Exhibition and Awards
Throughout her career, Erminia Guarino has successfully intertwined matter with poetry, pushing her art beyond traditional boundaries. Her creations, rooted in the memory of the land and poised between innovation and tradition, have been featured at prestigious national and international events.
Among the most significant stages of his journey:
• the FIJLKAMArte 2022 Award , where the work “I Kata – The essence of karate” stood out by winning second place, a visual tribute to the harmony between strength and movement;
• the creation of the trophy for the Jo Bastianich Award , a symbol of artisanal excellence and testimony to the deep bond with the Praia a Mare area;
A journey narrated through forms, prizes, and awards, where each work becomes the voice of an incessant quest, rooted in the earth but projected toward universal horizons.
🎖 FIJLKAM Art Award 2022 – Between Sport and Art 🎖
In 2022, Erminia Guarino distinguished herself at the FIJLKAM Art Exhibition "Between Sport and Art," taking second place with her work "I Kata – The Essence of Karate." A series of ceramic plates that translate the movement and discipline of martial arts into material, in a gesture that combines strength, balance, and visual poetry.
🏆🏆 Jo Bastianich Award – Praia a Mare 2022
In the summer of 2022, Erminia Guarino designed the artistic trophy for the Jo Bastianich Prize , celebrated in Praia a Mare. A vibrant work that intertwines the language of music and ceramics, inspired by the pentagram and notes: symbols of creativity, harmony, and cultural roots.
🖼🖼 Donation to the Palafrido Museum – San Severino Lucano 2022
In 2022, Erminia Guarino donated some of her works to the Palafrido Museum in San Severino Lucano. These unique pieces, through the language of contemporary ceramics, express her profound connection to the land, nature, and landscape of Lucania, in a timeless dialogue between art and environment.
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Main exhibitions and displays:
• 1998: "Raffaele Crudo" Exhibition – State Art Institute of Cetraro
• 2003: Museum of Contemporary Art of Praia a Mare – Ceramic panel in Piazza Municipio
• 2006: "Terra e Terre" – Homage to Gino Guarino, Retrospective exhibition
• 2017:
or Ceramics Festival – Blanda Municipal Museum of Tortora (CS)
or Personal Exhibition – Borgo di Fiuzzi Resort, Praia a Mare
or Personal Exhibition – Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art of Praia a Mare
• 2018:
or International Biennial of Ceramic Art – Museum of Ascoli Piceno
or Tyrrhenian Biennial – Salerno
or Matres International Festival of Women's Ceramics – Cava de' Tirreni (SA)
or Contemporary Art Group Exhibition "Mare Nostrum" – Amalfi
• 2019:
or Archive of 20th-Century Italian Ceramics – edited by Roberto Conti
• 2020:
or "I Often Look at the Sky" – Contemporary Art Exhibition – Casa Cava Gallery, Matera
• 2021:
o FIDEM – International Art Medal Exhibition – Tokyo
or Assteas International Prize – National Archaeological Museum of Sannio Caudino, Montesarchio (BN)
or Ceramics in Love – Castellamonte, Turin
or ICRE International Sculpture – Barcelona, Spain
or International Iside Award – Procida
or Exhibition “The Environment – Yesterday, Today and Maybe Tomorrow” – Fijlkam Museum, Ostia
• 2022:
or "Fijlkam between sport and art" – Fijlkam Museum, Ostia Lido – Award-winning work "I Kata"
Associations:
• Member of FIDEM – International Federation of Medal Art
• Member of AIAM – Medal Art Association (Historical Mint Building)
• Member of the international association Pandora – Ceramic Artists