Born in Sardinia, now working and living in York, Pietro has always been interested in art in all its forms.
During his degree studies in Contemporary 3D Craft at York College, he started to focus on the use of the ceramic medium.
Pietro now creates hand built and slip cast vessels as carriers for wide and broad types of narratives; his practice taking inspiration from experimentation and an understanding of clay and the possibilities it offers during the act of making.
Thus, Pietro uses coil built vessels to create uneven and asymmetrical shapes, creating layered and abstract visual narratives.
He also makes slip cast vessels in multiples to play with the deconstruction process and the simplicity of shape and colour.
10 YEARS ON (OCT/NOV 2026):
Now and Then is a special ceramic series made as a collaboration between Sanna Ceramics and Sarah, Silson Contemporary to celebrate the gallery’s 10 years Anniversary
I’m am thrilled to be part of this show as Sarah has a special importance to my artistic career as a ceramic artist.
A series of firsts, she was the very first person to buy one of my pieces in my first show in York after my graduation from York College, then becoming my first collector of further pieces. In 2016, when Silson Contemporary opened, they were the first gallery to represent me.
Since those firsts and over the years, my work has developed and taken different directions.
The body of work for this special collaboration gave me the time and space to reflect on my artistic journey and explore my creativity with freedom, and to contemplate the beginning of my career with a different eye.
The works in Silson’s Anniversary show are abstract in nature and heavily inspired by the crackle Japanese technique, Kannyu, where the glazes crackle creating intricate patterns, on top of which, the gold lustre is applied. The final ‘look’; crackled, full, tarnished or shining, is used to represent the meanings and struggles of life.
10 years on, and I’m proud to still be working with them and to continue to be part of their brilliant stable of artists.
Pietro works from his studio in York and is represented by galleries in the UK and in France. His work has collectors worldwide.
More images are available upon request for all available pieces
