statement.
Nina Gerada’s work remembers languages, archaeological digs, city maps and the female form. She begins by carving and tearing clay, exposing fault lines. A subtractive rather than additive process, echoing the carved limestone spaces of her homeland. These broad actions are combined with intricately tooled forms that skirt close to figurative imaginings of the megalithic temples of Malta. She slices her sculptures into smaller sections. They are contemplatively recomposed, searching for patterns and connections across multiple scales. Through this process she explores her heritage and post-colonial identity alongside her experience as a migrant and mother in the UK.
biography.
Nina Gerada is a Maltese sculptor who lives and works in London and Malta. Born in Malta in 1983, from an early age she had a rigorous and traditional training in art. She moved to London in 2002 where she studied Art, Design and Architecture. Her career has spanned different fields in Art and Design and she has worked at a multitude of scales; including Production Design for film, Urban Design in the City of London, Architecture and Map Making.
Gerada has recently exhibited as part of the Malta Art Biennale 2024. She was selected to exhibit at ‘Fresh’, one of the flagship exhibitions celebrating ‘rising stars of ceramics’ at the British Ceramics Biennial 2023. She has exhibited at ‘Collect’ in Somerset House, London (in 2023 & 2022) the leading international fair for contemporary craft and design. Gerada has exhibited at &Gallery Edinburgh (2024) London Craft Week (2021) and as part of The Daphne Festival (2022). She has collaborated with The Bbook Project and exhibited at ‘Let’s Talk Breast’. Gerada is a member of Spilt Milk Gallery a collective of artist mothers and has participated in ‘Maternochronics’ (2021) and ‘Cartography of Care’ (2022) both exploring themes of parenting and care through art. Her ‘Nollini’ sculptures were featured in Wired Magazine (2021). In her work as a Production Designer on the feature film ‘Simshar’, Gerada won the Best Production Design Award at the Bridges International Film Festival (2014).