Gary Dipasquale

Gary DiPasquale is an American artist based in New York City known for his exceptional craftsmanship and innovative designs that he has dedicated to ceramics for the last 40 years.
“For many years I have been steadily involved with the vase and vessel form. Inspiration comes from the vast history of world ceramics. From very early on to our present times, Greek, Roman, Chinese vessels, Art Deco and African artifacts have all contributed to my pottery
and designs. Nature’s textures such as tree bark, plants, rocks, minerals and the colors of earth now inform and influence my work. “
DiPasquales vessels are hand-built using various slab-constructed techniques or they are thrown on the potter's wheel. These vessels incorporate colored clay slips that are brushed on for first firing and then glazes are brushed, poured or glaze trailed on in several layers on the forms. There is a strong focus on the surface design with an ongoing experimentation with glazes, studying test tiles, and investigating a soothing pattern.
“I use the minerals copper, manganese and iron oxide for achieving color, depth and a textured surface that will sometimes give a sparkle and shine to the work.” Throughout the years, DiPasquale’s style has kept exploring intriguing unusual organic forms, where function and classicism meet. As DiPasquale states “ The work is based on function but is decorative. I don’t really consider the functional-ness of a piece. Like completing a painting, or sculpture, I concentrate on the form, the texture and the color.”
Gary DiPasquale has exhibited throughout the United States over 70 times, and is represented in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston TX, Newark Museum Newark NJ, Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City Iowa, and Allentown Art Museum PA.


EDUCATION
1975-1978 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1973-1974 School of the Museum Of Fine Art, Boston, MA
1972-1973 Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ


EXHIBITIONS
2024 Vine and Sand Salon Show, Group Painting Show Long Island, NY
2018 Salmagundi Arts Club Summer painting exhibition NYC, NY
2017 Salmagundi Arts Club painting exhibition NYC, NY
2016 Hot Pots Clay Art Center Port Chester NY, NY
2016 Salmagundi Arts Club Summer painting exhibition NYC, NY
2015 Mass Art Alumni Exhibition Attleboro Museum, Attleboro Mass.
2013 Japan /New York “Friends of ceramic show”, NYC NY
2012 The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2012 Ian Sande, San Lois Obispo,CA
2010 The Coal Shop Gallery, “Gary DiPasquale Ceramics” Brooklyn, NY
2009 MDH Fine Art. One person show, New York City, NY
2008 Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, “All fired up”, Scarsdale, NY
2008 MDH Fine Art, “Summer salon show” New York City, NY
2007 Guy Regal Ltd. “Contemporary Ceramics” New York City, NY
2007 The Works Gallery, One person show, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, two person show, Scarsdale, NY
2006 Weber Fine Art, “Friends: with a vision” Greenwich, Connecticut
2006 “The June Show”, group show J. Seffens Studio/Gallery New York City, NY
2005 The Works Gallery, “8th Annual Goblet Show” Philadelphia, PA
2005 “Santa Fe Clay, The flowers that bloom in the spring”, group show, NM
2004 Apex Gallery, “Contemporary Vision 3” Group show, Asbury Park, NJ
2003 SK417 Fine Art Gallery, “Gary DiPasquale Pottery” Two Person show, NYC
2003 “21st Century ceramics in the United States and Canada”
2003 Columbus school of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2003 Tessoro Gallery, “Earth” group show, Beverly Hills, Ca
2002 Alianza Gallery, “New Studio Ceramics” Boston, MA.
2001 Bennett Galleries “Craft Now”, TN.
2000 The Works Gallery “Architectural Ceramics,” Three Person Show, , Philadelphia, PA
1999 Art Forms Gallery, Ceramic Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ
1999 “Recent Works in Clay,” Alianza Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 “SOFA-Chicago,” Represented by Kummer - Winfield Galleries, CA
1999 16 Hands Gallery, Group Show, Ann Arbor, MI
1998 Stewart Kummer Gallery, Group Show, Gualala, CA
1998 The Works Gallery, Three Person Show, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Albers Gallery, “The Container,” Group Show Memphis, TN
1998 "Night of 101 Cups," Benefit Show, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1997 "Forms and Transformations in Clay," Queensborough Public Library, NY
1997 "SOFA-Chicago," Represented by Kummer-Winfield Gallery, CA
1997 "Fifth Annual Teapot Exhibit," Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
1996 "Survey of American Ceramics," Tustin Renaissance Gallery, Tustin, CA
1996 Garth Clark Gallery, "The Cup II," Group Show and benefit, New York, NY
1996 Cross Harris Fine Craft, "Teapots," New York, NY
1995 "New Ceramic Vessels," Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Cross Harris Fine Craft, New York, NY
1994 "The Cup," Group Show, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994 "The Cup ," Group Show and benefit, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Cross Harris Fine Craft, New York, NY
1993 "29th Ceramic National Exhibition and Tour," Everson Museum, Syracuse,NY
1993 "48th International Ceramics Exhibition," Faenza, Italy
1993 Group Exhibition, Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL
1992 The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992 "New Ceramics," One-Man Show, Alianza, Boston, MA
1992 "Built, Thrown and Touched: Contemporary Clay Works," Traveling Exhibit through 1995
1992 "Length, Width and Height," Mass. College of Art, Boston, MA
1991 “Artists Showcase," Newport Harbor Art Museum, CA
1991 "One-Man Show," New Vessels, Alianza, Boston, MA
1990 "Monarch Tile National Ceramic Show," San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts,
1990 San Angelo, TX, and Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts, Florence, AL
1990 "One-Man Show," Stoneware Forms, Alianza, Boston, MA
1990 "One-Man Show," Slab-built Stoneware Forms, Wallengren USA Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Monarch Tile National Ceramic Show," San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
1988 Wallengren/USA, New York, NY
1988 Swann Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987 Summer Group Show, Carlyn Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Alianza, Boston, MA
1986 "Faces and Vases," Two-Man Show, Interart de St. Amand Gallery, Women's
1986 Interart Center, New York, NY
1983 "New York New Clay Talent," Clayworks Gallery, New York NY
1983 Convergence Gallery, New York, NY
1982 "5 Clay Artists," Interart de St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Ceramic Exhibition, Scherer Gallery, Marlboro, NJ
1980 Group Exhibit, Ceramic Wall Reliefs, Art-Week, Boston, MA

PUBLICATIONS
"Shapes From Out Of Nowhere", Ceramics From Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection, February 2021
Journal of the American Art Pottery Association, "Studio Ceramics at Chelsea Passage", Spring 2017
Ceramics Monthly, “Gary DiPasquale” August-September 2007
“Shards” by Garth Clark, Distributed Art Publications, 2004
“Postmodern Ceramics” by Mark Delvechio, Thames & Hudson 2002
American Home Style Magazine, June 1998
Crafts Report, 1996 Business Journal
Art and Antiques, “Contemporary Ceramics,” May 1995
Ceramics Art and Perception, 1995
Elle Decor Magazine, "Au Courant," February 1991
Elle Magazine, "Great Style," January 1991
Confetti Magazine, "Home Style Details," January 1991
The New York Times Magazine, "Art Turns the Table," November 1990
Ceramics Monthly, "Gary DiPasquale's Geometric Forms," April 1990
New York Magazine, "Interiors: Rare Taste," April 1990
New York Magazine, "Best Bets," December 1988 and June 1989


TEACHING WORKSHOPS & CONSULTANCIES
2024 CERAMIC INSTRUCTOR Greenwich House Pottery, NY


2009 DESIGN CONSULTANCY Atuto, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Worked as consultant with Auto factory for 14 days developing 5 new ceramic collections for production and importing.
2006 DESIGN CONSULTANCY Atuto, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Worked as consultant with Auto factory for 7 days developing new ceramic designs and forms for production and importing
2005. DESIGN AND LICENCING, Certified International N.Y.C. - Designing dinnerware and decorative ceramics.


2002 DESIGNS FOR LAMPS, Robert Abbey, N. Carolina - Produced two lamp designs for production in metal.


2002. DESIGN AND PRODUCTION, “Unlimited Collection” Lima, Peru - Worked with small factory “ Hallpa Nina” outside Lima designing decorative ceramic vessels and platters for import sales to USA


2001 DESIGN CONSULTANCY, Aid to Artisans, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Worked as consultant with Lencan Potters for 10 days developing new designs and forms for production and importing.


1996 CERAMIC HAND-BUILDING AND GLAZE WORKSHOP, Craft Student League, N.Y.C. - 2 day workshop teaching ceramic hand-building and glaze technique.


1994-1998 CERAMIC INSTRUCTOR, 92nd St. YMHA, N.Y.C. - Taught ceramic hand-building vessels and glazing techniques.