Academic history
1989
Rhode
Island
School
of
Design,
Providence
RI,
MFA,
with
Honours
1985
Banff
School
of
Fine
Arts,
Banff
Alberta,
Canada
1983
Pilchuck
School
of
Glass,
Washington,
1981
Pilchuck
School
of
Glass,
Washington,
1983
Alberta
College
of
Art,
Calgary
Alberta,
Canada
Selected solo and two person exhibitions
2011
Museum
of
Northern
History,
Kirkland
Lake,
ON
(March
2011)
2010
“Lucid
Dreaming”
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
Christian
Bernard
Singer,
Curator
2005 “Indefinite
Space“,
Saint
Mary’s
University
Art
Gallery
2004
“Indefinite
Space"
University
of
Waterloo
Gallery,
Anna-Marie
Larson,
Curator
1996
“Harmony”,
Anna
Leonowens
Gallery,
Nova
Scotia
College
of
Art
and
Design,
Halifax,
Nova
Scotia
1996
“Harmonic
Proportions”,
University
of
Waterloo
Department
of
Fine
Arts
Gallery,
Mixed
Media
Drawings,
Joe
Wyatt
Curator
1995
Cambridge
Library
Gallery,
Cambridge,
Ontario,
2
person
exhibition
Mary
Misner
Curator
1994
Burlington
Art
Centre,
Burlington,
Ontario,
Installation,
Jonathan
Smith
Curator
1992
Galerie
Art
8,
Trois
Rivieres,
Quebec
1985
Little
Gallery,
Banff
Centre,
Banff,
Alberta
1984
Muttart
Gallery,
Calgary,
Alberta
Selected group exhibitions
2016
DOMESTIC
DESIGN,
Architecture
Gallery
University
of
Florida,
May
2016
Matter
of
Clay,
Jonathon
Bancroft-Snell
Gallery,
London
Ont.,
Aug
2016
COFFEE
&
CLAY
EXHIBITION,
Pottery
Northwest
Gallery,
Seattle,
WA,
May
2015
SUMMER
FUN
AND
GAMES,
Jonathon
Bancroft-Snell
Gallery,
London
Ont.,
Aug
2015
UNDER
COVER,
JONATHON
BANCROFT-SNELL
GALLERY,
LONDON
ONT.,
FEB
2014
“ACADEMIA”
Earls
Court
Gallery,
Hamilton
Ontario
2014
Anniversary
Exhibition,
Jonathon
Bancroft-Snell
Gallery,
London
Ont.,
April
2014
Mugs,
Exhibition,
Jonathon
Bancroft-Snell
Gallery,
London
Ont.,
April
2013
“Something
old
Something
New”,
8th
Cheongju
International
Craft
Biennale
Cheongju,
Korea
2013
"Tour
de
Force"
Jonathon
Bancroft-
Snell
Gallery,
London
On,
March
2013
artcetera,
Elora
Centre
for
the
Arts,
Exhibition
2012
Yingge
Ceramics
Museum,
New
Taipei
City,
Taiwan
Ceramics
Biennale
2012
Kaohsiung
Museum
of
Fine
Arts,
Selected
works
from
Ceramic
Visions:
2012
Taiwan
Ceramics
Biennale
2012
“Fusion”
Jonathon
Bancroft-
Snell
Gallery,
London
On
(May)
2012
"Yesterday
and
Today"
Jonathon
Bancroft-
Snell
Gallery,
London
On
(Aug)
2011
Alchemy:
From
Dust
to
Form,
Harn
Museum
of
Art
Gainesville,
FL
2008
SculptArt
in
the
Med.
Garden
Royal
Botanical
Gardens
Burlington
2006
Canadian
Contemporary
Ceramics
Medicine
Hat
Museum
and
Art
Gallery,
curated
Joanne
Marion
and
Les
Manning
2006
Sight
Unseen:
Saint
Mary’s
University
Art
Gallery,
Curated
David
Court
2005
“Indefinite
Space“,Saint
Mary’s
University
Art
Gallery
2004
Athens
Olympics,
International
Olympic
Park,
Amaroussion,
Greece,
Invited
2004
“Indefinite
Space“,
University
of
Waterloo
Gallery,
Anna-Marie
Larson
curator
2003
“21st
Century
Ceramics
in
the
United
States
and
Canada”,
Canzani
Centre
Gallery,
Columbus,
Ohio,
Bill
Hunt
curator
2003
“Kitchener
Waterloo
Art
Gallery
Biannual
Exhibition”,
Kitchener,
Ontario,
Allan
Mackay
curator
2003
“Genius-Loci”,
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
Waterloo,
Ontario,
invitational
exhibition
2002
“Ceramic
Modernism:
Lucie
Rie,
Hans
Coper
and
Their
Legacy,
The
Gardiner
Museum
of
Ceramic
Art,
Toronto,
Ontario,
Sue
Jefferies
curator
2002
“Waterloo
Collects”,
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
Waterloo,
Ontario,
invitational
exhibition
2002
“SOFA”,
The
Fifth
Annual
International
Exposition
of
Sculptural
objects
&
Functional
Art,
New
York,
New
York,
invitational
exhibition
2001
“Toronto
International
Art
Fair”
Oct.,
Toronto,
Ontario,
invitational
exhibition
2001
“World
Contemporary
Ceramics”
Kwango-dong,
Ichon-shi,
Kyonggi-do,
Korea,
Sangho
Shin
curator
2001
“Earth
Works”,
Gardiner
Museum,
Toronto,
Ontario,
Sue
Jefferies
curator
2000
“Framed”,
Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
Guelph,
Ontario,
invitational
exhibition
2000
“Earth
Works”,
EXPO
2000,
Hanover,
Germany,
Sue
Jefferies
curator
2000
“1000
Mile
Apart”,
Neutral
Ground
Gallery,
Regina,
Saskatchewan,
invitational
exhibition
2000
“The
Art
Of
Living”,
Rotunda
Gallery,
Kitchener,
Ontario
2000
Faculty
Exhibition,
University
of
Waterloo,
Department
of
Fine
Arts,
Waterloo,
Ontario
1998
“Framed”,
Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
Guelph,
Ontario,
invitational
exhibition
1998
“A
Question
of
Identity”,
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
Waterloo,
Ontario,
invitational
exhibition
1997
“Box”,
Macdonald
Stewart
Art
Centre,
Guelph,
Ontario,
invitational
exhibition
1997
“Making
an
Impression”,
Gallery
Stratford,
Stratford,
Ontario
1996
“White
on
White”,
Gardener
Museum
of
Ceramics,
Toronto
Ontario,
Travelling
Exhibition,
Hong
Kong
Visual
Arts
Centre,
Hong
Kong,
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
Waterloo,
Ontario,
Tokyo
Japan,
Shanghai,
China,
Taipei,
Taiwan,
ROC,
Singapore,
Sue
Jefferies
and
Anne
McPherson
curators
1995
Gardener
Museum
of
Ceramics,
Toronto,
Ontario,
Group
exhibition
1993
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
Waterloo,
Ontario,
Catalogue,
invitational
exhibition,
1992
International
Exhibition
of
Ceramic
Art,
National
Museum
of
History,
Taipei,
Taiwan
ROC,
invitational
exhibition
1992
“Containers
Revisited
1975-
1992”,
Tyler
Art
Gallery,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
Juried
Exhibition,
1992
“Artistic
Generations”,
The
Works
Gallery,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
invitational
exhibition
1991
“Necessary
space”:
Invitational
Group
exhibition,
Mount
Saint
Vincent,
University
Art
Gallery,
Halifax,
Nova
Scotia,
Nick
Webb
curator
1991
Galerie
Barbara
Silverberg,
Montreal,
Quebec,
invitational
exhibition
1991
“On
Reflection”,
Petro
Can
Exhibition
Gallery,
Calgary
Alberta,
Paula
Gustafson
curator
1990
“National
Biennial
of
Ceramics”,
Trois-Rivieres,
Quebec,
Canada,
Prix
d’Excellence,
Juried
Exhibition,
catalogue
1989
Graduating
Exhibition,
Rhode
Island
School
of
Design
Museum,
Providence,
Rhode
Island
1988
“Contemporary
Containers”,
Perkins
Art
Centre,
Moorestown,
New
Jersey,
invitational
exhibition
1987
“Ceramics”,
Sol
Koffler
Gallery,
Rhode
Island
School
of
Design,
Providence,
Rhode
Island
1987
Faculty
Show,
Alberta
College
of
Art
Gallery,
Calgary,
Alberta
1986
“Handspirits”,
Beaver
House
Gallery,
Edmonton,
Alberta,
Travelling
Exhibition,
Nickel
Arts
Museum
Calgary,
Alberta,
Cartwright
Gallery,
Vancouver,
British
Columbia,
Catalogue
1985
Second
Story
Gallery,
Calgary,
Alberta
1984
Walter
Phillips
Gallery,
Banff,
Alberta
1983
Muttart
Gallery,
Calgary,
Alberta
1983
Graduation
Show,
Alberta
College
of
Art
Gallery,
Calgary,
Alberta
1983
Rubaiyat
Gallery,
Calgary,
Alberta
1982
Beaver
House
Gallery,
Edmonton,
Alberta
Selected juried exhibitions
2013
“Something
old
Something
New”,
8th
Cheongju
International
Craft
Biennale
Cheongju,
Korea
2012
Taiwan
Ceramics
Biennale
(Bronze
Award)
Yingge
Ceramics
Museum,
New
Taipei
City,
and
Kaohsiung
Museum
of
Fine
Arts,
2011
Alchemy:
From
Dust
to
Form,
Harn
Museum
of
Art
Gainesville,
FL
1996
National
Biennial
of
Ceramics,
Trois-Rivieres,
Quebec
Canada,
Invitational
Exhibition,
catalogue
1994
National
Biennial
of
Ceramics,
Trois-Rivieres,
Quebec
Canada,
Juried
exhibition,
catalogue
1992
Mino
Ceramic
Exhibition,
Mino,
Japan,
Juried
exhibition,
catalogue
1990
4th
National
Biennial
of
Ceramics,
Trois-Rivieres
Quebec
Canada,
Juried
exhibition,
Prix
d’Excellence,
catalogue
1989
2nd
international
Ceramics
Competition,
Mino
Japan,
Juried
exhibition,
Grand
prize,
catalogue
1988
3rd
National
Biennial
of
Ceramics,
Trois-Rivieres,
Quebec,
Canada.
Juried
exhibition,
catalogue
1987
Glass
Exhibition,
Muttart
Gallery,
Calgary,
Alberta,
Juried
exhibition
Catalogues, reviews and articles on the artist's work
2014
“Awesome
Art
Times
Two”
Grand
Magazine,
Barbara
Aggerholm,
Jan.
2013
Cheongju
International
Craft
Biennale
,
Exhibition
Catalogue
2012
Yingge
Ceramics
Museum,
New
Taipei
City,
Taiwan
Ceramics
Biennale
2012
May
2012
News
letter,
Jonathon
Bancroft-Snell
Gallery,
London
Ontario
2011
Alchemy:
From
Dust
to
Form,
Harn
Museum
of
Art
Gainesville,
FL
2012
Elenor
Wilson
Blog,
http://elenorwilson.blogspot.ca/2012/07/this-just-in.html
2011
Imprint,
Feb.
Bruce
Taylor:
Pottery
That
Won’t
Fit
on
Your
Kitchen
Counter,
Chelsea
Schmaltz
2010
“Lucid
Dreaming”
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
Christian
Bernard
Singer,
Curator
2002
Catalogue,
SOFA
New
York,
The
Fifth
Annual
International
Exposition
of
Sculptural
Objects
&
Functional
Art,
image
p.
122
2002
Globe
and
Mail
Toronto
“Ceramic
Modernism:
Hans
Coper,
Lucie
Rie
and
Their
Legacy”,
By
Sarah
Milroy,
Saturday,
August
24,
2002
–
Page
R7
2002
Catalogue,
World
Contemporary
Ceramics,
Kwango-dong,
Ichon-shi,
Kyonggi-do,
Korea,
p.
152-155
2001
Catalogue,
Earth
Works:
Contemporary
Canadian
Ceramics,
Gardiner
Museum,
Text
by
Susan
Jefferies,
p.
11
2001
Catalogue,
Toronto
2001
International
Art
Fair,
p.
141
2001
Book
Mastering
the
Craft,
Ceramics,
2nd
edition”
Richard
Zakin
,
p.71
2001
Hamilton
Spectator,
Wednesday,
February
7,
Regina
Haggo,
under
Art
Matters
2001
Book
The
Ceramic
Spectrum,
2nd
Edition,
Hopper
Robin,
Images
2000
Fusion
Magazine,
Volume
25,
#1,
Text
by
Susan
Jefferies
1998
Catalogue,
A
Question
of
Identity,
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
invitational
exhibition,
p.
36
1998
Hamilton
Spectator,
Elaine
Huje,
BAC
lauded,
Sept
1
1998
Kitchener
Waterloo
Record,
Lynn
Jackson,
Aug.
8th
1997
Ontario
Craft,
Wendy
Jacob,
Road
Show
Winter
1997
American
Craft,
“White
on
White”
Text
by
Susan
Jefferies,
Anne
McPherson,
p.
36-39
1997
Ceramics:
Arts
and
Perception,
Ronald
Kuchta,
No
27,
1996
Catalogue,
White
on
White,
Canadian
Contemporary
Ceramics,
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
Waterloo
and
Gardener
Museum
of
Ceramics,
Toronto.
Text
by
Susan
Jefferies,
Anne
McPherson,
p.27
1996
Catalogue,
Terre
en
Transit,
National
Biennial
of
Ceramics,
Text
by
Christiane
Simoneau,
Trois-Rivieres
Quebec
p.
36
1996
Kerameika
Techni,
“Bruce
Taylor,”Kostas
Tarkassis,
Greece,
p.
20-24
1996
Ceramica
International,
“Bruce
Taylor,”
Antonio
Vivas
Zamorano,
Spain,
Volume
55
p.
34-35
1996
Kitchener
Waterloo
Record,
Robert
Reid,
May
7,
Photograph
1995
Cambridge
Reporter,
Jonathan
Harrison,
July
25
1995
Ontario
Craft
Magazine,
Betty
Ann
Jordan,
Spring.
Photograph
1995
Book,
Hand
Formed
Ceramics:
Creating
Form
and
Surface,
Richard
Zakin,
Guest
artist
p.
176-177.
1994
Ceramics:
Arts
and
Perception,
“Acquired
Identities
in
Contemporary
Ceramics”
Ronald
Kuchta,
No
14,
p.29-35
1994
Kitchener
Waterloo
Record,
Robert
Reid,
Kitchener,
Wednesday,
April
6,
Photograph
1994
Magazine,
Art
Le
Sabord,
#
37,
p.
50
1994
Catalogue,
Clay…Matter
of
Expression:
National
Biennial
of
Ceramics,
Text
by
Therese
Chabot,
Trois-Rivieres
Quebec
p.
36
1993
Catalogue,
Vision
to
Reality,
Moving
the
Spirit,
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
p.
38-39.
1993
Canadian
Art,
“Moving
the
Spirit,”
Volume
10
Number
3,
Anne
McPherson,
p.
89.
1993
The
Globe
and
Mail,
Kate
Taylor,
June
19
1992
Kitchener
Waterloo
Record,
Robert
Reid,
Sept.
2,
Photograph
1992
Arts
Atlantic,
“Necessary
Space,”
Robin
Metcalf,
43
Volume
11,
Number
3,
Photograph
1992
Catalogue,
Containers
Revisited
1975-1992,
Text
By
Mark
Pharis,
p.
1992
Contact
Magazine
“Necessary
Space”,
Robin
Metcalf,
Winter
Issue,
Number
87,
Photograph
1992
Catalogue,
Necessary
Space,
Text
by
Nick
Webb,
Art
Gallery
Mount
Saint
Vincent
University,
Halifax,
Nova
Scotia
1992
Catalogue,
The
3rd
international
Ceramics
Competition,
Mino,
Japan,
p.107
1992
Catalogue,
International
Invitational
Exhibition
of
Ceramic
Art,
National
Museum
of
History,
Taipei,
Taiwan
ROC,
p.68
1991
Ceramics
Monthly,
“Bruce
Taylor”,
Text
by
Paula
Gustafson,
May
1991
cover,
p.
37-40
1991
Ceramics:
Art
and
Perception,
“Tradition
and
Invention”,
Ronald
Kuchta,
Issue
4,
Photograph.
1990
Craft
News,
July,
Photograph
1990
Catalogue,
“4th
National
Biennial
of
Ceramics”,
Trois-Rivieres
Quebec
Canada,
Prix
d’Excellence,
1990
CJST
News
Fall,
Volume
4,
No
1,
Photograph
1990
Ceramics
Monthly,
News
and
Retrospect,
May,
Photograph.
1990
Globe
and
Mail,
“Canadian
Potters
Take
Top
Prize”,
Anne
McPherson,
January
2
1989
“Bruce
Taylor”
Profile,
Edited
by
Wendy
Morrison.
Contact
Magazine,
Fall,
Issue
Number
78,
Photograph.
1989
The
Daily
Gleaner,
Visual
Arts
in
Review,
Christina
Sabat,
Oct.
21
1989
Calgary
Herald,
Arts,
Christina
Sabat,
Nov.7
1989
Contact
Magazine,
“Report
From
Bruce
Taylor”,
Fall
Issue
Number
78,
p
12-13
1989
Catalogue,
The
2nd
international
Ceramics
Competition,
Mino
Japan
1989
Contact
Magazine,
“Canadians
Receive
Honours”,
Wendy
Morrison,
Winter
Issue
Number
79,
p.
9-11
1988
Catalogue,
3rd
National
Biennial
of
Ceramics,
Trois-Rivieres,
Quebec
p.
64
1988
Contact
Magazine,
Universities
and
Colleges,
Wendy
Morrison,
summer,
Number
73,
Photograph
1985
Calgary
Herald,
Arts
Review,
Oct.
5,
Photograph
1985
“Ceramists
on
Raku”,
Edited
by
Frances
Burke,
Contact
Magazine,
Winter
Issue
Number
61,
Photograph
1985
Catalogue,
Handspirits,
Text
by
Luke
Lindoe,
Donald
McKinley
1984
Catalogue,
Alberta
Clay
comes
of
Age
Text
by
Frances
Burke
Awards and prizes
2012
Taiwan
Ceramics
Biennale
(Bronze
Award)
Yingge
Ceramics
Museum,
New
Taipei
City
2004
Commissioned
sculpture
for
2004
Summer
Olympics
Greece
1997
Elected
member
of
the
International
Academy
of
Ceramics
1991
Joseph
S
Stauffer
Prize,
The
Canada
Council
1991
Joseph
S
Stauffer
Prize,
for
meritorious
achievement
in
the
arts
($18,000)
1989
Prix
d’Excellence,
National
Biennial
of
Ceramics,
Trois-Rivieres,
Quebec,
Canada
($5,000)
1989
Grand
Prize,
Mino,
Japan,
International
Ceramics
Exhibition
1989
($25,000)
1988
Award
of
Excellence,
Rhode
Island
School
of
Design
1988
Alberta
Potters
Association
Scholarship
Award
($4500)
1988
Visual
Arts
Senior
Award,
Province
of
British
Columbia
($1500)
1984
Louise
McKinney
Award,
Alberta
Heritage
Fund
($5000)
Represented in the following public collections
Yingge
Ceramics
Museum,
New
Taipei
City
Taiwan
International
Olympic
Park,
Athens
Olympics,
Amaroussion,
Greece
The
Gardiner
Museum
of
Ceramic
Art,
Toronto,
ON
Canadian
Clay
and
Glass
Gallery,
Waterloo
ON.
Museum
of
Modern
Ceramic
Art,
Tajimi
City,
Mino
District,
Japan
Burlington
Arts
Centre,
Burlington
ON.
World
Ceramic
Centre
in
Ichon
Korea
Saint
Mary’s
University,
Halifax
NS
Medicine
Hat
Museum
and
Art
Gallery,
Medicine
Hat
AB
University
of
Waterloo,
Waterloo
ON.