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Vessels

Hydra Island

Mnemosyne Projects presents the works of four ceramicists in a site-specific exhibition at Bellevalia Olive Grove.
Set within the living landscape, the exhibition explores ceramics beyond function, as a medium once shaped for symbolic, ritualistic, and artistic purposes.
 In this context, ceramics take on another dimension, one that carries memory, identity, belief, and transformation.
 Together, site and objects invite reflection on the relationship between human intuition and the natural world.

Bellevalia’s Olive Grove, Hydra Island, Greece

Viewing Hours:

Mon Jun 22, 2026 11 AM - 5 PM
Tue Jun 23, 2026 10 AM - 5 PM
Wed Jun 24, 2026 10 AM - 9 PM
Thu Jun 25, 2026 10 AM - 9 PM
Fri Jun 26, 2026 10 AM - 9 PM

Press Release Eng

Curated by Ekaterina Juskowski
Exhibition design by Marilia Lezou
Produced by Mnemosyne Projects & Bellevalia Hydra

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Artists & Curators

A site-specific exhibition featuring works of four ceramicists Diane Alexandre, Dana Aviv, Zen Du and Nadiia Shapoval. Curated by Ekaterina Juskowski, with space design by architect Marilia Lezou.

Dana Aviv Ceramicist

Dana Aviv

Diane Alexandre

Diane Alexandre

Ekaterina Juskowski - Mnemosyne Journal Contributors

Ekaterina Juśkowski

Marilia Lezou

Marilia Lezou

Nadiia Shapoval

Nadiia Shapoval

Zen Du Ceramicist

Zen Du

Artworks

Ceramic sculptures as philosophical forms that explore identity, memory, ritual, spirituality, and humanity’s relationship with nature.

Zen Du art

Zen Du

Dream Jar I, 2025

Saggar fired ceramic, wood, twine, copper, bronze, and amber © Zen Du Photo: Mnemosyne Projects
Zen Du Sculptures Dream Jars

Zen Du

Bad Dreams Jar, 2025

Saggar fired ceramic, wood, and cactus skeleton, © Zen Du Photo: Mnemosyne Projects
Vessels Dana Aviv potteryDragon III-1

Dana Aviv

Dragon III, 2026

Hand-built unglazed stoneware with slip, fired at 1280C, 31 x 16 x 18 cm (12.2 × 6.3 × 7.1 inches) ©Dana Aviv Photo: Mnemosyne Projects
Vessels Dana Aviv pottery Dragon I

Dana Aviv

Dragon I, 2026

Hand-built unglazed stoneware with slip, fired at 1280C, 31 x 17 x 20 cm (12.2 × 6.7 × 7.9 inches) ©Dana Aviv Photo: Mnemosyne Projects
Vessels Dana Aviv potteryDragon II

Dana Aviv

Dragon II, 2026

Hand-built unglazed stoneware with slip, fired at 1280C, 36 x 15 x 16 cm (14.2 × 5.9 × 6.3 inches) ©Dana Aviv Photo: Mnemosyne Projects
Diane Alexandre Art

Diane Alexandre

Birds, 2023

Hand-built terracotta earthenware, bisque fired, 26 x 47 x 34 cm (10.2 × 18.5 × 13.4 inches) © Diane Alexandre Photo: Mnemosyne Projects
Diane Alexandre White Goddess

Diane Alexandre

White Goddess, 2025

© Diane Alexandre Photo: Mnemosyne Projects
Vessels Diane Alexandre Emergence I

Diane Alexandre

Emergence I, 2024

Black stoneware with copper oxide in details, high-fired, 42 x 50 x 40 cm (16.5 × 19.7 × 15.7 inches) © Diane Alexandre Photo: Mnemosyne Projects
Nadiia Shapoval Sculpture

Nadiia Shapoval

Woman Shape, 2024

Hand-built unglazed stoneware, 50 x 52 x 42 cm (19.7 × 20.5 × 16.5 inches) © Nadiia Shapoval
Zen Du Sculptures Dream Jars

Zen Du

Dream Jar II, 2025

Saggar fired ceramic, wood, stone, seeds, and leather. © Zen Du Photo: Mnemosyne Projects

    Events

    Artists Dinner
    Bellevalia Hydra
    RSVP: by invitation

    Past event
    Vessels Opening Reception

    In the Press

    Mnemosyne Journal: Contemporary Ceramics and the Origin of the Vessel
    Mnemosyne Journal: Inaugural Dinner