ORIOL CALVO VERGES SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Argentona (Barcelona, Spain), 1960.
Oriol Calvo Vergés is a cultural and arts manager and curator specialized in ceramics, historical, traditional and contemporary. He leaded and managed many art and cultural projects, many of them at international level. He worked with several institutions, both private and public, with the quality and excellence as main goals. He has wide abilities in organization and leading working teams as he demonstrates in many projects.
He is the Director of the Ceramics Museum of Argentona (Barcelona) since 1986, director of Spanish Association of Cities of Ceramics and Administrative Director of European Grouping of Ceramics Cities. He managed two European projects: Cerasmus+ (for education in ceramics) and CLAY (for improving the SMEs ceramic enterprises). He has collaborated as fundraiser and organizer of several projects in the Association of Ceramists of Catalonia. Since 2018 he is president of the association Amics de Josep Puig I Cadafalch, devoted to this Art Nouveau Spanish architect, art historian and politician.
In the frame of the International Academy of Ceramics, he is the representative of the Southern European Countries and the Treasurer (1986-2024), he was General Coordinator of the 47th Congress and GA (Barcelona 2016) and is participating actively in the organization of Portugal 2024. He leaded the new structure of progressive economic contributions of the members, much fairer than the previous one. In July 2024 he has been elected President, position that will take force in September 20.
He has lectured extensively on issues related to ceramics, art and crafts, in Italy, Turkey, France, USA (NCECA), China and other countries. He is the author of the publications “Imatges of Càntirs" (Ceramics in art) and the Guide of the Ceramics Museum of Argentona, “Càntirs Valencians de Fantasia” (Ceramic vessels from Valence) and author of many articles in magzines.