antonella Cimatti

Antonella Cimatti, is member of IAC, International Academy of Ceramics, UNESCO, Geneva, and was born in Faenza. One of Carlo Zauli’s pupils at the Istituto Statale d’Arte “Ballardini” (State School of Ceramics) in Faenza, she went on to obtain a degree with distinction from the Accademia di Belle Arti (Fine Arts Academy) in Bologna. She has been teaching Design at the Istituto d’Arte (State School of Ceramics) in Faenza since 1979 until September 2017. She completed the following training internships abroad: Doban Decoration Technique (Toki-Gifu, Japan, 1981), Porcelain Filigree (Limoges, France, 1985) and Jewerly Design (Portsmouth, Great Britain, 1988).She has also taught for brief periods, through projects such as Artist Fellowship Exchange, European Communities in Art and Design Schools in Portsmouth, England, in 1991 and at Turnhout in Belgium in 1995.From 1982 to 1986 she was involved in various artistic research movements which were theorized about by art critics including: A Tempo e a Fuoco by Vittorio Fagone and Gian Carlo Bojani, and De Sculptura with Filiberto Menna; she has also taken part in numerous exhibitions throughout Italy and abroad with the group La Nuova Ceramica curated by Franco Solmi. In addition, since 1986, she has been designing in collaboration with Ceramica Flavia of Montelupo Fiorentino, Murano and Empoli (objects and lamps in glass), the old Fabbrica Casa Museo Giuseppe Mazzotti 1903 in Albisola Marina, the Liverani-Spadoni Studios as well as with Laura Silvagni in Faenza.Its concept is based on the lightness and immateriality of porcelain and advanced ceramic materials also by means of optical fiber and leds light installations.She is currently showing and competing in Italy and abroad (France, Spain, India, Slovenia, Russia, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, USA), winning awards and acknowledgments, the most prestigious being the Silver Prize, The 4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007 Korea International Competition.She has been invited to participate in 2009 Nanfeng Kiln International Ceramic Work Camp in Foshan, Guangdong, China where she created a sculpture using paperclay. In 2010 she has been invited in paperclay | TODAY Artist Symposium, in Laguna Beach, California and in the shows: 2010 Second International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Teapot Art, Shanghai, China; Ceramica storia di donne, Tradizione e attualità a Faenza, MIC Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, in Faenza, Italy. In 2011, she was invited to participate in the 54th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennial, in the Italian Pavilion, for the Emilia Romagna region, and to the workshop 10 days at the Gyeonggi International CeraMIX Biennale 2011, South Korea, Honorable mention at the Cheongju Craft Biennale,Cheongju, South Korea and she have held 2 workshops in New Delhi, Sanskriti Foundation. In 2012 she had Honorable mention with merit at The 4rd Taiwan Gold Teapot exhibition at Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, she was invited at the MunGyeong Chasabal(Tea Bowls) Festival 2012, South Korea and in China in Shanghai 2012 third China International Pot Art Biennal Exhibition, and in Jingdezhen Jingdezhen International Ceramic exhibition.In 2013 has been artist in residence in Fuping FULE, China, preparing an installation for the Museum. She held a workshop at Faculty of Art and Design - Jan Evangelista Purkyne University,Prague, Czech Republic and at International Ceramic Art Festival in Sasama, Japan.In 2015: Scultura ceramica contemporanea in Italia, Gnam, Galleria d’arte Moderna, Roma, Italy; Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, South Korea; Guest artist in residence at The Clay Studio Philadelphia; Workshop Hawai’i Potters’ Guild, Hawaii, USA. In 2016, Biennale Internationale de Vallauris, France, and 2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipey, TaiwanIn 2016-2017, she is invited in the exhibition W-WOMEN IN ITALIAN DESIGN, ninth edition of the Triennale Design Museum, Milan, Italy and at The "Mode", International Ceramics Art Invitational Exhibition, and Residence at Liling Ceramics Valley Museum, China. In 2017 she is invited in the exhibition: In the Earth Time, Gyeonggi Ceramic Biennale, arranged by Museo Internazionale delle ceramiche in Faenza, South Korea and she is invited as Guest Artist in The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan.In 2018 he took part in the exhibition: International contemporary dog teapot exhibition, Noble Seafood Restaurant, Shanghai, China and guest artist as a designer at Taoxichuan International Studio,Jingdezhen, China