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Vanesa Cabezas
Born 1997, Bogotá, COLOMBIA.
Lives and works in New York, NY, and North New Jersey.
EDUCATION
2014 - 2021 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Visual Arts.
Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia
2017-2019 | Labor technician with competence in wood.
Escuela de Artes y Oficios Santo Domingo, Bogotá, Colombia
Education and Learning Outside Academia
2026 | Siekopaai Potery Workshop, with Yadira Ocoguaje (who is coming from the Amazon), Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2026 | Intensive Workshop on ancient and contemporary clay instruments, by Suena Barro, Hernan Vargas and Natalia Scromov, Oaxaca, México
2026 | Taller de barro, by Jesus, Metepec, México
2026 | Taller de barro rojo, by Maestra Valentina Cruz, San Marcos Tlapazola, Oaxaca, México
2025 | La voz del agua, by Esteban Valdivia
2024 | Apache Nation Pottery, by Shelden Nuñez, Jacarilla, Dulce New Mexico, USA.
2021| Alfareria de la Cahmba, by Familia de Beatriz, La Chamba, Tolima, Colombia
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022 | Spring and Summer, Art Residency Program, Clayworks on Columbia Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2026 | The ceramics residency organized by The Color Network at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Maine
2026 | Collaboration with The Met Museum, hosted at The Met Cloisters. As part of the exhibition "Creatures of Myth and Imagination: Europe and the Americas," Conducted a live pottery demonstration for the museum's "How Did They Do It?" program and led a workshop on Moche pottery inspired by pieces in the museum's collection.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2022 | “Resident Artist Show”, Clayworks on Columbia Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2025 | “New Growth”, Uptown Clay, Manhattan, NY
GROUP EXHIBITION
2027 (UPCOMING EXHIBITION)
NCECA Belonging 2027,
the 61st Annual NCECA Conference
Baltimore, Maryland, March 10–13.
2026
Small Favors
The Clay Studio
Philadelphia, PA
2026
SECADO AL SOL : SUNDRIED
National Academy of Design
Manhattan, NY
2025 -2026
SIEMBRA
Black Brick Proyect
Brooklyn, NY
2024
Jersey City Birds Art Show
Barrow Mansion
Jersey City, NJ
2023
Volando al explendor de un legado
Consulado de Colombia
Newark, NJ
2022
Mujer Barro
This is Latin America
Brooklyn, NY
2022
"Sin Bordes" Resident Artist Show
Clayworks on Columbia
Brooklyn, NY
2019
Séptima Muestra Iberoamericana de Arte Miniatura y Pequeño Formato
Plástica San Pedro Garza García
Mexico
2018
3D Divergencias
FUGA
Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño
Bogotá, Colombia