Cristina Figarola

I was born in Barcelona and I graduated in Fine Arts in Cuenca's University. I am currently working on the creation of Totems, made up of stacked pieces of stoneware, which come from the field of utilitarian ceramics. I use shapes with expressive deformations, fitting them into columns of variable composition.

When I started working in this craft, I realised that everything revolved around the feminine. The earth, the circle and the shapes that emerge from this millenary technique produce utilitarian pieces that are the mark of ancient civilisations, apparently fragile, but which have survived thousands of years underground.

The superimposition of ceramic pieces crossed by an iron rod was born as a symbol of women's work, care and generosity towards their loved ones, and at the same time alludes to the feminine role and its historical link with the domestic sphere.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

After spending a few years dedicated to painting and sculpture, I decided to dedicate myself to the design and production of lamps, in search of a useful facet to my artistic activity. In 2013, I had my first contact with clay and the potter's wheel, starting a new artistic path with ceramists such as Marc Vidal, Dolors Ros and Ramón Fort, among others. Finally in 2015 I opened my own studio in Barcelona.

1978-1979 Eina School - Barcelona
1980-1981 New Academy of Brera - Milan
1989-1991 Faculty of Fine Arts - Lisbon
1992-1994 Fine Arts Faculty of Barcelona
1994-1996 Fine Arts Faculty of Cuenca
2012-2013 Formative cycle of applied arts of sculpture in the Massana School - Barcelona
2013 Initiation to the Lathe Workshop - Marc Vidal
2014 Initiation Workshop Lathe - Escola ceramica de la Bisbal
2015 Ceramic Lathe Workshop - Ramón Fort
2016 Initiation enamel workshop - Eli Moretó
2017 Enamel Workshop - Penelope Vallejo
2017 Workshop for the Improvement of the Lathe - Escola cerámica de la Bisbal
2018 Double piece course - Escola de ceramica de la Bisbal
2018 Mold Course - Xenia Bas
2018 Course with Joan Serra and Mia Lauder - Argentona
2018 Course - Mami Kato - Penelope Vallejo Workshop
2019 Chawan and glazing r...

1990 Individual exhibition in the exhibition hall of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon
1991 Collective exhibition at the 33rd Prize for Painting Jove Sala Parés - Barcelona
1992 Group exhibition - Palau Robert - Barcelona
1994 Collective exhibition in LA NAVE - Cuenca
1995 Individual exhibition at the Exhibition Hall - Fine Arts of Cuenca.
2004 Work selected for the FAD design awards - TOTORA Lamp
2016 Tallers Oberts BCN . A-FAD
2016 Individual exhibition at "Espai Ramblabá".
2017 Tallers Oberts BCN . A-FAD
2018 Tallers Oberts BCN . A-FAD
2020 Tallers Oberts BCN . A_FAD
2022 Tallers Oberts BCN . A_FAD
2024 Biennal Terracota Bisbal - Girona
2025 UNICO Gallery Barcelona
2025 Tamara Gallery Madrid