West Meets East, an exhibition that includes many of the artists I went to Fuping, China with in 2007, opens today at Harbinger Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario. From the exhibition announcement:
Harbinger Gallery is pleased to present “West Meets East,” an exhibition of ceramics by Canadian artists who have created a body of work during or [...]
I am happy to announce that I am participating in Earth Matters, the 2010 NCECA Invitational exhibition in Philadelphia. The show, installed at the Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art and Design, opened on March 13 and runs until April 10, coinciding with the 44th annual NCECA conference, March 31 to April 3. I [...]
I’m working hard in Oz preparing for the show at Perth Galleries, but also taking time to meet some of the locals. Bye for now!
Now that Devastatus Rememorari has been installed at Gallery One One One, I’m off to Australia for a month to make work for a show in Perth. I’ll be creating a series of small porcelain pieces and also collaborating on new lighting works with one of Australia’s renowned ceramic artists, Sandra Black in Fremantle. Trudy [...]
My show with William Pura opened recently at Gallery One One One at the University of Manitoba. It will be up until September 18, with a closing reception taking place on September 16. Here’s the invitation and a link to the press release for the exhibition.
GALLERY ONE ONE ONE
GRACE NICKEL & WILLIAM PURA Curated by Cliff [...]
I have had my work Uprooted – Winnipeg 2007 accepted into the Unity and Diversity Exhibition at the Canadian pavilion of the Cheoungju International Biennale in South Korea. The Biennale, which runs from September 23 to November 1, 2009, is the largest and most outstanding fine craft-based biennale in the world. Dr. Sandra Alfoldy of [...]
A solo exhibition of my work will be on view at Gallery in the Park from May 15 until July 5 in Altona, Manitoba. I’ll be showing a few of my large architectural works and installing Devastatus Rememorari, which was created in Halifax, Nova Scotia in tribute to Point Pleasant Park, a large urban reserve [...]
Waterline, a large work which I made in Nova Scotia, will appear in a group exhibition at the Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library. The exhibition showcases work by University of Manitoba ceramics students and faculty.
Students of Craft, May 12 to mid-September, 2009. Opens May 12, 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
I have been very busy since January, when I began my full-time teaching position in Ceramics at the University of Manitoba. I’ve posted some photos of my students’ work at Open House April 12, 2009 exhibition on the Quartz Inverters blog.
I’ve been awarded a commission to create the donors’ recognition work for the Beechwood National Memorial Centre, in Beechwood National Cemetery, Ottawa.
The work, entitled Donors’ Forest, will be a permanent installation consisting of four porcelain commemorative trees. The central piece is the Forked Tree, standing about 210 cm tall, constructed in six sections.
Above is a photograph [...]