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About GERARDO MARCELO : Marcelo Cerda (SLP 1985) is a Product designer and passionate artist who focuses on the object expression. He studied Industrial Design at UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ (UASLP) in Mexico and did his Masters in Toy Design at the UNOVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE (UCLan) in the Kingdom United. He worked for THE PUPPET COMPANY UK, designing a collection of dinosaurs and upon his return o Mexico started a wooden toys project called JungStuff, he also taught Lectures in the Industrial Design degree at ITESM. He has worked ceramics as an art-object and has worked under the tutelage of artists such as Bernardo Calderón and Luis Batres. He currently lectures at the UASLP and directs his ceramic project called MUGO CERAMICA. His work is characterized by exploring organic forms, where he seeks to capture movement and balance it with form and dimension. He has exhibited at the Museo Francisco Cossío in SLP, in PR1 GALLERY in Lancashire UK in galleries in S.L.P and San Miguel de Allende and has been selected to exhibit during DesignWeek México2019.
STATEMENT OF ART:
Design is the way to solve a problem focusing on details and bringing the user a proper experience when the product is used. Design has to be intuitive, expressive and symbolic in a way the user feels attached to the product.

ORGANIZATION:
UASLP

NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Artist, painter Media, graphic, printing, culture, design

EDUCATION:
2010-2012 - MA in Toy design at University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

2003-2009 .BA Product Design at Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP)

EXPERIENCE:
2011 Designer at The Puppet Company Co. (UK)
2013- 2015 Jung Stuff (Freelance project)
2014 - 2016 - Lecturer at ITESM
2018 - Present, Lecturer at Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2018 'La fiesta del Jardín' at Museo Francisco Cossio San Luis Potosi. Mex.
2019 ‘Pulsar Fest installation’ Sculpture in Coroplast. San Luis Potosí Mex.

MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2020 'Reflexiones' Museo Palacio Municipal San Luis Potosí Mexico
2019 'Inedito Designweek Mexico' Espacio Aquitectónico, Mexico City , Mexico.
2019 'Mexico de Norte a Sur' Plaza Loreto, Mexico City, México
2012 'Master show' Gallery PR1, Preston Lancashire, United Kingdom.

EVENTS:
2019 , Congreso Integra, Design Congress, Social Director, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
2019, Designing dreams, Speaker at a conference at Universidad Marista, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
2018 'The way of Abstraction' Speaker at the conference in Museo Francisco Cossio, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

AWARDS:
2019, Finalist at Design week Mexico, Concurso Forma, Mexico.
2017, 1st Place PECDA Fomento para el desarrollo de Artistas, San Luis Potosí, México.

PRESS APPEARANCES:
2019 'Walking Spider' Anuario Design Week , pg 54, November, Mexico.
2018, 'La fiesta del Jardín', Muestra de Marcelo Cerda, https://pulsoslp.com.mx/cultura/muestra-de-marcelo
-cerda/835509 , 2018, Mexico

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English, Near Native.
Spanish, Native

COMPUTER LITERACY:
Rhinoceros, Expert
3d Max, Expert
Illustrator, Novice
Photoshop, Intermediate

COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS::
2019 'Raku Workshop', Congreso Integra by UASLP, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
2014 'Traditional Toy', Centro de las Artes de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
2017 Finishes with smokes on ceramics, (Independent Institution) San Luis Potosi, Mexico

2015, Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales (HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN CENTRE, ONLINE COURSE)

SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES::
2019, Designing dreams, Speaker at a conference at Universidad Marista, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
2018 'The way of Abstraction' Speaker at the conference in Museo Francisco Cossio, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

COLLECTIONS:
2019, Museo Francisco Cossio, San Luis Potosí Mexico.

HOBBIES:
Swimming, Sculpting, Oil Painting, Playing Piano.

WEB SITE:
https://www.artconnect.com/profile/marcelo-cerda

PORTFOLIO URL:
https://www.artconnect.com/profile/marcelo-cerda

REGISTRATION DATE:
2019-10-16 22:29:40

COUNTRY/REGION:
Mexico

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional

Runner-Up status designs by GERARDO MARCELO


Bee Spa Flowerpot

Runner-Up for Social Design Category in 2020
GERARDO MARCELO for Mugo Ceramica



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