Artist Information

Ron Gallas

sculptor
United States
b. b. 1948
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Ron Gallas earned his BA from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and his MFA in ceramics from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where he worked with Warren MacKenzie and Curt Hoard.

His awards include a National Endowment for the Arts Apprenticeship Grant, a National Endowment for the Arts Craftmen's Fellowship, a Ford Foundation Faculty Enrichment Grant, and a Ford Foundation Matching Funds Grant. Regional, national, and international exhibitions pepper his resume. Gallas has given numerous lectures and conducted workshops throughout the United States in the past 30 years.

His work can be found in The Craft and Art of Clay; Low Fire Ceramics: A New Direction in American Clay; Salt Glazed Ceramics; and The History of American Ceramics. Four of his wall-relief masks were commissioned by Duffy Worldwide for ZELO, an upscale restaurant in downtown Minneapolis. Gallas' teaching assignments have included Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota; and St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, where he is Associate Professor Emeritus of Art.

Reference
http://www.stolaf.edu
Gallas, Ron. “Ron Gallas.” Ron Gallas, http://www.rongallas.com.