María de Andrés (Asturias) is a ceramist, designer and sculptor with extensive professional experience in the field of contemporary ceramics. She graduated in Artistic Ceramics at the Escuela de Arte Francisco Alcántara in Madrid. From 1985 to 2019 he developed his artistic activity in his studio in Madrid, moving to Valencia in 2020.
He has had solo exhibitions in cities such as Hamburg, Saratoga Springs-New York, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Zaragoza, Ciudad Real, Talavera de la Reina, Puertollano, Chinchón and has participated in group exhibitions in different foreign cities likeBraunschweigt and Diessen am Ammersee (Germany), Carouge, Geneva, Milan, Faenza, Frascati-Rome, Saratoga Springs-New York, Taipei, Taiwan, Fuping and in Spanish cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Granada, Malaga, Zaragoza, Muel, Alava, Vitoria, Irún, Castellón, Segovia, Burgos, Valladolid, Teruel, El Escorial, Alcalá de Henares, Majadahonda, Móstoles, Alcorcón, Manises, L’Alcora, Lloret de Mar, El Vendrell, Oropesa del Mar, Ciudad Real, Puertollano, and others.
He has received numerous awards and participated as Artist in Residence in 2004 and 2006 in the Summer Art Program Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, and in 2008 Artist in Residence in the FLICAM project, FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums, in Fuping, Shaanxi (China).
His work is represented in Museums and Institutions in China, Taiwan, France and Spain, and in private collections such as AENA Collection, Paideia Collection, AC Hotels in Spain, Italy and Panama, Spanish Basketball National Team, Greek Basketball National Team, and others. He has participated in important Fairs in Germany, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid , Mallorca, Guipuzcoa and others.
His clients include:Museo del Prado, Caixa Forum Madrid, Perfumes Loewe, Indra, World Fashion Week Paris 2014, Telefónica, PepsiCo, Johnson’s Wax Española, Ministry of Health, Mapfre Seguros, University of Alcalá, AC Hotels, Huerta de San Vicente, Spanish Olympic Committee, Spanish-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, General Commissariat Expo’92 in Seville, Vitaldent, Suanfarma, Mutua Pelayo de Seguros, Artes Granda, and others.