Ermelinda Duarte
Ermelinda Duarte (b. 1976) is a Gibraltarian artist who has had an affinity for art since she was a child. As well as drawing and painting, she experimented with anything she could get her hands on, and in time refined her practice to sculpture.
After completing a foundation course in Art, Media and Design at the University of West England in Bristol and being deeply attracted to the malleability, versatility and the technical aspects of clay, it led her to undertake a Bachelor of Arts in Ceramics at the same institution.
Her interest in nature and the primitive is seen through her organic work, through the use of textures, natural elements, mixed media and recycling wherever possible. Deeper, the concepts behind her work reflects on culture and her experiences as a woman in modern society.
