Bio
One of the best memories I have of my childhood is of growing up in a house in the middle of nature, in the center of the island of Ibiza.
I spent all my childhood dreaming about becoming a professional piano player, and when I wasn’t practicing, the best place to be was outside the house. I remember spending hours with my brothers and sisters playing at making holes in the ground, filling them with water, adding sand, and with this mixture we made bowls and shapes that we left to dry in the sun. This constant connection with nature and its creative possibilities made me decide to study sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Valencia. There I discovered the beauty of the materials and I experimented with all the ones I could (bronze, wood, iron, stone, synthetic materials, plaster, fabric...).
When I finished my degree I moved to Barcelona, where I shared a workshop with other artists in the Raval of Barcelona where we had individual and collective exhibitions and other cultural events.
Another of my passions is teaching and after studying a Master in art and education at the UB I enjoyed for seven years to teach Visual and Visual Arts and Volume for primary school teachers at the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona while I was studying a second Master in university teaching.
For some years now I have been living in Breda, a village with a ceramic tradition at the foot of the Montseny. Here I have been able to settle in a large workshop where I have decided to dedicate myself full time to sculpture and to deepen in the possibilities of ceramic sculpture. Last year I have been invited to Japan for a two months residency to create new work for an exhibition, this was a transformative experience and has made me see the importance of living and sharing experiences in other places to expand and enrich my creative processes.
CV
Cécile Ribas. Ibiza 1977. French-Spanish origin, currently lives and works in Breda (Catalonia).
Academic Background
1995-2000 Universitat Politècnica de València, Fac. de St Carles - Bachelor of Fine Arts.
2000-2001 Universitat de Barcelona, Faculty of Fine Arts - Postgraduate course "Fire and Earth". Research on ceramic molds for bronze casting.
Individual exhibitions
2023 Alsta Folkhöskola Musikhuset Fränsta / Sweden/ Solo performance . “Fränsta - in my head”
2004 Gallery Van der Voort / Ibiza / "The room of the girls".
2002 Exhibition hall Sa Punta d'es Molí, Ajuntament de Sant Antoni, / Ibiza / "Lola's Holidays”.
Group exhibitions
2023 Setoshin Art Gallery. Seto / Aichi / Japan. Exhibition of the project realized along the international residency in Seto Ceramic & Glass Art Exchange Program
2022 We are Kunstraum, Berlin. I am not a sexual object [I am not a sexual object]. Curated by Diana Padrón. Collaboration with one piece for the exhibition of Nathalie Rey.
2021 Els Forns Exhibition Hall, Breda City Hall / Catalonia / "Artistic ceramics in Breda".
2010 4th edition of the Living Moon / El Raval / Barcelona / Artistic intervention "Grandma's house".
2008 Art and Architecture Space / Girona / Group exhibition "Author's madness".
2004 Sala Golden d' Or / Barcelona / "The soul of Ciutat Vella".
2003 Golden d' Or Gallery / Barcelona / "Radar".
2003 Golden d' Or Hall / Barcelona / "Bingo".
2002 Sala Golden d' Or / Barcelona / "La noche se de *los *muertos" (The night of the dead)
2002 Sala Golden d' Or / Barcelona / "La Pelugráfica*Fotoquería" (in the programming of the Primavera Fotográfica")
2001 Sala Golden d' Or / Barcelona / "Monsters of the neighborhood".
2001 Sala Golden d' Or / Barcelona / "It's already autumn in Golden d' Or".
From 1996 to 2023 she participates in several collective exhibitions, in the Valencian Country, The Netherlands and the Balearic Islands.
Awards and Scholarships
2023 Artist in Residence Västernorrland / Sweden / AiR Ceramics Category
2022 Seto International Ceramic & Glass Art Exchange Program / Japan / Artist in Residence
2021 Diputació de Girona. Projecta't Award.
2010 Biennial of ceramics La Galera / Tarragona / Honorable Mention.
2001 Universidad Complutense de Madrid / Scholarship for participation in the Sculpture Workshop directed by Julio López Hernández.
2000 Consellería de las Islas Baleares / 1st prize in sculpture Young Art Contest.
2000 National Academy of Fine Arts "San Alejandro /Havana /Cuba/Participation in the International Symposium of marble carving "La *Puerta de la *Amistad".
1998-1999 Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving" /s'Hertoguenbosch /The Netherlands /Erasmus Scholarship
Collections
Seto City Museum of Fine Arts, Japan.
Museum of Contemporary Art of Ibiza.
Alaquàs City Council / València
Hoxton Hotel. Barcelona
Other private collections in Seville, Mallorca, France and The Netherlands