• About us
  • Magazine
  • Submissions
  • Advertise
  • Contact
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
No Result
View All Result
Ceramics Now
Subscribe now
  • News
  • Artist profiles
  • Articles
  • Exhibitions
  • Ceramic art
  • Interviews
  • Resources
    • Ceramics Now Weekly
    • 2025 Ceramics Calendar
    • Ceramics job board
    • Pottery classes
Ceramics Now
  • News
  • Artist profiles
  • Articles
  • Exhibitions
  • Ceramic art
  • Interviews
  • Resources
    • Ceramics Now Weekly
    • 2025 Ceramics Calendar
    • Ceramics job board
    • Pottery classes
No Result
View All Result
Ceramics Now
Home Ceramic art

Cristina Fiorenza: Selected works, 2022-2024

February 13, 2025
in Ceramic art

Cristina Fiorenza: Selected works, 2022-2024

I worked for several years as an architect and, in parallel, as an artist. My formal research has developed on this dualism. I work mainly with different media, installation, painting, drawing on ceramics. In recent years, ceramics has become a very important medium in my development.

Everything revolves around the key words ‘ephemeral’ and ‘human’. The spontaneous architecture that forms on the outskirts of cities, the formation of shantytowns in contrast to the ideal landscape of the ‘escape to paradise’.

My ceramic artifacts evoke the shape of vases, but in reality, they are containers that, like dwellings, guard and protect. The glazes that cover them blend into a dense mass inseparable from the object itself, conveying a sense of emotion, memory, compassion and solemnity.

The shapes of the sculptures emerge relatively spontaneously but follow a clear design concept. They are often compositions of multiple parts, and, as happens in sculpture, the object takes shape as it develops, changing from the initial sketch. Besides free-standing sculptures, over the years I have also developed the idea of a vertical ceramic garden made of communicating vases that form a connected system. This allows me to play with plants and glazes, merging everything into a large wall sculpture where organic matter interacts with inorganic matter. I strongly believe that ceramics should be a medium to bring together artisanal tradition, artistic creativity, technical research, and human themes.

The ceramic sculptures I create represent themes such as dissolution and decay, aspects that are part of everyone’s life. In a sense, I instinctively try to trace a path that goes from the romantic idealization of working with ceramics to the desire to return to the origins. The result is an artifact that marks a moment in a broader exploration. My works are precarious, yet at the same time, they have a brutalist character and are strongly material.

Every cloud has a silver lining, 2023-2024

Attols
Attols 1
Turkis and blue flowers
White palms blue palms
Blue palms white palms
Buoy Costa Vicentina
Maggie Simpson after the university
Two feather loose in the beak of two twin birds
Whitewhitewhite

Organic machine, 2022-2024

Looking for the right key
Don’t forget the flowers
Three cups, three tubes, earrings and a palm of course
Eyelashes, fins, and palms
Roofs of Paris
Despacha
Flyes group
CabanaMad
Fly vessel big
Group of vessels
Blue flowers blue
Flowers and aliens
Totem

Flying plants, 2022-2023

Bouquet in France
Bouquet
Cactus lipari
Cactus stromboli
Group of works
Group of works
Group of works
Fioo growing wall
Fioo growing wall
Fioo growing wall

Captions

  • Atolls, 2024, stoneware, glaze,
    Atoll 1, 2024, stoneware, glazes, 55×45 cm
    Turkis and blue flowers, 2024, stoneware, glaze, 120 x 40 cm
    White palms blue palms, 2024, stoneware, porcelain engobe, painted and glazed, 55×65 cm
    Blue palms white palms, 2024, stoneware, porcelain engobe, glaze, 110×55 cm
    Buoy Costa Vicentina, 2024, mixed stoneware, mixed glazes, 62×38 cm
    Maggie Simpson after the university, 2023, stoneware, glaze, 50×40 cm
    Two feather loose in the beak of two twin birds, 2023, stoneware, glaze, 40×36 cm
    Whitewhitewhite, 2024, stoneware, crackle glaze, 45×35 cm
  • Looking for the right key, 2022, stoneware, crater glaze, 70x30x30 cm
    Don’t forget the flowers, 2022, stoneware, effect glazes, 60x30x25 cm
    Three cups, three tubes, earrings and a palm of course, 2024, stoneware, glaze, 74×30 cm
    Eyelashes, fins, and palms, 2024, stoneware, glaze, 115×25 cm
    Roofs of Paris, 2023, stoneware, glaze, 100x50x40 cm. Keramion Stiftung, Germany
    Despacha, 2022, stoneware with several glazes, 38×36 cm
    Flyes group, 2022, stoneware, glaze
    CabanaMad, Lisboa, group of works, 2022
    Fly vessel big, 2022, stoneware, glaze, 58×25 cm
    Group of vessels, 2023, stoneware, glaze
    Blue flowers blue, 2023, stoneware, porcelain, LED, 80x60x50 cm
    Flowers and aliens, 2023, stoneware, glaze, 90x49x50 cm
    Totem, 2022, stoneware, glaze, 180 x 40 cm, 4 parts
  • Bouquet in France, 2023, stoneware, painted and glaze, 140×40 cm
    Bouquet, 2022, stoneware, painted and glaze, 140x 40 cm
    Cactus lipari, 2023, stoneware, glaze, 120×35 cm
    Cactus stromboli, 2023, stoneware, glaze, 120×35 cm
    Group of works, 2023, flying plants. Bregenz, Austria
    Fioo growing wall, 2023, stoneware, glaze
Tags: Cristina Fiorenza

Related Posts

Ho Lai ceramics
Ceramic art

Ho Lai: Traces of Fragments, 2024

June 2, 2025
Rosa Nguyen ceramics
Ceramic art

Rosa Nguyen: Selected works, 2018-2025

May 28, 2025
Rosa Nguyen art
Ceramic art

Rosa Nguyen: Celestial bodies, 2024

May 28, 2025
Chris Gustin ceramic artist
Ceramic art

Chris Gustin: Selected works, 2021-2024

May 27, 2025

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *



Latest Artist Profiles

Ho Lai ceramics
Artists

Ho Lai

June 2, 2025
Rosa Nguyen ceramics
Artists

Rosa Nguyen

May 28, 2025
Chris Gustin ceramic
Artists

Chris Gustin

May 27, 2025
Alice Shields ceramic artist
Artists

Alice Shields

April 28, 2025

Latest Articles

Alive & Unfolding ceramics exhibition
Articles

Alive & Unfolding contemporary ceramics exhibition at le Delta, Namur

by Ceramics Now
June 3, 2025
Ceramic Art Andenne 2025
Articles

Perspectives Festival 2025: A new vision for Ceramic Art Andenne

by Ceramics Now
May 29, 2025
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum
Articles

History: A Legacy in Motion. Alfred Ceramic Art 1900-2025

by Ceramics Now
May 28, 2025
Self-Made at the Foundling Museum London ceramics
Articles

More Reshaping Than Self-Made / Self-Made: Impossible

by Ceramics Now
May 26, 2025
Instagram Facebook LinkedIn
Ceramics Now

Ceramics Now is a leading independent art publication specialized in contemporary ceramics. Since 2010, we promote and document contemporary ceramic art and empower artists working with ceramics.

Pages

  • About us
  • Magazine
  • Submissions
  • Advertise
  • Contact

Subscribe to Ceramics Now Magazine

Join a vibrant community of over 22,000 readers and gain access to in-depth articles, essays, reviews, exclusive news, and critical reflections on contemporary ceramics.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

© 2010-2025 Ceramics Now - Inspiring the next generation of ceramic artists.

  • Subscribe to Ceramics Now
  • News
  • Artist profiles
  • Articles
  • Exhibitions
  • Ceramic art
  • Interviews
  • Resources
    • Ceramics Now Weekly
    • Ceramics Calendar 2025
    • Ceramics job board
    • Pottery classes
  • About us
    • Ceramics Now Magazine
    • Submissions
    • Advertise with Ceramics Now
  • Contact
No Result
View All Result

© 2010-2025 Ceramics Now - Inspiring the next generation of ceramic artists.