Gundega AMOLS

7 FEB 1930 - ____

• BIRTH: 7 FEB 1930, Jelgava, Latvia

• MARRIAGE: 8 OCT 1955

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[N25583] Summary: Gundega Penikis is 90 years old and was born on 02/07/1930. Gundega Penikis lives in South Bend, IN; previous city include Swarthmore PA. In the past, Gundega has also been known as Penikis Gundega. Background details that you might want to know about Gundega include: ethnicity is Caucasian, whose political affiliation is currently a registered Democrat; and religious views are listed as Christian. Gundega is now married. Other family members and associates include Martha Cochrane, Katherine Parker, Mary Crowley, Alan Grose and Nancy Servis. Gundega's reported annual income is about $40 - 49,999; with a net worth that tops $50,000 - $99,999. Read Full Summary

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January 16 - April 4, 2021
Art League Gallery
Reception: TBD | 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Gundega Penikis’s elegant ceramic pots and vessels have a lightness to them. In contrast to their material, they seem almost to float upward. Perhaps this is from how technically well crafted they are. Or perhaps from drips of glaze that are frozen forever in time. But whatever the reason, her ceramics transcend their earthy materiality and become things of exceptional beauty.

Gundega arrived in South Bend in 1970, and within the year enrolled in a ceramics class at the then Art Center. “I discovered that working with clay was interesting, challenging and discouraging, but never boring.”

Before her recent retirement, Gundega nurtured area clay students for 40 years, teaching in the SBMA studios, Saint Mary’s College and Indiana University South Bend. This exhibition features a loose survey of her work, and will also feature images of work provided by past students, highlighting how both in her personal work and her teaching, Gundega has vastly improved the quality of our cultural life.

Ceramic Artist Gundega Penikis has nurtured area clay students for 40 years, teaching in the SBMA studios, Saint Mary’s College and Indiana University South Bend. Gundega arrived in South Bend in 1970, and within the year enrolled in a ceramics class at the then Art Center. “I discovered that working with clay was interesting, challenging and discouraging, but never boring.” She continues to create art and inspire her students in the SBMA studios.