BCB 2025 Artist Talks: Fernando Casasempere
During the 2025 British Ceramic Biennial, visitors had the chance to meet and hear from some of the talented artists exhibiting. The Artist Talks provide a unique insight into the work and careers of some of the artists and the work they have created especially for the 2025 Biennial.
Sedimentary Selves by Fernando Casasempere
Sedimentary Selves examines the archaeology of an artist and what becomes of discarded work. Using his own cast-off and broken artworks, Fernando assembles the pieces into hand-built boxes as a documentation of the timeline of his creative journey.
About the Artist
Fernando Casasempere works with clay, ceramic, and industrial matter, redefining the possibilities of these materials for contemporary sculpture. Through a fascination with the imprint left by humans on the earth, Fernando draws on archaeology, geology, landscape and classical and modern architecture to subvert sculptural archetypes, while speaking to urgent global ecological and social concerns through the lens of his native Chile.
Support
Thank you to Copperbeach for their support with filming and editing these artist talks.