What is happening in this town in Castellón that attracts artists from around the world?
An artist residency can be many things: a retreat, a gamble, a test of endurance, or a laboratory where the present simmers at low temperature. Every year, the province of Castellón, and a particular locality, becomes the epicenter of contemporary ceramic creation, opening its kilns and workshops to artists who view clay not as inert material, but as a living and expansive language. What is this place? What initiative is this?
The 2025 edition of the CeramicRes project, the fourth already, kicks off in September with three new protagonists who will explore, shape, debate, and showcase their artistic research processes over several weeks. Until now, the secret was well kept, but the names of this new creative journey that will take place in Alcora have now been revealed.
Who are the protagonists?
The artist from Madrid, Andrés Izquierdo, with his project Path to Penyagolosa, proposes a symbolic and material route through the identity landscape of Castellón. The Peruvian Silvana Hurtado-Dianderas, with Embodied Resonances, investigates the relationship between body, clay, and ancestral memory. And the artist from Zaragoza, Leticia Martínez, with Totemic, proposes a sculptural imagery that draws from the ritual, the feminine, and the symbolic.
Notable Jury
Their projects have been selected by a multidisciplinary jury that brings together prominent figures from curation, cultural management, art criticism, and contemporary ceramic practice, such as Alicia Ventura, Sara Zaldívar, José Luis Clemente, Nacho Tomás, and Teresa Calbo, among others.
CeramicRes is not just a residency, it is much more: it is a platform for collective experimentation driven by the Co-net_ collective, formed by Agustín Serisueloy and Carlos Sebastiá, in collaboration with institutions such as the Diputació de Castelló, the Ajuntament de l'Alcora, the ESCAL, the Museu de Ceràmica, and the Marte Fair. The funding includes €3,200, accommodation, technical assistance, and an equipped workspace, culminating in an Open Studio open to the public.
Artists such as Mónica Mays, Luisa Pastor, or Álvaro Albaladejoya have left their mark in previous editions. Now, the fire is reignited to welcome a new generation of contemporary ceramists ready to engage in dialogue with the territory, with history... and with clay.