Tribe, Ron
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Maker Name
Tribe, Ron
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Biography
English born Ron Tribe, was born in Surrey England and immigrated to Vancouver in 1953. He worked in business until the late 1960s and then attended the Vancouver School of Art (teachers, Leonhard Epp and Reg Dixon) and also at UBC, and Capilano College. He is a highly respected modernist clay sculptor, influenced by Japanese and Scandinavian design and by architect Arthur Erickson. .
He started making pottery in the early 1970s while still employed in marketing. He became a full-time potter in 1976. He sold his work at more than 20 different galleries on BC's Lower Mainland and in Victoria, often numerous times at each. Among the most important of these were The Quest, the AGGV, the Handloom, the Potter's Wheel (all Victoria) and the Gallery of BC Ceramics (Granville Island), Circle Craft (in Gastown and on Granville Island), and at the Potters Guild Hycroft sales. He gave pottery demonstrations at the Richmond Art Centre (1974), the AGGV (1975) and the Malaspina Workshop in Nanaimo (1980).
He started making pottery in the early 1970s while still employed in marketing. He became a full-time potter in 1976. He sold his work at more than 20 different galleries on BC's Lower Mainland and in Victoria, often numerous times at each. Among the most important of these were The Quest, the AGGV, the Handloom, the Potter's Wheel (all Victoria) and the Gallery of BC Ceramics (Granville Island), Circle Craft (in Gastown and on Granville Island), and at the Potters Guild Hycroft sales. He gave pottery demonstrations at the Richmond Art Centre (1974), the AGGV (1975) and the Malaspina Workshop in Nanaimo (1980).
First name
Ron
Last name
Tribe
Career dates (start and end)
1974
2006
Date of Birth
1927
Date of Death
July 8, 2009
Place of Birth
Surrey, UK
Place of Death
Studio location
Formal Education
Major Exhibitions
BC Ceramics '75 (Potters Guild of BC) 1975
Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, 1976
Retrospect Ceramics 80 (Potters Guild of BC), Robson Square, Vancouver, 1980
Collections
Publication;
1977 Catalogue of British Columbian Potters, Bob Kingsmill
1977 Catalogue of British Columbian Potters, Bob Kingsmill
Affiliated organizations
Source
Allan Collier
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