Carina Ciscato
Artist Statement
Carina Ciscato thrown and construct vessels with porcelain.
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Carina shares 7C Vanguard Court with Chris Keenan ⟶
More about the artist
Carina Ciscato was born in Sao Paulo Brazil, in 1970. After graduating in Industrial Design in ’92 in Sao Paulo, she was introduced to Studio Pottery in Krefeld Germany where she spent 1 year working in the studio of Marietta Cremer.
Upon return to Brazil she became apprentice to Lucia Ramenzoni, one of Sao Paulo’s leading potters. Following her 6 year apprenticeship and a number of courses in the US, Carina starts to show her work in local galleries and through museum shops.
In 1999 Carina moved to London where she became an assistant in the studio of Julian Stair and Edmund de Waal. The move from Brazil to the UK and the change in culture and attitudes to ceramics has seen exciting new directions. . Her work is in the V&A, the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan and the Devonshire collection, as well as in significant private collections internationally.
Since 2003 Carina establish her studio in Vanguard Court, south London where she shares with Chris Keenan until this present day.
