Gina Pisto

Gina Pisto (she/her) is an artist currently living in Kansas City, Missouri. She completed her Masters of Fine Arts in Ceramics at Ohio University in 2022 and has exhibited her work nationally in various group and solo exhibitions. She has been awarded recognition from the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) and the Michigan Ceramic Art Association (MCAA). Pisto most recently exhibited her work in Milestones: Belger Arts’ Tenth Annual Resident Artist Exhibition at Belger Crane Yard Studios and Coalescence at the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Pisto is an adjunct professor at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, and regularly teaches private lessons and community classes at Belger Crane Yard Studios. Currently working in her second year as an artist-in-residence at BCYS, Pisto’s work utilizes various materials such as clay, plastic, and flowers to explore notions of loss, memory, and permanence.