Emili Biarnes
Emili Biarnes's GalleryBorn: Barcelona, 1956
Emili is “fascinated by the earth’s language, by the fire’s power to define shape and to define time.”
He works with red clay in a down draft gas kiln at roughly 1040 C. His techniques include throwing and slab building and he incorporates metallic lustres along with his own glazes.
Education:
Studied Industrial Design at Arts and Crafts School “La Llotja” (Barcelona 1972-76)
Attended Monografic courses at Ceramic School of La Bisbal (Girona 1982-83)
Seminar on Luster by Alan Caiger Schmith (Barcelona 1990)
Monografic course “Big Size Work” by Marti Royo (Llers, Girona 1996)
Emili set up his own workshop in St. Pere de Torello in 1987 and from there has developed his creative work.
Exhibition and Awards:
1992-93 Collective exhibitions: Textures- A.C.C. Barcelona
Homenatge a Antoni Cumella, Sala Acento, Madrid
1994 Selected at the Ceramic Competition of Quart, Girona
1995 Collective exhibition: Sala Desko, Belgica
1996 Second prize in the Ceramics Competition in Gouda, Holland
1997 First prize in the 2. Prix Euregio-Raeren, Belgique
Collective exhibition-New Work from Europe,Plymouth Arts Center, England
1998 Collective exhibitions: Glazes-Galerie Kinkel. Leverkusen (G)
BRF-Hall, 4700 Eupen,Belgique
First prize in the Ceramics Competition in Gouda,Holland
Work acquiredby Topferei Museum in der Burg Raeren,Belgique
1999 Member of de Jury in Gouda Ceramic Prize-Holland
2000 Collective exhibition-Keramisto-Rufford Art Center,England
2001 Collective exhibition in Seeschloss Ort-Gmunden, Osterreich
Individual exhibition-Fragments-Can Cors-Girona,Spain
2002 Collective exhibition-Ceramica- Mid Cornwall Galleries, England
Selected at the XVIII Bienn. Intern. De Ceramique- Vallauris, France
Selected at the 22 Concurs Intern. De Ceramica L’Alcora, Spain
2003 Work acquired by the Town Hall collection- Montblanc, Spain
Dual exhibition. Contemporary Art Gallery-Maison du Chevalier, Carcassone,
France
2004 Exhibition at Toon Thijs-Keramiek Gallery, Holland