Grace Nickel

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Grace Nickel
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Altona, Manitoba, Canada
Education BFA in Ceramics from the University of Manitoba in 1980; Museology Studies certificate, University of Winnipeg in 1981; MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2008
Known forceramic artist
Website gracenickel.ca

Grace Nickel RCA (born 1956) is a Canadian ceramic artist and art instructor in post-secondary education.

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Early life

Grace Nickel was born in 1956 in Altona, Manitoba, Canada. [1] [2] She earned her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Manitoba in 1980; [1] Museology Studies certificate, University of Winnipeg in 1981 and; MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2008. In the summer of 1999, she was invited to the 9th National Ceramic Conference in Perth, Australia. There she demonstrated her work in paper clay as well as presenting work of Manitoba's ceramic community.

Career

In 1991 she discovered paper clay while at the Banff Centre. Since that time she has employed that material to create sculptural ceramics. She has developed a number of architectural installations, including the Meditation Window at the St. Norbert Arts Centre in Manitoba, and Sanctuary, NCECA in Minneapolis, USA, 1995. [3] Nickel completed a number of site-specific commissions, including tile installations and sculptural lighting for public and private architectural spaces. [3] In 1999 she created a tile triptych to honour of the hosting of the Pan Am Games that was subsequently exhibited at Winnipeg City Hall. [4] She created a work for the entrance to the Beechwood National Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario. [5]

Nickel teaches ceramics full-time in the School of Art of the University of Manitoba. [6]

Exhibitions

Nickel's work has been exhibited in the United States and overseas in Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan, including: [7]

In Canada, solo exhibitions at:

Selected collections

In Canada her work has been included in the collections of:

In addition her work has been acquired by: [7]

Awards

Bibliography

See also

List of Canadian artists

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References

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  3. 1 2 "Biographical information". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "City of Winnipeg Pan Am Games Art". Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Beechwood Commission [ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Faculty Directory". Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 Awards, Collections and Exhibitions
  8. ↑ Delactretaz and Nickel (2002), Grace Nickel: A Quiet Passage
  9. ↑ Abramson, Stacey (31 August 2009). "GRACE NICKEL, "Devastatus Rememorari," May 15 to July 5, 2009, Gallery in the Park, Altona". Galleries West. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Grace Nickel: Arbor Vitae". Galleries West. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  11. ↑ Haggo, Douglas (15 September 2019). "Regina Haggo: Natural forms inspired Grace Nickel's return to vessel forms". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Grace Nickel: Eruptions | Art Gallery". University of Winnipeg. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Grace Nickel: Inter Artes et Naturam (Between Art and Nature)". WAG–Qaumajuq. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  14. ↑ Charles Bronfman's Claridge Collection Auction: Part V: Decorative Arts. Toronto: Waddington's. 2015. p. 44.
  15. ↑ "G-91-158 Vessel Grace Nickel". Winnipeg Art Gallery. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "2002-44 abc Terminus Ultimus Grace Nickel". Winnipeg Art Gallery. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  17. 1 2 "Artefacts Canada". Government of Canada (database search results). January 1998. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  18. ↑ "Works > Column With Bowl II". New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  19. ↑ "The Canada Council for the Arts Announces the 2023 Winners of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts". Canada Council for the Arts. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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