The winning sculpture will be selected by a five-person jury made up of artist and novelist, Douglas Coupland; Director of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Ga\u00ebtane Verna; Associate Dean of OCAD University, Michael Prokopow; Gardiner CEO and Executive Director, Kelvin Browne; and Gardiner Chief Curator, Meredith Chilton.<\/p>\n
The competition will promote the benefits of public art, and demonstrate both the versatility of clay and its potential for outdoor art. It will also build appreciation for artists who work in the ceramic medium and encourage artists to experiment with it for the first time.<\/p>\n
The Museum will announce the winner in September, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n THE FINALISTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Shary Boyle<\/strong><\/p>\n Shary Boyle<\/strong> works across diverse media, including sculpture, painting, installation, and performance. Boyle represented Canada with her project\u00a0Music for Silence<\/em>\u00a0at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013.\u00a0Her work is exhibited and collected internationally, and is currently on display in\u00a0Ceramix: Art and Ceramics from Rodin to Sch\u00fctte,<\/em>\u00a0at Cit\u00e9 de la ceramique, S\u00e8vres, and la Maison Rouge in Paris. She lives in Toronto.<\/p>\n Christopher Reid Flock and Sin-Ying Ho<\/strong><\/p>\n Christopher Reid Flock<\/strong> majored in English literature and violin at the University of Western Ontario before discovering clay. After mentoring with Canadian ceramist Kayo O’Young in 1998 and studying at the Sheridan College School of Ceramic Design, Reid moved to Ibaraki, Japan where he lived and studied ceramics for nine years. He returned to Canada in 2009 and established his studio practice in Hamilton.<\/p>\n Sin-Ying Ho<\/strong> holds an Honors Diploma from the Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and an MFA from Louisiana State University. Ho has lectured and exhibited across Canada and the USA. Many of her pieces are in permanent collections of museums. She\u00a0is currently an Assistant Professor at Queens College, City University of New York.<\/p>\n Linda Swanson and Paul Holmquist<\/strong><\/p>\n Linda Swanson<\/strong> is an artist whose interests are grounded in the metamorphic nature of ceramic materials and processes. Her raw and kiln fired ceramic works have been exhibited internationally.\u00a0She currently teaches Studio Arts at Concordia University.<\/p>\n Paul Holmquist<\/strong> is a designer, teacher, architectural historian, and theorist. His research concerns architecture as constitutive of the public realm through the engagement of the senses, emotions, imagination, and conscience, as well as the political implications of technological and poetic modes of architectural practice. He currently teaches Architectural Design and Theory at Carleton University.<\/p>\n Brendan Tang\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Brendan Tang was born in Dublin, Ireland of Trinidadian parents and is a naturalized citizen of Canada. Tang has lectured at conferences and academic institutions across North America, and his professional practice has also taken him to India, Europe, and Japan. He dedicates his full attention to his professional art practice in Vancouver, where he explores the interface between culture and material.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/shary.jpg\" "\\"shary\\"")
<\/a>Cracked<\/em> by Shary Boyle<\/p>\n<\/a>Link<\/em> by Christopher Reid Flock and Sin-Ying Ho<\/p>\n<\/a>Grotta<\/em> by Linda Swanson and Paul Holmquist<\/p>\n