Tony Briffa

Born in Malta in 1959, he studied ceramics in the late seventies obtaining a distinction diploma from Tarġa Gap School for Craftsmen.

After almost ten years working in the ceramic industry, he was entrusted with the ceramic studios at Tarġa Gap, his old art school. Since the early eighties, he exhibited in a significant number of national and international juried exhibitions, drawing the attention of art critics and collectors . All along he also worked intensely in the theater both as an actor and as a designer. He designed sets, costumes & props for major productions by playwrights as diverse as Aristophanes, Moliere, Neil Simon and Peter Shaffer.

In 1995, he was awarded the Commonwealth Foundation Fellowship in Art and Crafts, which he pursued later as a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for the Arts, Hobart, University of Tasmania. While in Australia, he attended the international ceramic Clay Sculpt Symposium at Gulgong.

He moved to Tåsinge in Denmark in 2002 where he now lives and work. Tony was awarded the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2015 and two

Malta Arts Council Grants in 2016 and in 2018 for his ceramic sculptures.

1995 While in Australia, participated in masterclasses by ceramists including :
Fred Olsen (USA), Peter Callas (USA), Janet Mansfield (Australia), Les Blakebrough,
(Australia),
Robin Hopper (Canada) and Nina Hole (Denmark).
1992 Pedagogy Certificate. Department of Education, Floriana, Malta.
1982 - 1984 Credit Diploma in Drama. Manuel Theater Academy of Dramatic Art, Valletta.
1977 - 1979 Distinction Diploma in Ceramics. Malta School for Craftsmen, Tarġa Gap, Mosta,
1972 -1977 Received formal art education(drawing and painting) at the Malta Society for
the Arts which led to an A level Certificate. University of London.
Can speak, read and write in Maltese, English, Italian and Danish

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS :

2023 - 2nd International Vasyl Krychevsky Biennale of Art Ceramics , National Museum, Opishne, Ukraine

2022 - Signature 18 Art Collective, Obelisk Gallery, Balzan, Malta.

2022 - Kunst og Kirker, Helligånds Kirken, Slagelse, Denmark

2021 - Ceramics in Love- Mostra della Ceramica - Castellamonte, Turin, Italy. 2021 - Anthropos - ArtHall, Gozo, Malta.

2020 - Stensikkert - Galleri Nørballe - Middelfart, Denmark. 2020 - Concorso Ceramica Contemporanea - Grottaglie (Ta) Puglia, Italy.

2020 - The 9th China Changchun International Ceramics Symposium, China.

2019 - The International Cluj Ceramics Biennale, Romania.

2019 - Sydfynske Kunstnere SAK, Svendborg, Denmark.

2018 - European Ceramic Context, Bornholm, Denmark.

2018 - Arita International Ceramic Competition, Japan.

2017 - Hillerød Kunstorening Kunsthuset Annaborg, Hillerød, Denmark.

2015 - Kunsthåndvæk på Haven, Haderslev, Denmark.

2011 - Claymax 2, Kunstbyg...