MARILZA GOUVEA                  ceramics and paintings

 

Having trained as a psychologist and having an interest in anthropology and travel, I am inspired by ancient and simple societies, where everyday hand-made objects and architecture assume an importance in peoples lives.

 

By traveling abroad extensively I am able to enrich and reassure these feelings. In my work I try to express the importance of houses and buildings as places of power and spirituality.

They are 'Spirit Houses', an embodiment of the magic of life. I also try to express the idea of houses/ buildings as containers (pots) for people's lives, feelings and magic.

 

 

Selected Exhibitions: 

 

1993- 'Clay in their hands', women-potters travelling exhibition, England and Scotland

1994- 'Leigh Gallery' London

1996- "10th Anniversary Exhibition" London Potters - Morley Gallery "Hidden Art of Hackney" The Chocolate Factory, London

1997- "Galerie Bednartz" Bochum, Germany

1997/8- “Art in Clay”, Hatfield Ceramic Festival, England1998/9- "Hidden Art of Hackney", London

2000-"Hidden Art", London

2002 Urban Garden – Olympia Exhibition Hall—London

2003 “London in Colour” London Chamber of Commerce

2014 Beaucatcher Salon, London

 

Prizes and International Events:

 

1992 'Ceramique au Chateau' Beerveld Castle, Belgium

1992/94 International Keramiek Pottenbakkersmarkt, Swalmen, Holland

1995 Galerie Keramiek, Holland

1997/8- "Art in Clay", Hatfield Ceramic Festival, England

2002 International Keramiek en Pottenbakkersmarkt- Swalmen -Holland

2002- CERCO- ‘II Premio Internacional de Ceramica’-- Finalist, Zaragoza, Spain

2003/2005 “TERRANIA-Festival Internacional de Ceramica”- Montblanc, Spain

2004/2006 “ART IN CLAY” Hatfield, England

2006 -“V Simposio Internacional de Ceramica”, Camaguey, Cuba