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Location:
Indian Harbour, NS
Walter Ostrom
"A pot should never stop working. In use, it should function
to contain, present and enhance both it's content and its context."
· Born in Binghamton, New York, US
Education:
· M.F.A. Ohio State University, Athens, Ohio 1967-69
· B.A. Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio 1965-67
· University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland 1964-65
· Chemistry Major, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 1962-64
Selected Exhibitions:
· "Source", Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, Ohio
2002
· "Flowery", Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON 2002
· "Art and Science", National Gallery of China, Beijing,
China 2001
· "Painted Pots: the Art of Majolica", Vermont Clay Studio,
Waterbury, Vermont 2000
· "Utilitarian Clay, Celebrate the Object", Arrowmont
School for Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 2000
· "Walter Ostrom: The Advocacy of Pottery", Art Gallery
of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS 1996
Selected Awards, Grants, Professional Experience:
· Recipient, 2003 Prix Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence
in the fine crafts
· Awarded honourary professorship while teaching at the Jingdezhen
Ceramics Institute, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China 1990-97
· Became a Professor and Head of Ceramics at the Nova Scotia
College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS 1984
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