Fernanda Jimena Carregado , Argentina, 1977. Artist, sculptor, textile designer, ceramist, milliner, and a passionate aesthete, specializing in embroidery, handmade ceramics, and painting. Since childhood, she was interested in the visual arts, pursuing her design studies in her country, venturing into architecture, interior design, fashion, and visual design, and continuing to this day as a self-taught researcher.
Based in Malaga since 2000, she has created two Spanish brands, Shapó Olé and Alfarera Loca.
With over 20 years of experience in the design, art, and fashion sectors, she currently teaches workshops on ceramics, embroidery, and various artistic techniques in her studio in San Pedro Alcántara, which opened in 2017. She markets her signature ceramics and artwork throughout Spain, drawing inspiration from nature and her personal experiences to create her own designs.
He constantly studies design and art, seeking to incorporate new techniques into his chosen disciplines. In his early days in Spain, he discovered hatmaking, taking various courses to specialize in it. He saw the creation of a hat as the creation of a sculpture, marking the beginning of a discovery that remains present in his artistic narratives to this day.
He currently holds both solo and group exhibitions under his own name, aiming to express his ideas through an emotional, positive approach, connected to nature and its behavior.
His work addresses human emotions and reflects on the connection between everyday life and nature. His most significant pieces are investigations into mixed media, creating results that seek to express present, whole, and honest moments of life itself.
She continually studies different techniques and researches human duality as a spectator from an objective perspective to understand emotions and their social impact. Her thinking is based on understanding the world and its elements, considering that there is always a positive side.
Creator of the artistic and philanthropic platform "October 19, 19 Artists," which aims to help people suffering from breast cancer. She is convinced that artists have a responsibility to contribute to society through their communication skills.
“We must never stop. Movement is life and evolution. We are not well water.”
Participation in exhibitions and artistic events:
March 2025
-Madrid: ILLOF Festival in Lavapiés, Art Week, solo exhibition “The Starlings' Dinner”.
February 2025
-Madrid: Espacio Landaburu Gallery, solo exhibition “The Starlings’ Dinner”.
November 2024
- San Pedro Alcántara: Solo exhibition "Baggage" at the gallery "La Ventana del Arte" (The Window of Art). At the Shapó Olé studio.
- Málaga: Collective exhibition “The Piñazo” at The Yellow House.
October 2024
- Estepona: MAD Estepona, 2nd edition of the collective exhibition, October 19, 19 artists.
- Córdoba: Castro del Río, Antonio Villa Toro Museum, solo exhibition “Other issues and a used book”.
August 2024
- Málaga: Gallery “The Yellow House”, collective exhibition “The Ceramists Meeting”.
- Gaucín: “El Convento” Cultural Center, collective exhibition of contemporary ceramics “Follow the clay”, ceramic art collective “La encuentro”.
- Gaucín: “El Convento” Cultural Center, solo exhibition “Other issues and a used book”.
July 2024
- Estepona: MAD Estepona, “The House of the Tejerinas”, solo exhibition “Other issues and a used book”.
June 2024
- Gaucín: Collaborative mural with students from the CEIP Guzmán El Bueno school.
April 2024
- Algeciras: Open Estudio Algeciras, guest artist.
- Ronda: Collective sculpture exhibition “Ronda art”, presentation of the sculpture entitled “Three”.
February 2024
- Algodonales: “The Mobile Home” artist residency, “Emotional Training” project, textile intervention with ceramics and embroidery.
December 2024
- Málaga: Collective exhibition at the gallery “La casa amarilla”, “Piñata”.
October 2023
- Gaucín: Collective exhibition “October 19, 19 artists”, participation as artist and curator of the exhibition, art and philanthropy to help fight breast cancer.
September 2023
- Granada: Espacio Lavadero Gallery, solo exhibition “Honest Union”, Hisae’s Window.
June 2023
- San Lucas de Barrameda, Cádiz: Pitijopos Gallery, collective exhibition, presentation of the work “Life in pieces”.
- Marbella: Nítido Marbella Gallery, group exhibition, artists in the classroom.
May 2023
- Gaucín: Open studio Gaucín, exhibition entitled “It’s about doing nothing that nature doesn’t do.”
January - February 2023
- Madrid: Cartearte, collective exhibition, Alcalá de Henares.
November 2022
- Marbella: Collective exhibition “The Other Flags” at Cortijo Miraflores.
October 2022
- Seville: Bread and Circus, solo exhibition “Controversy”.
- Cáceres: Collective exhibition in Cáceres, Belle Artes space.
September 2022
- Marbella: Participation in DWM (Art & Design Fair, DESIGN WEEK Marbella), solo exhibition “The sea by car”.
- Marbella: “Calavera padre” intervention at a collective event.
July 2022
- Estepona: Solo exhibition in a private gallery “Naturally”.
September 2021
- Marbella: Participation in DWM (Art & Design Fair, DESIGN WEEK Marbella), exhibition “Women of Africa”.
October 2019
- Estepona: Group exhibition at the C. Leyton gallery.
October 2019 - October 2021
- Estepona: “Filling the void with art,” a group exhibition at the Felipe V Auditorium.