Gabriel Parque was born in San Francisco California and raised across the Golden Gate in the town of Fairfax, Marin County.  He received his BFA in ceramics from California College of the Arts in Oakland California and his MFA in ceramics from University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.  His work has been exhibited nationally and he has recently received awards from the Archie Bray Foundation and The Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation.  Gabriel works as an adjunct teacher in ceramics at Clark College in Vancouver Washington.  He currently lives with his wife Courtney and their two sons Elio and Saul in Portland, Oregon.