Yola Vale

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Yola Vale was born in 1975, in Espinho, Portugal.

Graduated in Sculpture at Arts University of Coimbra - and complemented her training by attending several ceramics courses, in Portugal and abroad -, Yola has entirely devoted her work to contemporary ceramics since 2001.

For the artist, clay contain the history of time!

For two years, she lived and worked in Cabo Verde, where, besides being a teacher, had contact with the artistic reality of the country. Back to Portugal, she promoted numerous ceramics courses and workshops.

Currently, Yola lives in Proença-a-Nova, where for almost eight years, owned the ‘Terra Cacau Gallery’ - a place of art, culture and leisure -, where she exhibited her work and work from other artists.

Yola participates regularly in symposiums and international biennials of ceramic, having already been awarded in some occasions. She participate several times in collective exhibitions (Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Romania, South Korea, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Russia) and some individual, as well.

The artist has been a member of IAC- International Academy of Ceramic since 2019.

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