Chinnery, Rachelle
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Maker Name
Chinnery, Rachelle
Studio name
Rachelle Chinnery Porcelain
Biography
Ontario born, Montreal raised, Rachelle Chinnery arrived in BC in 1996.
Rachelle had been studying Languages and Linguistics, and in 1991 travelled to Japan to teach English but became permanently sidetracked by ceramics. She managed to persuade male Japanese pottery masters to allow her to apprentice and worked between Yokohama, Tokyo, and Kita Kyushu for 4 years. Once back in Ontario, she attended Sheridan Art College for one year (Bruce Cochrane and Winn Burke) moved to BC and attended ECUAD for one year. (Tam Irving) In 1997, she established the Mudslinger Pottery in downtown Vancouver with Marc Lemieux.
Rachelle became quickly renowned for her sculptural vessels, and for her evocative, translucent carved porcelain pottery. Her work has been exhibited and awarded internationally and she has been awarded BC Arts and Canada Arts Council grants for travel and production.
In 2004, Rachelle wrote a survey essay on ceramic history in BC for the catalogued exhibition "A Modern Life, Art and Design in British Columbia 1945-60" curated by Alan Elder, and held at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Also in 2004, Rachelle was selected to participate in the important exhibition, 'Hot Clay, Sixteen West Coast Artists' at the Surrey Art Gallery, curated by Liane Davison.
In 2007 she was the first ceramicist to receive the Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art & Design.
In 2007 Rachelle and her husband moved to Hornby Island where they have both become important contributors to the life of the Island, most recently towards establishing a permanent home for the Hornby Arts Council.
Rachelle is one of the few ceramic artists in BC who also writes about ceramics.. Quoting from Rachelle’s 2017 Master’s Thesis ‘Idioms of an Ecological Self ‘ ......“As an individual, I believe I have a responsibility to explore towards the farthest edges of what it means to be embodied and ecological.”
Please see website for full exhibition and publication record; https://www.rachellechinneryporcelain.com
Rachelle had been studying Languages and Linguistics, and in 1991 travelled to Japan to teach English but became permanently sidetracked by ceramics. She managed to persuade male Japanese pottery masters to allow her to apprentice and worked between Yokohama, Tokyo, and Kita Kyushu for 4 years. Once back in Ontario, she attended Sheridan Art College for one year (Bruce Cochrane and Winn Burke) moved to BC and attended ECUAD for one year. (Tam Irving) In 1997, she established the Mudslinger Pottery in downtown Vancouver with Marc Lemieux.
Rachelle became quickly renowned for her sculptural vessels, and for her evocative, translucent carved porcelain pottery. Her work has been exhibited and awarded internationally and she has been awarded BC Arts and Canada Arts Council grants for travel and production.
In 2004, Rachelle wrote a survey essay on ceramic history in BC for the catalogued exhibition "A Modern Life, Art and Design in British Columbia 1945-60" curated by Alan Elder, and held at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Also in 2004, Rachelle was selected to participate in the important exhibition, 'Hot Clay, Sixteen West Coast Artists' at the Surrey Art Gallery, curated by Liane Davison.
In 2007 she was the first ceramicist to receive the Carter Wosk Award in Applied Art & Design.
In 2007 Rachelle and her husband moved to Hornby Island where they have both become important contributors to the life of the Island, most recently towards establishing a permanent home for the Hornby Arts Council.
Rachelle is one of the few ceramic artists in BC who also writes about ceramics.. Quoting from Rachelle’s 2017 Master’s Thesis ‘Idioms of an Ecological Self ‘ ......“As an individual, I believe I have a responsibility to explore towards the farthest edges of what it means to be embodied and ecological.”
Please see website for full exhibition and publication record; https://www.rachellechinneryporcelain.com
First name
Rachelle
Last name
Chinnery
Date of Birth
1959
Place of Birth
Barrie, Ontario
Studio location
Formal Education
Apprenticeships
1991-94 Yukio Koneseda
1991-94 Yoshiro Suzuki
Major Exhibitions
Many exhibitions on Hornby Island, Vancouver, see website for exhibition record
2022 Poem, Petal Bone, Hornby Island, BC
2015 Design in Canada, Canadian High Commission, London, England
2009 International Postmodern Ceramics Festival, Varazdin, Croatia
2009 Niche Awards, 2009 & 2010, Philadelphia PA USA
2005 3rd International Ceramics Competition, Icheon, Korea [Honourable Mention]
2004 Bowl’d and Beautiful, Paddington, Australia
2004 Hot Clay, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2003 International Ceramic and Bronze Exhibition, Kingston, Jamaica
2000 The Language of Craft Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver BC,
2000 Celebrating the Source, Richmond Art Gallery
Collections
2009 City of Varazdin Museum, Varazdin, Croatia
2005 Permanent Collection: World Ceramic Foundation, Icheon, Korea
2004 Permanent Collection: Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia
Affiliated organizations
Personal Website
https://www.rachellechinneryporcelain.com
Tag
Links to Further Resources
2004 Essay - “Significant Material: Ceramics of British Columbia 1945 – 1960,” A Modern Life: Art and Design in British Columbia, 1945 -1960, ed. Alan Elder, Vancouver Art Gallery, Arsenal Pulp Press
2017 MA-IS Idioms of an Ecological Self,
Rachelle M. Chinnery,
Rachelle M. Chinnery,
https://www.connect.ecuad.ca/people/profile/61539
https://www.bcachievement.com/awardee/rachelle-chinnery/
https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/301/ic/cdc/waic/rachin/rachin_e.htm
https://www.richmondartgallery.org/celebrating-the-source
https://www.musingaboutmud.com/2009/12/01/artist-of-day-rachelle-chinnery/
Source
Debra Sloan
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