Biography
Marketa a second generation Global Nomad. Born in Prague, fled the Russians in 1968 to Sweden and has since not stopped moving. Always fascinated by nature since childhood, from the deep woods of Sweden, to the eucalyptus of Western Australia, to the Rocky Mountains of USA, and finally the exuberant rainforest of Brazil and now to the ancient rugged beauty of Portugal. She has worked with many different mediums; painting, printing, watercolors , textiles and ceramics since 2016. She mostly works with custom commissions or small collections.
Formal Education
• 1987 BSc Geophysical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, CO, USA
• 2002-4 Glassell School of Contemporary Art MFHS, TX, USA
• 2020 Opened my own studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 2023 Moved studio to Lisbon, Portugal
Ceramic Expositions
•CasaCor Rio 2021 commission mural “Trazendo natureza de fora para dentro de casa”. Exposition also included separate pieces.
• CasaCor Rio 2022 Commission outdoor wall mural with illumination, a collaboration with French artist Dominique Jardy. Additional work included table centerpieces and a sculpture. Theme was “Cafe”
• CONCAF 2022 Exposição Quati, artist group exposition, showing a large “Costela de Adão”
• Expo Virtual, 2º Salão Ceramistas do Brasil – Exposição de Arte 2022, one piece “Costela de Adão“
• Publication in OGlobo, Revista Ela on 27 July 2024. As Architect Vivian Remeir’s artist selection.
•Oeiras Ceramic Art 2025 – Selected participating artist
Creative Process
“In all my art pieces I try to capture a glimpse of the beauty that nature has to offer”
Marketa Adamek Bastos is a Lisbon based Swedish ceramic artist. But she prefers to be called a global nomad due to her roaming lifestyle. Outside of Marketa’s studio there is always a green garden. She likes to start her creative process with a nature walk, and when something interesting catches her eye she brings it back to her atelier. She works with high fire stoneware clay, which she rolls into slabs and prints her leaves on and then shapes into bowls and plates. Her vases are a combination of wheel thrown and coiling work. Some vases are altered or carved. All of Marketa’s pieces are covered in exuberant colored glazes. She enjoys creating her own unique glazes from minerals, oxides and wood ash. Each piece is fired in an electrical kiln to cone 8 or 9. Whenever possible she also fires in a wood kiln. Each piece will be refired until a desired result is achieved. Due to rising environmental concerns, Marketa works with a small production based on careful planning and understanding of the raw materials to reduce waste and mishaps.
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Marketa Adamek Bastos Ceramics Artist 