Inspiration is intention obeyed.
Emily Carr
CURRICULUM VITAE
2023
AWARDS
Exhibition Grant, Ontario Arts Council, 2020, 2015, 2017
Travel Grant, Quebec Ministère des Affaires culturelles 1988,1992,1994, 2002
Resident Artist Award, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta 1992-93, 1989, 1987-88
Visiting Artist, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, North Edgecombe, Maine, USA 1993
Project Grant, Québec Ministère des Affaires culturelles 1997,1991,1989
Assistantship, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, North Edgecombe, Maine, USA 1990
Plainsman Clay Scholarship Calgary, Alberta 1989
Project Grant, Alberta Culture 1990, 1992
Promising Artist Award (Bourse d'encouragement), Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Third National Biennial of Ceramics 1988
ART RESIDENCIES
Ne-Na Comtempory Art Space, Thailand, 2019
GOA, Tetouan, Morocco, 2018
Jalipur Residency, Jalipur, India, 2015
Arquetopia Foundation, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2014
Johnson Sdio Centre, Johnson, Vermont, 2007, 2005
Watershed Centre for Ceramic Arts, N. Edgecombe, Maine, 1996, 1994
Archie Bray Ceramic Centre, Helena, Montana, 1992
The Banff Centre for the Arts, Resident Artist, Banff, Alberta 1992-93, 89, 1987-88
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, (Studio Arts) Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Bachelor of Arts, (Film/Theatre) Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
EXHIBITIONS | SOLO
Passages, Gallery Stratford, SITE, Stratford, Ontario, 2020
No Exit, Idea Gallery, Stratford, Ontario, 2019
Bits & Bobs, Propeller Gallery, Toronto Ontario, 2016
Endings & Beginnings, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 2014
Casa de la Cultura, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2014
All Zipped Up, Project Square Gallery, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA, 2012
Naughty Dream, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 2010
Dying for Metaphor, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 2008
Group of 7 Red Door, Johnston, Vermont, 2006
Multitude of Sins, Bennett Gallery, Guelph, Ontario, 1998
End of the Dance Powerhouse Gallery Montreal, Quebec,
Fragments, Ullman Gallery, Shaker Heights, Ohio 1995
Les Femmes, Open Space Gallery, Calgary, Alberta 1994
Precious Little Objects, The Other Gallery, Banff, Alberta, 1993
EXHIBITIONS | GROUP
unframed, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, 2023
Freedom, Webster Arts, St. Louis, MO, 2019
Waterloo Gallery, Cleveland Ohio USA 2018 Cash award
Wide Open 9, BWAC, Brooklyn, New York, USA 2018
Renegade Fiber, Marin MOCA, Marin, California, 2017
Art from Detritus, 20th anniversiary, Viridian Artists Comtempory Gallery, NYC, April 2015
Salon, Propeller Gallery, 2015
20x20, Montreal Centre for contemporary textiles, Montreal, Quebec, November 2010
International of Festival of Threads, 2013, Toronto, Ontario
Comfort, Propeller Gallery, December, 2011, Toronto, Ontario
Dance for Life, Dallas, Texas, 2010
More Than Fiber, Goggle Works center for the Arts, Reading, PA, 2010
Fiber Celebration 2008, Lincoln Center Galleries, Ft. Collins, Colorado June, 2008
L.O.V.E. Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario 2005
Eco - logic Hamilton University Art Centre, Feb. 2005
Art-o-Mat, Titsy Bitsy quilt project 2004-ongoing
Porte Ouvert, Montreal, Quebec, 1996
The Feminine Viewpoint National competition by JACOB’S boutique, (catalogue) 1994
une regarde certain, Gallery 410, Montreal, Quebec 1992
The Lure, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, 1992
9 Independent, Gallery 410, Montréal, Québec 1992
Connections, VAV Gallery, Montréal, Québec 1991
In Memory, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec 1990
Key, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta (catalogue) 1989
Turbulence, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta (catalogue) 1988
Vision x 4, Eric Harvey Theatre Gallery, Banff, Alberta 1988
Distortions, The Other Gallery, Banff, Alberta 1988
Third National Biennial of Ceramics, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada, Toured Canada, Cash Award
Cultural Imprints, Walter Phillips, Gallery, Banff, Alberta, and (catalogue) 1987
Expression D’Humeur, Galerie Céramique Bonsecours, Montréal, Québec 1987
Women's Work, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec 1986
Illusion, Centre des arts visuels, Montréal, Québec 1985
INSTALLATIONS | SITE SPECIFIC
Na-Na, Lanna Cultural Centre, Chamai, Thailand, 2019
Bridgeport Hospital, The Old Don Jaill, Toronto, Ontario 2016
Arquetopia Foundation, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2014
The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta 1993, 1989 Sarong Farms, Arundel, Québec 1993
Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, 1992
Laurentian Park, Lac des Seizes Iles, Québec 1991
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, North Edgecombe, Maine, USA 1990
PUBLICATIONS
Mary of Canada, the Virgin Mary in Canadian Culture, Spirituality, History and Geography, Joan Skogan, 2003, pp. 265
Contact Magazine, spring, 1994, No 96, Calgary, Alberta, pp. 29
Bruce MacKay, Store windows become art galleries Montreal Gazette, March 30, 1994
Ceramic Monthly, May, l990, Columbus, Ohio, pp 68-70, photos
Contact Magazine, winter, l989, issue #79, Alberta,pp l7-l8, Photo, magazine cover
Craig & Canyon, August, l989, feature article on outdoor art project
Critical Fictions, Diane Douglas, Chicago, USA
Crevier, Lyne, Millénaire et méconnue, la céramique prend sa revanche à Trois-Rivières, Le Devoir, June 27, l988
Bornais, Marie-France, La Biennale de ceramique: c'est ouvert ! Journal des Trois-Rivieres, June 19, l988
Tremblay, Régis, De curieuses choses à voir à la Biennale de céramique, Le Soleil, October 12, l988 (photo)
Lemine, Lucie, La 3e Biennale nationale de céramique tire à sa fin, La Presse, June 11, l988
Espace vol. 5, #l, automne l988, p 7