Contrast is a constant element in life and nature. We see a community garden that grows wild in the heart of a bustling, structured city. We see a rose sit on a stem of thorns. Also, life and nature provide constant inspiration for movement and sensuality.These elements, contrast, movement and sensuality, provide the basis for my ceramic work. As in nature, there is often a clear delineation between light and dark. One always follows the other. I use curvaceous, yet exact and crisp, lines to make the same distinction in my work. As each piece is viewed, each pose should present a different image to the viewer while part of the piece is shadowed. These lines also elicit a movement that suggests a dance between the piece and the viewer. This is where I find my inspiration to continue creating.
Artist Biography
Peter Cunicelli is a Philadelphia artist who has been working with clay since 2000. As a student at The Clay Studio, he discovered hand built vessels and soon began rolling out slabs of his own. During this time, he began developing forms by studying traditional thrown forms and cutting templates. He has experimented with a variety of glazes and techniques and has worked in Raku, wood fire, porcelain, paper clay, cassius bassalt and other stonewares. His current studio practice builds and expands upon the desire to create forms that push the boundaries of form that are balanced between the dramatic and the refined.
Awards & Honors
2018 Master Artisan Status, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, April
2017 Best in Category, Manayunk Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, June
Exhibitions
Solo
2014 On/Off, Show of Hands Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, January
2010 George School, Solo Show, Newtown, PA, December
2005 New Work, Work In Progress Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, April
2004 Forms, Café Lift, Philadelphia, PA, April
Group
2018 GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Annual Juried Exhibition, Reading, PA, May
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2018, Philadelphia, PA, June
Rittenhouse Fall Fine Crafts Show, Featured, Philadelphia, PA, October
2017 3rd Street Gallery Associates II Group Show, We Persist, April
Manayunk Fine Arts and Crafts Show, Winner, Best in Category, June
2016 Space, Oddities and other Changes, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, March
2016 Haddonfield Fine Craft Shows, Haddonfield, NJ, July
2014 Rittenhouse Spring Fine Crafts Show, Philadelphia, PA, May
Rittenhouse Fall Fine Crafts Show, Philadelphia, PA, October
Philadelphia Art Alliance Shop on the Square, Philadelphia, PA, December
2013 Germantown Friends Craft Show, Emerging Artist, Philadelphia, PA, March
Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show, Philadelphia, PA, April
Haddonfield Fine Crafts Show, Haddonfield, NJ, July
Philadelphia Clay Exhibition, Invitational, Philadelphia, PA, August-October
2012 "CFEVA Artist Custom Exhibition", MyCIO, The Ciera Center, Philadelphia, PA, March
Radley Run Country Club Art Show, West Chester, PA, March
2011 Radley Run Country Club Art Show, West Chester, PA, March
2010 Art of the State: Philadelphia 2010, Philadelphia, PA, June
2008 Art of the State: Philadelphia 2008, Philadelphia, PA, June
2007 Urban Outfitters Corporate Center, Philadelphia, PA, September
Pocket Utopia presents Etsy, Brooklyn, NY, December
2006 Motion, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, April
