Peter Pincus Furniture

Peter Pincus is an American ceramic artist and instructor, born in Rochester, New York. He received his BFA degree and MFA degree in ceramics from Alfred University and in between, was a resident artist at the Mendocino Art Center, in Mendocino, California. Since graduate school, Pincus has worked as the Studio Manager and Resident Artist Coordinator of the Genesee Center for Arts and Education, in Rochester, New York, as an Adjunct Professor of three-dimensional studies at Roberts Wesleyan College and established a studio, in Penfield, New York. In Fall 2014, Pincus joined the School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology, as Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics. He works in colored porcelain to create three-dimensional paintings out of pots. His work has been exhibited in venues, such as the Collective Design Fair, Independent Art Projects at Mass MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Craft, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Cheon World Ceramics Center, Art of the Pot studio tour, American Pottery Festival, Greenwich House Pottery and National Council on Education for the Ceramic Art. Pincus’s work can be found in numerous private and public collections. In 2012, Ceramics Monthly featured Peter’s work on the cover and in the article, Painting Pots from the Inside.