About

Grace Nickel is an artist and educator living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her studio practice focusses on sculptural ceramics and installation. She has won awards in international competitions including the Mino International Ceramics Competition in Japan and the Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, and has had numerous solo exhibitions in Canada including at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Winnipeg Art Gallery in Manitoba, the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery in Saskatchewan, and the Art Gallery of Burlington in Ontario. Her work has been widely collected and is included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art in Gifu, Japan, the New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, and the Fule International Ceramic Art Museums project in Fuping, China. Her work has been selected for the Cheongju International Craft Biennale in Korea, and for NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Annual Exhibitions in the United States. Public commissions include an installation in the Memorial Centre at the Beechwood National Cemetery of Canada in Ottawa, and she has been awarded numerous arts grants.

Grace Nickel is invited to participate in residencies, including at the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemét, Hungary, the Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China, and the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics at Medalta in Alberta. She held the position of Adjunct Research Fellow at the Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia and has travelled abroad extensively to present lectures, including invitations from the Clayarch Gimhae Museum and AK Ceramics Centre in South Korea, and the Australian Ceramics Triennale in Hobart, Tasmania. She is also invited to sit on panels, boards, and juries, and remains an active member of the Winnipeg arts community.

Nickel received her BFA from the University of Manitoba and MFA from NSCAD University. She currently teaches as Professor at the University of Manitoba School of Art.

Bibliography

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2008 (advisor Dr. Sandra Alfoldy)
Museology Studies, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1981

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1980

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 Eruptions, Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, curator Jennifer Gibson (catalogue), February 17 to March 25, 2022
2019 Eruptions, Perry Gallery, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, Ontario, curated by Suzanne Carte, August 3 to October 27, 2019 (pamphlet)
2018 Arbor Vitae, Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, curated by Jennifer McRorie, May 25–August 26, 2018
2016 Arbor Vitae, Actual Contemporary Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, curated by Alex Keim, January 22–March 19, 2016 (pamphlet)
2015 Arbor Vitae, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo Ontario, curated by Christian Bernard-Singer, January 18 to March 15, 2015
2009 Grace Nickel, Gallery in the Park, Altona, Manitoba (catalogue), curated by Odia Reimer, May 15–July 15, 2009
2008 Devastatus Rememorari, Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, curated by Susan McAlpine Foshey, April 11–May 25, 2008 (pamphlet)
2002 A Quiet Passage: Grace Nickel, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, curated by Helen Delacretaz, April 18–July 22, 2002 (catalogue)
1987 Overlay, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, December 8–23, 1987

TWO, THREE, and FOUR PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022 Constructed Landscapes: Brick, Tile and Pillar, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California, four-person exhibition curated by Eliza Au (featuring work by Audrey An, Eliza Au, Sarah Heitmeyer and Grace Nickel), concurrent exhibition for NCECA 2022, February 11 to March 27, 2022
2015 Heat, Actual Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Zachari Logan, Grace Nickel and Osvaldo Yero, curated by Alex Keim
2009 Northern Lights/Southern Exposure, Perth Galleries, Perth, Australia, Sandra Black, Grace Nickel, Trudy Golley, Paul Leathers (catalogue), curated by Sandra Black
2009 Grace Nickel and William Pura, Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba (web catalogue), curated by Cliff Eyland
2005 Branching Out, Manitoba Craft Council Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Grace Nickel, Candice Ring, and Mei-Yueh Hsu
1989 Recent Work, Galerie Barbara Silverberg Contemporary Ceramics, Montréal, Québec, curated by Barbara Silverberg
1989 Manitoba Artists in Japan (three Manitoba artists selected for Mino 1989 competition), Manitoba Craft Council Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1985 Manitoba Ceramic Artists, Hughes Fine Arts Gallery, Grand Forks, North Dakota
1984 Grace Nickel and Patrick Mahon, Ace Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

International Group Exhibitions

2021 Canadian Exhibition – International Ceramics Congress – Canadian Edition, May 27 to December 31, 2021, online exhibition organized by the Ceramic School, Kärnten, Austria, with Canadian Exhibition curated by Carole Epp, https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/6232291/the-ceramics-congress-canada-exhibition
2019 Presenters’ Exhibition, Australian Ceramics Triennale Tasmania, May 1 to 4, 2019, Princes Wharf One, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania
2017 The Evocative Garden, NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Annual Exhibition, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, Oregon (catalogue), curated by Gail M. Brown
2010 Earth Matters, NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Annual Invitational Exhibition, Levy Gallery, Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA, (catalogue) curator Linda Ganstrom
2009 Unity and Diversity, Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea (catalogue), Canadian selection curated by Sandra Alfoldy
2007 Inaugural Exhibition, Canadian Ceramic Museum, Fuping, China – Fule International Ceramic Art Museums (FLICAM) international residency project at the Fuping Pottery Art Village, Shaanxi Province, created work for permanent collection of the Canadian Ceramic Museum
2004 First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan (catalogue), exhibition travelled to second venue: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2003 The Power of Design and Art: The International Ceramics Festival Mino, Japan: A Retrospective 1986–2002 (exhibition of the award winning pieces in the triennial Mino Competition), Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan (catalogue)
2003 International Ceramic Residency Exhibition, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan in conjunction with the Museum’s Annual Ceramic Festival
2000 Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan, (catalogue, Judge’s Special Award)
2000 Thick as a Brick: By the Flue, touring exhibition: first venue NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts), Denver, Colorado, additional venues Manitoba Craft Council Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Saskatchewan Craft Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1999 Delegates Exhibition: Diverse, Western Australian School of Art, Design and Media Gallery, Perth, Australia, (catalogue)
1999 Edge to Edge: Ceramics from Australia and Canada, Perth Galleries, Perth, Australia
1997 Remotely Inspired: Pottery Workshop and Showroom, Hong Kong curated and coordinated by Trudy Golley, facilitated by the Manitoba Craft Council
1995 Ground/Connection, Wyman Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in conjunction with NCECA conference (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts), facilitated by Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, co-curated by Katrina Chaytor, Trudy Golley, and Grace Nickel (catalogue), second venue: St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1995 Clay in Canada: North by Northwest, Wyman Building Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota in conjunction with NCECA Conference, touring exhibition of western Canadian ceramics organized by the Manitoba Craft Council (catalogue), second venue Manitoba Craft Council Gallery, Winnipeg Manitoba
1993 Selected Treasures, touring selection of A Treasury of Canadian Craft, organized by the Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC (catalogue). Travelled to:
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
The Gallery of the Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
Koffler Gallery, North York, Ontario
1992 International Invitational Exhibition of Ceramic Art, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan (catalogue, piece purchased for permanent collection)
1992 Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award Competition, Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand (catalogue, selected pieces purchased by the Government of Manitoba for permanent collection)
1989 Second International Mino Ceramics Competition, Special Exhibition Hall, Tajimi City, Japan (catalogue, Bronze Award winner)

National and Regional Group Exhibitions

2022 The Pain Room, (upcoming April 2023) by writer Victor Enns with artist collaborators Ken Gregory, Murray Toews, Grace Nickel, and others, The Output Gallery, Video Pool Media Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2021 For the Love of Sandra Alfoldy, Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia, organized by Dr. Julie Hollenbach, October 12 to October 22, 2021
2020 Lens Reflex (collaborations with Michael Zajac), C2 Centre for Craft, Manitoba Craft Council in partnership with the FLASH Photographic Festival, Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 3 to August 29, 2020 (juried exhibition, catalogue, received Judith Ryan Award)
2019 1000 Miles Apart 2019 Exhibition, Student and Faculty Exhibition, School of Art Student Gallery, Tache Hall, September 26 to September 29, 2019
2019 Manitoba Craft Council Members’ Exhibition, C2 Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2019 The Constant Happiness is Curiosity, School of Art Faculty Exhibition, School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2018 Anatomy of a Collector, Contemporary Canadian Ceramics – works from seven private collections across North America, guest curator Brian Cooke, Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, Ontario, travelled to Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
2017 Best, Manitoba Craft Council Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, juried inaugural exhibition for new C2 space opening (received Judith Ryan Award for best in show)
2017 Groundwork (Canadian Ceramics), Shane Norrie Contemporary, Stratford, Ontario
2017 Fusion: Clay and Glass Show, Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Ontario
2015 Medalta International Tool Show, Yuill Family Gallery, juried, Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta
2015 Arm’s Length: the Northwest Arm and the Artist (works from the permanent collection), Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, curated by Laurie Hamilton and Mora Dianne O’Neill (pamphlet)
2015 Actually, gallery artists’ group exhibition, Actual Contemporary Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, curated by Alex Keim
2014 Frost-bitten Mosquito-slapping Trolley-tippers: Contemporary Art from Manitoba, General Fine Craft, Art, and Design (The General), Almonte, Ontario, curated by Diana Thorneycroft and Michael Boss
2010–13 Prairie Excellence, juried touring exhibition, jurors Helen Delacretaz, Manitoba, Karen Schoonover, Saskatchewan, Mary-Beth Laviolette, Alberta (catalogue), the exhibition travelled across the Prairie Provinces:
Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan 2013
Chapel Gallery, North Battleford, Saskatchewan 2013
Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery, Red Deer Alberta 2012
Sam Waller Museum, The Pas, Manitoba 2012
Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan 2011
Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2011
Affinity Gallery, Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2011
Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta 2010
2013 The WAG Century, Winnipeg Art Gallery’s 100th anniversary exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, curated by Andrew Kear
2012 Distributary, Ace Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, organized by the Manitoba Craft Council (catalogue), curated by Chris Pancoe with mentor Sigrid Dahle, July 27 to August 31, 2012, second venue Glen P. Sutherland Gallery, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, October 4 to 27, 2012
2011 Matter of Clay III, Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, Ontario,(catalogue), August 4 to September 2, 2011
2010 West Meets East, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, curated by Ann Roberts (pamphlet)
2009 Students of Craft, Manitoba Craft Museum and Library, University of Manitoba ceramics students and faculty
2008 Subconscious City, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, curators Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan (catalogue)
2007 Ceramics from the Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia, curated by AGNS Associate Curator Sandra Alfoldy
2007 RCA Exhibition: Newly Inducted Members, Mayberry Fine Arts Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2006 Matter of Clay II, Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, Ontario
2005 In the Margins: Canadian Women Working In Clay, Mary E. Black Gallery, Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia (pamphlet), curator Alexandra McCurdy
2005 Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Site Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2004 Robert Archambeau: Artist, Teacher, Collector, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, (catalogue) curator Helen Delacretaz
2003 Genius Loci, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, curator Glen Allison (catalogue on CD)
2000 Clay at the Crossroads, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, curator Helen Delacretaz
1992 A Treasury of Canadian Craft, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver BC, curator Sam Uhlick (catalogue)
1992 Rooms to Let, St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, curators Wayne Baerwaldt and Patti Johnson (catalogue)
1990 Fourth National Biennial of Ceramics, Manoir de Tonnancour, Trois-Rivières, Quebec (catalogue)
1989 Ten Artists: Ten Provinces, Harbourfront Festival of Craft and Design Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario

AWARDS

2020 Judith Ryan Award, Manitoba Craft Council, for Permutations 1 and Permutations 2 (with Michael Zajac), shared with participants of the Lens Reflex juried exhibition
2017 Judith Ryan Award, Manitoba Craft Council, for Host, best in show in the Best juried exhibition
2000 The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards, international juried competition with the winning entries exhibited at the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan (received the Judge’s Special Award – piece purchased for the permanent collection of the New Taipei Yingge Ceramics Museum)
1989 The Second International Ceramics Competition ’89 Mino, Japan, Tajimi City, Japan – Bronze Award Winner (piece acquired for the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan)

Honours and Nomination

2007 Inducted as Member into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

CERTIFIED CULTURAL PROPERTY STATUS

2015 Devastatus Rememorari: A Tribute to Point Pleasant Park, 2008 (collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia) received Certified Cultural Property Status as deemed by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board for work of “outstanding significance and national importance.”
2011 Point Pleasant Pilaster, 2007 (collection of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia) received Certified Cultural Property Status as deemed by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board for work of “outstanding significance and national importance.”

ARTS GRANTS

2023 Manitoba Arts Council Travel Grant
2023 Winnipeg Arts Council Professional Development Grant
2021 Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Grant
2020 Manitoba Arts Council Create Grant
2019 Canada Council Arts Abroad Travel Grant
2019 Manitoba Arts Council Travel Grant
2019 Manitoba Arts Council Learn Residency Award
2018 Canada Council Research and Creation Grant
2017 Winnipeg Arts Council Individual Artist Grant
2017 Manitoba Arts Council Travel Professional Development Grant
2016 Winnipeg Arts Council Professional Development Grant
2016 Canada Council Travel Grant
2014 Winnipeg Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant
2013 Canada Council, Fine Craft: Grants to Artists
2010 Canada Council, Travel Grant
2008 Manitoba Arts Council Creation/Production Craft Grants (Also received Manitoba Creation/Production Grants in 2002, 2001, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1990, 1988, 1987)
2007 Canada Council Travel Grant
2005 Manitoba Arts Council, Major Arts Award
2005 Winnipeg Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant
2004 Manitoba Arts Council Travel/Professional Development Grant (Also received Manitoba Arts Council Travel/Professional Development Grants in 2003, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1989, 1985)
2003 Winnipeg Arts Council, Professional Development Grant
2001 Canada Council Craft Creation/Production Grant to Professional Artists
1999 Canada Council Travel Grant
1999 City of Winnipeg, Grants to Individuals Artists
1999 Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Citizenship, Travel Grant
1994 City of Winnipeg, Grants to Individual Artists
1994 Manitoba Arts Council, Visual Arts Grant A
1992 Manitoba Arts Council, ArtVentures Grant
1990 Canada Council, Visual Arts Grant B
1989 Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Citizenship, Travel Grant

COLLECTIONS

2016 Great-West Life, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2014 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2010 Manitoba Hydro Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2010 Fremantle Museum, Perth, Australia
2010 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2007 Canadian Ceramics Museum, Fuping, China (Fule International Ceramic Art Museums project)
2003 Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan County, Taiwan
2003 New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2002 Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002 Manitoba Blue Cross, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002 Cambrian Credit Union, Winnipeg Manitoba
2001 New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
1998 Government of Manitoba, Legislative Building
1993 National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
1993 Government of Manitoba, Legislative Building
1992 Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1991 Manitoba Arts Council Visual Art Bank
1989 Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Tajimi City, Japan
Private collections: Canada, United States, Australia, Europe, Taiwan, China

COMMISSIONS

2010 Donors’ Forest, National Cemetery of Canada, Beechwood Memorial Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, juried national competition
2009 Tile Triptych, gift for a University of Manitoba donor from President Dr. David Barnard, invited commission

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2023 International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary, January 16 to February 24, 2023.
2019 Medalta International Artists in Residence Program, February 4 to March 15, 2019, Flex Residency Program, Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, Medicine Hat, Alberta
2019 3D Printing Workshop with Bryan Cera, Assistant Professor, Object Design + Fabrication, Media Arts AU Arts 2019
2018 Tethon 3D, 3D Printing Residency, Omaha, Nebraska, July 23 to 27, 2018
2015 Medalta International Artists in Residence Program, July 20–31, 2015, Invited Artist, Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, Medicine Hat, Alberta
2014 Pottery Workshop (PWS), Jingdezhen, China, May 19–June 14, 2014. Continued to explore large-scale, porcelain tile-making, new imagery for ceramic decals, fabric-formed model-making, plaster mould-making, and slip casting at a large scale. Worked in China with School of Art student Grace Boyd who won an Undergraduate Research Award (University of Manitoba research mentorship program whereby the student chooses a professor to work with for the summer: May 5 to August 21, 2014)
2012 Pottery Workshop (PWS), Jingdezhen, China, October 1–November 10, 2012. Researched PVD process, fabric-formed model-making with special fabrics, mould-making, slip-casting, translucent porcelain, large-scale tiles, and custom-made decals for tile imagery, toured masters’ studios and porcelain factories
2012–14 Research work at AssentWorks (public fabrication workshop and makerspace), Winnipeg. Manitoba – explored vacuum forming, 3-D scanner, 3-D printing and applied these new methods to my porcelain tree-forms and light sconces
2012 Research work at CAST (Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology), the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. investigated fabric-formed model and mould-making techniques under the mentorship of Ronnie Araya, CAST Research Assistant
2009 Fremantle, Western Australia – invited to work with ceramic artist Sandra Black in her studio in Fremantle to create work for a collaborative exhibition, “Northern Lights/Southern Exposure,” at Perth Galleries in Perth, Australia
2008 University of Manitoba, Ceramics Department, Winnipeg, Manitoba – invited Artist In Residence in conjunction with the Summer Ceramic Residency Program
2007 FLICAM (Fule International Ceramic Art Museums) project, Fuping, China – ten Canadian artists were selected by Les Manning to create the charter collection for the new Canadian Ceramic Museum, which was being built as the artists completed new works in the international studio attached to the Fule tile factory on site (in this privately funded venture, a ceramic museum is being built to represent each country), attended the inaugural opening of the new Canadian Ceramic Museum, Fuping Pottery Art Village, attended ICMEA (International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association) Symposium 2007
2007 Research Assistant, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, “Sustainable and Ecology-Based Uses of Ceramic as a Bio-Related Substrate” (working with Prof. Neil Forrest)
2003 International Large Outdoor Ceramic Lantern Workshop, Tainan National University, sponsored by New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan – an international residency program where participants were invited to create a two-meter tall ceramic piece in a one-month period for exhibition during the Annual Yingge Ceramic Festival (then acquired for the museum’s permanent collection)
2001 University of Manitoba, Ceramics Department, Winnipeg, Manitoba – invited Artist in Residence in conjunction with the Summer Ceramic Residency Program
1999 Invited Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University of Technology, Ceramics and Glass Department, School of Art, Perth, Western Australia – researched slumped glass and clay filigree
1996 The Banff Centre For The Arts, Banff, Alberta: New Works Residency, Media and Visual Arts – worked on commission of eighteen ceramic and glass pieces
1996 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba: participant in Summer Ceramic Residency Program – worked on commission
1991 The Banff Centre For The Arts, Banff, Alberta: Ceramic Residency Program – researched paper clay
1985 The Banff Centre For The Arts, Banff, Alberta: Ceramic Residency Program – researched large-scale ceramic vessels and new mould-making methods

PUBLIC LECTURES

International Lectures

Fabric Formed Model-making, Australian Ceramics Triennale 2019, Princes Wharf One, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, May 1, 2019.
“Material and Process as Meaning”: AK Ceramic Center, Icheon Ceramics Village, South Korea, April 25, 2019.
“Grace Nickel: Exploring New Technologies”:
JDZ Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China, November 2, 2012;
Namseoul University, Cheonan, South Korea, November 21, 2012;
Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, South Korea, November 23, 2012 (also conducted studio visits with participants in the international artist residency program at Gimhae Clayarch).
“Grace Nickel: A Quiet Passage, 1999–2009,” for the Ceramics Arts Association of Western Australia, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, 2009.
Grace Nickel Artist Lecture, FLICAM (Fule International Ceramic Art Museums) Project, Fuping Pottery Art Village, Fuping, China, 2007.
“Echoes of Nature,” during the First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Yingge, Taiwan, 2004.
Grace Nickel Artist Lecture, Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan County, Taiwan, 2003.

National and Local Lectures

Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk, hosted by Gallery 1C03 and the Manitoba Craft Council (for Year of Eco-Craft) in conjunction with solo exhibition Eruptions, Gallery 1C03, February 3, 2022 (via Zoom – 68 people in attendance), 2022.
Influence of Place – Grace Nickel, Pembina Hills Arts Centre, Morden, Manitoba, 2019.
Eruptions, gallery tour and talk, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, Ontario, August 1, 2019.
“3D Printing in Clay,” guest speaker in conjunction with Marney Stapley’s Women in 3D Printing Workshop at MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art), Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 4, 2019.
In Conversation with Grace Nickel, talk and tour, Norma Lang Gallery, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, in conjunction with the opening reception of Arbor Vitae, May 25, 2018.
“Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,” in conjunction with Arbor Vitae solo exhibition at Actual Contemporary Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 4, 2016.
“Grace Nickel – New Work: Arbor Vitae,” at the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, Visual Arts Department, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, January 15, 2016.
“Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,” at the Medalta International Artists in Residence Program, Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, Medicine Hat, Alberta, July 28, 2015.
“Grace Nickel: Arbor Vitae,” for Ottawa Guild of Potters, Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2015.
“Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,” in conjunction with Distributary exhibition, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, July 28, 2012.
“Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,”10 × 20 × 20 hosted by the University of Manitoba Association of Architecture Students (UMAAS) and the Manitoba Association of Architects (MAA) Interns in Architecture Committee, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 18, 2011.
“Made in Taiwan,” Ace Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2004.
Talk on Taiwan International Ceramics Residency, sponsored by MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art), the Annex, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2004.
“Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,” in conjunction with A Quiet Passage exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2002.
Public tours, A Quiet Passage exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2002.
“Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,” New Works Residency, the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, 1996.
“The Banff Experience,” Manitoba Craft Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1991.
“Grace Nickel Ceramics,” Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1990.
“Manitoba Ceramic Artists,” with Kathy Koop, Hughes Fine Arts Gallery, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1985.

CONFERENCE TALKS

Grace Nickel, “Fabric-Formed Model-Making,” Australian Ceramics Triennale Tasmania, Princes Wharf One, Hobart, Tasmania, May 1, 2019.
Grace Nickel, “New Paradigms in Ceramic Process, Production, and Perception: Circumventing the Kiln,” presentation for the panel “Making Knowledge: Craft and the Digital,” with Eliza Au, Seema Goel, and Grace Nickel, moderators Ruth Chambers and Mireille Perron, UAAC (Universities Art Association of Canada) conference, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, October 27 to 30, 2016.
“Feminizing Fabric Form-work,” presentation for the panel “Craft and Architecture: Creating Critical Spaces,” with Anne Newlands, Kathy Kranias, Eliza Au, and Grace Nickel, moderator Sandra Alfoldy, UAAC (Universities Art Association of Canada) conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2015.
Grace Nickel: “Manitoba Ceramics: From the Centre of the Continent,” and hands-on demonstrations at Edge: Ninth National Ceramics Conference, Perth, Australia, 1999.

PANELS

2019 Merging Mindsets: 3D Printing: Uses, Materials, and Challenges, The Outpost, Video Pool Media Arts Centre, panelist with Marney Stapley, Erika Lincoln, Christopher Kematch, moderated by Thom Sparling, Executive Director of Creative Manitoba, organized by Creative Manitoba with partners New Media Manitoba and Video Pool Media Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 30, 2019
2019 MFA Programs in Western Canadian Universities, Grace Nickel – moderator (University of Manitoba). panelists Professor Zimra Beiner (Alberta University of the Arts), Professor Ruth Chambers (University of Regina), Instructor Trudy Golley (Red Deer College), Professor Kasia Piech (Lake Head University), 1000 Miles Apart 2019, Ceramics and Sculpture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. September 28, 2019
2017 Cartae Open School, panel moderator with participating artists J. Ilse Black, Briar Boyko, Kelly Campbell, Sarah Epp, Danielle Fenn, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2011 “Influence of Place,” presentation for the panel “Prairie Excellence,” in conjunction with the Prairie Excellence exhibition in Gallery 1C03, with panel members Tibor Bodi, Grace Nickel, and Sue Sutherland, moderator Helen Delacretaz, Eckhardt-Grammaté Hall, University of Winnipeg. Video: manitobacraft.ca/lecture-videos/prairie-excellence-part–2-grace-nickel/
1995 “Presentation on Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art,” panel member with Trudy Golley and Katrina Chaytor, NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) ’95, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Juror

2014 Public Art Project for St. Vital Park, Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program – Écobuage by Plain Projects and Urbanink selected
2013 RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award, Ceramic Competition, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario (nominated Monica Martinez, MFA 2012)
2003 Manitoba Arts Council – Annual Operating Grants
2002 Manitoba Arts Council – Annual Operating and Program Assistance Grants
1999 Manitoba Arts Council – Individual Crafts Grants
1998 Manitoba Craft Council – Craftspace Jury
1994 Manitoba Arts Council – Artists in the Schools Program
1992 Manitoba Arts Council – Individual Crafts Grant
1992 Manitoba Arts Council – Visual Art Bank
1990 Manitoba Arts Council – Short Term Project Grants
1989 Awards selection jury – Tenth Anniversary, Harbourfront Festival of Craft and Design, Toronto
1985 College of Fine Arts, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks – Annual Art Students Co-operative Juried Exhibition

TEACHING POSITIONS

2022— Full Professor, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2017–22 Associate Professor, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2010–17 Assistant Professor, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2009–10 Instructor, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2008 Sessional Instructor, Ceramics, School of Art, University of Manitoba (fall term)
2006–08 Teaching Assistant, Ceramics Department, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Courses: Process and Design (taught by Prof. Neil Forrest), Beginning Wheel Throwing (taught by Joan Bruneau)
2006–08 Research Assistant to Prof. Neil Forrest (Bio Walls) and Dr. Sandra Alfoldy (Neocraft Conference), NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2002–06 Sessional Instructor, Ceramics, School of Art, University of Manitoba