Carolina Ceca

Carolina Ceca (born Carolina Ceca Gómez) (born August 25, 1979) is a Spanish transdisciplinary artist and art historian based in Tokyo, Japan.

Her art has been presented in group and solo exhibitions throughout Europe and Japan. She has been featured on TV, radio, newspapers and magazines.

Ceca has a degree in Art History from the University of Salamanca in Spain, where she completed her postgraduate studies on Contemporary Art. Also, she commenced a degree in Fine Arts and Asian studies before travelling to Japan in 2005 to conduct several fields of research at Ferris University, Yokohama. Between 2005 and 2010, she worked and resided in Japan, Spain, Morocco and Italy.

In 2011, after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, she returned to Tokyo, where she spends most of her time creating her artworks, writing, giving lectures and conducting seminars.

Despite being in the sights of art specialists and cultural agents, it is not easy to find her in public life. She distances herself from society.

The works of Ceca are considered an artistic rarity. In her artworks, she uses all kinds of natural materials such as ashes, Japanese washi paper and organdy among others.

Ceca has confirmed that she was deeply influenced by Dondoro (Japanese performer) during her first year in Japan, also by the Japanese dance movement Ankoku Butoh.

• 2018: Continuum –International Art Book-, Royal Palace, Cagliari, Italy.
• 2016: Intangible, Cervantes Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
• 2014: Infinite, Embassy of Spain in Tokyo, Japan. This was the artist's first solo exhibition in Japan.
• 2010: Estampa International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
• 2009: The Life of Bees, Santa Maria de Melque. Historic Site, Toledo, Spain.