gobrizia, the moniker of Hannah Gambino, creates abstract expressionist paintings and pottery, charming altered wheel-thrown forms, whimsical ceramic sculptures, and original character block prints and patches carved and printed.
With an emphasis on the word "critter," I enjoy creating little fellers to be around. Many of them are not a specific animal but can fully lean towards one as perceived by an individual; they are ambiguous, like emotions we keep veiled, though that impacts little. A sweet (usually playful) critter is present regardless, and I relate.
My work often shows at face value but translates grief into something that brings physicality to the joy and simplicity that animals, colors, and lines bring. I express conversation between my inner child to the adult navigating, leading to intersection of representation and whimsy.
While moving through a number of mediums, most seriously focused on my paintings and ceramics, I'm constantly finding inspiration through fluid lines and vivid color, characters and cartoons, and the natural world and animals.
I've explored grief through abstraction of the life cycle, most interested in the relationship between intuitive mark making, thematic color, and repressed emotion. This translates through to every medium I work with.
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Representation
Greenhill Center for NC Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, 2024-Present
Brevard Clay, Brevard, NC, 2024-Present
Odyssey Clayworks Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2022-Present
Emote AVL, Asheville, NC, 2022-Present
Foundation Studios, Asheville, NC, 2023-2024 (lost to Hurricane Helene)
Hartwell, Raleigh, NC, 2024
Zan Zan Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2022-2024
Education
Bachelors, Art with K-12 Licensure, Concentration in Painting, cum laude, UNC Asheville, 2022
Work / Teaching Experience
Studio Manager & Instructor, Glassman Clay Studio, Hendersonville, NC, 2024-Present
Studio Assistant, Odyssey Clayworks, Asheville, NC, 2023-Present
Instructor, Odyssey Clayworks, Asheville NC, 2022-Present
Afterschool Clubs Teacher (Art K-3 & 4-6, Clay K-6), The Learning Community School, Swannanoa, 2024
Gallery Assistant and Painting Apprentice, Peter Roux Studio, Asheville, NC, 2021-2023
Student Teacher, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC, 2021-2022
Community Events
Demo Day representing Glassman Clay Studio, Art League of Hendersonville, Hendersonville, NC, 2024
"The Great Pottery Showdown," Fundraiser, All Together Art, Asheville, NC, 2023 & 2024
Spring Fling Clay Demo representing Odyssey Clayworks, Isaac Dickson Elementary School, 2024
Public Demo for Clay Day representing Odyssey Clayworks, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC, 2023
Market Representation
Lowes Holiday Popup Market, Asheville, NC, 2024
Blue Ridge Artisan Market, Various Locations, WNC, 2023 & 2024
The Big Crafty, Asheville, NC, Summer 2022 & Winter 2023
Uncommon Market, Asheville, NC, 2022 & 2023
"There is no limit to experimenting and exploring as an artist,
especially as it serves your innermost emotions- bringing together even
the most different."
For personal/store inquiries: Instagram @gobrizia