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Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

 
Nicholas Arroyave-Portela in his studio on Broadwa

 
Address & Contact Details

Ceramics    
 
8 Broadway Market Mews  
London  
E8 4TS  
 
Tel: E8 4TS  
Fax: E8 4TS  
Email: nap@connectfree.co.uk  
Contact: Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

About

   
Water is seas, rivers, 70% of a human body, rain, hydrogen and oxygen. It distorts and refracts the perceptions of objects when they are immersed in it; it bends light, is prone to extreme mood swings both gentle and violent.

These contradictions in the nature of water are what excite and infuse every aspect of my work from the conception to the making and, if anything, I try to recreate a tension and a dramatic visual experience.

Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher said: "It is written the water that flows into the earthenware vessel takes on its form." Throwing for me has become the best way to express qualities of a spiritual and almost ethereal nature.
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Commissions

   
Collections

Ashmolean Museum Oxford.  

Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.  

Cleveland Arts Centre, Middlesborough.  

Mint Museum, Virginia USA.  

Philadelphia Art Museum, USA.  

Houston Craft Centre, Texas, USA.  

The National museums and Galleries Merseyside, Liverpool.

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Outlets

Own studio by appointment.

Nicholas Arroyave-Portela

Nicholas Arroyave-Portela