Carole Epp
Artist Curator Writer Activist
Treaty 6 / Saskatoon Saskatchewan
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Education
2005 Masters of Arts, Visual Arts, Ceramics, High Distinction, Canberra School of Art, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2002 Financial Management for Art Organizations, Grant McEwan College, Edmonton Alberta
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Distinction, University of Regina, Saskatchewan. Ceramics major, Art History minor
Residencies
2022 Upcoming The Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece
2019 Month long residency with Sue Tirrell Archie Bray Foundation, Helena Montana
2013 Ceramic Surface Forum (Invitational) Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlingburg TN
2010 Technology and Ceramics Residency (Invitational) Medalta AIR, Medicine Hat, AB
2004 Asia Pacific Ceramics Residency, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
Exhibitions - Solo Exhibitions
2020 Featured Artist, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville, FL
2020 Featured Artist Companion Gallery, Humbolt TN
2019 Featured Artist In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville NC
2016 Ode to the unsung Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC
2011 The Politics of Innocent Dreams, Artist to Artist Program, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon SK
2010 A Collection of Small Miseries Centre Materia, as part of MANIF D’ART 5, Quebec City, QC
2009 A Collection of Innocent Crimes The Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Waterloo, ON
2007 Snow Series The Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2006 Snow Series Red Deer College Library, Red Deer, AB
2005 A Collection of Small Miseries Harcourt House Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB
A Collection of Small Miseries Foyer Gallery, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2005 A Collection of Small Miseries Art Library Foyer, Australian National University, ACT, Australia
2000 Blanketed Fifth Parallel Gallery, Regina, SK
1999 Untitled Installation (Sculptures) the antechamber art gallery and cinemateque, Regina, SK
Select Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2013 Disquiet with Trace Nelson and Marcia Pitch, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George BC
2010 Role Play with Robin Lambert and Jody Greenman-Barber, SK Craft Council, Saskatoon, SK
2010 A Collection of Tainted Virtues with Marsha Kennedy, Mysteria Gallery, Regina SK
2008 Small Stuff The Bilton Contemporary Art Gallery, Red Deer, AB
2005 The Edge of Function Watson Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2003 "...she ought to have wondered" Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, NFL
Select Group Exhibitions
2022 Figuratively Speaking II Companion Gallery, Humbolt TN
2022 A Flower Blooms in the Dessert, NCECA Sacremento, CA
2022 Above Board Ceramics Online exhibition
2022 Clay to Table Invitational, North Carolina
2022 Valentines Show Clay Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2021 Material Mugs Companion Gallery, Humbolt TN (prize winner)
2021 Above Board Ceramics NCECA online exhibition
2021 Ceramic Jewelry Exhibition Clay Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2020 borderLINE: 2020 Biennial of Contemporary Art Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB
2020 Our lives in Clay Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville, FL
2020 Clay as Canvas In Tandem Gallery, Bakersville NC
2020 100 Years 100 Women The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Summer exhibition Slate Gallery, Regina, SK
2020 Collaborative Companions III Companion Gallery, Humbolt TN
2020 Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Saturnalia VII, Slate Gallery, Regina, SK
2019 Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Cup the Intimate Object XV, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville, FL
2019 Americano Invitational, Clay Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2019 Collaborative Companions NCECA Minneapolis, MN
2019 Bonspiel NCECA Minneapolis, MN
2019 The Narrative Dish 2 Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon SK
2018 Feast of Pottery The Royal St. John’s Regatta Boathouse, St. Johns, NFD
2018/19 Crowns (touring) Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA), Cade Gallery (Arnold, MD), Foster Art Gallery (New Wilmington, PA), NOVA AL – Fine Arts Gallery (Alexandria, VA), New gallery for Contemporary Craft (Woodbridge, VA), Canton Museum of Art (Canton, OH)
2018 We Aren’t Invisible Braddock Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Growlerfest The Brewhouse Association, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Art Now, Saskatchewan Fine Art Fair, Regina, SK
2017 Valentine Plate Invitational 2017 Clay Akar, Iowa City, Iowa
2017 Featured Artist Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MN
2017 Florida Heat Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
2016 Art Now, Saskatchewan Fine Art Fair, Saskatoon, SK
2016 Cup the Intimate Object XII, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville, FL
2016 make and do ceramics Void Gallery, Saskatoon SK
2016 Raconteurs Gulf Coast College Gallery, Panama City, FL
2016 CUPful, Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor, NC
2016 The Cup Collab Melbourne Australia
2015 Americano Invitational, AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2015 Crafted 2015: Ceramic Tableware, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Cup the Intimate Object XI, Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainsville, FL
2015 The Narrative Dish Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon SK
2015 Yunomi Invitational 2015 AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2015 Drawn (part of the NCECA conference in Rhode Island), Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater, MA
2015 Scratching the Surface Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
2014 souvenirs from the future A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, MS
2014 Masquerade Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
2014 Girl Parts Mudfire Gallery, Decatur, GA
2014 Yunomi Invitational 2014 AKAR Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2013 21st Century Sketchbook Red Lodge Clay Centre, Montana
2013 HOT MUD: Emerging Canadian Ceramics Burlington Art Center, Burlington, ON
2013 In the Mix: Contemporary Practices in Ceramics Crimson Laurel Gallery, Bakersville NC
2012 Ceramics Now Exhibition Galateea Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2012 Figure/Figurine The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2011 The Low Down: Tales from the Margin, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, (2011), Red Lodge Clay Centre, MN (2012)
2011 Breaking Boundaries: A Survey of Contemporary Ceramics, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2011 Matter of Clay III, Jonathon Bancroft Snell Gallery, London, ON
2010 Clay and Blogs, Campbell House Galleries, Southern Pines, NC, USA
2009 Subverted Utility Harris Waarke Gallery, Red Deer, AB
2008 Fins Furs and Feathers Cinema Gallery, Urbana, Illinois, USA
2008 On the Cusp II Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON
2008 BACKTALK NCECA 2008 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2007 Future Voices: Celebrating Diversity (To coincide with New Craft, Future Voices Conference) Cooper Gallery, Duncan Jordanstone
College of Art & Design, Dundee, Scotland
2007 Contained: Objects of Function and Beauty The Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
2007 Power of 10 Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon, SK
2007 Converge: A North/South Discourse NCECA, Louisville, Kentucky
2007 Celebrate Craft: A Contemporary Craft Mosaic, The Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
2006 Telling Tales Dashwood Galleries, Calgary, AB
2006 On the Verge Brisbane Conference Centre, Brisbane, Australia
2005 Visions from the South – Ceramics and Textiles from ANU Uni of Southern Queensland Gallery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
2005 MID II Canberra School of Art Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia
2005 Hobart Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
2005 29th Alice Craft Acquisition, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
2005 Smoke Free Zone Dickson Art Gallery, Dickson, Australian National Territory, Australia
2004 Gold Coast International Ceramic Competition, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
2004 Ceramics for Use, A New Perspective University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
2004 From Hands to Lips Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Waterloo, ON
Select Professional Experience
2022 Community Manager for The Ceramic School, Austria
2016/21 Co-Founder and Co-Director Make and Do Ceramics National Organization, Canada
2007/21 Editor, curator and writer for musingaboutmud.blogspot.ca
2021 Co- Host of The Kiln Sitters Podcast @ The Brickyard Network Archie Bray Foundation for the Arts, Helena Montana
2021 Online Workshop and Lecture Taoxichuan Art Center - International Studio Jingdezhen, China
2021 Online Workshop Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, California
2021 Ask Artist educational video project for elementary schools in Saskatchewan, SK Arts
2021 Online workshop facilitator and vendor expo administrator The Ceramics Congress (May and Nov) Austria
2021 Curator: The Ceramics Congress Canadian Ceramics Exhibition, online exhibition of 88 Canadian artists. The Ceramics Congress,
Austria
2021 Online Workshop Coordinator and Facilitator The Ceramic School, Austria
2021 Panel Moderator Art Now, Saskatchewan
2021 Clayflicks workshop Ceramic Arts Daily
2020/21 Curator Medalta Artist in Residence exhibitions, Medalta International Artist Residency
2021 Online Workshop Saskatoon Potters Guild
2021 Online Workshop Fraser Valley Potters Guild, BC
2021 Workshop Instructor Grade 5/6, Dundonald School, Saskatoon, SK
2020 Presenter/Demonstrator: Ceramic Congress, online international event hosted by The Ceramics School.
2020 Co-curator and writer of Creative Adventures in Clay: Ceramics, publication by Uppercase, Calgary, AB
2020 Guest Panelist Digital Literacy Masterclass Cape Brenton Centre for Craft & Design
2020 Co-curator Critical Function NCECA (postponed due to covid), Richmond, Virginia
2020 Visiting Artist Lecture and Webinar, University of Regina
2020 Workshop Demo Ceramics for Charity Online event in support of BLM, The Ceramics School.
2020 Presenter 10 Digit Technology: Understanding Material & Digital Realities, Canadian Crafts Federation National Conference
2019 Indelible: Storytelling In, One and With Clay (co-taught with Sue Tirrell) Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MN
2019 Presenter/Demonstrator: New Clay Conference, Ottawa, ON
2019 Workshop Instructor (Pricing your work for Markets) Void Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2019 Workshop Instructor Viva Clayworks, Edmonton, AB
2019 Juror Last Call IV, Companion Gallery, Humbolt, TN
2018 Guest Curator – Winter Festival Mann Art Gallery, Prince Albert, SK
2018 Workshop Instructor – 1000 Miles Apart Conference, ACAD, Calgary, AB
2018 Workshop Instructor – Exploring the Narrative, Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB
2017 Editor, Marketing and Social Media for The Crafted Dish, (publication)
2017 Florida Heat Surface Workshop Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, Florida
2017/18 CARFAC Workshop Instructor (Social Media for Artists) Saskatoon; Prince Albert, Swift Current, Regina, La Ronge, North Battleford, SK
2017/18 Workshop Instructor (Pricing your work for Markets) Creative Commons, Saskatoon, SK, Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK
2017 Juror: Saskatoon Potters Guild Saskatoon SK
2016 Workshop Instructor (Social Media for Artists) Creative Commons YXE, Saskatoon SK
2016/17 CARFAC Mentorship Program (mentor) Saskatchewan
2016 Workshop Instructor The Australian Ceramics Society, Sydney Australia
2016 Workshop Instructor Cone 11 Ceramics, Melbourne Australia
2016 Juror: International Cup Show Gulf Coast College, Panama City, FL
2016 Juror: Saskatoon Potters Guild Saskatoon SK
2016 Workshop Instructor Australian Ceramics Association, Sydney Australia
2016 Workshop Instructor Cone 11 Ceramics, Melbourne Australia
2016 Workshop Instructor: Word and Object Gulf Coast College, Panama City, FL
2016 Juror Saskatoon Potters Guild Spring Exhibition, Saskatoon, SK
2015 Workshop Instructor Lethbridge Potters Guild, Lethbridge, AB,
2015 Workshop Instructor Fusions Clay and Glass Winter workshop, Toronto, ON
2014 Workshop Instructor Slip-casting Ceramics T&T Tree Pottery Supplies, Saskatoon, SK
2014 Juror for the Medalta International Spoon Exhibition Medicine Hat, AB
2014 Juror Manitoba Craft Council, Winnipeg, MB
2011/19 Founding member, Handmade Market Event Organizer, Social Media for Flock and Gather Craft Collective, Saskatoon SK
2013 Juror for the Medalta International Cup Show Medicine Hat, AB
2008/09 Gallery Assistant Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Ceramics Instructor: Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Wheel Throwing (part-time) Saskatoon Potters Guild, Saskatoon, SK
Workshop Demonstrator: Functional and Decorative Teapots Saskatoon Potters Guild, Saskatoon, SK
Workshop Instructor (Ceramics for youth at risk) Kilburn Hall, Saskatoon, SK
2007 Exhibition Juror Saskatoon Potters Guild, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2006 Administrative Assistant Distance Ceramics Program, Red Deer College, Red Deer Alberta
2006 Visual Arts Instructor – Ceramics, 2D Design Visual Fundamentals Red Deer College, Red Deer Alberta
2006 Ceramics Instructor: Wheel Throwing Continuing Education, Red Deer College, Red Deer Alberta
2006 Workshop Demonstrator and Presenter 1000 Miles Apart Conference Red Deer College, Red Deer AB
2006 Workshop Instructor (Decorative Ceramic Techniques) Continuing Education, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
2006 Workshop Instructor (Glaze Technology) Continuing Education, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB
2006 Visiting Artist in Residence Red Deer College, Red Deer Alberta
2005/06 Community Programs Coordinator AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Duties included administrative support, media design,
developing community outreach initiatives.
2004 Administrative Assistant (casual), Distance Ceramics School, National Institute for the Arts, The Australian National University, \
Canberra Australia
2005/06 Ceramic Instructor (part-time) Saskatoon Potters Guild, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Duties included: teaching beginner and
advanced student classes, instruction on throwing, decorating techniques, glaze technology, kiln firing and occupational health and
safety.
2004/05 Ceramic Instructor (part-time) Hands on Studio, Canberra, Australia. Duties included: preparation of course ceramic and pottery
projects and group activities, providing one-on-one assistance to mentally and physically disabled students, firing kilns.
2003 Artists' Mentor (part-time), Edmonton Alberta. Instructing and working with an artist with autism.
2001/03 Administrative Coordinator Latitude 53 Society of Artists, Edmonton Alberta.
Duties included: reporting directly to the Executive Director; responsible for the day to day bookkeeping of the organization;
membership services, volunteer recruitment, retainment and training; providing support to the Executive Director in all aspects of
administration including, but not restricted to, financial, facility and general office administration, grant applications, fundraising
development and implementation.
2001 Gallery Facilitator, Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. Duties included: general administrative work and overseeing gallery
activities, events and fundraisers.
Select Artist Talks / Papers
2021 Artist Lecture Taoxichuan Art Center - International Studio Jingdezhen, China
2019 Resident Artist Talk, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena MT
2019 Thinking Outside the Pot Panel Discussion NCECA, Minneapolis MN
2019 Artist Talk Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YK
2018 Artist Talk, ACAD 1000 Miles Apart Conference, Calgary, AB
2017 Artist Talk, Hamilton Potters Guild, Hamilton, ON
2017 Artist Talk, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, Florida
2016 Social Media for Artists SASKTERRA AGM, Saskatoon, SK
2016 Artist Talk Australian National University School of Art Canberra, ACT, Australia
2015 Social Media and Marketing for Craft Artists Panel Discussion (With Ben Carter and Lia Tajcnar) The Australian Ceramics Triennale
Canberra, ACT, Australia
2015 Artist Talk Fusions Clay and Glass, Toronto, ON
2014 Artist Talk Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB
2014 Artist Talk Manitoba Craft Council Winnipeg MB
2014 Virtual Clay Panel (with Adam Field, Ben Carter and Michael Kline), NCECA Milwaukee, WI
2013 Artist Talk Two Rivers Gallery Prince George, BC
2009 Jurors Talk Saskatoon Potters Guild, Saskatoon, SK
2008 Blogging and writing: The impact on an artistic practice 1000 Miles Apart Conference University of Regina, Regina, SK
2008 Artist Talk 1000 Miles Apart Conference University of Regina, Regina, SK
2007 Panel Moderator Global Craft NEOCRAFT Conference NSCAD, Halifax, NS
2006 Artist Talk 1000 Miles Apart Conference Red Deer College, Red Deer AB
2006 The Value of the Collective and the Community in the Continuation of a Successful Practice, Verge11th National Ceramics Conference
Brisbane, Australia
2006 Artist Talk - The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2006 Critical Thinking Saskatoon Potters Guild, Saskatoon, SK
2005 Objects and Ethics The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
2004 Artist Talk Asia Pacific Ceramics Workshop, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
Select Articles, Publications and Reviews
2020 Encyclopedia of Inspiration: Ceramics Writer and editor, Uppercase Publishing
2017 The Crafted Dish; A Canadian Clay Cookbook, in partnership with National Clay Week.
2017 Ceramic Artist of the Year (interview) Ceramic Arts 2017 Yearbook, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, USA, pg. 8-12
2015 Graphic Clay: Ceramic Surfaces and Printed Image Transfer Techniques. Jason Bige Burnett, Lark, New York, NY, 2015, pg. 63.
2015 Electric Kiln Ceramics. A Guide to Clays, Glazes and Electric Kilns (Fourth Edition). Richard Zakin and Frederick Bartolovic, The
American Ceramic Society, Westervile, OH, 2015, pg. 107.
2015 McNutt, Sarah. “Souvenirs from the Future” Ceramics Monthly Vol 63, #10 (Dec 2015), pg. 54-57.
2014 Uniting the Digital and the Real The Studio Potter, Vol 42, #2, pg. 56-60.
2014 500 Figures in Clay published by Lark Books, pg. 123.
2013 Interpreting Ceramics: Selected Essays Edited by Jo Dahn and Jeffrey Jones, Wunderkammer Press, Bath BA, 2013
2011 Five Qs: Artist Carole Epp. Local Ceramicist. Mentor Collaborate on Project. Meagan Thomas, VERB, May 20-26, 2011, pg. 10.
2007 Utopic Impulses: Critical Research in Contemporary Ceramic Practices, Edited by Amy Gogarty, Ruth Chambers and Mireille Perron,
Canada.
2007 Hare, Diana. “Conversations of Nine” Ceramics Art and Perception Issue 69 (Sept- Nov 2007): 75-79.
2007 The Value of the Collective in the Continuation of a Successful Practice Flying Arts Anthology, Queensland, Australia
2006 A Reflection on the International Conference Community. Saskterra Newsletter, November
2006 A Collection Of Small Miseries: Studio Philosophy and Project Research, Interpreting Ceramics (http://www.uwic.ac.uk/ICRC/)
2006 Upfront Section Ceramics Monthly June/July 2006
2006 Canadian House and Home, August 2006
2005 National Education Pictorial Survey The Journal of Australian Ceramics, VOL 44#2, 2005 (Front and back cover)
2005 Art Notes Art Monthly Australia, August 2005 # 182, pg 43.
2005 500 Cups: Ceramic Explorations of Utility and Grace, Published by Lark Books, USA
2004 The Multiple Readings of Function The Journal of Australian Ceramics, VOL 43 #3, 2004
Select Grants, Awards and Scholarships
2021 Jean Chalmers Fund for the Crafts Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Explore and Create: Independent Curator (The Ceramics Congress Canadian Ceramics Exhibition) Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Craft and Visual Art Production Grant Creative Saskatchewan
2021 Independent Artist Grant SK Arts
2020 Micro Grant SK Arts
2019 Artistic Excellence Award (Shortlisted Nominee) Saskatchewan Arts Awards
2019 Independent Artist Grant Saskatchewan Arts Board
2019 Arts on the Go Canada Council for the Arts
2018 Arts on the Go Canada Council for the Arts
2017 Ceramic Artist of the Year Ceramics Monthly Magazine, USA Publication
2017 Business Capacity Grant Creative Saskatchewan
2016 Business Capacity Grant Creative Saskatchewan
2014 Independent Artist Grant Saskatchewan Arts Board
2013 Second Place Winifred Shantz Award Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2013 Independent Artist Grant Saskatchewan Arts Board
2012 Second Place Winifred Shantz Award Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2012 Travel Grant Saskatchewan Arts Board
2011 Travel Grant Saskatchewan Arts Board
2010 Travel Grant The Canada Council for the Arts
2009 Independent Artist Grant Saskatchewan Arts Board
2007 Independent Artist Grant Saskatchewan Arts Board
2007 Travel Grant The Canada Council for the Arts
2006 Travel Grant The Canada Council for the Arts
2006 First Prize (Open Competition) Speak for Yourself, Interpreting Ceramics, Cardiff, UK
2004 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant – Visual Arts, Alberta, Canada
2004 Feildwork and Research Funding, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia