Gerbi Tsesarskaia was born in Zhitomir, Ukraine. After graduating from the Marine Technical University of St. Petersburg in 1980 with an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, for four years she worked as an electrical engineer at “Elektrosila” Research Institute. In 1985 Gerbi moved to Budapest, Hungary, got married, and made a sharp turn in her career. After learning Hungarian she worked first as an art books seller, then later as a translator-interpreter, as well as a marionette puppet maker at the Budapest National Puppet Theater. In 1990 Gerbi moved to Florida where her husband pursued his doctoral studies at the University of Miami. In 1994 she joined the Ceramic League of Miami. At the CLM she first took, later taught courses in wheel throwing. In 2002 she was accepted to the graduate program at Florida Atlantic University and graduated with an M.F.A. in ceramics in 2005. After a brief period of teaching at FAU she moved her studio to the Bakehouse Art Complex, where she currently works as an independent artist. From August 2009 until may 2023 she has been teaching a variety of ceramics courses at the University of Miami, Miami International University of Art and Design and Barry University as an adjunct instructor. Gerbi has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions including two world competitions in Korea and Rumania. Her work has been included in many private and two museum collections in Korea and Romania.
Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters M.F.A. Ceramics, 2005
St. Petersburg Marine Technical University (former Leningrad Shipbuilding University), St. Petersburg, Russia, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1980
Museum Of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida
South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition
Audrey Love Gallery, Miami, Florida
Present, Group Exhibition
Collective 62, Liberty City, Florida,
Materia Viva, Group Exhibition
Landromat Art Space, Doral Contemporary Art Museum
A Pair of Us, Group Exhibition
Onnahouse Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Blue is the Warmest Color, Group Exhibition
Onnahouse Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
Both Sides Now, Group exhibition
Dimentions Variable, Miami, Florida
Stratified Gestures, Group Exhibition
Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, Florida
Nature Reformed, Six Perspectives in Contemporary Ceramics
Oolite Arts, Miami, Florida
Materialize
Bridge Red Studios, Miami Florida, Group Exhibition
Clay
Pinta Art Fair, Art Basel Miami, Applied Art Project
Between the Legible and the Opaque, Group Exhibition, Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida
Rocking Chair Sessions Volume 1-50 Group Exhibition, Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida
Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Miami Gallery,
Wynwood Art District, Florida
2017
Dimentions, Three Artist Exhibition, Da Fonseca Contemporanea, Wilton Manors, Florida
Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Miami Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Florida
Pinta Fair, Art Basel Miami, Applied Art Project
Rocking, gently, Two-Person exhibition, curated by Jacqueline Falcone, Audrey Love Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida
Cluj International Biennale 2013, International Competition, Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The Nature of Silence, Two-Person exhibition, Swenson Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida
Multiplicity, Group exhibition, The Richard Shack Gallery, ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami Beach, Florida
Art Wynwood, International Art Fair, Bakehouse Art Complex Booth A27, Miami, Florida
100 Teapots VI, National Juried Competition, Baltimore, Maryland
In Between: The Twin Connection Group Show, Swenson Gallery, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Florida
Cafecito International Juried Competition, Tampa, Florida, NCECA
Bowl Me Over, Third Lillstreet International Juried Competition Chicago, Illinois
International Ceramics Competition, La Rambla (Cordoba), Spain
Dinner table Invitational, food for thought, group exhibition, Palm Beach Community College Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Celebration of diversity, Women artists, group exhibition, Palm Beach Community College Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
By the Ounce, International Competition, Louisville, Kentucky, NCECA
100 Teapots III, National Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland
International Cup, International Juried Exhibition, Missoula, Montana
Forms and Shapes: The Useful Teapot, National Juried Exhibition, Iowa City, Iowa
The Container: To receive, to hold, to nurture, to bear, MFA Thesis exhibition
Soda/Salt National IV, National Juried Exhibition, Missoula, Montana
In Our Cups, National Juried Exhibition, SUNY Geneseo, New York
Process/Progression, Selected work from the MFA Program in Visual Arts at Florida Atlantic University’s School of the Arts, Armory Art Center of the Palm Beaches, Palm Beach, Florida
Bowl’d and Beautiful, International competition organized by Ceramics: Art & Perception magazine, Paddington, Australia
Unearthed, A Tribute Exhibition to the Ceramic League of Miami,
The Klein Family Gallery at Florida Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, Florida
100 Teapot II, National Juried Teapot Show Baltimore, Maryland
National Invitational Teapot Show V, Creedmore, North Carolina
Vessels that Pour, National Juried Exhibition, Wilmington, North Carolina
Necessary Objects, National Juried Exhibition St. Petersburg, Florida
Utilitarian Ceramic National, Thibodeaux, Louisiana
The First World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea, Suwon, Korea, juried by a panel of five international jurors
The Sydney Teapot Show 2001, Sydney, Australia
Tea as Art, National juried teaware exhibition, Water Mill, New York
Celadon Clay Art Gallery
12th Annual Teapot Show: Teapots for the 21st Century and Beyond,
Chicago, Illinois
Porcelain 2001, International Exhibition, Rochester, New York
National Juried Teapot Show 100 Teapot, Baltimore, Maryland
Focus on Function, National Ceramics Biennial 2000, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Eighth annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Luxe. Interior+design, March/April 2017 Editorial “Second Nature”
Cluj International Ceramics Biennale, 1st edition, 2013, Cluj-Napoca Museum of Art, Romania
500 Bowls, Lark Books, 2003
500 Teapots, Lark Books, 2002
The 1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea, International Competition, 1st edition, 2001
Teaching privately one-on-one sessions, Bakehouse Art Complex,
2018 to present
University of Miami, Ceramics Department, Coral Gables, Florida, Part Time Lecturer, 2009–2019
Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami, Florida Adjunct Instructor, 2013, 2010/2011
Easter Seals, Art Programs for inner city schools Art Instructor, 2008
Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Adjunct Instructor, 2006, Teaching Assistant, 2002–2005
Ceramic League of Miami, Miami, Florida, Pottery instructor, 2005–2006, 2001–2002
South Florida Cultural Consortium, Visual and Media Art 24-25 Award
Robert and Betty Minemier Purchase Award:
In our cups, National Juried Exhibition, Geneseo, SUNY, New York, 2005
John McCoy Ceramic Award:
F.A.U., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, 2003
Honorable Mention, The 1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea International Competition
In Honor of Michael Douglas, Merit Award
53th Annual Membership Exhibition, Ceramic League of Miami, juried by Sandy Pierantozzi, 2005
54th Annual Membership Exhibition, Ceramic League of Miami, juried by Ron Meyers, 2004
Buck Weaver Memorial Merit Award, Ceramic League of Miami, 2002
52nd Annual Members’ Exhibition juried by Cynthia Bringle
In the Spirit of Donna Wilt Sperow, Merit Award
50th Anniversary Members’ Show, Ceramic League of Miami, juried by Robin Hopper, 2000
49th Annual Members’ Exhibition, juried by Silvie Granatelli, 1999
48th Annual Members’ Exhibition, juried by Karon Doherty, 1998
Clay Times Subscription Award, Ceramic League of Miami, 1997
47th Annual Members Exhibition, juried by Paula Winokur
Jo de Ville Founders’ Award, Ceramic League of Miami, 1996
46th Annual Members’ Exhibition, juried by Wayne Higby
Cluj-Napoca Museum of Art, Romania
Ichon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
