About

Artist´s Stetment

I hand-build abstract pieces. My creative process is intuitive, and I organized my pieces in a series, which expresses my process of exploration: Seeds, Habitats, Circles, Ensembles, Shadows.

My sculptures honor my fascination with clay´s malleability and tactile quality; it invites me to release my inner filters. When I first connect with raw clay, I follow my flow and honor the clay’s calling. I let my pieces happen by playing with gravity, plasticity, shapes, and textures. I find the creative process intriguing because of the unpredictable nature of working with clay.

When the shape appears before my eyes, I view it with wonder. Then I ask myself: how can I finish it so as to enhance its essence? Should I reveal its natural beauty by leaving the surface bare or should I add to it by applying glaze, oxides, patinas, acrylic paint, terra sigillata and/or wax?

Bio

I grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, surrounded by the arts and have dabbled in many different mediums. Dance has been my lifelong passion until I got my hands back into clay about seven years ago, set up my own studio and pottery became my main artistic expression and occupation.

I graduated in Philosophy and Education (Universidad de Buenos Aires) and studied Creative Therapy at the HAN University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. I have worked as a Spanish as a Second Language teacher, Argentinean tango instructor, and dance therapist in Argentina, the Netherlands, Bolivia, and in Canada, where I have lived in Ottawa for over 20 years. In the last years, I set up my own studio in Ottawa and during the winter, I continuing working in Buenos Aires.

Fascinated by hand built ceramic sculptures, I took several courses and workshops in Canada (Sarah Fulford, Steffany Acevedo, Nadine Argo, Richard Gill), Argentina (Pablo Ruiz, Paula Ferrante, Se Torna Cacharro Ceramic Studio), Mexico (Oaxaca Casa de la Cultura) and Spain (Miguel Molet) where I learned hand building, glazing, terra sigillata and clay sculpturing as well as Pre-Columbian ceramics. Currently, I regularly attend at the studio of the Argentinean visual artist Débora Pierpaoli.

To reach out, I presented pieces at The Soap Dish Exhibition in August 2020, Compartencia (Latin-American Ceramic Collective) in September 2020, Mosaic in October 2021, The Ottawa Guild of Potters Annual Juried Exhibition 2022, 2023 (OGP Honorary Mention and Craft Ontario Community Award), and 2024, as well as in the books “Hispanic Canadian Art and Literature” 2022 and 2023 presented at the Iberic-American Book Fair of Canada.