Maria De Cervelló Bofill I Francí

Place: Barcelona

Born: 1937

Death: 2021

Biography:

Maria de Cervelló Bofill i Francí (1937 – 30 March 2021) was a Spanish Catalan ceramist. She was born in Barcelona and began training in 1953 at Escola Massana. In 1956, she started working in the potter's workshop of Jordi Aguadé i Clos, where she worked until 1961. In 1969, she won a scholarship from the Castellblach Art Foundation to study in Tokyo. She did guest internships as a research professor at various institutions, including Hammersmith College of Art and Building in London, Sunderland Polytechnic of Art and Design in Sunderland, Kyoto City University of Arts in Kyoto, Universidad Veracruzana in Veracruz, Hartwick College in New York, Triennale de la Porcelaine in Nyon, University of Haifa in Israel, European Ceramics Work Center in Hertogenbosch, Atelier de Céramique Artistique Méditerranéenne in Hammamet, and International Symposium on Ceramics in Siklos. She has been awarded in various competitions and her work is part of prestigious art collections. The source of her inspiration was mainly natural elements, although on some occasions architectural elements as well. She was also a member of the International Academy of Ceramics until her death. Bofill died of COVID-19 on 30 March 2021 during the pandemic in a hospital in Barcelona, where she was infected after being admitted for a surgical intervention related to the cancer she suffered.