Curriculum Vitae

Jim Etzkorn

EMPLOYMENT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

EXHIBITIONS

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

• 2006 Fired Up, NCECA, Portland, Group exhibition
• 2006 Small Teapot Show, Mission Viejo, California, juried exhibition
• 2005 Guilford Craft Show, Guilford, Connecticut, juried exhibition
• 2004 Gems from the Fire, Iowa Hall Gallery, Kirkwood, Iowa, juried exhibition
• 2000 Strictly Functional, Juried Show, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Cone Box Show, Juried Exhibition, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas
• 1995 North by Northwest, Invitational Show, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• 1992 Purchase Prize, National Palace Museum International, Taipan, Taiwan
• 1990 Monarch Tile Show, Juried Exhibition, San Angelo, Texas
• 1987 IWCAT Exhibition, Tokoname, Japan

NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

• 2004 From Hand to Lips, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
• 2000 Millennium 2000, Juried Show, Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
• 1999 Faculty Exhibition, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
• 1996 Vessels in Celebration, Juried, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
• 1994 Trois Riviere Bienale, Juried Show, Selected to Travelling Exhibit
• 1990 Trois Riviere Bienale, Trois Riviere, Quebec
• 1988 Going for Gold, Juried Olympic Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta

INVITATIONAL EXHIBTIONS:

• 1998 Vessels Hand and Spirit, Invitational Exhibit, Muttart Public Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• 1994 Containment The Space Within, Invitational Show, Canadian Clay & Glass Museum, Waterloo, Ontario

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• 2008 Soulstice, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver, BC
• 2005 Sojourn of Fire, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 2001 Re-Orient, Croft Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• 1997 Faculty Exhibition, Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
• Recent Works, One Man Exhibition, Croft Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• In Tandem, One Man Exhibition, Electrum Design, Edmonton, Alberta
• 1992 One Man Show, Gulf Canada Square, Calgary, Alberta
• 1991 One Man Show, Collections, Edmonton, Alberta
• 1985 One Man Show, Culpepper Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

• 2003 Mugs and Jugs, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• Woodfired Show, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
• 1998 Clay Spirits from the Earth, Juried Exhibition, Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, Alberta
• 1995 Alberta Potters Association, Juried Show, Purchase Prize, Calgary, Alberta
• 1984 Elements of Earth, Juried Show, Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, Alberta
• 1981 Award Winner, Alberta Potters Association Exhibition, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• 1980 Purchase Award, Showcase '80', Juried Exhibition, Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2004 Consequence of Material, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta
• 1998 Faculty Exhibition, Illinsgworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary, Alberta
• 1997 Bowls of Fire, Rubaiyat Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• 1995 Alberta Craft Council Presents, Group Show, Edmonton, Alberta
• 1994 Two Man Show, Gallery 826, Calgary, Alberta
• 1990 Champagne Breakfast, ACC Show, Edmonton, Alberta
• Different Point of View, APA Show, Medicine Hat, Alberta
• 1989 Ceramic Symposium Exhibition, Kensington Paperworks, Calgary, Alberta
• 1988 Fundamentally Functional, Culpepper Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Baker's Dozen, Group Exhibition, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
• 1982 Group Exhibition, University of Manitoba, Gallery 1.1.1, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• 1981 Faculty Show, University of Manitoba: Winnipeg, Manitoba
• 1980 Fusion, Departmental Exhibition, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta
• 1990-2003 Annual Meeting Points Group Show, Calgary, Alberta

COMMISSIONS

• 2002 Kannanaskis G-8 Summit, Place Settings, Calgary, Alberta

COLLECTION REPRESENTATION

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts
• Encana Collection
• Esso Canada Collection
• Archie Bray Foundation
• Alberta Potters Association Permanent Collection
• Private Collections in Canada, United States, Australia, England, Holland, Austria, Japan
• Tokoname Chamber of Commerce, Tokoname, Japan
• National Palace Collection, Taipei, Taiwan

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

• 2003 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant
• 1996 Juror's Award, Alberta Potters Association Juried Show
• 1992 Merit Award, International Invitational Show, Taipan, Taiwan
• 1981 Tuition Scholarship, Banff Centre School of Fine Arts
• Jurors Award, Alberta Potters Association
• 1980 Tuition Scholarship, Banff Centre School of Fine Arts
• Purchase Award, Alberta Potters Association
• 1979 Tuition Scholarship, Banff Centre School of Fine Arts

PUBLICATIONS

• 500 Vases, Lark Books, 2010
• Marking Marks, 2005
• Rhodes' Clay and Glazes for the Potter, 2002
• Contact Magazine (profile, 1994)
• Contact Magazine (Medicine Hat Symposium)
• Contact Magazine ( Report on Tokoname)
• Paper Clay by Rosette Gault, 1998

EDUCATION

• 1982-1983 Archie Bray Foundation, Resident
• 1979-1981 Banff Centre of the Arts, Resident
• 1978 Alberta College of Art, Diploma, Speciality in Ceramics

PERSONAL ENRICHMENT AND HOBBIES

• Editorial Board of Contact Magazine
• IWCAT International Workshop, Tokoname, Japan (one of fifteen invited guests representing seven countries)
• Alberta Potters Association Regional Representative
• Exhibition Committee, Ceramics Department Banff Centre
• Travel: Mexico, Holland, Belgium, England, extended travel in United States with residency
• NAUI Endorsement, scuba and snorkel
• Horseback riding
• Photography
• Volunteer, Board of Directors, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
• Volunteer, Calgary Allied Arts Federation, Calgary, Alberta

REFERENCES

Mira Matheson
4807 Towsend Dr. Victoria, BC (250) 391-2420

Mr. Les Manning
c/o Medalta, Medicine Hat, AB (403) 504-0925

Mrs. Trudy Golley
c/o Ceramics Department, Red Deer College (403) 358-5348