
Porcelain, gold luster, hand modeling and slip cast, 70 cm x 80 cm x 7 cm, 2014. Proteus, the Greek god who changed shape. Amoebas were created by Proteus, are parasites of man. Amoebas have taken the form of those dishes, have been parasited, have become part of these human cells. This work represents the way in which certain individuals begin their cycle in the body of living beings. The cilia are extending upward, as if seeking to others where parasite. AMOEBA, represents the first life forms, some of which can mutate into the body of other living beings.

Porcelain, glaze, gold luster, volcanic ash, hand modeling and slip cast, 80 cm x 80 cm x 10 cm, 2015 Life hatches in the original broth. These dishes served, biological invasions arise. Dishes start to deform because these forms of life want to be part of them. They take roots. They take it. This rich broth containing organic compounds as carbon, mainly nitrogen and hydrogen. It is exposed to ultraviolet rays and electricity. The result is that some simple structures, an early version of DNA-based living creatures are generated. Part of this result gave rise to the theory of Evolution. Artwork tells the story of the origin of life on earth. It is a tribute to the Russian biologist Alexander Oparin.

Porcelain colored, glaze, gold luster, mother of pearl luster, hand modeling and slip cast, entomological boxes, variable dimensions, 90 cm x 80 cm x 15 cm, 2015 Sample of mutant species. They were not genetically wanted result. The work prepares the viewer to be transported to strange worlds where nature seems to have thrown the rule book out the window. Leads the audience on a journey of discovery to understand the powerful forces that create the mysteries of evolution.

Porcelain colored, glaze, gold luster, mother of pearl luster, hand modeling and slip cast, 90 cm x 90 cm x 15 cm, 2015 It represents the creation, transformation, the subtlety of the impulse of life. Other species that are being born. Other forms of life.

Porcelain, gold luster, modeling and slip cast, 70 cm x 60 cm x 10 cm, 2014 Origin of life, the fragility of design, combining two cells, a new alignment. GENESIS suggests thinking about the origin of life, in the combinations, creating an image that feeds the viewer enthusiasm, establishing a link between their sense with the object. At the same time understanding the unpredictability established.

Colored porcelain, slipware porcelain, glaze, gold luster, hand modeling and slip cast, 60 cm x 30 cm x 15 cm, 2016 It immerses us in the moment of fertilization, that magic spark, which gives rise to a new being. Representing the moment when egg and sperm unite.

Stoneware, porcelain, colored porcelain, glazes, gold luster, pottery, hand modeling, 32 cm diameter x 8 cm, 2017 Myzocytosis (from Greek: myzein, (μυζεῖν) meaning "to suck" and kytos (κύτος) meaning "container", hence referring to "cell") is a method of feeding found in some heterotrophic organisms. It is also called "cellular vampirism" as the predatory cell pierces the cell wall and/or cell membrane of the prey cell with a feeding tube, the conoid, sucks out the cellular content and digests it. With this work I intend to represent a series of individuals capable of destroying the structures of other living beings. Predator cell containers.
Artist Statement
Beginning as a child with my mother, ceramist, and giving the first steps in this art, later I incorporate techniques that allowed me to expand the repertoire of shapes, textures and designs, to this I added my research and inquiry that gave me my training as a Biologist .
I focus my work on people and place. I look for forms and materials to communicate my thoughts.
Environment, evolution of man, development on the planet and consequences on nature, are keys of my work. They have always an inherent relationship with nature.
I always try to depict a positive message too - the persistence of nature in recapturing what once belonged to the earth.
I have found a very strong point of connection with the mud-clay, because the fact of creation and destruction from this, is organic and symbolizes to sum up the beginning of our own lives.
Nature, fragility, weightlessness and repetition are all key elements that inspire me to explore and shape the porcelain with spontaneity, creating new organic forms inspired by the natural world. I am fascinated by the concept of multiples and the possibilities that it offers me to work with an extensive range of scale.
-- Marcelo Fernandez Mainardi
Bio
I was born in Buenos Aires, where I live and work.
Biologist, designer and teacher by profession. Ceramic artist by vocation and passion.
• Biologist, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires (BA Program)
• Istituto d’Arte Stadale Gaetano Ballardini in Faenza, Italy
• Laboratories with Bruno Munari, Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1997
• Laboratory Beba Restelli, Faenza, Italy, 1997
• Mirtha Dermisache’s workshops, 1997/8
• Instituto Municipal de Cerámica de Avellaneda, 2000
• Independent Workshops Alejandra RJones, Leo Tavella, Marta Harispe
• Seminars and Work Clinics with Graciela Olio, Gabriel Baggio, Hernán Marina, Fabiana Barreda, Cristina Martinelli, Laura Spivak, Olga Pareja Lucu (Uruguay), Pilar Cotter (Spain), Alice Diniz (Portugal), Ester Bonomo and Tulio de Sagastizábal.
• Filete Porteño (is a type of artistic drawing, with stylised lines and flowered, climbing plants, typically used in Buenos Aires, Argentina) with Silvia Dotta
• Photography : Matias Kritz , Marcos Zimmermann, Fefo Veloso, Jorge Lorenzón, Esteban Pastorino Díaz
• Video clinic, with Diego Stickar
• Project and Ceramic Design with Ester Bonomo (Architect and Ceramic Artist ) 2015 / 2016
• Contemporary Jewelry with Jorge Castañón, at La Nave Workshop, Buenos Aires. 2015
• Seminar “Contemporary Art Practices fibers” with Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone. June 2016
• Ceramic Crystallization Seminar by Fabiana Sacnum. August 2017
• Contemporary Ceramic Seminar – ISA, University of the Arts. Havana, Cuba – January 2018
Since 2009, I research on ceramics ceramic-graphic and screen printing techniques applied to the ceramic support. My works show some of this technique.
I have participated in collective exhibitions and been selected in many competitions worldwide where I have been awarded with prizes and recognitions.
Participation as speaker at VI Conference of the Fire’s Arts – School of Ceramic Rogelio Yrurtia – Mar del Plata (September 2016)
My work is part of important private and public collections, national and international.
— Marcelo Fernandez Mainardi