What types of art do you specialize in?

We specialize in contemporary ceramics from the 1950s onward, including clay and porcelain sculptures.

Do you offer collection services?

Yes, we work with private collectors and artist archives to organize, document, and appraise ceramic art collections for deacquisition or placement.

Can you help with exhibition development?

Absolutely, we collaborate with museums and cultural institutions to develop and present ceramic art exhibitions.

Do you provide touring programs?

Yes, we curate and organize touring exhibitions for contemporary ceramic artists.

What are legacy projects?

Legacy projects include customized services for artists, such as retrospective catalogs, exhibitions, and museum acquisitions.

Project Tag: Cristina Córdova News

Jan

2023

The Clay Studio: Figuring Space Exhibition Catalog

Figuring Space Exhibition Catalog

The Clay Studio: Figuring Space Publication Date: January 2023. This catalog features highlights on the artists in the exhibition and includes commentary by Jennifer Zwilling, Curator & Director of Artistic Programs at TCS, and Dr. Kelli Morgan, who are working together to make Figuring Space relevant to our audiences and the art historical record. Dr. Morgan is a curator, educator, and social justice activist who specializes in American art and visual culture has worked with TCS in the past. Her scholarly and activist work combine to make her incredibly qualified to examine the issues of racial politics and the artistic use of the figure in this exhibition. Morgan has developed and championed new curatorial methodologies that privilege the voices of museum audiences, breaking the misconception that museums should hold all the authority dictating how to experience art. Collaboration with colleagues of varied experiences produce expansive curatorial perspective. Together, we are endeavoring to create an exhibition that can offer truly meaningful experiences for every person who walks into the gallery at The Clay Studio.

2023 Catalog
The exhibition catalog also includes color photography of select works in the exhibition.
8 x 10 x .5
Available for purchase for $15.00
Item:TCS-2252

Jan

2023

Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay

Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay Catalog by Cristina Córdova

Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay

Explore the human form in-depth, from concept sketches and armatures to detailed instructions for constructing legs, torso, arms, hands, and head from clay.

In Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay, renowned sculptor and instructor Cristina Córdova teaches everything you need to know to replicate the full human figure using clay.
Start by developing meaningful sketches and reference points.

Then learn how to make and use an armature to create hollow forms that are safe to fire in a kiln.

Using patterns and slabs, you can move on to develop a full human form, head to toe.
Work along with the author to create a form about two feet tall, or choose your own size: the patterns and instructions can work in a variety of scales.

Photographic demonstrations and diagrams cover the construction and articulation of feet and legs, the hip area and upper torso, arms, hands, neck, and head. Cristina includes supplementary tips and insights throughout to support the sculpting process and enhance naturalism. You’ll also find a brief section on general anatomical concepts and modeling strategies to facilitate accuracy and expression as all the components come together.

Whether you are a clay artist with limited experience in figurative sculpture or a figurative sculptor outside the world of ceramics looking for a straightforward fabrication strategy to create permanent compositions from clay, Mastering Sculpture: The Figure in Clay will expertly guide your way.

Publication Date: 2022, Quarry Books
Fully illustrated 192 pages

Dec

2021

IN DIALOGUE: Cristina Córdova & Kukuli Velarde Exhibition Catalog

IN DIALOGUE: Cristina Córdova & Kukuli Velarde
Ferrin Contemporary Exhibition Catalog

Exhibition catalog for IN DIALOGUE: Cristina Córdova & Kukuli Velarde at Ferrin Contemporary, Oct. 16 – Dec. 30, 2021. With luscious photos and detailed artist statements, this catalog gives depth and insight into the motivations behind the exhibition and the artworks therein.

October 16 – December 30, 2021 at Ferrin Contemporary – curated by Leslie Ferrin
Catalog features detailed artist statements
Published on Dec 28, 2021

Mar

2020

IDENTITY 4: Voices | Craft in America Center

IDENTITY: 4 VOICES

Craft in America Center

Los Angeles, CA

In light of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the safety and well-being of our visitors, the Craft in America Center will be closed to the public until April 1st.

We are developing a virtual tour, so that the public can have a chance to view the inspiring works of these four visionary artists.

Craft in America Center is pleased to present an exhibition by four artists who explore issues of gender, race, culture, and place, offering true expressions of their experience in this world. Cristina Córdova, Wendy Maruyama, Cara Romero, and Diego Romero draw upon their heritages and identities as makers to translate their experiences into fine art. All four artists were featured in Craft in America episode’s most recent episode of our PBS Documentary Series, IDENTITY.

See more HERE

New York Times feature HERE

COMPOSING FORM | Helen Day Art Center

COMPOSING FORM

Helen Day Art Center, Stowe Vermont

June 22- August 24, 2019

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 22, 5pm – 7pm

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

This group exhibition of contemporary sculptors working in ceramics highlights both figurative and abstract work that is both poetic and humorous, referencing human history, intervention, and experience.

Installation

Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont.Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography.

Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont. Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography

Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont.Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography.

Helen Day Art Center, ‘Composing Form’, 2019, installation view, Stowe, Vermont. Images courtesy of Jesse Schloff Photography.

Artists Include:

Robin Best
Cristina Córdova
Sinying Ho
Sergei Isupov
Kadri Parnamets
Tara Thacker
Jerilyn Virden

EVENTS

Leslie Ferrin, director of Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams, MA will speak in conversation with curator, Rachel Moore about contemporary ceramics and the artists in Composing Form, the current exhibition at Helen Day Art Center.

Ferrin, a specialist in contemporary ceramics for forty years, represents several of the artists Moore chose for the survey exhibition. The two will discuss recent works by artists whose cultural identities are evident in the narratives conveyed through painted surfaces and sculpted form both in the exhibition and other examples in the field. The conversation will also touch on the influences and experiences of artists in the exhibition including American artist, Cristina Cordova whose Puerto Rican heritage is a major influence on her work and the four international artists in the exhibition, Russian born, Sergei Isupov Estonian born Kadri Parnamets and two who now produce their work in Jingdezhen, China, the birthplace of porcelain, Robin Best, Australian and Hong Kong-born Sinying Ho.

Curator Talk:

Leslie Ferrin and Rachel Moore in conversation at the Helen Day Art Center.

August 15, 2019 at 5:30pm

In the Exhibition

Robin Best, “The Knight of the Lions” 2016, porcelain, on-glaze xin cai , 14.1 x 7.9 x 10.25″ .

Sin-Ying Ho, “Wedlock” 2014, Porcelain, high fire reduction, hand painted cobalt pigment, computer decal transfer, terra sigillata, 16 x 8 x 8”.

Sin Ying Ho, “Wedlock” (detail) 2014 Porcelain, high fire reduction, hand painted cobalt pigment, computer decal transfer, terra sigillata, 16 x 8 x 8”.