The Artist

Bruno Gambone was born in Vietri sul Mare (SA) in 1936. At the age of fourteen he began to have his first contacts with ceramics in his father's Florentine workshop. In 1963 he moved to the United States where he was engaged in painting, sculpture, cinema and theatre. He frequented artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. In 1968 he returned to Italy and settled in Milan, where he got to know many people in the artistic world, including Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana, Paolo Scheggi, Agostino Bonalumi and Gianni Colombo. In 1969 he returned to dealing with the ceramics sector.

He is a member of the Consiglio Nazionale della Ceramica. For a decade he was President of the ASNART (National Association for Artistic and Traditional Craftsmanship), of which he is now the Honorary President. His major shows include: Concorso Nazionale della Ceramica d'Arte, Contemporanea of Faenza (1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977); Venice Biennial, Mostra delle arti decorative 1973); Milan Triennial (1973); Munich Fair (1973), ENAPI gold medal; Concorso della Ceramica Mediterranea, Grottaglie (1974, 1977) prizewinner in both editions; Biennale nazionale della ceramica d'arte, Reggio Calabria (1981), where he won a prize; "Design of the 80s" at the Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego at La Jolla, Cal. (USA) and the Museum of Modern Art of New York (1982); Salone internozionale della ceramica, porcellana, vetro at the Fiera di Vicenza (1984) where he won a prize; National biennial exhibition "Piatto di Ceramica", Asti (1985), where he won a prize; Mostra della Ceramica, Castellarnmonfe (1989, 1991-1993, 1995); "Bruno Gambone", Fortezza do Basso, Florence (1997); "Bruno Gambone.

La forma del racconto", Naples, Scuderie di Palazzo Reale (1999); "Terra e fuoco. Arte ceramica in Italia", Brussels, Palais de Charles Quint (2003); "Nuove spazialità per l'arredo urbano", Gualdo Tadino (2003); "One-man show "Suggeriti dalla materia", Milan, Spazio Nibe (2004); Biennale delle Arti Applicate. "Ad Arte", Boario (2005), mention by the jury; Show with Mario Moth, Cerbaia, Jack and Joe Theater (2005); "Galleria dell'artigianato", Florence, Fortezza da Basso (2005).