Bio
Laura Melissa Jaramillo Rueda (Bucaramanga, Colombia) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. In 2017, she settled in Mexico, where she consolidated her ceramic practice and pursued studies with artists and masters such as Hilda San Vicente, Juan Ortí and Ana Gómez.
Her work has been selected for the Bienal de Cerámica Contemporánea BICMA in Marratxi, Spain (2025), and the Bienal de cerámica Utilitaria Contemporánea in Veracruz, Mexico (2023). In 2020, she completed an Artistic Residency for Creation at Mogote Cerámica, Taller de Jacobo y María Ángeles, in San Martín de Tilcajete, Mexico. These experiences led to her participation in group exhibitions, including the Bienal de cerámica Utilitaria Contemporánea at the Galeria de Arte moderno, Xalapa, and Centro Cultural Casa Principal, Veracruz (2023), as well as the exhibition Transiciones at Galería Voces de Copal, Oaxaca (2020).
She currently lives and works in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, where she offers one-on-one pottery wheel mentorship. For the past eight years, she has maintained a continuous teaching practice, initiated in Ciudad de México and now extended between Veracruz and Xalapa.
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EDUCATION
2017 Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design. Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia.
Diploma in Materials and Industrial Processes. Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia.
2026 Portfolio Development and Self-Promotion – Catalina Restrepo Art Office. Ciudad de México, México.
2023 Intensive Ceramic Wheel Seminar – Juan Ortí, Taller Serendipia, Veracruz, México.
2020 Raku Workshop – Hilda San Vicente, Taller El Olvido, Ciudad de México, México
Development and Research of Ceramic Glazes – Hilda San Vicente, Taller El Olvido, Ciudad de México, México.
2017 Graphic Decoration Techniques on Ceramic Surfaces – Ana Gómez, ARTA Cerámica, Ciudad de México, México.
2015 Basic Hand-Building Techniques – Hilda San Vicente, Taller El Olvido, Ciudad de México, México.
Ceramic Modeling and Serial Production Workshop – Border Centro Cultural, Ciudad de México, México.
2007 University Internship in Ceramic Product Development. KERAMOS Cerámica, Bogotá, Colombia.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Bienal de cerámica Utilitaria Contemporánea. Galeria de Arte moderno, Xalapa, México.
Bienal de cerámica Utilitaria Contemporánea. Centro Cultural Casa Principal, Veracruz, México.
2021 1000 Vases Design Week. Milán, Italia.
2020 Transiciones. Galería Voces de Copal, Oaxaca, México.
2019 Máscaras de tierra y asfalto. Cerámica DF, CDMX, México.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITY
2024 – Present Pottery Wheel Training Workshop, Taller Serendipia, Veracruz, México.
One-on-One Pottery Wheel Mentorship. Satélite & Co., Xalapa, México.
2018 Ceramics Applied to Illustration Workshop. Diplomado de ilustración EDINBA, Ciudad de México, México.
2017 – 2020 Continuous Training in Pottery Wheel, Estudio Dinamo, Ciudad de México, México.
AWARDS
2025 Selection – Bienal de Cerámica Contemporánea BICMA, Marratxi, España.
2023 Selection – Bienal de cerámica Utilitaria Contemporánea. Veracruz, México.
2020 Artistic Residency for Creation. Mogote Cerámica, Taller de Jacobo y María Ángeles, San Martín de Tilcajete, México.
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Catalogue – Bienal de cerámica Utilitaria Contemporánea. Veracruz, México.
2021 Catalogue – 1000 Vases Design Week. Milán, Italia.