TOMAS CARPIO
About me
Ceramics has been a powerful medium that has helped me develop a distinct language within my artistic and sculptural practice. Various beings have become the central focus of my work: playful, humanized creatures and imaginary animals born from the imagination and inspired by the mythical representations of ancient cultures. Dreamed, envisioned, and reinterpreted through a personal perspective, they form different herds, families, and stories that coexist within a shared universe.
Practice
Awards & Recognition
2024 Excellence Award — Vitality Clay, 12th Annual International Youth Ceramic Arts Competition and Exhibition (Shiwan Cup 2024), Shiwan Ceramics Museum, Guangdong, China. August 2024.
2004 First National Prize — I Contemporary University Art Biennial (UTE), Quito, Ecuador.
Solo Exhibitions
2025 “Simbiosis” — Ceramic Research Institute, Jingdezhen University, Longquan.
2025 “Animarios” — Museo de Arte Moderno, Cuenca, Ecuador.
2024 “Manada” — Loya Art Space, Cixi City, Zhejiang, China.
2024 “Manada” — JCU Research Institute, Longquan, China.
2024 “Manada” — International Studios, Taoxichuan Art Avenue, Jingdezhen, China.
2016 “Trilogia del Origen” — Ceramics and Sculpture, Asociacion Cultural Humboldt, Quito, Ecuador.
2015 “Animarios” — Sculpture and Ceramics, Perro de Loza Gallery, Quito, Ecuador.
International Group Exhibitions
2025 The 12th Gyeongnam International Art Fair 2025, South Korea (September 2025).
2025 Across Mountains and Seas, Taoxichuan Qiunio Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China (October 2025).
2025 Contemporary International Ceramics and The 2nd Ceramics Works Exhibition of the Songzhuang Ceramics Association, Beijing, China (October 2025).
2025 “Echoes of the Earth”, JAEA Ceramic Center, Jingdezhen, China (Dec 2024-Feb 2025).
2024 For Reunion, Jingdezhen, China (Spring & Autumn Art Fair 2024).
2024 12th Shiwan Cup: Vitality Clay, Shiwan Ceramics Museum, Guangdong, China (Aug 2024).
2024 Four Squares of Earth and Water, Sculpture Museum, Qingdao City, China (Aug-Dec 2024).
2024 International Exhibition of Ceramic Resident Artists, Tao Jin Art Center, Jingdezhen, China (Oct-Nov 2024).
2024 “Fusion Evolution: Ceramics and Art in the Post-Globalization Era”, Towyi Cultural Development, Jingdezhen, China (Oct-Nov 2024).
2023 Second International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics, Shenzhen, China (Dec 2023).
2023 Ford Dreams, International Exhibition, Spring & Autumn Art Fair (2023).
2016 “At Full Volume”, Collective Sculpture Festival, Panta Siete Gallery, Quito (Nov 2016).
Residencies
2025-2026 International Studio No. 7, Shiwan China Ceramics Art Research Base, Foshan, Guangdong, China. October 2025 – January 2026.
2025 DOUBLE 24, Winter International Ceramics Workshop, No. 7 Shiwan China Ceramics Art Research Base, Foshan, Guangdong, China. December 2025.
2025 Jingdezhen University Ceramics Research Institute, Longquan, China. April – June 2025.
2025 “Art Creative Territory: Ceramics and Sculpture Residency”, Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Ecuador. January – March 2025.
2024 Wang Ou, Taoxichuan, Longquan, China. June – September 2024.
2023-2024 International Studio, Taoxichuan, Jingdezhen, China. October 2023 – May 2024.
Collections
2025 Goheung Buncheon Cultural Museum, Goheung, South Korea.
2025 Museo de Arte Moderno de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.
2025 Guangdong Shiwan Ceramics Museum, Foshan, China.
2024 Ceramic Art Avenue Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China.
2023 Ceramic Art Avenue Art Gallery, Jingdezhen, China.
Selected Experience
2021-2022 Intercultural and Rural Projects: led ceramics trainings with indigenous communities, including the “Improvement of Firing Process” project with the Shuar community.
2023 International Experience: technical assistance and ceramics workshops in Chile (2023), and participation in the International Artists’ Forum of the VI World Celadon Congress in Longquan, China (2023).
Education & Training
2000-2005 University of Cuenca: Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts, Major in Plastic Arts, Faculty of Arts.
2005-2006 University of the Basque Country (Spain): Scholarship for specialization in Ceramics and Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts.
2009-2019 Complementary training: applied to architecture (U. de Cuenca, 2019); Public Policy and Basic Education Teaching modules (Ministry of Education, 2012); I Contemporary University Art Biennial (UTE Quito, 2004); International Seminar on Public Art and Curatorship (VII Cuenca Biennial, 2004); ceramics and handmade paper workshops (Central Bank of Ecuador Museums, 1998-1999).