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Location:
Warsaw, Ontario
"It is important to me that I not work in a void but invite
interaction with the user or observer. I feel my work is successful
when it makes a statement that is understood yet possesses additional
layers of detailing and subtleties of design."
Education:
· Diploma, Furniture Design, Sheridan College of Design, Mississauga,
Ontario 1971-74
· Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Architectural Design, evening
studies, Toronto, ON 1972-74
Selected Exhibitions:
· "Transformations", Prix Saidye Bronfman recipients,
American Museum of Crafts, New York, NY 1998
· "Ontario Wood", The Tom Thompson Memorial Art Gallery,
Owen Sound, ON 1998
· Invitational Exhibition of the Furniture Society, Neuberger Museum
of Art, Purchase, NY 1997
· "Recent Furniture: One-of-a-kind & Designed for Production",
solo exhibit, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo 1993
Selected Awards, Honours:
· Nominated, Canada Council Molson Award 1999/01
· Inducted into Royal Academy of the Arts 2000
· Nominated, Jean A.Chalmers National Craft Award, 1996
· Design Program Award, Ontario Arts Council, to design products
for manufacture for community groups, 18 month program. 1993
· Recipient, 1993 Prix Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the
fine crafts
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