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Potter / PainterFor immediate release:Press Release, April 21, 2009: Cowichan Valley Arts Centre Exhibition - "Potter / Painter" The Cowichan Valley Arts Council presents an exhibition of ceramics by Margit Nellemann and portraiture by Iris McBride. It examines two of the oldest art forms, pottery and painting. Margit's hand built ceramics and Iris's canvases appeal to our need to communicate visually from ages past. The exhibition Potter/Painter: Hand Built Ceramics & Portraiture opens Thursday, April 30th from 4:00 till 8:00 and continues at the CVAC gallery in downtown Duncan until May 23rd. Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. through 3 p.m. at the Cowichan Valley Arts Centre 2 - 139 Station Street, Duncan B.C. For further information, contact office manager, Sandra Greenaway at 250.746.1633 or cvartscouncil@shaw.ca. Margit Nellemann When I was nine years old I visited my aunt's ceramic studio in Denmark and instantly fell in love.
Clay is like a language for me. I thrive in its timelessness. I use the ancient hand building techniques of coiling and slab work and love the expressiveness of the inherent asymmetry as well as the endless possibilities it conveys. There is something unassuming about clay even though, once it has gone through the process of creation, firing and glazing, it might well be around for thousands of years. It remains inconspicuous. It is a humbling medium to work in. New forms & shapes appear from what was originally a wet lump of earth. I am enthralled by the fact that the four elements all play an active role in the process from clay to ceramic. Earth mixed with water to create, air to dry and fire to solidify and eternalize. It is so simple and yet so beautifully complex. The transformation that happens between the wet, creative stage and the completed, fired piece is compelling. Each piece is unique. Before reaching the leather hard stage I draw freehand directly onto the clay, allowing the design to take shape as it accents and frames the form of the piece. Fascinated by the language and beauty of patterns and intrigued by details, I find great excitement in recreating the rhythmic and stunning lines of nature's patterns in my work. After the bisque firing, I brush glaze into the design and leave the colour of the clay exposed. The inside of the piece is glazed and the piece is fired to cone 6 in oxidation. Margit Nellemann Danish Born, 1962 BA, Odense University, Odense Denmark 1993 Colegio de Ramon Llull, Scholarship, Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1992 Exchange Program, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 1991-92 Exam. Art, Odense Universitet, Odense, Denmark - 1991 Exchange Program, Universidad de Granada, Spain 1989-90 Exchange Program, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain 1987-88 Exhibitions: Dorothy Francis Gallery, Qualicum Beach, BC (Upcoming August 2009)Sidney Fine Arts Show, Sidney, BC 2008 Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke, BC 2008 RedSky Gallery, Teapot Group Exhibit, Charlotte, North Carolina 2008 FingerPlay, BC in a Box, a Travelling Ceramics Exhibit, Potters Guild of British Columbia 2008 Contemporary Craft in BC, Excellence within Diversity, Vancouver Museum, Vancouver , BC 2008 Function+Art Gallery, Teapot Group Show, Chicago, IL 2007 Sooke Fine Arts Show, Sooke, BC 2007 Tea Party, Teapot Group Show, Van Dop Gallery, Vancouver BC 2007 Ceramics, Solo Show, Sawa Tea and Craft, Vancouver, BC 2006 Teapot Extravaganza, Group Show, Crown Gallery, Victoria, BC 2006 Pastels and Ceramics, Masako Araki & Margit Nellemann, Gala Gallery, West Vancouver, BC 2006 Francophonie Festival, Gallery 223, Daniel Martineau & Margit Nellemann, Nanaimo, BC 2006 Teapots, Group Show, Crafthouse Gallery, Granville Island, Vancouver, BC 2005 Iris McBride My approach to the figure is classicsal, then the search for form manifests into an expressionism.
Iris Mc Bride Toronto born, 1946RN Toronto Western Hospital 1967 Victoria School of Art, Victoria, British Columbia 1988 - 1992 Clay Sculpture with Kathy Venter 1992 - 1994 Exhibitions: "Directors' Choice" CVAC Cowichan Valley Arts Centre - 2008"Artspring" Saltspring Island - 2005 Demitasse, Victoria - 2004 Art Now I - 2002 & Art Now II - 2003 - Saltspring Island ASSA Juried Show - Jurors' Choice - 2001 Terrafazione - 1998 & 1999 Vortex Gallery Group Show, Saltspring Island - 1998 "Erotic Art" Group Show, Saltspring Island - 1996 "Hang Up" Group Show - 1995 |
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