XOHAN VIQUEIRA24 mar . 24 jun. 2018

Sala da Capela | MuSeu de Olaria

GeOGraFiaS dO TeMpO e da MeMÓriaE X P O S I Ç Ã O D E C E R Â M I C A C O N T E M P O R Â N E A

2009 Selected work in IX Premio de Cerámica Contempo- ránea CERCO 2009. Muel (may-july 2009); Museo de Cerámica Teruel, Teruel (august-september2009).2008 Ceramic permanent exhibition ien FLICAM, (FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums), Spanish Mu- seum. Fuping, Provincie of Shaaxi, China. 2007 Ceramic Exhibition in Center for Promotion of Han- dicrafts, Seúl, South Korea. 2007 Exhibition “Contemporary Iberian Sculpture” Pazo Congresos, Pontevedra, Spain.2007 Centro das Artes, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal and Museo do Azulexo, Lisboa, Portugal.2001 International Biennial of Ceramics of Aveiro, Exhibi- tion of the winners in previous editions, “Reflexão: Own Terra”, Aveiro, Portugal.1999 Ceramic Exhibition at Alameda, Vigo, Spain. 1999 Actual Ceramic Art Exhibition, National Ceramics Museum Gonzalez Marti, Valencia, Spain.1999 Ceramic Exhibition trained at the School of Arts and Crafts, National Ceramics Museum Gonzalez Marti, Valencia, Spain. 1999 Sculpture exhibition in “Galicia Terra Unica” Xunta de Galicia, Estación Marítima de Vigo, Vigo, Spain.

GUEST ARTIST

2017 7st Rencontre Internationale de la Ceramique d’Art, Centre National de la Céramique d’Art Sidi Kacem Jelizi, Tunisia. 2015 5st Rencontre Internationale de la Ceramique d’Art, Centre National de la Céramique d’Art Sidi Kacem Jelizi, Tunisia. 2011 Guest artist at the XIII International Contemporary Ceramics Course, Pazo de Cultura, Pontevedra, Spain. 2011 1st Rencontre Internationale de la Ceramique d’Art, Centre National de la Céramique d’Art Sidi Kacem Jelizi, Tunisia. 2008 Guest artist in the Ceramic Worshop de FLICAM (FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums), for de creation of Spanish Museum, Fuping, Shaaxi, China.2007 Guest artist in the “Internacional Ceramic Artists Performance”, IV World Cermics Biennal, Icheon, South Korea. 2005 Guest artist XIX International Meeting TERRACOTA in the “Centro de Creación y Promoción de las Artes Plásticas”, May, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. 1999 Guest artist in XXVIII “Experiencia de Tecnoloxia e Escola Libre”, August, Sargadelos, Lugo, Spain.

SOME LARGE-SCALE WORKS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS FLICAM (FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums), Fu-ping, Shaaxi, China.

La Casa de Las Palabras, Espacio escultórico Torre de Hércules, A Coruña.

Murals, fountains and sculptures, “Rainha Dª Leonor” Special Education School, Caldas de Rainha, Portugal

Ceramics Museum, Alcora.

Babel, High School, Alicante.

Sargadelos Museum and Factory, Lugo.

National Ceramics Museum “González Martí”, Valencia.

Industrial Ceramics College “Cencal”, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.

Mural in Colegio de Ingenieros y Peritos Industriales, A Coruña.

Auditorium de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela

Town Hall, Talavera de la Reina.

CONTACTS

XOHAN VIQUEIRA PÉREZ C/ Alquería Alta nº 746131 Casas de Bàrcena, ValenciaEspaña

Web: www.xohanviqueira.comFacebook: Xohan Viqueira PérezCorreo: xviqueira@hotmail.com

XOHAN VIQUEIRA: Geografias do tempo e da memóriaA instalação do artista Xohan Viqueira conduz-nos a um universo de conexões, de relações e interações entre espaços distantes na geografia e no tempo, na memória da recordação e na ex-periência do presente, e, tudo, através da cerâmica construída como obra artística.Construir narrativas de diálogo cerâmico é uma virtude da obra que Xohan Viqueira nos apresenta para a Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica Artística de Aveiro. Constrói toda uma cidade de cerâmica com a ideia do farol como referência, como símbolo. O farol é aquilo que nos guia, nos conduz, nos oferece seguran-ça e um ponto de referência no nosso caminho e nas nossas biografias e, neste caso, o artista oferece-nos um percurso que está unido aos seus próprios caminhos e à sua história de vida. Uma vida de cruzamentos entre o Atlântico e o Mediterrâneo, entre duas terras banhadas por dois mares tão diferentes, mas que são dois lares que transparecem, na sua obra, de forma magistral. Um dualismo que se cristaliza também nas suas co-res, o azul intenso, esse azul dos mares galegos que se suaviza num azul mais mediterrânico e que dialoga com as cores das terras sobre as quais descansa a sua olaria. Um azul que deixa, também, lugar aos maravilhosos azuis das praias de Aveiro, tão particulares e distintos.Mas, estes faróis, estas construções em cerâmica, com uma es-tética simbólica tão potente e uma técnica tão controlada, ligam-nos, na realidade, a todos os faróis do mundo, de todas as for-mas e tamanhos, tão diversos como diversos são os mares que banham o mundo e as suas terras. Estes faróis apresentam-se como pontos de conexão, mensagens tranquilizadoras num mar de desamparo e repleto de tormentas, em que, no final, e graças à arte, descobrimos que não estamos sós no oceano da vida, que existe quem nos guie, quem nos cuida, e, ainda que por vezes possa parecer passageiro, a sua luz chega e indica-nos que podemos andar por caminhos seguros.Xohan lança um grito de esperança através da arte cerâmica, num mundo em que, mediante a estética e a poética visual, se pode acreditar nas ações humanas de mudança, na solidarieda-de, e, especialmente, nos encontros entre seres humanos tão diversos, que, a cada dia, são mais necessários.

Ricard Ramon Camps, Universidade de Valência

1984 Diploma in Applied Arts and Crafts, Escola d’Arts i Oficis, Valencia.2004 B. A. Hons. in Fine Arts, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.

PRIZES 1999 2nd Prize, International Artistic Ceramics Biennal of Aveiro, Portugal.1994 Prize INAX. Tokoname, Japón.1991 Prize, 2nd Isaac Diaz Pardo Arts Competition, La Coruña.1990 Cuidad de Santiago Prize, 1st National Ceramics Week, Santiago de Compostela.1990 1st. Prize, Contemporary Ceramics, National Cera- mics Competition “Ciudad de Talavera”.1990 Acquisition Prize, Ceramics Competition, Santander.1989 J.L. LaHuerta Palop Prize, 8th National Ceramics Competition, Manises, Valencia.1989 2nd. Prize, 9th National Ceramics Competition, Quart, Gerona.1989 1st. Prize, 9th National Ceramics Competition L’Alcora, Castellón.1989 1st. Prize, International Artistic Ceramics Biennal of Aveiro, Portugal.1989 1st. Prize, 1st Halcon Veicar Ceramics Exhibition, Oleiros, La Coruña. 1988 Ceramista Cotanda Prize, 8th National Ceramics Competition L’Alcora, Castellón.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2017 Geografias del tiempo y la memoria, Museo de Avei- ro Santa Joana, XIII Biennal de Aveiro, Portugal. 2016 No Borders, Gonzalez Martí National Ceramics Mu- seum, Valencia, Spain. 2015 Exhibition Guest artists in the XII Biennal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. 2015 Feria Internacional del Arte y Cultura Cerámica Con- temporanea IFACC, Vila Real, Castellón, España.2011 Entrelineas, in Escola d’Art i Superior de Ceràmica de Manises, Valencia.

2010 Bienal de Viana do Castelo, Oficina Cultural del IPVC, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.2009 International Show of Contemporary Ceramic Cerco 2009.2006 Escola Superior de Ceràmica, Manises, Valencia. 2000 Gallery “Sargadelos”, Madrid.1996 Gallery “Citania”, Santiago de Compostela. 1996 Museum of Olaria, CENCAL collection, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. 1995 Casa de Galicia, Madrid.1990 National ceramics Museum “Gonzalez Martí, Valencia.1990 Gallery “Amboa”, Santiago de Compostela.1990 National Ceramics Fair, Santiago de Compostela. 1990 Gallery “Sargadelos”, Ferrol, La Coruña. 1990 Exhibition Hall of European Parliament, Strasbourg, France.1990 Gallery “Circulo y Cuadrado”, Sabarin-Baiona, Pontevedra. 1988 Arts Centre, Caixa Galicia, La Coruña. 1988 Gallery “Sargadelos”, Valencia.1988 Exhibition dedicated to Bordalo Pinheiro, Municipal Gallery, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal. 1987 Centre, Caldas de Rainha, Portugal.1987 National Tile Museum, Lisbon, Portugal. 1987 Arts Centre, Caixa Galicia, La Coruña.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (after 1999)

2014 Maestros con Escuela, Enric Mestre. Gonzalez Martí National Ceramics Museum, Valencia, Spain. 2011 1st meeting in Tunisia Land Discoveries, Tunisian Ministry of Culture, National Center for Ceramic Art. Tunisia. 2011 Selected work in 10ª Bienal Internacional de Cerâ- mica Artística de Aveiro, Portugal. 2010 Spanish Ceramics for the XXI century, April-June Chambers of NTCRI, Caotun, Taiwan, July-Septem- ber, Kaushung Museum, Taiwan. November-Februa- ry 2011, Yingge Ceramic Museum, Taiwan. 2010 Trienal Internacional de Cerámica de Mons, Cerámi- ca Española Contemporánea. Mons, Belgium.

XOHAN VIQUEIRA: Time and memory geographiesThe installation of the artist Xohan Viqueira leads us to a universe of connections, relations and interactions betwe-en spaces far way in terms of geography and time, in the memory of the recollection and in the experience of the present, and, all, through ceramic material built as artistic work. To build a narrative through the ceramic dialogue is a vir-tue of the work that Xohan Viqueira presents in the Inter-national Biennial of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro. It builds a ceramic city around the lighthouse, which functions as a reference, as a symbol. The lighthouse is what guides us, what leads us, offers safety and a reference point in our path and in our biography and, in this case, the artist offers us a path that is united to his own path and his life history. A life of crossings between the Atlantic and the Mediterra-nean, between two lands bathed by two seas so different, but that constitute two homes that we can see through the work in a perfect way. A dualism that is also crystallized in the colors, the deep blue, the blue of the Galicia seas that becomes softer in the Mediterranean blue and that dialo-gues with the earth colors upon which the works rest.These lighthouses built in clay, with an aesthetic symbo-lism so strong and with a controlled technique, connect us, in reality, to all lighthouses in the world, of all shapes and sizes, as diverse as the seas that bathe the world and its lands. These lighthouses present themselves as con-nection points, reassuring messages in an ocean of aban-donment and anguish, because in the end, thanks to art, we discover that we are not alone in the ocean of life, there is someone to guide us, to take care of us, and, thus far it can seem fleeting, the light comes and indicates that we can walk through safe paths.Xohan shouts hope through ceramic art, in a world that, by means of aesthetic and visual poetics, believes in the hu-man action of change, in solidarity and, most of all, in the encounters between human beings so diverse that, each day, are even more needed.

Ricard Ramon Camps, University of Valencia

XOHAN VIQUEIRA PÉREZ