Ron Gallas has spent a lifetime creating expressions from clay; his figurative images can be found in exhibitions, installations, and private collections across America.

Ron's works have been featured in countless publications, including: "The Craft and Art of Clay; Low Fire Ceramics: A New Direction in American Clay", "Salt Glazed Ceramics", "GRAPHIS", "The History of American Ceramics", and "500 Figures in Clay."

Awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Apprenticeship Grant, a National Endowment for the Arts Craftsmen's Fellowship, a Ford Foundation Faculty Enrichment Grant, and a Ford Foundation Matching Funds Grant.

Mr. Gallas has devoted himself to the arts conducting workshops and lectures at universities and art centers throughout the Midwestern U.S.

Teaching experience includes positions at Pennsylvania State University (University Park, Pennsylvania); Macalester College (St. Paul, Minnesota); and St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota) where he is currently an Associate Professor of Art.

All images Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008 Ron Gallas Art
To contact the artist via email: ron@rongallas.com

Words from art critic Mason Riddle's "Ever Present" essay:

"In a state that is a Mecca for functional pottery, Ron Gallas' investigation of hand-built, often narrative pieces is an aesthetic breath of fresh air. Although skilled on the wheel, Gallas' métier is ceramic sculpture. Highly calculated, and so precise in form and design, his sculptures suggest that, in another life, Gallas was an architect."

"His recent series of wall-mounted relief sculptures are mask-like faces whose featured are puzzled together from individual pieces of clay. Sporting a rainbow of brilliant glazes, these works are tactile and humorous, bearing titles like Laughy Taffy."

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