Peter Callas (American, b. 1952), Two Hanaike Vases

Glazed stoneware, hand-built and anagama wood-fired, both with incised artist signature near the base rim.

9 3/4 in. tallest

Sold to benefit the Yale University Art Gallery collection

Master ceramicist and sculptor, Peter Callas, is based in New Jersey. His work can be found in numerous prestigious public and private collections worldwide including the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts; Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Lyon France; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; and V&A Museum, London, England, among many others. Callas's expressionist wood fired clay sculptures, vessels, and pottery forms are inspired by nature:

"Nature’s surfaces are the constant touchstone and catalyst serving my artistic vision with deliberation and a carefully cultivated receptiveness to the capabilities and caprices of clay."

Peter has held numerous solo exhibitions of his work, including recently at Belger Crane Art Studios, Kansas City, Missouri (2022); Elder Contemporary Art Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (2022); American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California (2022); and Schacht Gallery, Saratoga Clay Art Center, Saratoga, New York (2020).

Good condition.