Bruce Taylor curriculum vitae

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.