Katalina Caliendo explores metaphors on the relationships between our environments and being human. Her ceramic practice embodies haptic and sensorial inquiries often from considering Social Science, Environmental Philosophy and Ecology.
She has exhibited through fairs and gallerys throughout the United Kingdom such as Collect Art Fair at Someret House, Design Musuem London, Chelsea Design Centre, London Art Fair, and Crafting a Difference at Shoshiro House. Katalina Caliendo holds a masters degree from the Royal College of Art and is a Queen Elizabeth Benefact Trust Scholar.
“I aim to facilitate vital explorations of our relationship to, and place within, the material and natural world. ”
Education
Royal College of Art London 2021 Masters of Arts in Ceramics and Glass
University of Hertfordshire Hatfield 2019 Bachelor of Arts Honours in Contemporary Design Crafts First Class Honours with a University Prize
Awards
Global Talent Visa 2022 Endorsed by Arts Council England
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust 2020 Benefact Trust Scholar
Exhibitions/Residencies
Common Clay, WCCD Residency, Bexhill on Sea, UK 06/2024-12/2024
Newhaven Art Space, Newhaven Open, UK 08/2024
Cromwell Place London, UK 12/2021, Meta
Design Museum London London, UK 07/2021 The Power of Material: From Virtual to Physical
11 Avenue Studios London, UK 06/2021-07/2021 Sketch
The Argentine Ambassador’s Private Residence London, UK 10/2021 London Craft Week
401 Gallery London, UK 06/2021-10/2022 Intervals
Design Centre Chelsea Harbour London, UK 22 - 29 June 2021 Artefact
Somerset House London, UK 02/2021 Collect Art Fair
Shoshiro House London, UK 01/2021-04/2021 Crafting a Difference
Somerset House London, UK 02/2020 Collect Art Fair
Mint Gallery London, UK 14/09/2019-30/09/2019 ‘RAW’ London Design Festival
Mission Gallery Swansea, UK 13/08/2019-07/09/2019 Jane Phillips Graduate Award showcase
Convention Centre London UK 26/06/2019-29/06/2019 New Designers
Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft Ditchling, UK Colour Journey
Modern Art Oxford Oxford, UK 09/2018-10/2018 Future Knowledge
University of Hertfordshire Hatfield, UK 11/2017 Hatfield, Telescoped