Roberto Lugo is a Philadelphia-based artist, ceramicist, social activist, poet, and educator. Lugo utilizes classical pottery forms in conjunction with portraiture and surface design reminiscent of his North Philadelphia upbringing and Hip Hop culture to highlight themes of poverty, inequality, and racial injustice. Lugo’s works utilize traditional European and Asian ceramic techniques reimagined with a 21st-century street sensibility. Their hand-painted surfaces feature classic decorative patterns and motifs combined with elements of modern urban graffiti and portraits of individuals whose faces are historically absent on this type of luxury item - people like Sojourner Truth, Dr. Cornel West, and The Notorious BIG, as well as Lugo’s family members and, very often, himself.
Lugo holds a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from Penn State. His work has been featured in exhibitions at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, among others. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2023 Heinz Award, a Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures award, a 2019 Pew Fellowship, a Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize, and a US Artist Award. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The High Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Brooklyn Museum, the Walters Art Museum, and more.
Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat Glazed Ceramic Teapot
By Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat
Located in New York, NY
A ceramic lidded teapot by Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat featuring a spherical body decorated with dynamic sculptural ribs, an inventive crescent-shaped han...
Ceramic
$520Sale Price|20% Off
H 9 in W 10.63 in D 3.5 in
Kazuko Matthews Post Modern Ceramic Teapot, California, 1980's
By Kazuko Matthews
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Kazuko Matthews Post Modern Ceramic Teapot, California, 1980's. Kazuko Kayasuga Matthews was born Southern California and was raised in Japan. After she returned to the United Stat...
Ceramic, Stoneware
1994 Ben Owen III Japanese Translation Pottery Teapot Seagrove, Nc
By Ben Owen III
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Ben Owen III, 1994 Japanese Translation Pottery Teapot Seagrove, NC. Signed on the bottom. Multi-layered ash glaze. Probably one of the most renowned potters in Seagrove history. Thi...
Pottery
Robert Picault Vallauris Polychromed Ceramic Teapot, circa 1960
By Robert Picault
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Striking ceramic teapot by French ceramicist Robert Picault, signed “RP” beneath the base. Dating to circa 1960, this piece reflects the distinctive and highly recognizable aesthetic...
Enamel
Vintage Playful Teapot by Allan Hellman Sweden 1967
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This playful and unique teapot, has different sides to it. Sometimes it looks like just a quirky tea pot with a bright mustard yellow inside. But in the view from some angles, this t...
Clay
Linda Mosley Studio Pottery Teapot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this early teapot by American artist, Linda Mosley, signed and dated, 1974. It has a fanciful hand built form with a combination of glossy and matte glazes ...
Ceramic
$3,419
H 5.91 in W 8.67 in D 5.91 in
A woodfired stoneware teapot by Elisabeth Joulia to La Borne, circa 1970-1980.
By Elisabeth Joulia
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A woodfired stoneware teapot by Elisabeth Joulia to La Borne. Artist signature. Circa 1970-1980. Perfect original conditions. H : 5.9 x 8.7 x 5.9 inches.
Ceramic
Vintage Handcrafted Ceramic Teapot from Carlton Ware, England
By Carlton Ware Ltd
Located in Hamburg, DE
Vintage Handcrafted Ceramic Teapot from Carlton Ware, England, in Very Good conditions. Designed 1980 to 1989 This piece has an attribution mark. Additional information: Materials: ...
Ceramic
$4,149Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 7.09 in Dm 8.67 in
Prince Charming Teapot, Handmade in Italy, Luxury Handcrafted Design 2021
By Mosche Bianche
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
Our artisan's pieces are a dream come true, as in Disney's Alice in Wonderland. Ceramic tea service are completely hand-crafted and painted with love and care. Sometimes we all just need to have a little stress relief. We want to escape the ordinary days, made of work and pain. Give yourself a little gift with those fabolous creations full of poetry and fairytales. Our artist models every single detail with patience and love, to bring us back in a world made of dreams and feelings. The collection recalls Alice in wonderland and Cinderella, taking us to a trip in our childhood, a world that lives silently inside, giving us the strength to always believe...
Ceramic
Late 20th century French St Clément Ceramic Tea-pot, 1960s
By Saint-Clément
Located in LEGNY, FR
Add a touch of charm and authenticity to your tea breaks with this beautiful ceramic teapot, delicately hand-painted of the French Saint Clément Manufacture. Both functional and deco...
Ceramic
Guido Vessel in Glazed Ceramic from the Moderno Collection by Trish DeMasi
By Trish DeMasi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Trish DeMasi Guido, 2020 Glazed Ceramic 12.5 x 9.25 x 5 in The Moderno collection by Trish DeMasi features geometric shapes, sumptuous textures and pleasing neutral colors in the fo...
Ceramic
Uppity Uproar in Stoneware and Glaze by Malcolm Mobutu Smith
By Malcolm Mobutu Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Malcolm Mobutu Smith Uppity Uproar, 2021 Stoneware, slip and glaze Measures: 9 x 13 x 19 in.
Stoneware
Moderno Vessel in Glazed Ceramic by Trish DeMasi
By Trish DeMasi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Trish DeMasi Moderno Vessel, 2021 Glazed ceramic Measures: 2.5 x 6.75 x 9.25 in.
Ceramic
Sour Diesel Vessel in Glazed Stoneware by Trish DeMasi
By Trish DeMasi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Trish DeMasi Sour Diesel, 2020 Glazed stoneware Measures: 5 x 6 x 6 in.
Ceramic
Botanica Vessel in Glazed Ceramic by Trish DeMasi
By Trish DeMasi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Trish DeMasi Botanica Vessel, 2022 Glazed ceramic 6.5 x 6.5 x 14.5 in.
Ceramic
Aldo Vessel in Glazed Ceramic from the Moderno Collection by Trish DeMasi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Trish DeMasi Aldo, 2020 Glazed Ceramic 20.25 x 11 x 11 in The Moderno Collection by Trish DeMasi features geometric shapes, sumptuous textures and pleasing neutral colors in the for...
Ceramic
Ceramist Roberto Lugo brings a street-art sensibility to a dainty serving vessel while paying homage to his artistic heroes.
With a roomy new home in the city’s Fishtown neighborhood, the gallery can accommodate more monumental and experimental works.
