Ekta Aline Nadeau, 2015

Galleries showing my work:

The Ultimate Gift Boutique - A World About ART - Campbell River
Embellish your Home - Duncan
Gallery Aqui Siam Ben - Vallauris, France
Old School House gift shop - Qualicum beach
Island Potters - Hornby Island
Thatch Gift shop - Hornby island

Shows and Sales:

Big Art Show group exhibition Hornby Island Community Hall, August 2015/16/17/18
Sooke Fine Arts Show 2015 Seaparc Sooke, BC, July 2015
Small is Beautiful group show Hornby Island Art Council, July 2015/16/17/18
Spring Show group exhibition at HIAC, May 12-31, 2015
Sooke Fine Arts Show 2014 Seaparc Sooke, BC July 2014
Island Gallery group show Hornby Island Community Hall July 6-9, 2014
Atelier Galerie Trois Cinquieme, Quebec City - May 12-30, 2014
Le Cabanon, Vallauris, France - "Grand Voyage" - May 3-8, 2014
A.I.R. Vallauris Small Art Objects 2013 "In Movement"
Silk Purse Gallery West Vancouver “Ardour” - Duo show with painter Leanne Christie - June-July, 2013
Burnaby Potters' Guild "Summer Sale" Capitol Hill (at Hastings) 361 S. Howard Ave North Burnaby
Deer Lake Gallery "" A Feast for the Senses” Burnaby Potters Guild - May, 2013.
Gallery of BC Ceramics "Potluck" group show – March, 2013
Deer Lake Gallery "January Blues" group show January 2013
Gallery of BC Ceramics "Mug Shots" group show - October 2012
Island Art Group Show at the Winery, Hornby Island - August 2012
Community Hall on Hornby Island Group Show - July 2012
Hornby Island Arts Council - Solo show: "Earthy Matter: Seashore Musings" May 2012
Gallery of BC Ceramics - featured artist: March 15 to April 14, 2012
ARC Gallery "Imagination" Island Gallery Artists show - Summer 2011
Gallery of BC Ceramics: "Celebrate the Bowl" June/July 2011
Community Hall "New Works" group show Hornby - June, 2011
ARC Gallery "Close to the Heart" Hornby group exhibition - July, 2011
Community Hall "Best of Island Gallery" group show: June, 2011
Gallery of BC Ceramics: "Spottery" May 2011
Kariton Gallery Abbotsford duo show "Janet Bright & Ekta Nadeau"- January 2011
Oceanside Arts Council Gallery "Festival of Arts" Parksville - July 2010
Arbutus Arts Gallery duo show with Jill Royall- "Passage into Spring" May/June, 2010
Gallery of BC Ceramics - featured artist: May 2010
ARC Gallery HIAC - Solo show "Copper Moon" April 2010
Place des Arts in Coquitlam "Positively Petite" November 2008
Blackberry Gallery in Port Moody "BC in a Box - Finger Play"
TOSH Gallery Old School House group show "A View from Here" 2007
UBC SUB Art Gallery "Artifacts from Clayland" 2004, 2005 & 2006
Shaldbolt Centre for the Arts group show 2004
Lookout Gallery - Regent College Ceramics & Textile group show 2004

Art Education:

UBC 2010 - Self directed studies in ceramic
UBC 2007- ARTE 403 Ceramics for Education
Langara College 2009 Ceramics with Sara Coote
Emily Carr 2008 - Ceramic Technologies with D'Arcy Margesson
Emily Carr 2006 - Mold making using clay and plaster
UBC 2005 - ARTE 323 Ceramic modelling
UBC 1991 - FINA 181 Basic Studio Modeling with clay and plaster
Shaldbolt Centre for the Arts 2004 - Intermediate throwing
University of Quebec 1982 - Certificate in Arts and Crafts

Studied with:

Jan Stohl - Modeling a bust Master Class at Maison des Metiers d'Arts of Quebec
Keith Rice-Jones - Three dimentional space at Maple Ridge Centre
Jim Robison - Large slab ceramic at Shadbolt Centre
Cathi Jefferson - Salt firing at her studio in Cowichan Lake
Don Hutchinson - Ceramic decoration at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Philippe Faraut - Full Figure seminar in Sarasota Florida
Debra Sloan - Figure modelling class at Shadbolt Centre
Santo Mignosa - Anatomy for figure modeling at Shadbolt Centre
Maestro Romano Ranieri - Majolica painting in Deruta Italy
Nicola Boccini - Wheel throwing in Deruta Italy
Vinicio Barcaccia - Wheel throwing in Deruta Italy
David Robinson -Figurative plaster sculpture at 1000 Parker Street
Nicole Dextras - Paper Art at her studio on Granville Island
Ernie Hall - Pottery throwing and Raku firing at his studio in Delta

Affiliations/Memberships:

BC Potters Guild
Craft Council of BC
NCECA National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Abbotsford Arts Council
Hornby Island Arts Council HIAC

Teaching Experience:

Ongoing Hand Building, Ceramic & Raku firing workshops for UBC Pottery Club
BC Potters Guild - Raku firing on the First of July at Granville Island
Clay for Kids - guiding children through ceramic projects at my studio
Leather workshops in Quebec City - adults and groups with special needs

Related Experience:

City of Vancouver - Public Art Sculpture "Magic Chicken" 57th & Cambie
Participated in "Master Potters Symposium" in Parksville
Theatre de la Seizieme - Lighting technician
Expo 86 - Stage technician for the Canada Pavilion
Vancouver Playhouse Theatre - Prop fabrication for George Ryga's "Paracelsus"
Vancouver Playhouse Theatre - Set building for "A Chorus Line"
Independant Leather Artisan in Quebec City - Atelier la Papillonne: Exhibitions at Salon des Artisans du Quebec and galleries throughout Quebec