Angelo Garzio, Angelo Charles Garzio, “Ange”

Biography to Display:

1922 Born Mirabello Sannitico, Italy

2008 Died Manhattan, Kansas

EDUCATION

1949 BA Library Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

1950 Diploma de Proffitio, Art History, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

1954 MA Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

1955 MFA Ceramics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES

1956-1957 Guest potter, Arabia Potteries, Helsinki, Finland

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1942-1945 US Army Air Force, World War II

1957-2008 Professor of Ceramics, Kansas State University

1973 Professor, Hong IK University, Seoul, Korea, Fulbright-Hays Senior Scholarship

1977 Professor, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaire, Nigeria, Fulbright-Hays Senior Scholarship

BIOGRAPHY

Angelo Garzio is known for functional, wheel thrown wood-fired stoneware vessels, and hand painted majolica earthenware.

During his graduate studies, Garzio worked closely with Glenn C. Nelson to help create the ceramics program at the University of Iowa.

Garzio remained passionate about sponsoring education in the arts outside of his University classroom. He has several scholarships in his name at both the University of Iowa and Kansas State, and established a fund named after his mother, Rose Garzio, to support the University of Iowa’s Music and Art Library.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, New York

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

Ernst, Sandra B. “Angelo Garzio.” Ceramics Monthly, January 1981, pg. 29-31.