MARIO QUILLES ceramic sculpture: BIO

New Mexico Showcase

"TOPOS INSTALLATION" was part of the exhibit "New Mexico Showcase" at 516 Arts in Albuquerque curated by Peter Frank

February 4- April 28, 2012

Santa Fe New Mexican, Pasatiempo, March 9, 2012:

"Other works that caught my attention..."Topos Installation", an ensemble of colorful stoneware pieces By Mario Quilles.

Topos Installation has a wonderful sense of playfulness, with its jumble of seven stoneware pieces atop a short, makeshift bench covered in black felt. The dark support activates the taffy-colored, cone-shaped objects in a way that recalls the fanciful mushroom dance in Disney's animated feature Fantasia. Quilles' textured surfaces, employing pockmarks,protruding nebs, and wavy lines,heighten the effect of the pieces' toylike quality." reviewed by Douglas Fairfield,

516 Arts

MARIO QUILLES

A BRIEF HISTORY

A graduate of the School of Industrial Arts, and the Cooper Union
Art School, both in New York City, I then went on to study
ceramics in Los Angeles with Ron Klieber, Virginia Cartwright,
and later Wayne Higby and Robin Hooper.

2012: Winner of the Harnack/Lancaster Award foe excellence and innovation in the ceramic arts

Exhibits Include:

"Celebration of Clay", Sept 2012
“New Mexico Showcase, 516 Arts, ABQ 2012
Red Dot Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2011
National Hispanic Cultural Center, permanent collection exhibit
“Estamos”, 2010
Harwood Art Center, Abq, 2011
Hester Fine Art, Chapel Hill, NC 2005-present
Univ of New Mexico, Los Alamos,
“Out of the Desert”, April 2003
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
14th Annual Ceramics Show
Helix Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 2001, 2000
“Ceramica Puertoriquena Hoy / Today”:
Alcazar Gallery, Baltimore, Nov 1998,
sponsored by Baltimore Clayworks
Clay Sudio, Philadelphia, PA, May 1998
“Arte de Hoy para el Futuro”, Santa Fe
State Capitol Building, May 1998
Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Sherman Oaks Gallery
Glendale Community College
Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
East/West Gallery, La Cresenta, CA
Lever Bros Building Gallery, New York City, NY

Books:

Rooney, Ashley, “100 Southwest Artists”, Schiffer Publishing, 2013

Clark,Jimmy and Nogueira-Rogers, Doris “Ceramica Puertorriquena Hoy/Today”, Ceramic Art & Perception Pty Ltd, 2001

Reviews:
Douglas Fairfield, “NM Showcase”, Santa FE New Mexican, Mar, 2012

Wesley Pulkka, “An Overload of Superb Creation”, Abq Journal, March, 2012

“Celebration of Clay”, Rio Grande Sun, Sept 13, 2012

from NMPCA FB Page

Best of Show REVIEW:– Mario Quilles ‘Very Early Ocean Shell #1’ The two pieces of Mario Quilles caught my eye when I first stepped into the room, even though they are relatively small. The two pieces together look quite fresh and tender, and the unusual colors set them apart from everything else in the show. Drawing closer, the delicacy of the shapes and the finely crafted forms are enigmatic. ‘Very Early Ocean Shell #2’ is textured with little concave dots. ‘Very Early Ocean Shell #1’ is larger and smooth. The title reinforces the impression of tenderness and a sense of growth. The theme of water is especially well addressed in its connection to cleanliness, freshness, and growth. They seem plucked from underwater Photo: Best of Show – Mario Quilles ‘Very Early Ocean Shell #1’ The two pieces of Mario Quilles caught my eye when I first stepped into the room, even though they are relatively small. The two pieces together look quite fresh and tender, and the unusual colors set them apart from everything else in the show. Drawing closer, the delicacy of the shapes and the finely crafted forms are enigmatic. ‘Very Early Ocean Shell #2’ is textured with little concave dots. ‘Very Early Ocean Shell #1’ is larger and smooth. The title reinforces the impression of tenderness and a sense of growth. The theme of water is especially well addressed in its connection to cleanliness, freshness, and growth. They seem plucked from underwater 2 SharesLikeLike · · Share 3 people like this. New Mexico Potters and Clay Artists I talked to Mario at the opening about these pieces. He said they were born of a desire to return to the a simpler time, in the "beginning" so he was imagining the beginning of life in the ocean where the life forms were very simple and very alive! Mario is great fun to talk to !

Exhibit at Harwood Art Center

MARIO QUILLES

Ceramic Sculpture

“This collection of ceramic sculpture reflects the colorful images and shapes of Mario Quilles’ Santa Fe surroundings. The works are influenced by cactus forms and succulent vegetation, abstract shapes that are pleasing to the eye yet forbidding and sensuous. The pieces are low-fire stoneware, which allows for a range of bright colors. Quilles uses handmade tools made from roots and branches he has found along the arroyos to hammer the clay from the inside out. The pieces are never symmetrical, but reflect nature’s asymmetrical designs.”

MARIO QUILLES ceramic sculpture

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