Whitehead, Jinny
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Maker Name
Whitehead, Jinny
Studio name
Studio 3, Mergatroid Bldg.
Marks
Biography
Jinny Whitehead was born in Calcutta, India, raised in the UK, and immigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1985, moved to Vancouver in 1995. She became involved with Potters Group in Vancouver's West End, and then formed Studio 3 in the Mergatroid Bldg, where she worked until her illness.
Jinny became deeply involved with the Potters Guild of BC, acting as an exemplary President from 2005 to 2012, during a critical time for the Guild. Later she served on the North-West Ceramics Foundation.
In 2005 she successfully guided the PGBC through the 50th Anniversary, celebrated by exhibitions all over the province and culminating in a catalogued exhibition, TransFormations’, held at the Burnaby Art Gallery, curated by Dr. Carol E. Mayer, Dennis Martens, Hiro Urakami.
In 2011 Jinny facilitated the digitization of the Potters Guild of BC ‘s newsletters dating back to 1965, working with Linda Lewis (computer) and Debra Sloan (History) the project is known as Arch-BC - ‘Archival Records of Ceramic History in BC.’ The newsletters are now researchable and can be found on the UBC History Digital Program website - ARCA. See below in ‘Further Resources’
Jinny's sculptural handbuilt pots, made like giant shapely pinch pots, are often thoughtfully combined with found pieces of driftwood, and always wood fired. She shared a woodfire kiln with Pia Sillem and Joan Barnet on the Sunshine Coast.
Jinny became deeply involved with the Potters Guild of BC, acting as an exemplary President from 2005 to 2012, during a critical time for the Guild. Later she served on the North-West Ceramics Foundation.
In 2005 she successfully guided the PGBC through the 50th Anniversary, celebrated by exhibitions all over the province and culminating in a catalogued exhibition, TransFormations’, held at the Burnaby Art Gallery, curated by Dr. Carol E. Mayer, Dennis Martens, Hiro Urakami.
In 2011 Jinny facilitated the digitization of the Potters Guild of BC ‘s newsletters dating back to 1965, working with Linda Lewis (computer) and Debra Sloan (History) the project is known as Arch-BC - ‘Archival Records of Ceramic History in BC.’ The newsletters are now researchable and can be found on the UBC History Digital Program website - ARCA. See below in ‘Further Resources’
Jinny's sculptural handbuilt pots, made like giant shapely pinch pots, are often thoughtfully combined with found pieces of driftwood, and always wood fired. She shared a woodfire kiln with Pia Sillem and Joan Barnet on the Sunshine Coast.
First name
Jinny
Last name
Whitehead
Career dates (start and end)
1995
Date of Birth
May 9, 1952
Place of Birth
Calcutta, India
Formal Education
Major Exhibitions
2005 - TransFormations, Potters Guild of BC 50th Anniversary. Burnaby Art Gallery, curators - Darren Martins, Carol Mayer and Hiro Urakami
Affiliated organizations
Personal Website
www.jinnywhitehead.com
Tag
Links to Further Resources
www.nwcf.ca
Arch - BC
https://bchdp.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/arch-bc%3Aroot
https://bchdp.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/arch-bc%3Aroot
Source
Debra E. Sloan
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