Defeat 2020
Stoneware paper clay and pigments
Hand built, 1200ºC
30x27x25cm
An anti-vessel, always attempting to hold something, but destined to fail, bent and twisted. Captured in the very moment when it is collapsing, it moves gracefully trying to protect the air inside.
Tirante 2019
Stoneware paper clay and pigments
Hand built, 1200ºC
36x55x14cm
Tension. I can’t decide which direction the figures are pulling. Some days I think one is dragging the others into the abyss. More often I think two are pulling together to rescue the other one.
Confrontation 2019
Stoneware paper clay and pigments
Hand built, 1200ºC
42x38x22cm
Tension, anger, distress. Not all pieces tell a story, but this one does. Everybody can relate to that in-your-face attitude.
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Cristina Mato
Spain
I started to be interested in ceramics in 2010, and for my training I attended pottery courses at Escuela Municipal de Artes Plásticas y Escénicas de Oviedo, Spain. Since 2015 I have taken part in several individual and collective exhibitions.
– Finalist at 15º Premio Nacional de Cerámica “Ciutat de Castelló” 2020, Castellón, C. Valenciana, Spain
– Finalist at CICA 2020 – 40th Concurso Internacional de Cerámica de L’Alcora, Alcora, Spain
– Finalist at 10th El Vendrell International Ceramics Biennale, El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain October 2019
– 4th Cluj International Ceramics Biennale, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, October 2019
– Finalist at Premios ArtsFAD 2019 – Disseny Hub, Barcelona, Spain
– Finalist at 14º Premio Nacional de Cerámica “Ciutat de Castelló” 2018, Castellón, C. Valenciana, Spain
– Finalist at 19 Biennal de Cerámica d’Esplugues Angelina Alós, Barcelona, Spain, 2018
– European Ceramic Context 2018 – Open Call, Bornholm, Denmark.