Reception night for The Seahorse Project

Tags

argile noire, Artwork, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, décoration, Exhibition, Exposition, hippocampe, Interview, Laguna Frost, noir et blanc, objet d'art, oeuvre d'art, Ottawa School of Art, Paula Murray, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture, seahorse, YouTube

After a big Fall storm, some people were brave enough to come and have a chat during the Reception for my show at the Ottawa School of Art.
Fellow ceramic artist Hilde Lambrecht got me a wonderful bottle of wine with a Seahorse on it called “Promised Land”. It was very “À propos” for this show. Thanks Hilde! Thanks as well to all of those who showed up and those who have already visited and left a note in my book, as well as those who will come prior to Wednesday (when I’ll take it down).
A big thanks to Dawn Dale as well for graciously accepting to interview me for a YouTube video.

Nice!

Fellow ceramist Hilde Lambrecht writing a note

Awesome gift from Hilde.

Refugees.

Friends and fellow artists.

On the Line

Ready when you are.

Still Standing.

The Pacifist.

Flagship Species.

The Fallen.

Friends and fellow artists.

Friends and fellow artists.

View from outside, at night.

View from outside, at night.

View from outside, at night.

The Seahorse Project is up!

Tags

argile noire, artist residency, Artwork, École d'art d'Ottawa, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Exhibition, Exposition, Laguna Frost, Ottawa School of Art, porcelain, porcelaine

Last week on Wednesday I set up my Artist in Residence Exhibition. Here are the pictures of the show that will be in the Lee Matasi Gallery until October 21. Reception will be this Thursday evening. Unfortunately on of my pieces broke its tail during the week-end (most likely because part of it was mended with glaze prior to the second firing and it couldn’t hold part of the weight once attached on the wall, although it was attached o the wall in 3 different points). Oh well, lesson learned. It has also been advertised on the Ottawa School of Art Website.

Artist Statement:
“Seahorses are fascinating creatures that have long captured our imagination. Part chameleons with their independent eyes and ability to camouflage, part horses with the shape of their head and long neck and part monkey with their prehensile tail, these odd fish still hold many mysteries for scientists.
Seahorses are being harvested and decimated by the millions every year. When climate change and pollution threaten the natural habitat of these coastal-living animals, they are facing yet another challenge.
When your population is driven to the point of extinction, what do you do? Do you adapt, stay and fight? Do you migrate against your own nature? Where can you seek asylum in foreign territories? ”

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Reception at La Fab

Tags

Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Entrevue, Exhibition, Exposition, Laguna Frost, Liana Voia, YouTube

This gallery contains 15 photos.

Originally posted on Ottawa School of Art | La Fab:
We would like to thank the many visitors who came today and made our Reception a…

Official invitation card for Lines in nature | La nature des choses

Tags

Artwork, contemporain, contemporary, Exhibition, Exposition, objet d'art, oeuvre d'art, Paula Murray

2015 Ottawa Guild of Potters Spring Sale

Tags

argile noire, black clay, Exhibition, Exposition, porcelain, porcelaine, pot, poterie, pottery, sale, vente

Today I went to see the Ottawa Guild of Potters Spring Sale. I am still a member of the Guild but am not currently exhibiting with them as it is mostly functional work people look for in these show. This is the 2nd time they use the former Horticulture Building at the Lansdowne Park in Ottawa. It was a hot and humid day both inside and out but the natural light was amazing.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Reception for “Ultramarine” – Montreal

Tags

Art Gallery, Entrevue, Exhibition, Exposition, Galerie d'art, Interview, Liana Voia, Montreal, Reception, Vernissage, YouTube

Sunday April 5th was the Reception for “Ultramarine”. Lovely crowd, friendly artists. I got positive feedback for the expressive quality of my work and a lot of questions about the techniques used to make it. I spent time with artist Yuliya Chernyshova and her husband from Sherbrooke chatting about her endeavours while having a toddler, just like myself. I also talked to Pauline Lauzon alias Poe whose watercolors I liked very much.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

I also had the pleasure to be interviewed by Liana Voia who came all the way to Montreal at my invitation (thank you so much for your dedication to artists and the industry!) and interviewed as well the owners of the Repaire des 100 talents Gallery: Luc Poudrier and Adeline Lamarre.

Interview of Géraldine Petit-Gras

Interview of Luc Poudrier

Interview of Adeline Lamarre

Video of my interview on TV Rogers

Tags

Artwork, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Entrevue, Exhibition, Exposition, Interview, Laguna Frost, poterie, vidéo, YouTube

Hello,

Finally I managed to edit the video of my interview on TV Rogers (French only) and uploaded it on YouTube. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you can check the related Post I made in January.

Artist Residency – Work in Progress (8)

Tags

artistic collaboration, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Exhibition, Exposition, La Fab, La nature des choses, Laguna Frost, Lines in Nature, Paula Murray, porcelain, porcelaine, techniques

Starting in February I have been focusing on implementing ideas for the Lines in Nature Project/La nature des choses Project.
Here are some photos of the work in progress. (more to come)
Note: I have also posted some sketches and concept developed during the partnership with ceramic artist Paula Murray on the Project’s blog.

Piece for Concept #2

Piece for Concept #2 in the kiln to be bisqued

Sketches for Concept #3

Newspaper backing prior to laying my slabs (note: the height of the project is made so the piece will fit on a kiln shelf half)

I sketched a layout for the piece

Completing the drawing of the back of my piece (it will be 3D)

Cutout of the backing of my piece for Concept #3.

2015 Fine Arts Diploma Alumni Exhibition

Tags

Artwork, contemporain, contemporary, Entrevue, Exhibition, Exposition, Interview, Liana Voia, sculpture, vidéo, YouTube

Every 2 years the Ottawa School of Art runs an Alumni show. It’s a great opportunity to see what fellow artists and friends have been working on and to catch up with them as well. Some don’t live in Ottawa.
It’s also a nice way to start the New Year as artist get paid CARFAC fees (for showing work in a professional Gallery).
Here is a link to a video of the show:

Here is a link to an interview done by Interviewer/Videographer Liana Voia at the Reception:

6th Annual Art Show of the Ottawa Hungarian Community Centre (Ottawai Magyar Ház)

Tags

argile noire, Artwork, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Entrevue, Exhibition, Exposition, Interview, Laguna Frost, noir et blanc, porcelain, porcelaine, poterie, pottery, sale, vente, vidéo, YouTube

Here are some pictures of last week-end’s show. I won the Public Choice Award. Yeah! I met some great artists and learned a lot from their experience. We also got interviewed, see below.

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Here is a link to the interview (mine is at 16:50 min):