Ongoing production of ceramic portrait series

Since the fall 2022 I have been embarked in the production of a long, challenging and also wonderful project named “Our Time” (Unsere Zeit).

In “Our Time” I continue exploring the intersection of performance and ceramic objects. Performance in this context is understood as a series of intimate, one-on-one encounters.

“Our Time” consists on a series of interviews to a number of residents at the elderly home Bürgerasyl-Pfrundhaus in Zurich. In the second part of the process I produce a series of abstract portraits using painted fired clay as medium.

“Our Time” is a project supported by a Covid-19 Grant from the City of Zurich.

IT'S A SPRING SHOW, 4 - 28 March 2022

IT’S A SPRING SHOW includes recent works by Alicia Velázquez and Claudia Kübler. In their 150 m2 space Ruettimann Contemporary concurrently exhibit works by Aoife Dunne, Simon Ledergerber, Hannah Parr, Ingo Rasp, and Valentina Pini. 

Private viewing at Ruettimann Contemporary, Zurich

I am showing a selection of works on the weekend of March 3 & 4, at their pop-up space at Weststrasse 145 in Wiedikon.

The presentation will include drawings from my "Periscope" series, the recent ceramic work "Ceramic World N.2", and the altar piece "Ruega por Nosotros" that I created in Spain in 2019. This work has never been exhibited before.

Address
Pop Up: Westrasse 145, 8003 Zurich

Private viewing times
- Friday March 3, from 15 - 20 H
- Saturday March 4, from 12 - 19 H

/ Wine & prosecco will be served on both days as long as available.
/ The artist will be present.

The gallery is concurrently featuring works by Aoife Dunne, Claudia Kübler, Simon Lederberger, Hannah Parr, and Valentina Pini across the two floors of their 150m2 space.

* Additional viewing times by appointment.
www.ruettimanncontemporary.com

“Ceramic World N.2”, 2021

"White, Black, and Things" part of the series Open Futures, Shedhalle

White, Black and Rituals is a public metaphorical meal in which I will invite to savor togetherness through the personal stories of Spanish women.
The event is part of the series Open Futures: a new cultural initiative in Zurich and also a cooperation between the Shedhalle, the Gessnerallee, the Tanzhaus with Newrope, the Architecture and Urban Transformation Laboratory of the ETH.

Open Futures is dedicated to sustainability and at the same time understands itself as sustainable, both towards the artists and the overarching ecosystem.

White, Black and Rituals is part of the series of talks, performances, and exhibitions organized by Club La Fafa.

White, Black and Rituals
Sunday December 5
14-15.30 H
Shedhalle, Seestrasse 395, 8038 Zürich

Open Futures’ full program here.

In progress: Ceramic Worlds

Clay is another canvas - or, better said, body - on which memories of what was or what could be or could have been appear. They build and display a narrative of the moment. They record it like a book. Perhaps a map. Used to work on paper - a very fast medium for me - clay is an extremely slow material, impossible to control, surprising and very moody and stubborn

Image: detail of Ceramic World N.2 (Rainbow Portal)

Awarded the grant Covid-19 from the City of Zurich

I have received a production grant for the realization of the 6-month project “Weiss und Schwarz, Dinge und Rituale” (White and Black, Things and Rituals) in which I will work with performance and ceramics. The work gravitates around the concepts of togetherness and belonging. In it I will invite a group of migrant Spanish women in Switzerland to share and reinterpret their stories together.