Cristina Cordova

Published: Dec. 20, 2016, 5 a.m.

Cristina C\xf2rdova is a sculptor and ceramicist living and working in Penland, North Carolina. She grew up in Puerto Rico, where she earned\xa0her Bachelors from the University of Puerto Rico at\xa0Mayag\xfcez. Cristina then went on to earn her MFA\xa0in ceramics from Alfred University in New York. A trained dancer, she brings a sense of movement and musicality into her figurative sculptures. Recently, she has begun working on a larger-than-life scale, and she focuses on creating pieces that walk\xa0the line between representation and abstraction. She often works with her husband, Pablo Soto, who is a glass artist, and also recently collaborated with her brother Arturo, an artist and animator.\xa0

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