Anabelí D González
Anabelí lives in Kalmar, has attended Capellagården and studied ceramics at HDK – Valand, University of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg. In 2016 and 2017 she received the IASPIS (International Artists Studio Program) to go to Jingdezhen, China, in 2021 she received a two-year work grant from the Artists' Council. Anabelí sees her activity as research into the power of the artistic process; about scale and size. - I investigate mud and burning by challenging myself. How big can I build, how big sculptures can I burn? What happens to presence and feeling when a sculpture becomes so big that I can't even embrace it? The first time Anabelí's hands met the clay was in Northern Norway in the 1990s. She was in her 20s and it had been several years since she left her hometown of Mexico City. She didn't have any thoughts about ceramics when she was growing up, but eventually the power of clay hit her. - When I wasn't tied to the cylindrical thing at the turntable, the stuff got bigger. It became more sculptural and figurative. I hadn't done that before. I love the turntable, but nothing beats swirling. It's what I feed my soul with.