Nora Pineda

Joined Artfinder: April 2019

Artworks for sale: 21

United States

Updates from Nora Pineda's studio

  • Art Santa Fe 2019

    Art Santa Fe 2019

    Nora in her booth at this spectacular art extravaganza!

    22 August 2019

    Art Santa Fe 2019

    Nora receives Best Sculptor of the Show award!

    22 August 2019

    Meet Nora!

    Nora Pineda’s ceramics and stonework are reflections of her Mexican cultural roots, brought to life as “stories in the round” transformed and mutated by a fusion of colors and shapes, imbued with life force from their creator. Hand-building her sculptures with coil and drape techniques, Pineda fires them at a high temperature, after which she glazes her pieces and re-fires before finishing them with oils and acrylics. She says “cone” rather than temperature when describing her firing process, a reference to an innovative measurement of energy predating the pyrometer or the thermocouple. For Pineda, sculpting is a magical process, not a scientific one. In cooking, there are molecular gastronomists, creating flavored foams and cubed eggs. Pineda is more of a soul food chef, instilling her creations with love and flooding her viewers with a sense of nostalgia, comfort, and emotion that she hopes they will reciprocate. “My work speaks also to healing,” Pineda says. “Pieces are created to capture great depth of emotion, celebration, suffering, and cultural bonding.” Nora Pineda’s work is on display at Agora Gallery in New York.

    16 April 2019

    Autumn Equinox Gallery Exhibit, New York City, USA

    Agora Gallery hosted the opening reception of Autumn Equinox: Collective Visions in Abstraction and Figuration. The exhibition features Nora Pineda works as well as fourteen other internationally known artists who contend with the traditions of figuration and abstraction. These artists draw from the past to present fresh, contemporary perspectives on universal ideas.

    16 April 2019
    Nora Featured in ARTisSpectrum Magazine

    Nora Featured in ARTisSpectrum Magazine

    We're delighted for my works, Grasshopper and Red Lips, to receive recognition in ARTisSpectrum! See the full coverage in Volume 38, November 2018.

    16 April 2019
    Art San Diego, USA

    Art San Diego, USA

    With collectors discussing the piece, Sun Play, at the prestigious Art San Diego held yearly in Del Mar, California.

    16 April 2019
    At Art Expo New York, April 2019

    At Art Expo New York, April 2019

    Village People and Blanket of Flowers viewed here.

    16 April 2019

    Take a Tour of the Studio!

    Please join me in my art studio today! You'll get a brief tour and a sneak peek at new pieces in creation and their process of development!

    09 April 2019
    Carving Before Firing

    Carving Before Firing

    Nora's studio space.

    09 April 2019
    In Creation

    In Creation

    Nora in her studio in Chico, California.

    09 April 2019