Martha Pachón Rodríguez was born in Santa Fe de Bogotá in Colombia. She graduated in Fine Arts at the Universidad Surcolombiana in Neiva and later moved to Italy, continuing her training at the Ballardini Ceramic Art Institute in Faenza, and specialising in stoneware and porcelain. Today the artist and craftswoman is internationally renowned, and carries on a work that combines fine Italian craftsmanship, contemporary design and the Andean and Afro-Caribbean influences of her origins.
In her atelier in Faenza, she creates both porcelain sculptures and light and conceptual installations. Over the years, he has developed a personal research on translucence and colour, using the ancient techniques of porcelain working, and revisiting them in a contemporary key.
Her work is focused on the themes of magic and sacredness, eroticism and human and animal migrations, producing extremely refined works that require great patience and skill.
She co-founded and was the director of the Faenza Art Ceramic Centre, a hub for ceramic training. She is a member of the IAC - International Academy of Ceramics.
