09/08/2026
Renzo Faggioli: Sculpted Form—A Retrospective
Sculpted Form, a solo retrospective celebrating the extraordinary career of Italian-born American ceramicist, sculptor, educator and master craftsman Renzo Faggioli will be held at ARTWRKD in Newtown, PA.
On view October 2 through 25, the exhibition brings together work from across Faggioli’s career, offering a rare opportunity to experience the evolution of an artist who has spent more than five decades moving fluidly between vessel, sculpture, figure, function and form.
Born and raised near Florence in Montelupo, Italy, Faggioli began his formal training at the Scuola Statale Ceramica della Robbia in Florence before pursuing advanced studies at Alfred
University and Carnegie Mellon University. His practice has been shaped by Tuscan ceramic traditions, Renaissance sculpture, architecture, geometry, nature and modernist form.
Faggioli became an important presence in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley arts community through his work at The Baum School of Art, Moravian University and Penn State Lehigh Valley. His openness as an educator and willingness to share his knowledge have influenced generations of ceramic artists.
His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, including solo exhibitions at the Allentown Art Museum, The Baum School of Art and other regional institutions. He represented the United States in the Eighth Biennale Internationale de Céramique d’Art in Vallauris, France, and received the 2004 Allentown Arts Ovation Award for the Visual Arts.
At 86, Faggioli continues to embody the relationship between discipline, craftsmanship, curiosity and the lifelong act of making. Sculpted Form celebrates both his remarkable body of work and the legacy of an artist who has dedicated his life to making, teaching and expanding the language of clay.
The exhibition also carries a personal connection: ArtWRKD founder Ashara Shapiro and Renzo Faggioli have the distinct pleasure of being family.
The exhibit is on view October 3–25 with an opening reception on Saturday, October 3 at 6 p.m.
