Hybrid Beings: Exploring Space With Ceramics

Tony Briffa

Born in Malta in 1959, Tony Briffa studied ceramics in the late seventies obtaining a distinction diploma from Targa Gap School for Craftsmen.

After almost ten years working in the ceramic industry, he was entrusted with the ceramic studios at Targa Gap, his old art school. From the early eighties, he exhibited in a significant number of national and international juried exhibitions, drawing the attention of art critics and collectors.

Svendborg, Denmark www.tonybriffa.dk

All along he also worked intensely in the theater both as an actor and as a designer. He designed sets, costumes & props for major productions by playwrights as diverse as Aristophanes, Moliere, Neil Simon and Peter Shaffer.

“While attempting to make sculptures, I try to follow this checklist:

These must challenge gravity, occupy merited space, resonate with colour, own movement, tell an untold narrative and contain a dose of surprise & humour BUT must be restrained and understated. I am sure I have not reached my goal yet…….”

Text by the artist

Text by the artist

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