Raku XVI | Carla Cascales

Carla Cascales articulates a multidisciplinary practice where painting, sculpture, and installation converge under a refined aesthetic, intimately linked to matter and time. Her work is characterized by a sophisticated understanding of the formal balance between the geometric and the organic, and by a poetic sensibility that is expressed in both minimal gestures and the texture of materials. Technically, she stands out for her mastery of artisanal processes—such as manual carving, painting with natural pigments, or raku ceramics—which she applies with contemporary precision, avoiding any formal excess. The quality of her work lies in its ability to operate from restraint: her pieces do not seek to dazzle, but to resonate. Through an abstract yet profoundly evocative language, Carla Cascales creates images and objects where emptiness, imperfection, and fragmentation are not deficiencies, but structural elements that invite a slow, reflective, and sensory aesthetic experience. This attitude positions her within a coherent and rigorous line of research, where matter becomes thought and form, a place for contemplation.