CATHI JEFFERSON
Born: December 25th, 1953, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Education
2007 One month residency Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
2006 Three month residency Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
2005 Awarded Canada Council Grant
2004 The Proyecto Arte Del Fuego’s Cuban Ceramic Art Collective, Resident
Artist, Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.
2002 Participant ‘Aormori International Wood fire Festival 2002’, Aormori, Japan
2000 One month residency Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
1997 Awarded the Tucker Pottery Supply/Pottery Supply House fully funded
residency at Watershed, Newcastle, Maine
1996 Awarded Canada Council Grant for 4 month residency, Archie Bray
Foundation, Helena, Montana
1993 Accepted participant IWCAT (International Workshop for Ceramic Art in
Tokoname) Tokoname, Japan
1992 ‘Ceramics’, Jeff Oestreich, Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver
1991 ‘Form and Function’, Jeff Oestreich, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
1986-88 Fine Arts, Fraser Valley College, Abbotsford, B.C.
1980-81 Fine Arts, Kwantlen College, Surrey, B.C.
1974-90 Initial clay courses/studio with mentor Herman Venema, Matsqui, B.C.
Professional Experience
2009 Current Instructor, ‘Ceramics 303’, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
2008 Workshop demonstration, New Brunswick Collage of Craft and Design,
Fredericton, New Brunswick
2008 Workshop demonstration, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
(NSCAD), Halifax, Nova Scotia
2008 Key note speaker’, Masters Series 2008, Parksville, B.C.
2008 Workshop demonstration, Cedar Lakes Conference Centre, Ripley, West
Virginia
2008 Hands-on/demonstration workshop, ‘Altering and Connecting…’, Lakehead
University, Thunder Bay, Ontario
2007 Presenter, 4th Pun Choung Festival of Kyeryong Mountain, Korea
2006 Co-instructor with Laura Way Lay Laq ‘Atmospheric Firings’, Emily Carr
Institute of Art and Design (ECCIAD), Vancouver, B.C.
2006/5 Red Deer College ‘Series’, 1 wk. hands-on workshop, Red Deer, Alberta
2006 ‘Functional Ceramics’ workshop demonstration, Wooster, Ohio
2005 ‘Fusion’ workshop demonstration, The Ontario Clay and Glass Assoc.,
Waterloo, Ontario
2005/99 1 week Instructor/ teacher KSA (Kootenay School of Art), Nelson, B.C.
2003 Presenter, Kelowna Clay Festival, Kelowna, B.C.
2003 Co-workshop Instructor, Colorado State University, Pueblo, Colorado
2002 Salt-firing / Hands-on workshop Instructor, Bird Creek, Alaska
2002 Co-Instructor, Medalta 4-week residency program, Medicine Hat, Alberta
2001 Presenter, 1000 Miles Apart Conference, Alberta College of Art, Calgary
2001 Salt/Soda Kiln firing workshop, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland
2001 Workshop Instructor, University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio
2000 Workshop Instructor, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in conjunction
with Potters’ Guild of B.C., Vancouver, B.C.
1999 Presenter, International Potters Festival, Aberystwyth, Wales
Exhibitions / Selected Awards
2008 ‘Thrown and Altered Functional Stoneware’, The Gallery at the New
Brunswick College of Craft and Design, Fredericton, New Brunswick
2008 ‘Urban Nature’, with painter Kari Minchin, Comox Valley Art Gallery,
Courtenay, B.C.
2008 ‘Table of Elements’, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, NCECA conference,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2007 Solo Installation ‘Reflecting Nature: Reflecting Spirit’, Seymour Art Gallery,
North Vancouver, B.C.
2007 ‘Potters and Pitchers’, Crafthouse, Craft Assoc. of B.C., Vancouver, B.C.
2007 Featured Artist, Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa
2007 ‘On the Table: 100 Years of Functional Ceramics in Canada’, Gardiner
Museum, Toronto, Ontario
2006 ‘New Growth: Synthesizing Clay’, Clackamas Community College,
NCECA, Portland, Oregon
2006 ‘Functional Ceramics 2006’, Wayne Centre for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio
2005 ‘Vapourware’, Pottery Northwest Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2005 ‘Transformation - The Potters Guild of BC at 50’, Burnaby Art Gallery,
Burnaby, B.C.
2005 ‘B.C. Tajimi Exhibition’, BC Potters Guild, Tajimi, Japan
2005 ‘Gas It Up: Salt, Soda and Slip’, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
2005 ‘Fire Women’, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, B.C.
2004 Proyecto Arte Del Fuego ‘Art of Fire’, Cityscape Community Art Space,
North Vancouver, B.C.
2004 ‘Pots in the Kitchen’, touring international invitational, Galerie Du Don,
Montsalvy, France and Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen, The
Netherlands
2004 ‘The 2004 Sydney Myers International Ceramics Award’, Shepparton Art
Gallery, Shepparton, Australia
2004 Juror’s Choice Awards, The 2004 International Orton Cone Box Show,
Baldwin City, Kansas
2004 ‘World Tea Party’, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C.
2004 ‘An Exhibition of Sodium Vapor Fired Wares, Salt and Soda’, Blue Dome
Gallery,’ Silver City, New Mexico
2004 ‘Fired Up! Celebrating 20 Years’, Gallery B.C. Ceramics, Vancouver, B.C.
2003 ‘21st Century Ceramics’, invited participant, Canzani Centre Gallery,
Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2003 ‘Pots in the Kitchen’, international invitational, Rufford Craft Centre,
Ollerton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
2003 ‘Just a Passion for Clay’, 8 Women Potters Present Recent Work,
Kwantlen University College, Surrey, B.C.
2002 ‘Functional Ceramics ’2002’, Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, Ohio
2002 Brook Street Pottery, invitational exhibition, Hay on Wye, Wales
2002 ‘4 Voices’, Gallery 611, Toronto, Ontario
2001 ‘Salt and Fire’, 4 person International invitational exhibition, Chungnam
University in Taejon and To-Art Gallery in Seoul, Korea
2001 ‘Sojourn: Sketches of Utility’, 1 person show, The Croft, Calgary, Alberta
2000 ‘Below the Salt: Echoes Across a Century’ International invitational
exhibition, University of Derby and Portsmouth Museum, Derby, England
2000 ‘ Gallery 611’ Invitational Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario
1999 ‘Different Stokes - The 1999 International Juried Wood-fire Exhibition’,
Studiolo, Iowa City, Iowa
1999 ‘Contemporary Canadian & Quebec Ceramics’, Hammond Harkins
Galleries, NCECA, Columbus, Ohio
1998 ‘Fired Up!, Stephen Lower Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
1998 ‘Off the Wall - Onto the Table’, 3- person show, Ferry Building Public
Gallery, West Vancouver, B.C.
1997 ‘5th Annual Teapot Exhibit’, invited participant, Craft Alliance, St. Louis,
Missouri
1997 ‘West Invites East to Dinner’, 1 person show, Circle Craft Gallery,
Vancouver, B.C.
1996 ‘Vessels in Celebration’, juried touring show, Alberta Potters’ Assn., Alberta
1995 ‘Excellence in Craft’, Bronze Award, Circle Craft Market, Vancouver, B.C.
1994 ‘Jugs’, juried exhibition, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, B.C.
1992 ‘Salt-fire Revisited’, 5 person feature, Gallery of B.C. Ceramics,
Vancouver, B.C.
1992 ‘Cups’, exhibition, Alberta Potters’ Association, Alberta
1986 B.C. Festival of the Arts juried exhibition Expo 86, Vancouver, B.C.
Publications
2009 “Fired Up! Contemporary Works in Clay” pub. Fired Up! Publications.
2008 ‘Fusion’, magazine article, ‘ West Coast Therapy in Thunder Bay’,
Toronto, Ontario
2007 ‘Arts Alive’, magazine article, ’Reflecting Nature: Reflecting Spirit’, North
Vancouver, B.C.
2005 ‘The Teapot Book’, pub. A&C Black, London, England
2004 ‘Making Marks: Discovering the Ceramic Surface’, Krause Publications
Inc., Iola, Wisconsin
2004 ‘The Complete Potter’, pub. Quarto Publishing, London, England
2003 ‘500 Cups’, & ‘500 Bowls’, pub. Lark Books, Ashville, North Carolina
2002 ‘Pots in the Kitchen’, pub. The Crowood Press Ltd., Ramsbury, England
2002 ‘Salt-Glazing’, pub. A&C Black, London, England
2002 ‘Salt-Glaze Ceramics’, pub. The Crowood Press Ltd, Ramsbury, England
2001 ‘The Ceramic Spectrum’ 2nd edition, pub. Krause Publications Inc., Iola,
Wisconsin
2001 ‘Smashing Glazes’, pub. Guild Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin
2001 ‘Ceramics Monthly’ magazine No.6, Vol. 49, article “Bread, Butter, & Salt
2001 ‘Throwing Pots’, 2nd edition, pub. A & C Black, London, England
2001 ‘Object Lessons’, pub. Guild Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin
2000 ‘Functional Pottery’ 2nd edition, pub. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin
1999 ‘Ceramics Monthly’ magazine No. 8, Vol. 47, article “International Potters
Festival”
1998 ‘Made of Clay’ pub. jointly ‘98, Potters Guild of BC / Douglas and MacIntyre
1997 ‘Contact Ceramics’ magazine No. 107, article “Reminiscences on Being a
First-time Kiln Builder”
1996 ‘The Best of Pottery ’ pub. Quarry Books, Rockport, Massachusetts