Tina Gebhart

Artist Statement

Wonky with strong bones. After years of throwing, altering, constructing highly technical pots, Early Onset Parkinson’s now makes my intentional movements wonky, and a medication complication gifts me with lurchy unintentional movements. I work around and with this ever-changing unsteadiness while pursuing strong form and lyrical lines. My pots focus on elegant function, variations on visual units, and interrupted repetition while referencing lobed garden fruits, architecture, Sung and Koryo Dynasty pots, robust American diner-wares, and the Terracotta Army.

Artist Bio

For nearly three decades, Tina’s artwork has received honors including as a two-time Zanesville Prize finalist, Ceramics Monthly cover, many Strictly Functional Pottery Nationals, and multiple NCECA Annuals. Her pots are included in the American Museum of Ceramic Art and the Alfred Museum of Ceramics, and notable private collections such as Irving Blum, Rebecca Sive, Sidney Swidler, and Chief Justice Roberts. She earned her MFA in Ceramics at Alfred University and her BFA at Penn State University. Tina is a professor at Gettysburg College and was Director of the Ceramics Apprenticeship Program at Berea College.