Garth Clark
Garth Clark is an art critic, art historian, curator, gallerist, and art dealer from Pretoria, South Africa. Clark is a writer and commentator on modern and contemporary ceramic art and a critic of the craft movement. For twenty-seven years, Clark and his partner Mark Del Vecchio owned and operated Garth Clark Gallery in New York City, with other locations across the country and the world. Clark lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he is the founding Editor-in-Chief of CFile Foundation's online journal and publishing projects. Early life Garth Clark discovered his interest in ceramic arts while he was living in South Africa. He received his master's degree from the Royal College of Art, London, in modern ceramic history, and became an expert in British pottery. Garth Clark Gallery Garth Clark Gallery, co-founded and co-operated by Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, began its life on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1981 with the inaugural exhibition, Beatrice Wood: A Very Private View. At their galleries in LA, Manhattan, Kansas City, and briefly London combined, Clark and Del Vecchio have been responsible for over 500 exhibitions (solo, group, theme, historical) over a period of 27 years. The gallery served as