Ekta Aline Nadeau

Current Galleries showing my work:

• ClayZone Ceramics Gallery - 661 E 16th Vancouver
• Gallery Of BC Ceramics - Granville Island, Vancouver
• Arbutus Art Gallery- Ford's Cove Hornby Island
• Hornby Island Gallery- Artist run gallery - Hornby Island
• Old School House gift shop - Qualicum beach
• Island Potters - Hornby Island
• Kariton Gallery - Abbotsford

Shows:

• Hornby Island Arts Council -Solo show "Earthy Matter" May 18 to 31, 2012                         Please join us for the opening reception at the ARC Gallery on Saturday May 19 from 7 to 10 pm

• Gallery of BC Ceramics - featured artist: March 15 to April 14, 2012
• ARC Gallery "Imagination" Island Gallery Artists show - Summer 2011
• Gallery of BC Ceramics: "Celebrate the Bowl" June/July 2011
• Community Hall "New Works" group show Hornby - June, 2011
• ARC Gallery "Close to the Heart" Hornby group exhibition - July, 2011
• Community Hall "Best of Island Gallery" group show: June, 2011
• Gallery of BC Ceramics: "Spottery" May 2011
• Kariton Gallery Abbotsford duo show - January 2011
• Oceanside Arts Council Gallery "Festival of Arts" Parksville - July 2010
• Arbutus Arts Gallery duo show - May/June, 2010
• Gallery of BC Ceramics - featured artist: May 2010
• ARC Gallery HIAC - solo show "Copper Moon" April 2010
• Place des Arts in Coquitlam "Positively Petite" November 2008
• Blackberry Gallery in Port Moody "BC in a Box - Finger Play"
• TOSH Gallery Old School House group show "A View from Here" 2007
• UBC SUB Art Gallery "Artifacts from Clayland" 2004, 2005 & 2006
• Shaldbolt Centre for the Arts group show 2004
• Lookout Gallery - Regent College Ceramics & Textile group show 2004

Art Education:

• UBC 2010-11 - Self directed studies in ceramic
• UBC 2007- ARTE 403 Ceramics for Education
• UBC 2005 - ARTE 323 Ceramic modelling
• UBC 1991 - FINA 181 Basic Studio Modeling with clay and plaster
• Emily Carr 2006 - Mold making using clay and plaster
• Shaldbolt Centre for the Arts 2004 - Intermediate throwing
• University of Quebec 1982 - Certificate in Arts and Crafts

Studied with:

• Cathi Jefferson - Salt firing at her studio in Cowichan Lake
• Don Hutchinson - Ceramic decoration at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
• Philippe Farault - Full Figure seminar in Sarasota Florida
• Debra Sloan - Figure modelling class at Shadbolt Centre
• Santo Mignosa - Anatomy for figure modeling at Shadbolt Centre 
• Maestro Romano Ranieri - Majolica painting in Deruta Italy
• Nicola Boccini - Wheel throwing in Deruta Italy
• Vinicio Barcaccia - Wheel throwing in Deruta Italy
• David Robinson -Figurative plaster sculpture at 1000 Parker Street 
• Nicole Dextras - Paper Art at her studio on Granville Island 
• Ernie Hall - Pottery throwing and Raku firing at his studio in Delta 

Teaching Experience:

• Ongoing Hand Building, Ceramic & Raku firing workshops for UBC Pottery Club
• BC Potters Guild - Raku firing on the First of July at Granville Island
• Introduction to Clay for Kids - guiding children through ceramic projects at my studio on Hornby Island
• Leather workshops in Quebec City - adults and groups with special needs

Related Experience:

• Leather Artisan in Quebec City - Atelier la Papillonne
• Active member of La Corporation des Artisans du Quebec
• Exhibitions at Le Salon Des Artisans du Quebec and galleries throughout Quebec
• Vancouver Playhouse Theatre - Prop fabrication for George Ryga's "Paracelsus" 
• Vancouver Playhouse Theatre - Set building for "A Chorus Line"
• Theatre de la Seizieme - Lighting technician
• Expo 86 - Stage technician for the Canada Pavilion
• City of Vancouver - Public Art Sculpture "Magic Chicken" 57th & Cambie
• Participated in "Master Potters Symposium" in Parksville
• Member of the BC Potters Guild