frog Rattle

2024 · Fired clay and acrylic paint. A ceramic frog in a striped scarf, created as a working rattle with small pieces of clay moving inside its hollow body.

Slava Romanenko’s drawing Reaching for the Stars, showing a cat pushing away from Earth and rising towards the stars.

Reaching for the Stars

2026 · Coloured pencils on paper · A4. A cat appears to push away from Earth and rise towards the stars. The triangular composition leads its movement through a small star towards the Sun.

Slava Romanenko’s Manuscript Between Worlds, showing an imagined manuscript opening into a vivid, multicoloured cosmos.

Manuscript Between Worlds

2025 · Acrylic on paper · A3. An imagined ancient manuscript filled with invented signs tears open to reveal a vivid, multicoloured cosmos.

Turtle, a ceramic work by Slava Romanenko, 2026

Turtle

2026 · Clay · Ceramic work. A turtle with a small house on its shell, imagined by Slava as the turtle’s own home. During the making process, he opened up the structure of the house and created the texture of the turtle’s legs.