Reay, Sharon
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Reay, Sharon
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Biography
Sharon Reay discovered clay early in life, and after attending Vancouver School of Art, raised a family. Later she took ceramic classes at the Burnaby Arts Centre. Her first teacher was Gail Carney. Sharon joined the Burnaby Potters Guild and built her own studio.
Throughout her practice Sharon has added to her knowledge by attending dozens of workshops and symposiums, She sold through shops and galleries in the lower mainland, Washington State and the interior of BC. – the most notable of which was The Queensdale Gallery in North Vancouver, run by Muriel Olsen.
In 1989, Sharon started teaching in the community and at the Burnaby Arts centre, which became the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in 1995. She instructed all ages until 1990, when she became an assistant to the Adult Programmer. Sharon then became ‘Adult Programmer’, followed by ‘Adult Visual/Ceramic Arts Programmer’ and finally the ‘Ceramic Arts Programmer’.
Sharon has been a key person in the BC ceramic community, building relationships and facilitating educational programs. During her decades as a programmer hundreds of ceramicists have held workshops and talks at the Shadbolt. She facilitated workshops held by the PGBC, the Speaker Series hosted by the NWCF, and Sharon was in place when the Canadian Clay Symposium was initiated in 2000, and where the Symposium is still held.
The success of the ceramic program at the Shadbolt - the most sophisticated in the Lower Mainland, outside of the colleges - led to an expansion of the department and the building of a very successful wood-fire program. Sharon retired from the Shadbolt in 2017.
In 2019 Sharon attended a residency at Museum of Anthropology, UBC , working in the Judith Cramner lab, and 2 of her pieces are held in the MOA Collection. She continues to work in her studio.
Throughout her practice Sharon has added to her knowledge by attending dozens of workshops and symposiums, She sold through shops and galleries in the lower mainland, Washington State and the interior of BC. – the most notable of which was The Queensdale Gallery in North Vancouver, run by Muriel Olsen.
In 1989, Sharon started teaching in the community and at the Burnaby Arts centre, which became the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in 1995. She instructed all ages until 1990, when she became an assistant to the Adult Programmer. Sharon then became ‘Adult Programmer’, followed by ‘Adult Visual/Ceramic Arts Programmer’ and finally the ‘Ceramic Arts Programmer’.
Sharon has been a key person in the BC ceramic community, building relationships and facilitating educational programs. During her decades as a programmer hundreds of ceramicists have held workshops and talks at the Shadbolt. She facilitated workshops held by the PGBC, the Speaker Series hosted by the NWCF, and Sharon was in place when the Canadian Clay Symposium was initiated in 2000, and where the Symposium is still held.
The success of the ceramic program at the Shadbolt - the most sophisticated in the Lower Mainland, outside of the colleges - led to an expansion of the department and the building of a very successful wood-fire program. Sharon retired from the Shadbolt in 2017.
In 2019 Sharon attended a residency at Museum of Anthropology, UBC , working in the Judith Cramner lab, and 2 of her pieces are held in the MOA Collection. She continues to work in her studio.
First name
Sharon
Last name
Reay
Career dates (start and end)
1974
Place of Birth
Nanimo, British Columbia
Studio location
Formal Education
Major Exhibitions
For Exhibition record see website;
'2019 'Best of BC Ceramics', Potters Guild of BC Members' Exhibition, Richmond, BC
'2019 'Best of BC Ceramics', Potters Guild of BC Members' Exhibition, Richmond, BC
2017 'Best of BC', members show, Gallery of BC Ceramics, Granville Island, Vancouver
2012 ‘On the Edge’, traveling juried group show, Potters Guild of BC, Seattle, Washington
2007 ‘The Claynadians’ group show, Cudgegong Galllery, Gulgong, Australia
2005 ‘Here There Be Dragons’, solo show, Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody, B.C.
2005 TransFormations, PGBC 50th Anniversary exhibition, BAG
1986 ‘Made By Hand’, juried show, Arts Councils of BC, Robson Square, Vancouver
Collections
UBC Museum of Anthroplogy
Affiliated organizations
Personal Website
Links to Further Resources
https://ssbc.ca/sculptors-galleries/sharon-reay/
https://moa.ubc.ca/event/the-land-of-make-believe-clay-workshop-with-sharon-reay/
https://craftcouncilbc.ca/member/sharon-reay/
https://www.instagram.com/reay.s/?hl=en
Source
Debra E. Sloan
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