Fernando Casasempere 
Works available
Back to the Earth
2005
Stoneware and porcelain
125 × 74 × 728 cm / 4ft1 1/4 × 2ft5 1/8 × 23ft 10 5/8 ins
Biography
(1958–)
After studying both ceramics and sculpture in Barcelona, Fernando Casasempere returned to his birthplace, Santiago, where he consolidated his studies by working as a ceramics sculptor. After exhibiting extensively in both Chile and North America, his work began to feature in exhibitions overseas. He moved to London in 1997 bringing over twelve tonnes of his own mixtures of clay with him, a feat confirming his long-standing obsession with identity and his deep-seated concern for the environment. The Chilean landscape and Pre-Columbian background of the Latin world remain ever present in his sculptures and his most recent works combine these influences with the cityscapes and inspirations that London has offered him. His site-specific commission for the New Art Centre, Back to the Earth, can be seen emerging from the landscape at Roche Court.