A native Californian, Louis Esposito was introduced to Ceramics while studying Industrial Design at San Jose City College. From that moment art became his focus. He continued his art education at San Jose State University in 1965, concentrating on ceramics and glass blowing where in 1972 he graduated with an M.A. in Art.
His work at that time was heavily influenced by the psychedelic 60’s and artists such as Frank Stella, Robert Hudson and Andy Warhol. The artworks produced at this time were ceramic sculptures with a pop art theme. Louis wanted to go beyond ceramics and chose glass blowing as the next step. Louis went on to produce sculpture pieces using glass blown shapes which were brightly painted and combined the glass blown shapes with colored Plexiglas shapes. Louis moved to Richmond, Virginia and in the early 80’s Louis opened his own ceramic & sculpture gallery where he continued to work in ceramics.
After moving back to San Jose, California in 1983 he started working in graphic art with a large company using Illustrator and Photoshop, he worked at creating brochures, manuals and producing the company magazine. In 2000 he decided to continue in 2D graphic art, where he produced colorful illustrations with geometric shapes as the main theme and then he continued on a series producing individual portraits with a slightly pop theme.
His work at that time was heavily influenced by the psychedelic 60’s and artists such as Frank Stella, Robert Hudson and Andy Warhol. The artworks produced at this time were ceramic sculptures with a pop art theme. Louis wanted to go beyond ceramics and chose glass blowing as the next step. Louis went on to produce sculpture pieces using glass blown shapes which were brightly painted and combined the glass blown shapes with colored Plexiglas shapes. Louis moved to Richmond, Virginia and in the early 80’s Louis opened his own ceramic & sculpture gallery where he continued to work in ceramics.
After moving back to San Jose, California in 1983 he started working in graphic art with a large company using Illustrator and Photoshop, he worked at creating brochures, manuals and producing the company magazine. In 2000 he decided to continue in 2D graphic art, where he produced colorful illustrations with geometric shapes as the main theme and then he continued on a series producing individual portraits with a slightly pop theme.