Cecilia Coppola
Skulptures | Ceramic art
Italy
About the artist
Like in a fairy tale or myth, I search for the extraordinary
Her porcelains are almost always everyday objects reinterpreted through a fantastic lens. As in a fairy tale, these everyday objects come to life, each element transformed into something unexpected. She needs the symbol or archetype to tell a story, and telling a story is always her real goal.
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Cecilia Coppola was born in Rimini in 73. After learning the art of ceramics from the master Giò Urbinati, she opened her own workshop (Gaiofana Atelier, via Bertola 37 Rimini), where she produces ceramic sculptures, used ceramics and other unique pieces for disguises and special furnishings. She participates in solo and group exhibitions.
I make my ceramics on themes that I have designed. The bonnet, the enamel and the completely handmade, using the traditional technique of majolica.
They are meant to be collectors' items, but they also have their own functionality. They thus position themselves between art and craft as furnishings.
The transference of narrative, poetry, mystery and play onto everyday objects is my constant motif, and ceramics, more than any other means of expression, has all the qualities I need.
I have created various series and families, the inspiration always being the enchanted world of fairy tales.
My favorite motif is the teapot, around whose surface the fairy tales are told, playing with the main characters, characteristic elements and objects.
When I add the legs, the spouts in the shape of a dragon and the dainty handles to my teapots, it may almost never be used for pouring tea anymore, but It's invitation to do so remains
Works | Series
Ceramic Art | Ceramic Art
References
Awards
2007 | Russi of Ravenna Collective “Books never seen before”, First prize of the homonymous competition.
2019 | Appignano, Italy International Award for ceramic art “Fairyland Lands”
Solo exhibitions
2009 | Rimini, Italien Einzelausstellung "Fairytale Teapots" Galerie Spazio Bianco
2009 | Wales, GB "Ein Märchentee" Mitarbeiter der Art Gallery, Abergavenny
2008 | Rimini, Italien Personal "Ein Tee in der Bibliothek" Buchhandlung Fourth Floor
2008 | Cesena, Italien Persönlich "Fantastische Schiffswracks" in der Galerie Le Mura
2008 | Wales, GB Fairy Teapots" Kunstgalerie Personal Abergavenny
2007 | Riccione, Italien
Group exhibitions
2019 | Paris, Frankreich Teilnahme an der Maison & Objet - Sektion Kunsthandwerk
2018 | Paris, Frankreich Teilnahme an der Maison & Objet
2015-18 | Rimini, Italien Kollektivausstellung Keramik, Burg Malatesta
2010 | Rimini, Italien Kollektiv "Manifesta" Palazzo dell'Arengo
2009 | Rimini, Italien Kollektiv "Manifesta" Palazzo dell'Arengo
2009 | Ravenna, Russland Kollektiv "Nie gesehene Bücher!"
2007 | Rimini, Italien Kollektiv "Göttliche Pfade" Antike Weinhandlung Spazi