Gabby Malpas
Biography
Gabby Malpas is a graduate of the Otago Art School, Dunedin NZ with a major in ceramics 1986.
Gabby challenges the centuries-old European tradition of Chinoiserie with her own narrative as a Chinese adoptee raised by
white parents in NZ.
The resulting works are beautiful, delicate but with stories that draw the viewer in for a closer look. This is a calculated contrast
to the sometimes confronting messages within her work.
A proud maximalist, Gabby currently resides in Sydney, Australia
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Gabby Malpas
A pair of Pansy pin dishes, with piped ‘icing’ feet
10 x 10 x 2.5 cm Underglazes on white earthenware, slab plate with applied legs and decoration. Clear glaze. Gold lustre $450.00
Gabby Malpas
Dragon tripod brush pot 2
14 x 8 cm Wheel thrown vessel in midfire 33 clay with applied decoration and tripod legs Green gloss glaze $180.00
Gabby Malpas
Dragon tripod brush pot 1
14 x 8 cm Wheel thrown vessel in midfire 33 clay with applied decoration and tripod legs Green gloss glaze $180.00
Gabby Malpas
Virginia creeper temple tripod jar, with peach bum lugs
19 x 14 x 14 cm Underglazes on white, wheel thrown earthenware with applied legs and decoration. Clear glaze. Gold lustre $750.00
Gabby Malpas
Virginia creeper temple tripod jar in pink, with peach bum lugs
14 x 14 x 14 cm Underglazes on white, wheel thrown earthenware with applied legs and decoration. Clear glaze. Gold lustre $750.00
Gabby Malpas
Virginia creeper temple tripod censer, with CNY Lion mask lugs
15 x 15 x 15 cm Cobalt oxide on white, wheel thrown midfire stoneware with applied legs and decoration. Clear glaze. Gold lustre. Mint green glaze interior $550.00
Gabby Malpas
Virginia creeper vine brushpot
13.5 x 10 cm Underglazes on wheel thrown and handbuilt white earthenware vessel with applied legs and decoration. Clear glaze. Gold lustre $300.00
Gabby Malpas
Virginia creeper blue and white brushpot
12 x 8.5 cm Cobalt oxide over white, midfire clay. Green gloss glaze interior clear glaze exterior $150.00
Gabby Malpas
Tiger face tripod dish, with piped ‘icing’ feet
16 x 15 x 15 cm Underglazes on white earthenware, slab plate with applied legs and decoration. Clear glaze. Gold lustre $600.00
Gabby Malpas
Tiger face temple tripod censer, with cheeky rat head lugs
16 x 15 x 15 cm Underglazes on white, wheel thrown earthenware with applied legs and decoration. Clear glaze. Gold lustre $750.00
Gabby Malpas
Tiger face temple tripod censer, with CNY Lion mask lugs
15 x 15 x 15 cm Underglazes on white, wheel thrown earthenware with applied legs and decoration. Clear glaze. Gold lustre $650.00