Joseph Casha - Sculptor in Malta since 1939. 

 

‘Malta has produced a young sculptor, Joseph Casha, who has benefited from a particular combination of Latin and British influences, and after studying in Italy and Britain, has emerged as a leading Maltese artist with a marked individuality’ [Sculpture International magazine No.3] 

 

He has made works of art in a multitude of media – plaster to be cast in bronze, limestone, alabaster, marble, various types of wood [occasionally gilded], ceramics, terracotta, fibre-glass, etching, lino-cut, ink and collage. His works range from the non-figurative to natural representation. He has been, besides a sculptor and ceramist, a designer of postage stamps and Trade Fair posters. His church works include stained glass windows and tabernacles. He was responsible for the monument to Pope John Paul II at Attard. 

 

Joseph Casha studied at the School of Art, Valletta [1959 – 1961], at the Accademia di Belle Arti, [1961 – 4], at the Istituto Statale d’Arte [1961 -2], at the Scuola dell Arti Ornamentali [1963 – 4], all found in Rome. Between [1964 -5] he was at Brighton College of Arts and Crafts on an Art Teachers’ Course. In his professional life, he was Teacher of Art in state schools, Head of a Primary School and Head of the School of Art where he still teaches sculpture having retired five years ago. 

 

He is married to Mary nee Magro and has three daughters and four grandchildren. 

 

This text is taken from ‘Joseph Casha – A Retrospective Exhibition’, Bank of Valletta- December 2005-January 2006; exhibition curator Louis P Saliba.