Chroma Coves by Justin D’Onofrio

January 29 - February 19, 2026

Upcoming

Chroma Coves by Justin D’Onofrio

Exhibition Statement

Chroma Coves merges new and earlier works by Justin D’Onofrio in a series of intimate, color-contemplative alcoves. Each space pairs vessels with a wall piece, in consideration of landscapes and light qualities that D’Onofrio draws inspiration from. The works build upon one another across color, contour, and gesture to encapsulate the viewer in niche visual environments.

In these chromatic pockets, D’Onofrio is intrigued by the tether between repetition and variation, and the spectrum of material qualities, from industrially produced color to earthen tone and wild clay. The vessel and wall pairings contemplate clay as containers of place and an extension of it and their use in the sensorial experience of space, color and perception.

Bio

Justin Donofrio grew up in Santa Cruz, CA where he was introduced to pottery at Cabrillo Community College. He then joined the vibrant Colorado community of artists in 2013 in the Roaring Fork Valley where he continued his clay education with the support of Anderson Ranch, The Carbondale Clay Center, and The Studio for Arts and Works (SAW). He then went on to complete a B.F.A. from CSU Fort Collins and an M.F.A. from NYSSC at Alfred University. He is both internationally as well as nationally represented in galleries throughout the U.S. and abroad. He has been an exhibiting and demoing artist and tour co-manager with the Artstream Nomadic Gallery in addition to being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly’s 2018 Emerging Artists. Donofrio has been a Windgate Summer Scholar at the Archie Bray Foundation and resident at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and a participant in the Walter Gropius Master Artists Symposium at the Huntington Museum of Art. He has taught workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Idywild Summer Program, Anderson Ranch, and La Meridiana in Tuscany Italy.

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