Gabriel Caruana
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Gabriel Caruana is a Maltese
artist
who works primarily in ceramics
. He studied at the Malta School of Art (1953-59), the Accademia Pietro Vannucci in Perugia
(1965), the School of Arts and Crafts in Detroit (1966) and the Istituto Statale per la Ceramica in Faenza
(1967).
He has exhibited internationally, including a group exhibit by Maltese artists at Hunter College
in 1996, and at venues such as the head office lobby of the Bank of Valletta
.
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
who works primarily in ceramics
Ceramics (art)
In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
. He studied at the Malta School of Art (1953-59), the Accademia Pietro Vannucci in Perugia
Perugia
Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....
(1965), the School of Arts and Crafts in Detroit (1966) and the Istituto Statale per la Ceramica in Faenza
Faenza
Faenza is an Italian city and comune, in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, situated 50 km southeast of Bologna.Faenza is noted for its manufacture of majolica ware glazed earthenware pottery, known from the name of the town as "faience"....
(1967).
He has exhibited internationally, including a group exhibit by Maltese artists at Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
in 1996, and at venues such as the head office lobby of the Bank of Valletta
Bank of Valletta
Bank of Valletta is Malta's longest established financial services provider and one of its largest. Domestic operations include a national network of 45 branches, 6 regional business centres, corporate centre, and a wealth management arm...
.