Toni Losey
Toni Losey, born in the Canadian prairies, now lives and works as a full time ceramic artist in Halifax, Canada. She attended both The Alberta University of the Arts and The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design where she received her BFA, focus on Ceramics. She has received numerous national grants and bursaries and was the first Artist in Residence award recipient of Cluster Craft London.
Losey’s work is shown both nationally and internationally. She has exhibited at Collect in London, Salon Art + Design in New York, Design Miami, SOFA Chicago, Ceramic Art London and in 2021 had her first international solo show in London. She was named one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2020, was short-listed for the Winifred Shantz Award 2020 and has been widely published in respected journals such as Ceramics Monthly and Ceramic Review.
Meet the Artists
Carly Slade
Carly Slade grew up in "Big sky" Alberta, Canada. Her work is influenced by her blue-collar roots and plagued by a concern for the precarious nature of the working class. Using a mix of materials (most often including clay, embroidery, and building supplies), Slade creates dioramas of real places in an unreal perspective. She received her MFA from San Jose State University and her BFA from the Alberta University of the Arts. Slade is currently an Assistant Professor in Ceramics at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, in Arcata, CA, USA.
Brendan Tang
Brendan Lee Satish Tang (B: 1975, Dublin Ireland; lives/works: Unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations) is a visual artist who is widely known for his sculptural ceramic work. He received an MFA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and he is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, both nationally and internationally.
Tang’s work explores issues of identity and the hybridization of our material and non-material culture while simultaneously expressing a love of both futuristic technologies and ancient traditions Although he is primarily known for his ceramic work, Tang continues to produce and exhibit work in a wide variety of mixed and multiple mediums.
A recipient of the 2016 Biennale Internationale de Vallauris Contemporary Ceramic Award, France, shortlisted for the Sobey Art Prize , and a finalist in the Loewe Foundation’s International Craft Prize, Madrid, Spain . Tang’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, the Musee National Des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, Quebec City, QC, the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy, the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, QC, the Boston Art Museum, Boston, MA , the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, the Foundation d’Entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France, among many others.
Tang’s professional practice has taken him across North America and to India, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, China and Japan.
