Fernanda Pompermayer
From the vast intersections of mediums, Brazilian multidisciplinary artist Fernanda Pompermayer’s ceramic work is a testament to process and re-imagined context. She is based in London, but currently lives in Sao Paulo; her background as a fashion photographer and a graphic designer, as well as her audio visual work informed her integrated approach to the fixed objectivity of ceramics by being versed in the nature of all these mediums.
“I developed ROCHA, a ceramics project that feels like a materialization of my relationship with shapes, textures and colors that were already in flux in my other artistic pursuits.”
With her new project, she is also employing a new Japanese ceramic technique called Nerikomi, where she directly pigments the clay instead of during the glazing process. In a painterly manner, she executed dreamy patterns that evoke a balance of imbalance with a masterful collage aesthetic. Working in this way has allowed for more experimentation in both form and process, most of which are vases, jars, cups, platters and trays with an eclectic array of pastel hues. This fluid manner of process is dictated by the irregularity of each piece and the reality that she’ll never be creating the same exact colors.
"I do not like doing things similar to what already exists. I think of decorative objects that are utilitarian, but without ready-made molds or rules",
Her bold technique is admirable and reinforces the vigor and perspective she carries into her ceramics by way of her photography and graphic design. She recently moved to São
Paulo, where she set up her studio, Studio Rocha, in the apartment she lives in, in Perdizes.
Fernanda believes that in the city there are more opportunities for her artistic development, more places to seek and draw inspiration. As she continues creating, she pushes the barrier of her expression to foster her perspective through a liminal intersection of mediums she works in.
"I'm not good with words, I want to try new ways to express myself visually. I’m even thinking designing lamps and furniture that are different from the ordinary”, she reveals
