Curriculum Synopsis
Born Gisela Marturet, September 18, 1948 in Caracas, Venezuela. .
Studies drawing and painting with Francisco Narváez.
Since 1974 she has been working in ceramics.
Studies and works for more than five years, since 1974 with María Luisa Tovar, a pioneer of ceramics in Venezuela.
In 1975 sets up her own ceramic’s studio in Caracas, where she currently works.
Participates in workshops given at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine (1984,1985,1986), Escuela de Artes Visuales Cristobal Rojas Caracas (1981,1983), and AVAF (Asociación Venezolana de las Artes del Fuego) by international master potters including David Leach (1986, 1987), Warren Mackenzie (1981, 1992), Clary Illian (1983), Enrique Mestre (1990), Jeff Oeistreich (1993), and Randy Johnston (2000) among others.
Gisela Tello is a founding member of the Asociación Venezolana de las Artes del fuego (AVAF) (1979), and the Grupo Turgua (1992).
Lives and works in Caracas.
Participates as a jury in: XI Salón Nacional de las Artes del Fuego. Valencia (1984); Primera Bienal de la Cerámica Contemporanea Puertorriqueña, Premio Casa Candina, San Juan, Puerto Rico (1988); Premio Gobernación del Distrito Federal, Mención Cerámica, Caracas(1991).
Awards:
In 1976 receives the Premio Dirección de Cultura, Universidad de Carabobo, IV Salón Nacional de las Artes del Fuego, Valencia Venezuela.
In 1977 she obtains the Premio Nacional de Artes del Fuego, at the V Salon Nacional de las Artes del Fuego, Valencia Venezuela.
In 1985 she receives the Premio Fundación Hans Neuman at the XII Salon Nacional de las Artes del Fuego, Valencia Venezuela.
On three occasions (1984, 1990 and 1997), her work has been recognized with an honorary diploma at the World Triennale of Small Ceramics in Zagreb.
Solo Exhibitions:
Sala Mendoza, Caracas 1984, Variaciones sobre lo Permanente
Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN), Caracas 1985, Del Taller de Gisela Tello Hoy
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas (MACC), 1990, Formas estables universos cambiantes
Galeria Via, Caracas 1991, Del blanco al rojo
Sala Mendoza, Caracas 1994, Obra reciente, Gisela Tello
Grupo Turgua, Caracas 1998, Raku 1989, 40 piezas de Gisela Tello
Museums and Collections:
GiselaTello is represented in both private and public, national and international collections, including: Direccíon de Cultura de la Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia; Museo del Correo del Orinoco, Ciudad Bolívar; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas; Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan; Fundación Banco Mercantil, Caracas; Fundación Banco de Venezuela, Caracas; Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN), Caracas; Casa Candina, San Juan de Puerto Rico; the Fine Arts Museum, Beijing and the Kungl library, Royal Library, and National Library of Sweden, Stockholm.
Collective Exhibitions:
She has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, in Venezuela and abroad, including:
The Salón Nacional de Artes del Fuego, Valencia (1976-1997); the annual exhibition Artes del Fuego, Sala Mendoza, Caracas (1976-1987); the Taller de Cerámica en el Museo, Museo de arte Contemporaneo de Caracas (1977); the Concorso Internationale della Ceramica D'Arte, Faenza, Italy (1978 and 1987); the Biennale Internationale de Ceramique D'Art de Vallauris, France (1984 and 1986); the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and at the British Craft Center in London (1985); the Encuentro de Ceramistas Contemporaneos de America Latina, Museo de Arte de Ponce, San Juan, Puerto Rico (1986); Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New York (1986); Everson Museum, Syracuse (1986); Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg (1986); Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City (1986); Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá (1986).
In 1990 she participated in Los 80-Panorama de las Artes Visuales en Venezuela, Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN) (1990); the Bienal Barro de America I y II, in Caracas and Maracaibo (1992 and 1995); Diez Presencias, Artes del Fuego en Venezuela, Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN), Caracas (1995); the Annual Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington D.C. (1997); Tierra Común, Centro Venezolano de Cultura, Embassy of Venezuela in Colombia, Bogotá (1998) and as a special guest at the 58º Salon Arturo Michelena, Valencia (2000), in Ceramica.con.ve, Sala CorpGroup, Caracas (2001); De La Tierra, Cerámica en la Colección del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, (MACCSI) (2005), and at the Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Banco de La República in Bogotá (2006).
Her work has also been featured in Cerámica venezolana 1955-2008 Colección Mercantil, Espacio Mercantil, Caracas (2016); Visión Antológica de la Cerámica en Venezuela, memoria y presencia. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas (2015). Cerámica Maestra, Colección de Cerámica de la Universidad Simon Bolivar, Hacienda La Trinidad, Caracas (2016); I-Conos, Ceramica emblematica Venezolana, Sala Mendoza, Caracas (2017).
She was invited to be in the exhibition Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940-1980 at The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York, in 2024. And in Cronotopias exhibition of de C&FE Colecction at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. Caracas.