Arteles Catalogue 2023-2020

Fall into Focus program / OCTOBER 2023
Marcio de Moura Nogueira
Brazil
marciodemouranogueira.weebly.com
About
I am a potter and a ceramic teacher from Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. I began my ceramic studies in Edinburgh, Scotland
and Stockholm, Sweden. Since then I have been fascinated
by ceramics for more than 40 years. In 1984 I was awarded
a scholarship in the ceramics specialization course in
Florence, Italy.
In definition of my reality I ask myself what is the deepest
meaning of what I am experiencing trying to find answers
and a new relationship with the world of imagination, to have
a deeper understanding of my ancestral past and racial,
national and religious heritage to my family backgrounds.
Alone in the studio producing one of a kind tableware my
work absorbs texture, color and shapes from my state of
mind and by chance. My teaching work is directioned to
social projects with groups of people of different ages. I work
with the transformation of their lives and the specific needs
of each community of Sao Paulo, Bahia, or Espirito Santo.
I am a member of the Association of Ceramists of Espirito
Santo/CERAMES.
Family album
A few weeks later, the story built at Arteles had very specific
developments, causing transformation to continue from the
inside out. Opening new perspectives and new ways of living
with creativity and love. Awakening in me the confidence to
follow and have a hopeful vision of living better days.
Arteles was a laboratory of art and emotions, where my
side as a painter blossomed intensively and I had creative
coexistence with other artists, silence and the tasks inherent
to the daily life of a community, where lunches, reflection and
organization took place.
I managed well to carry out my project and once again
exchanges with artists, silence and conversations by bonfire
prevailed, and everything got even better. I have a lot to thank
the Arteles team who helped from the beginning to ensure a
harmonious and friendly season. Finland is without a doubt
an excellent country to be in and be inspired by in October.
Arteles welcomed me, gave me a room, a nest and from then
on everything went smoothly to start my project, which was
represented through drawing and acrylic on A3 paper, of
photographs of my family. The photos were damaged by the
action of the weather and chosen at random, two months
earlier my residence started, during a hot late afternoon in
Bahia, Brazil.