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About

Clara Graziolino is an Italian sculptor creating ceramic wall sculptures and site-specific installations. She conceives the wall as a pictorial surface, using individually hand-modelled ceramic elements as brushstrokes to construct abstract compositions in space.

Her practice explores how repetition, accumulation and stratification can generate complexity. She is interested in the way forms are shaped over time, through the layering of traces, actions and matter.

In her work, each composition grows slowly, element by element, taking shape through a process of gradual assembly.
Rather than applying colour onto a surface, she builds the image physically, allowing it to emerge through relief, shadow and the subtle layering of glazes and patinas.

Originally trained in Contemporary History before specialising in ceramic sculpture, Clara Graziolino drows inspiration from the spatial experience of Renaissance frescoes and the language of Abstract Expressionism. She uses ceramic to transform walls into compositions that evolve with changing light and the viewer’s movement.

Clara Graziolino works between Turin and Madrid.

 

CV

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
  • 2022
    HypoVereinsbank – Unicredit Art Collection, Munich, Germany
    Silenzio, curated by Emilia Radmacher
  • 2018
    Keramos Studio, Palermo, Italy
    Fragilità, curated by Flavia Alaimo ed Ermanno Tedeschi
  • 2016
    CEART – Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente, Fuenlabrada, Spain
    Cotidiana, secondo tempo, curated by Juan Carlos Moya Zafra
  • 2015
    Salomone & Travaglia studio, Turin, Italy
    Keramos Studio, Palermo, Italy
    El Cortijo, curated by Francesco Bertolino
  • 2014
    Espacio de arte y cerámica ECM, Madrid, Spain
    Cotidiana, curated by Manuel Sanchez-Algora
  • 2011
    L’Arte di Bobé Gallery, Palermo, Italy
    Silenzio e Ombre, curated by Francesco Bertolino 
  • 2009

    CEART – Centro de Arte Tomás y Valiente, Fuenlabrada, Spain

    Sueños, tres instalaciones, curated by Juan Carlos Moya Zafra
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
  • 2026
    PAD Paris, France
    with Galerie Melissa Paul
  • 2025
    PAD London, UK
    with Galerie Melissa Paul
  • 2024
    PAD London, UK
    with Galerie Melissa Paul
  • 2023
    
Casa Decor, Madrid, Spain
    with Beatriz Silveira Estudio
  • 2019
    Palazzo Steri, Palermo, Italy

    Bimbumbam, curated by Flavia Alaimo and Ermanno Tedeschi
  • 2018
    Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Catania, Italy

    Aequilibrium, curated by Daniela Arionte
  • 2017
    JUSTMAD Emerging Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
    with Blanca Berlín Gallery
  • 
2015
    Galleria Regionale di Palazzo Bellomo, Syracuse, Italy
    
Ceramiche Mediterranee tra storia e sperimentazione, curated by Maria Reginella and Enzo Fiammetta
  • 2013
    Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA, USA

    Beyond Function, juried by Novie Trump
  • 2008
    ESTAMPA International Art Fair, Madrid, Spain
    with Catarsis Gallery

    SELECTED COMMISSIONS
  • 2026
    Polène flag-store, Milan Italy
    Site-specific installation, in collaboration with Norm Architects
  • 2024
    Chloé, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
    Site-specific installation
  • 2020
    Private residence, Malibu, CA, USA
    Site-specific installation, in collaboration with Michael S. Smith
  • 2018
    Private residence, Munich, Germany
    Site-specific installation, in collaboration with Justin Howlett

    SELECTED AWARDS
  • 2016
    28th Magrama Internacional Ceramics contest, Madrid, Spain
    First Prize
  • 2013
    13th CERCO Internacional Biennial, Zaragoza, Spain
    Honourable Mention

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