Ksenia Oganesyan
Ksenia Oganesyan holds a Master’s degree in Architecture and worked as an architect after graduation. All the while, she had a strong interest in fashion, clothes, and textiles. The blend of textile design and architecture naturally led to the creation of curtains, a curtain itself being an architectural element: a soft wall, a screen, a division, acoustically, spatially, visually.
A curtain has its own language and code of behaviour. Its opening or closing reflects the condition and the needs of the one behind, inviting or rejecting the passer-by, letting in or shutting out the phenomena of the world. Curtains are symbols of secrecy. Their game of transparency, thickness, colour, texture, light, and location is endless.
While crafting all curtains with her own hands, Ksenia also seeks to use curtains as a tool of artistry, architecture, and social practice.
Ksenia Oganesyan holds a Master’s degree in Architecture and worked as an architect after graduation. All the while, she had a strong interest in fashion, clothes, and textiles. The blend of textile design and architecture naturally led to the creation of curtains, a curtain itself being an architectural element: a soft wall, a screen, a division, acoustically, spatially, visually.
A curtain has its own language and code of behaviour. Its opening or closing reflects the condition and the needs of the one behind, inviting or rejecting the passer-by, letting in or shutting out the phenomena of the world. Curtains are symbols of secrecy. Their game of transparency, thickness, colour, texture, light, and location is endless.
While crafting all curtains with her own hands, Ksenia also seeks to use curtains as a tool of artistry, architecture, and social practice.
Education
10.14 / 06.16 DIA, Hochschule Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau, Master of Arts
08.15 / 12.15 L’École Speciale d’Architecture, Paris
09.09 / 07.14 Moscow Architectural Institute, Bachelor of Architecture
Work
08.21 / now lead of “cure.tain” practice, Berlin
07.20 / 07.21 Architect at BSL-Architekten BDA GmbH, Berlin
04.18 / 06.20 Architect at Goodbye Earth GmbH, Berlin
03.17 / 03.18 Project assistant at SMAQ Architektur und Stadt GmbH, Berlin
12.15 / 02.16 Internship with Philippe Rahm architects, Paris
Exhibitions
05. 2025 “Altered Angles”, Vaust Gallery, Berlin
09. 2024 “Work Life Balance”, The Terrace, Berlin
12. 2023 “Berlin Craftsmenship”, Voo Space, Berlin
07. 2023 “The Room I Walk The Line”, Forma Gallery, Berlin
Residency
08. 2024 FURKA IN : DÉP 24, 2400 m residency by UCJ ETHZ
Interview
08.2025 for Termino GmbH online magazine
04.2024 for the first edition of Ilmm design magazine
Photo by Kazumasa Harada