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GRACE NICKEL

Curriculum Vitae

School of Art

313 ARTlab, University of Manitoba

180 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada

Office: Rm 133 Art Barn, Fort Garry Campus

+1-204-474-8318 · Grace.Nickel@umanitoba.ca · gracenickel.ca

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, Ceramics Major, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1980.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Eruptions, Pyres, and Plumes, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, Ontario, invited by Denis

Longchamps, curated by Suzanne Carte (forthcoming August 3 to October 27, 2019).

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 (pamphlet), curated by Susan

McAlpine Foshey, April 11–May 25, 2008.

2002 A Quiet Passage: Grace Nickel, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba (catalogue), curated by Helen

Delacretaz, April 18–July 22, 2002.

1987 Overlay, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, December 8–23, 1987.

TWO, THREE, and FOUR PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2015 Heat, Actual Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Zachari Logan, Grace Nickel and Osvaldo Yero, curated by

Alex Keim.

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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

2019 Presenters’ Exhibition, Australian Ceramics Triennale, May 1 to 4, 2019, Princes Wharf One, Hobart,

Tasmania.

2017 The Evocative Garden, NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Annual Exhibition,

Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR (catalogue), curated by Gail M. Brown.

2010 Earth Matters, NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) 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), Sandra Alfoldy, curator

for Canada.

2007 Inaugural Exhibition, Canadian Ceramic Museum, Fuping, China – FLICAM (Fule International Ceramic

Art Museums) international residency project at the Fuping Pottery Art Village, Shaanxi Province.

2004 First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan (catalogue), 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).

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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

2019 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 curated from seven collectors across North

America, guest curator Brian Cooke, Manager and Curator at Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery in London,

travelling exhibition: Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, London, Ontario, Tom Thomson Gallery, Owen

Sound, Ontario.

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2017 Best, Manitoba Craft Council Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, juried inaugural exhibition for new C2 space

opening.

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.

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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.

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.

1996–present Private commissions.

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 (one of the museums of the 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

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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.

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.”

RESIDENCIES and RESEARCH

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.

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.

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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.

GRANTS, AWARDS, and HONOURS

International Awards

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)

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Arts Grants

2019 Canada Council Travel Grant

2019 Manitoba Arts Council Travel Grant

2019 Manitoba Arts Council Residency Award

2018 Canada Council Research and Creation Grant

2017 Winnipeg Arts Council Individual Artist Grant

2017 Manitoba Arts Council Travel Professional Development Grant

2017 UM/SSHRC Conference Travel 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

University of Manitoba Research Grants

2018 University of Manitoba, Creative Works Grant

2015 University of Manitoba, Creative Works Grant

2012 University of Manitoba, Creative Works Grant

2012 Leave Research Grant for Research Study Leave, July 1 to December 31, 2012 (self-funded)

2009 University of Manitoba, Creative Works Grant

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Grants from Other Academic Institutions

2014 Grace Nickel, Co-Investigator with Mireille Perron, Principal Investigator – Albert College of Art and

Design Scholarly Research and Creative Initiatives Grant for Cahiers métiers d’art/Craft Journal 7, no. 2

(winter 2015).

Scholarships and Bursaries

2007, 2006 NSCAD University MFA Scholarships

2006 Manitoba Arts Council Student Bursary for MFA program at NSCAD University

2003, 1990 Crafts Guild of Manitoba Bursary

1996, 1991, 1985 Banff Centre Scholarships

1991 Plainsman Clay Scholarship, I. XL Industries Ltd.

1979 University of Manitoba, Isbister Undergraduate Scholarship in Fine Arts for Highest Standing

1974 Governor General’s Award for Highest Standing, Garden Valley Collegiate Institute

Nominations

2018 Nominated for Governor General's Award (formerly Saidye Bronfman Award) by the Manitoba Craft

Council.

2017 Nominated for Governor General's Award (formerly Saidye Bronfman Award) by the Manitoba Craft

Council.

2016 Nominated for Governor General's Award (formerly Saidye Bronfman Award) by the Manitoba Craft

Council.

2015 Nominated for Governor General's Award (formerly Saidye Bronfman Award) by the Manitoba Craft

Council.

2014 Nominated for Governor General's Award (formerly Saidye Bronfman Award) by the Manitoba Craft

Council.

2011 Nominated for membership in the International Academy of Ceramics by IAC Member Susan Collette.

2007 Inducted as Member into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

2002 Nominated for the Saidye Bronfman Award by the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Inclusion in Books

Joseph Hartman, The Artist’s Studio (London: Black Dog Publishing, 2017).

Jen Townsend and Renée Zettle-Sterling, CAST: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity’s Most Transformational

Process (Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer, 2017).

For the Love of Art: From Auxiliary to Associates: A Legacy of Service to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1948 – 2014

(The Associates of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2016), 37.

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Rosette Gault, Paperclay: Art and Practice (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), 134. First

published London: G+B Arts International, 1998, 44 & 66.

Stephen Borys, ed., Winnipeg Art Gallery: Guide to the Collections (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010), 212.

Anderson Turner, ed., Ceramic Art: Innovative Techniques, Ceramic Arts Handbook Series (Westerville, Ohio:

American Ceramic Society, 2009), 47–52.

Janet Mansfield, Ceramics in the Environment: An International Review (Westerville, Ohio: American Ceramic

Society, 2005), 58–60.

Gail Crawford, Studio Ceramics in Canada 1920 to 2005 (Fredericton NB: Goose Lane Editions & Gardiner

Museum of Ceramic Art, 2005), 161, 170.

Robin Hopper, Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface (Iola WI: KP Books, 2004), 123.

Robin Hopper, The Ceramic Spectrum: A Simplified Approach to Glaze and Color Development, 2nd ed. (Iola WI:

Krause Publications, 2001), 229.

Focus One: Contemporary Studio Ceramics, Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, essays by Robin Hopper

(Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1997).

Solo Exhibition Catalogues and Pamphlets

Arbor Vitae, essays by Sheila McMath and Sigrid Dahle (Waterloo, Ontario: Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery and

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan: Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, forthcoming).

Grace Nickel Arbor Vitae, essay by Sheila McMath, (pamphlet, Winnipeg, Manitoba: Actual Contemporary Gallery,

2016).

Devastatus Rememorari, essay by Sandra Alfoldy (pamphlet, Halifax: Mary E. Black Gallery, 2008).

Grace Nickel: A Quiet Passage, essay by Helen Delacretaz (catalogue, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2002).

Group Exhibition Catalogues

The Evocative Garden, 2017 NCECA Annual Exhibition, essay by Gail M. Brown (National Council on Education

for the Ceramic Arts, 2017).

Distributary, essay by curatorial intern Chris Pancoe with mentor Sigrid Dahle (Winnipeg: Manitoba Craft Council

and Ace Art, 2012).

Matter of Clay III, introduction by Jonathon Bancroft-Snell and forward by Helen Delacretaz (London, Ontario:

Jonathon Bancroft-Snell Gallery, 2011).

Earth Matters, NCECA Invitational Exhibition, essays by Nicole Burisch and Glen R. Brown (National Council on

Education for the Ceramic Arts, 2010).

Prairie Excellence, Helen Delacretaz, writing on behalf of the selection committee. Forward by Tom McFall, Mark

Stobbe, and Tammy Sutherland (Alberta Craft Council, Saskatchewan Craft Council, and the Manitoba

Craft Council, 2010).

Unity and Diversity, essay by Sandra Alfoldy (Korea: Cheongju International Craft Biennale, 2009).

Northern Lights/Southern Exposure, essay by David Walker (Australia: Perth Galleries, 2009).

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Grace Nickel and William Pura, essay by Cliff Eyland (Winnipeg: Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba,

2009), web catalogue, umanitoba.ca/schools/art/content/galleryoneoneone/np02.html.

Summer 2009 Exhibition Catalogue (Altona, Manitoba: Gallery in the Park, 2009).

Subconscious City, essays by Sigrid Dahle, Guy Maddin, Molly Johnson and Richard Milgrom, Marvin Frances,

John K. Sampson, Claudine Majzels, Jeanne Randolph, and Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan (Winnipeg

Art Gallery, 2008).

Robert Archambeau: Artist, Teacher, Collector, essay by Helen Delacretaz (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2004).

The First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale 2004 (Taiwan: New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, 2004).

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, Seiichi

Watanabe and Mieko Iwai eds., essays by Seiichi Watanabe (Gifu, Japan: Museum of Modern Ceramic

Art, 2003).

The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards (Taiwan: New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, 2000).

Diverse: 9th National Ceramics Conference Delegates Exhibition (Perth, Australia: Western Australian School of

Art, Design and Media Gallery, 1999).

Ground/Connection, essay by Amy Gogarty (Winnipeg: Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, 1995).

Clay in Canada: North by Northwest (Winnipeg: Manitoba Craft Council, Winnipeg, 1993).

Selected Treasures (Taipei, Taiwan: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 1993).

Taipei International Exhibition of Traditional Arts and Crafts 1993 (Taipei, Taiwan: Taipei Fine Arts Museum,

1993).

Rooms to Let (Winnipeg: St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, 1992).

A Treasury of Canadian Craft (Vancouver: Canadian Craft Museum, 1992).

Claridge Collection (Gift for Charles Bronfman), (Montréal: Claridge, 1991).

Fourth National Biennial of Ceramics (Trois-Rivières QC: Biennale nationale de céramique, 1990).

Mennonite Artist: Insider as Outsider, essay by Priscilla Reimer (Winnipeg: Manitoba Mennonite Historical

Society, 1990).

2nd International Ceramics Competition ’89 (Mino, Japan: International Ceramics Festival, 1989).

In Praise of Crafts (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1988).

1987: Contemporary Art in Manitoba (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1987).

Reflections on Three Plains (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1984).

Group Exhibition Pamphlets

Arm’s Length: the Northwest Arm and the Artist, essay by Michèle H. Raymond (Halifax, Nova Scotia: Art Gallery

of Nova Scotia, 2015).

West Meets East, essay by Ann Roberts (Waterloo, Ontario: Harbinger Gallery, 2010).

In the Margins: Canadian Women Working in Clay, essay by Alexandra McCurdy (Halifax: Mary E. Black Gallery,

Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design, 2005).

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Encyclopedia Entries

Patricia Bovey, “Grace Nickel,” in Encyclopedia of Manitoba, ed. Ingeborg Boyens (Winnipeg: Great Plains

Publications, 2007): 498–499.

Journal Articles

Greg Vandermeulen, “Local Artist Shows in Portland,” in Winkler Times, February 16, 2017, 17.

Mariianne Mays Wiebe, “Trees for the Forest: Ceramic Artist Explores Life of Trees,” in University of Manitoba

ResearchLIFE (summer 2016): cover, 2, 18–21.

Sarah Swan, “Breaking Barriers, Western Artists Push the Boundaries of Clay,” in Galleries West 14, no. 2 (summer

2015): 42–45.

Portfolio: “Feminine/Masculine/Feminine: Grace Nickel, Clint Neufeld, and Gathie Falk,” in Rhubarb: A Magazine

of New Mennonite Art and Writing no. 32 (spring 2013): 29–34.

Ellyn Walker, “Distributary,” in Studio Magazine: Craft and Design in Canada 8, no. 1 (spring/summer 2013): 9.

Mary Ann Steggles, “The Dancing Ash,” in Ornamentum (Spring/Summer 2011): 13–15.

Tiana Roebuck, “Congratulations: Grace Nickel’s Donors’ Forest,” in Studio Magazine: Craft and Design in

Canada (Spring/Summer 2011): 5.

David Walker, “Northern Lights – Southern Exposure: A meeting of minds halfway,” in Cahiers métiers d'art –

Craft Journal 3, no. 2 (spring 2010): 116–120.

“Upfront Exhibitions: Northern Lights/Southern Exposure,” in Ceramics Monthly 58, no. 2 (February 2010): 18.

Portfolio of 2010 NCECA Invitational Earth Matters in Dao Clayform, Fuping, China, no. 1 2010, 36–38.

Stacey Abramson, “Grace Nickel, Devastatus Rememorari” in Galleries West, Spring 2010: 34, 36

Sandra Black, “Getting Some Distance: Sandra Black on her Canadian Residencies,” in The Journal of Australian

Ceramics 48, no. 1 (April 2009): 70–73.

Kristen den Hartog, “Canadians in China: Kristen den Hartog writes on the Canadian experience in Fuping,” in

Ceramics Technical, Australia, no. 27 (2008): 83-88.

Glen R. Brown, “Fire and Light: Grace Nickel’s Metaphorical Lamps,” in Ceramics Monthly (January 2007): cover,

40–43.

Les Manning and I Chi Hsu, “2007 Canada Museum Opening,” Chinese Potters Newsletter Quarterly (FLICAM

Official Museum Newsletter), nos. 36–37 (Autumn and Winter 2007): 20–25.

Mei-Yueh Hsu, “Grace Nickel,” in ArTop, Tainan University of the Arts, no. 25, Taiwan (2005): 85–88.

Anne Coroneos, “A Ceramic Festival in Taiwan,” in Ceramics Technical, Australia, no. 19 (2004): 65–70.

Helen Delacretaz, “A Quiet Passage,” in Ceramics: Art and Perception, Australia, no. 52 (2003): 87–90.

“Upfront: Grace Nickel,” in Ceramics Monthly 50, no. 8 (October 2002): 16.

Gordon Filewych, “The Back Page: Forms of Growth,” in Canadian Architect (May 2002): 62.

“Grace Nickel: Sanctuary,” Rhubarb, Silence Issue, no. 8 (winter 2002): 22–27.

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Marnie Butvin, “Grace Nickel: A Quiet Passage,” in Tableau: A Publication of the Winnipeg Art Gallery 2002–2

(March/April 2002): cover, 6.

Heather Mousseau, “Nickel Strive(s) to Create Beautiful Things,” in Tableau: A Publication of the Winnipeg Art

Gallery 2002–2 (March/April 2002).

“A Quiet Passage,” in Border Crossings 21, no. 82 (May 2002): back cover.

Murray Gibbs, “Demonstrators at the 1999 National Ceramics Conference,” in Pottery in Australia 38, no. 1 (March

1999): 40–42.

Trudy Ellen Golley, “Full Circle: The Story of a Commission,” in Contact Magazine: Ceramics From a Canadian

Perspective, no. 111 (winter 1997/98): 32–35.

Amy Gogarty, “Ground/Connection,” in Ceramics: Art and Perception, Australia, no. 26 (1997): 46–52.

“Ground/Connection,” in Contact Magazine: Ceramics From A Canadian Perspective, no. 105 (Summer 1996): 12–

15.

Amy Gogarty, “Ground/Connection” in NCECA 1995 Journal – Borderline Clay 16 (1995): 103–105.

“Fletcher Challenge: Takomori’s Choice,” in Ceramics Monthly (May 1993): 45.

“National Biennial of Ceramics, Québec,” in Ceramics: Art and Perception, Australia, no. 2 (1990): 83

“Profile: Grace Nickel,” in Contact Magazine: A Publication of the Alberta Potters’ Association, no. 83 (winter

1990): cover, 4-6.

“Grace Nickel: Award At Mino,” in Fusion Magazine: A Publication of Fusion: The Ontario Clay and Glass

Association 14, no. 4 (Autumn 1990): cover, 13.

“Nickel Wins Award in Ceramic Olympics,” in Tableau: A Publication of the Winnipeg Art Gallery 3, no. 1

(January–February 1990): 7.

“Canadians Receive Honours: 2nd International Ceramics Competition ’89, Mino, Japan,” in Contact Magazine: A

Publication of the Alberta Potters’ Association, no. 79 (winter 1989): 9–11.

Exhibition Reviews

2016 Steven Leyden Cochrane, “Fragile Ecosystem: Winnipeg artist’s inventive porcelain works invite

contemplation of nature, technology and impermanence,” in Winnipeg Free Press, March 3, 2016,

Uptown (Winnipeg): 15

2016 Thomas Pashko, “Arbor Vitae,” in The Uniter (University of Winnipeg) 70, no. 21 (February 25, 2016): 5.

2015 Steven Leyden Cochrane, “HEAT at Actual Contemporary, Winnipeg,” in Akimblog, October 6, 2015:

akimbo.ca/akimblog/index.php?id=1063.

2015 Robert Reid, “Exquisite Woods exhibition examines ecological concerns” in The Record.com, January 26,

2015: therecord.com/whatson-story/5276327-exquisite-woods-exhibition-examines-ecological-concerns/

(accessed June 2, 2015).

2013 Mary Reid, “Prairie Excellence,” in Cahiers métiers d'art – Craft Journal 5, no. 2 (spring 2013): 123–128.

2012 Steven Leyden Cochrane, “Like clay in the hands of the potter” in Uptown (Winnipeg), August 23, 2012:

11.

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2012 Alison Gillmor, “Manitoba Craft Council presents eye-catching ceramics in ‘Distributary’,” in CBC

Manitoba Scene, August 3, 2012: cbc.ca/manitoba/scene/other/2012/08/03/distributary/#igImgId_47287.

2011 Glen R. Brown, “Earth Matters,” in Ceramics Art and Perception no. 82 (2011): 86–88.

2011 Alison Gillmor, “Traditional crafts explore complex questions,” in Winnipeg Free Press, May 5, 2011:

D3.

2009 Stacey Abramson, “Artists explore ideas of change, memory,” review of Grace Nickel and William Pura

at Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg Free Press, August 27, 2009: D5.

2009 Sarah Petz, “(Re)Manufactured Landscapes: Local artists see devastation as a starting point for creation,”

review of Grace Nickel and William Pura at Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba, in The

Manitoban 97, no. 4 (September 9, 2009): 24.

2009 Lori Penner, “When nature and culture collide,” review of Grace Nickel at Gallery in the Park, Altona, in

The Red River Valley Echo, Friday, April 24, 2009: 14.

2008 Elissa Barnard, “Seeing the forest for the trees: Nickel’s elegy of ceramics, salt, text, reflects on ruin of

Juan, reconstruction,” review of Devastatus Rememorari at the Mary E. Black Gallery, Halifax, in The

Chronicle Herald, May 22, 2008: E6.

2008 Dean Lisk, “Remembering destruction,” review of Devastatus Rememorari at the Mary E. Black Gallery,

Halifax, in Metro Halifax, April 25–27 (weekend), 2008: 22.

2003 Amy Karlinsky, “In Site, Recent Work by New Faculty at the School of Art,” in Winnipeg Free Press,

January 16, 2003.

1999 Scott Barham, “Clay renaissance captured,” review of Clay at the Crossroads, in Winnipeg Free Press,

December 18, 1999: B9.

1996 Garth Buchholz, “Ceramic artists join mentors in exhibit,” review of Ground/Connection, in Winnipeg

Free Press, January 6, 1996: B4.

1993 Allison Gillmor, “The First Decade Show: Ace Art,” in Winnipeg Free Press, September 11, 1993: B5.

1993 Terry Weber, “Mentors help emerging artists,” preview of Myriad, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art

Advisory Program exhibition, in Winnipeg Free Press, January 12, 1993: B8.

1992 “Rooms to Let: Decorated/Undecorated,” in Winnipeg Free Press, September 5, 1992: B4.

1992 “Marriage of Minds: Second Edition,” in Winnipeg Free Press, August 1, 1992: B22.

1992 “Contemporary Studio Collections in Ceramics, Glass and Silver,” in Winnipeg Free Press, May 9,

1992: C28.

1990 Randal McIlroy, “Mennonite Artist: Insider as Outsider,” in Winnipeg Free Press, July 21, 1990: 30.

1989 Randal McIlroy, “Manitoba Artists Honored in Japan,” in Winnipeg Free Press, November 25, 1989: 32.

1987 Randal McIlroy, “Overlay,” in Winnipeg Free Press, December 19, 1987: 20.

Inclusion in Websites, Blogs, and Videos

Grace Nickel’s website and blog: gracenickel.ca.

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Sean Moore, “Kudos: Arbor Vitae,” UM Today News, University of Manitoba, April 10, 2017,

news.umanitoba.ca/kudos-arbor-vitae (accessed May 26, 2017).

Liana Voia, Video interview in “Arbor Vitae: Grace Nickel with Michael Zajac at the Canadian Clay and Glass

Gallery”, January 2015, youtube.com/watch?v=jvbfAIpK5aI (accessed June 2, 2015).

Actual Contemporary Gallery, Member Artist’s Page: actualgallery.ca/artists-1/#/grace-nickel/.

Sean Moore, “World-Class Ceramics Conference Will Cultivate Creativity in City and on Campus,” Newsroom,

University of Manitoba website, Sept. 28, 2011.

Manitoba Craft Council, “Distributary in Brandon,” April 2012, manitobacraft.ca/2012/04/distributary/.

Manitoba Craft Council, Member’s Gallery Page: manitobacraft.ca/gallery/?id=14.

Prairie Excellence, www.prairie-excellence.ca/artists/grace-nickel-winnipeg-mb/6997759. [DEAD••]

Manitoba Craft Council, Prairie Excellence Part 2, manitobacraft.ca/lecture-videos/prairie-excellence-part-2-grace-

nickel/.

Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Nickel.

Rhubarb Magazine, rhubarbmag.com/grace-nickel/.

Gallery One One One, umanitoba.ca/schools/art/content/galleryoneoneone/np02.html.

PUBLICATIONS AND EDITING AS AUTHOR/EDITOR

Editor

2015 Guest Co-editor, with Mireille Perron, Alberta College of Art and Design, “The Question of Material and

Labour,” special issue, Cahiers métiers d’art/Craft Journal 7, no. 2 (winter 2015).

Author

2016 Grace Nickel, introduction for Play, Precarity and Survival exhibition catalogue. Winnipeg: Manitoba

Craft Council (catalogue forthcoming).

2015 Grace Nickel, “A Conversation on Making and Teaching in a Post-disciplinary Time,” in Cahiers métiers

d’art/Craft Journal 7, no. 2 (winter 2015): 33–37.

2015 Grace Nickel & Mireille Perron, “Editor’s Note: The Question of Material and Labour,” in Cahiers

métiers d'art/Craft Journal 7, no. 2 (winter 2015): 9–12.

2010 Grace Nickel, review of Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences, by Melanie Egan

et al. (Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2008), in Museum Anthropology Review: Peer-

Reviewed Journal of Museum and Material Culture Studies 4, no. 2 (fall 2010): 227–28,

http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/mar/article/view/898.

2010 Grace Nickel, “The Spirit of Giving Is Honoured,” in The Beechwood Way 5, no. 19 (Friends of the

Beechwood Cemetery Foundation, National Cemetery of Canada).

2010 Grace Nickel, “Northern Lights Southern Exposure,” illustrated article in University of Manitoba

ResearchLIFE (winter 2010): 29–31, back cover.

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INVITED ACADEMIC and PUBLIC LECTURES

International lectures

2019 “Material and Process as Meaning”: AK Ceramic Center, Icheon Ceramics Village, South Korea, April

25, 2019.

2012 “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).

2009 “Grace Nickel: A Quiet Passage, 1999–2009,” for the Ceramics Arts Association of Western Australia,

Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.

2007 Grace Nickel Artist Lecture, FLICAM (Fule International Ceramic Art Museums) Project, Fuping Pottery

Art Village, Fuping, China.

2004 “Echoes of Nature,” during the First Taiwan Ceramic Biennale, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum,

Yingge, Taiwan.

2003 Grace Nickel Artist Lecture, Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan County, Taiwan.

National and Local Lectures

2019 “3D Printing in Clay,” in conjunction with Marney Stapley’s Women in 3D Printing Workshop at MAWA

(Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art), Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 4, 2019.

2016 “Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,” in conjunction with Arbor Vitae exhibition at Actual Contemporary Gallery,

Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 4, 2016.

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.

2015 “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.

2015 “Grace Nickel: Arbor Vitae,” for Ottawa Guild of Potters, Ottawa, Ontario, April 15, 2015.

2012 “Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,” in conjunction with Distributary exhibition, Ace Art Gallery, Winnipeg,

Manitoba, July 28, 2012.

2011 “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.

2004 “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.

2002 “Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,” in conjunction with A Quiet Passage exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery,

Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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2002 Public tours, A Quiet Passage exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1996 “Grace Nickel Artist’s Talk,” New Works Residency, the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta.

1991 “The Banff Experience,” Manitoba Craft Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1990 “Grace Nickel Ceramics,” Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1985 “Manitoba Ceramic Artists,” with Kathy Koop, Hughes Fine Arts Gallery, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

CONFERENCE TALKS

2019 Grace Nickel, “Fabric-Formed Model-Making,” Australian Ceramics Triennale, May 1, 2019, Princes

Wharf One, Hobart, Tasmania.

2016 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 (forthcoming October 2016).

2015 “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.

1999 Grace Nickel: “Manitoba Ceramics: From the Centre of the Continent,” and hands-on demonstrations at

Edge: Ninth National Ceramics Conference, Perth, Australia.

PANELS

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.

CURATING

2019 Co-curator with Dr. Kent Fowler, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of

Manitoba, Anderson, Fowler, and the Zulu Potters (working title), Collections Gallery, School of Art,

University of Manitoba (forthcoming).

2016–19 Guest Curator, En Route: Sculptural Ceramics Emerging from Manitoba, Canadian Clay and Glass

Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, July 7 to September 8, 2019.

2013–16 Curator, Ceramics Case Studies, ongoing series of exhibitions in the glass cases of the Ceramics and

Sculpture Building, University of Manitoba:

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Ceramics from the Collection of the University of Manitoba Ceramics Club, 2015–19

MFA Students Researching Ceramics, 2015

University of Manitoba Ceramics Faculty and Staff, 2014

RBC Emerging Artist Peoples' Choice Award in Ceramics Nominees: Monica Martinez and Robin

Dupont, 2013

Tom Rohr, 2013

1995 Co-curator and coordinator (with Trudy Golley and Katrina Chaytor), Ground/Connection (group

exhibition), facilitated by Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art: Wyman Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota,

in conjunction with NCECA conference (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts), second

venue St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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

CONFERENCES and SYMPOSIA ATTENDED

2018 “Claytopia” NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts), Minneapolis, Minnesota.

2017 “Future Flux” NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts), Fifty-first Annual

Conference, Portland, Oregon.

2016 “The Winnipeg Effect: Should I Stay or Should I Go?,” CCCA (Contemporary Canadian Art) 20th

Anniversary Symposium, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

2016 1000 Miles Apart, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

2016 UAAC Conference (Universities Art Association of Canada), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal,

Quebec.

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2016 “Makers, Mentors, Milestones,” NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts), Fiftieth

Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.

2015 UAAC Conference (Universities Art Association of Canada), NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

2014 “Indigenizing the Campus Through Art: Past and Future Perspectives,” School of Art, University of

Manitoba, April 26, 2014.

2014 1000 Miles Apart, Red Deer College, Red Deer Alberta.

2014 Mosaic Magazine conference, “A Matter of Lifedeath,” School of Art, University of Manitoba, October

1–4, 2014.

2013 1000 Miles Apart, ACAD (Alberta College of Art and Design), Calgary, Alberta.

2012 “On the Edge,” NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Conference, Seattle,

Washington.

2012 1000 Miles Apart, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan.

2011 “Sculptural Vocabularies: A Symposium Exploring the Sculptural Practices of Contemporary Canadian

Women Artists,” organized by the Winnipeg Art Gallery and MAWA, Winnipeg.

2010 “Independence,” NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) Conference, Philadelphia

PA.

2010 1000 Miles Apart, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta.

2007 NeoCraft International Conference on Modernity and the Crafts, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova

Scotia.

2006 “Explorations and Navigations: The Resonance of Place,” NCECA Conference, Portland, Oregon.

2004 “INvestigations, INspirations: The Alchemy of Art and Science,” NCECA Conference, Indianapolis,

Indiana.

2003 “Borders In Flux,” NCECA Conference, San Diego, California.

2002 “Ceramic Modernism,” Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Ontario.

2002 1000 Miles Apart, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta.

1995 “Borderline Clay,” NCECA Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

1994 “Gumbo Ceramique,” NCECA Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

1993 “International Ceramics ’93,” Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta.

1993 “Pacific Rim,” NCECA Conference, San Diego, California.

1992 “Old Worlds/New Worlds,” NCECA Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

2019 3D Printing Workshop with Jason Hare, C2 Centre for Craft, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

2019 Brooks Oliver Workshop, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Alberta.

2012 Master Qing Hua Workshop (blue and white painting) on porcelain, Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen,

China.

2012 Master Carving Workshop on porcelain, Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China.

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2008 “Workshop in New Masonry and Ceramic Technologies,” organized by Canadian Design Research

Network and Canadian Masonry Research Institute, CAST (Centre for Architectural Structures and

Technology), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

1999 Architectural Ceramics Workshop with Nino Caruso, Western Australian School of Art, Design, and

Media, Perth, Western Australia.

VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS TAUGHT

2008 “Architectural Ceramics” workshop at Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Victoria, BC.

2003 “Large Ceramic Lantern Workshop,” at the seventh anniversary celebrations of the Tainan National

University of the Arts, Taiwan.

2002 “Paper Clay” Workshop, Saskatoon Potters’ Guild, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

2002 “Paper Clay” workshop” at the Ontario Clay and Glass Association’s Fusion Conference, Sheridan

College, Oakville, Ontario.

2001 “Sculptural Light Sconce” workshop series, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta.

1998 “Paper Clay” workshop, Haliburton School of Fine Arts, Haliburton, Ontario.

1997 “Paper Clay” workshop, Kingston Potters’ Guild, Kingston, Ontario.

1985 College of Fine Arts, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

LOCAL WORKSHOPS TAUGHT

2002 Winnipeg Art Gallery: Paper Clay Workshops (in conjunction with A Quiet Passage), Winnipeg,

Manitoba.

2001 Bridges Program: Edith Regier’s Crossing Communities project for “Women in Conflict with the Law” –

Collaborative Tile-making Workshop, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

2000 Winnipeg Art Gallery: Paper Clay Workshop for adults, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

2000 Art City (inner-city drop-in community art studio): Sculptural Light Sconce Workshop for children,

Winnipeg, Manitoba.

2000 SAG Conference (Manitoba Association for Art Education): Illuminated Clay and 3-D Tiles conducted for

art teachers at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1999 Winnipeg Art Gallery: Paper Clay Workshop for adults, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1999 General Byng School: Light Sconce Workshop, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1998 St. John’s-Ravenscourt School: Light Sconce Workshop, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1997–99 University of Winnipeg Collegiate: Workshops at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1997–99 Acadia School: Workshops for students in the Enrichment Program, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1997 Quantum Program – Winnipeg Art Gallery: Light Sconce Workshop, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1997 SAG Conference (Manitoba Association for Art Education): Sculptural Ceramic Light Sconce Workshop

conducted for art teachers at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Memberships

Manitoba Craft Council, ongoing

Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), ongoing

Universities Art Association of Canada (UAAC), 2015 to present

National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), ongoing

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA), inducted 2007

Winnipeg Art Gallery, lifetime

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, lifetime

Board of Governors – Professional Organizations

2013–present Board member, Manitoba Craft Council

Chair of Human Resources committee, Manitoba Crafts Council, 2015–present.

Consultant for 2000 Years Now, Manitoba Craft Council special exhibition programming

in ceramics, 2014–present.

Member of Strategic Planning Panel, Manitoba Craft Council, 2014.

Grace Nickel Research Presentation at AssentWorks (public fabrication workshop and

makerspace), for the Manitoba Craft Council membership, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2014.

Additional Professional Community Service

2012–2013 Programming Consultant for the Manitoba Craft Council (as member).

2011 Co-organized visit by Dr. Sandra Alfoldy, NSCAD University, Halifax, with downtown arts organizations

to present public lectures at RAW Gallery and Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, University of Winnipeg

(introduced Dr. Alfoldy).

2003–04 Programming Committee, Manitoba Craft Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Invited curator Paul Greenhalgh

to lecture in Winnipeg at Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall at the University of Manitoba.

1999–2000 Member of Site Gallery artists’ cooperative gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1992 Member, Crafts Advisory Panel, Manitoba Arts Council.

Recent Donations of Artwork for Fundraisers

2016 Donation of artwork to Manitoba Craft Council’s Craft Social Fundraiser.

2016 Donation of artwork to MAWA’s (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art) Over the Top Art Auction

Fundraiser.

2012 Donation of artwork to the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s 100th Anniversary Gala Art Auction.

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ARTS ADMINISTRATION

2007 Research Assistant to Conference Convenor Sandra Alfoldy, Neocraft International Conference on

Modernity and the Crafts, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

2000–08 Grants Manager: Grant writing for Art City, a community art studio in Winnipeg’s inner city (where

professional artists conduct collaborative workshops).

1997–2000 Arts Administration Consultant, MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art), grant writing,

consulting, compiling a twenty-year chronology of MAWA’s activities for the Culture of Community

publication.

1992–96 Executive Director: MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art), Winnipeg, Manitoba.

1989–90 Slide Librarian and School Tours Assistant, Education Department, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg,

Manitoba.

1980–88 Studio Programs Assistant, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

TEACHING

Academic Positions

2017–present 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, fall Sessional Instructor, Ceramics, School of Art, University of Manitoba

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).

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