Porcelain.
I stretch it, paint it, fold it, going to the limits of its strength, fragility and transparency.
It often leaves me in desperation because of its fragility.
It leaves me breathless with the feeling of happiness to see its fragile intensity.

16.11.25

Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artística de Aveiro

 

Aveiro Museum / Santa Joana

October 18, 2025 to January 18, 2026

 

The international competition is once again a showcase for trends in contemporary artistic ceramics. As a result of the jury’s selection from a total of 782 works and 488 entries, 110 works by 96 artists are presented, reflecting different geographies and concepts, as well as expressing innovative approaches to ceramic techniques and materials.

Color, form, texture, concept, and expression are the themes for an exhibition that reinforces the Aveiro International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics as a benchmark event worldwide.

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with my pieces "A New Garden".




Artists

Alberto Vieira [PT]; Álvaro Fernández Melchor [MX]; An-An Chen [CN]; Anca Ion [ES]; Anja Seiler [CH]; Aram Hwang [KR]; Atshushi Kitahara [JP]; Bahareh Nehjiri [IR]; Bernadette Martins [PT]; Catherine Sanke [DE]; Cheng-Chung Yu [TW]; Christian Aymard [FR]; Chun Ho Wong [CN]; Danning Xie [CN]; Doron Druckman [RO]; Eduardo Freitas [BR]; Eka Cho [KR]; Katia Terpigoreva [FR]; Fahimeh Heydari [IR]; Fernando Garcés [ES]; Frédérique Fleury [FR]; Hanna Marshava [BY]; Hanna Miadzvedzeva [PL]; Hao Chen [CN]; Heidi Hentze [DK]; Heidi Tarver [US]; Hoi Yi Lam [CN]; Hyojung Yun [KR]; Iliana Scheggia [PE]; Joanna Mortreux [FR]; Jovan Matić [RS]; Juan Sandoval [IT]; Julia Nordholz [DE]; Kimie Ino [BR]; Kirsten Spuijbroek [NL]; Lora Zyuzina [RU]; Lydia SooJin Park [NO]; Magdalena Maros [PL]; Małgorzata Maternik [PL]; Margrieta Jeltema [IT]; Maria Teresa Echegaray Fornes [ES]; Marina Erkovich [RU]; Mariya Alipieva [ES]; Marta Armada [ES]; Márta Radics [HU]; Mateo Pisano di Filippo [AR]; Michael Rice [IE]; Mihaela Vujnovic [HR]; Monica Tong [UK]; Natalia Vasileva [RU], Nathalie Campion [BE]; Nazaré Feliciano [PT]; Noa Chernichovsky [IL]; Nuno Tomaz [PT]; Nuria Figueiredo [ES]; Olga Simonova [DE]; Pedro Lozano [PT]; Philsoo Heo [KR]; Rafael Chacón [ES]; Raquel Terenas [PT], Rebecca Maeder [CH]; Roberto Aponte & Gabriele Boretti (Aponteboretti)[IT]; Sarah Jenkins [UK]; Sérgio Paiva [PT]; Shan Huang [CN]; Shinhye You [KR]; Shiyuan Xu [CN]; Shoshanah Ciechanowski [IL]; Sibongile Shane Mayongo [ZA]; Silvia Tagusagawa [BR]; Simone Negri [IT]; Sinan Avinal [TR]; Sofia Beça [PT]; Stela Ivanova [BG]; Susan Beiner [US]; Susanne Kallenbach [DE]; Takaharu Minowa [JP]; Tatiana Boiko [CH]; Valdas Kurklietis [LT]; Valentyna Prytula [UA]; Velimir Vukicevic [RS]; Viktor Reshetnikov [RU]; Weier Qiu [CN]; Wietske van Leeuwen [NL]; Wisam Alsamad [NO]; Xana Monteiro [PT]; Yana Payusova [US]; Yi Song [CN]; Ying Zheng [CN]; Yoojoo Kim [KR]; Yukiko Kitahara [JP]; Yulia Batyrova & Marat Mukhametov [TM]; Yuriy Musatov [UA]; Zhang Fei [CN]; Zhaojing Wang [CN]; Zoe Theodorou [GR]








31.7.25

July 2025 - Homo Faber



An honor to have been invited to Homo Faber (Michelangelo institute).

 

A special thanks for Paola Westbeek for the nice interview.








6.9.20

Monastero S.Maria del Giglio

Domenica 6 settembre 2020, una mostra informale al bellissimo Monastero Santa Maria del Giglio di Bolsena con "Treasures" e "Tiles" in porcellana e maiolica.



 

 

in the garden of the Monastero S.Maria del Giglio

 


A late summer's morning,

 in the beautiful garden of the Monastero S.Maria del Giglio

Bolsena (VT)


A taste of my ceramics (and of some of my photographs - in the Black & White Magazine, with photographs from the book "Mille Gigli".







The invitation for a series of ceramic courses to be held in the monastery
with dates to be specified later on.....

the chicken behind the table is not very interested..









4.11.19

Aveiro- Veneza Portuguesa

Honorable mentions in the XIV Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artìstica de Aveiro (Portogallo) with the pieces "Unfolded / the Way we Remember" and "Ancient Garden"







All Photo @nymphaeurydice

Grazie Irene❤️ 

2.11.19

Honorable mentions in the XIV Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artìstica de Aveiro (Portogallo)





 Unfolding / The way
we remember



 Ancient Garden

A Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artística de Aveiro constitui uma das mais relevantes manifestações culturais em Portugal e a nível internacional, no âmbito da produção de cerâmica artística.
Visa contribuir para a produção de cerâmica artística contemporânea, através do estímulo à experimentação e à criatividade, constituindo-se como um polo dinamizador de novas tendências da cerâmica e contribuindo para uma formação didática e para o desenvolvimento de carácter cultural.
Centro de diálogo e partilha, age como disseminadora de correntes e conceitos, abrindo caminhos no campo da cerâmica artística contemporânea, atuando no âmbito da renovação estética e, igualmente, dando a conhecer novos materiais e técnicas.

27.9.19

la fabbrica delle piastrelle - tin glazed tiles

tin glazed tiles


la fabbrica delle piastrelle

making tiles, restoring an old home in Italy