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AWARDS
2023
Awarded, Best of Show, FIREWORKS FUSION, Ontario Clay and Glass Association
2021
Honourable Mention, BC Museums Association – for the Playing With Fire exhibition at MOA
2019
Honourable Mention, 4th Edition of the International Cluj Ceramic Biennale, Romania
Canada Council for the Arts – residency, Shigaraki Cultural Park, Japan
2018
Honourable Mention – Saltpring Island Ceramic Awards, provincial
2017
Publishing grant, North-West Ceramics Association
2015
Honouree for Craft and Design – Major’s Arts Award, City of Vancouver, BC
Hilde Gerson Award, Craft Council of British Columbia
2014
FUSION Ontario Clay and Glass Association Bursary – artist in residence, Leach Pottery
2012
Grant – Project Manager – British Columbia History Digitization Program, Irving K Barber Learning Centre [UBC] For ARCH-BC -Archival Records of British Columbia [with Linda Lewis and Jinny Whitehead]
2010
Visual Arts Award, BC Arts Council – residency at the ICS in Kecskemet, Hungary
Circle Craft Co-Op Scholarship – residency at the ICS, Kecskemet, Hungary
2001
WCCSA, Port Moody Art Gallery, ‘Best of Show’
1982
Potters Guild of BC (Glen Allison, juror), Second Prize
1981
Potters Guild of BC (Sally Mitchener, juror), Honorable Mention
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Les Grande Dames, Craft Council of BC Gallery
2014
Horsing Around – In the year of the Horse, Gallery of BC Ceramics
2006
Debra Sloan – Recent Work. Visual Arts, Burnaby
2005
Objects of the Heart – Gallery of BC Ceramics
2004
All Dressed Up- Crafthouse Gallery, CABC
2000
Dog’s Bodies and Others Gallery of BC Ceramics
1999
Everything Old is New Again Port Moody Arts Centre
1998
Form, and Figures – Gallery of BC Ceramics
1996
Friends Relations Generations Gallery of BC Ceramics
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JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Gallery 110, Seattle, USA
Breakthough Plus, FUSION, Ontario Clay and Glass
2023
FIREWORKS 23/24 Ontario Clay and Glass Association
2022
Breakthrough Gagne Gallery, FUSION,Toronto, national
Art in the Time of Corona, Dab Art Co. California, Online.
2021
10th International Chanchung Ceramics Biennial
2019/2020
Personal Geographies, Craft Council of BC, Mary-Beth Laviolette, curator
FIREWORKS 2019/20 Ontario Clay and Glass Association
4th Edition International Cluj Ceramic Biennale, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2018
Latvia International Ceramics Biennial the Martinson’s Award Competition
Saltspring Island Ceramics Exhibition
2017
3rd International Cluj Biennial, Cluj-Napoca,Romania
FIREWORKS 2017/18 Ontario Clay and Glass Association
7th International Triennial Applied Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
2015
2nd Cluj International Biennial, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Medalta International TOOLS, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Unicum 2015, III International Triennial of Ceramics, Narodni Muzej Sloveniji, Ljubliana, Slovenia
Contempo, Pushing the Boundaries of Art, curated Elayne Mordes, Lighthouse Gallery, Florida, USA
2014
Recent Acquisitions, International Ceramics Studio Collection – Museion #1, Budapest, Hungary
Spoon Me, International Exhibition, Medalta, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Nude Attitude 2014, Peoria, Ill. USA
2013
Carouge 14th International Ceramics Competition,[Garden Gnome] Geneva Switzerland
First Cluj International Ceramics Exhibition Cluj-Napoca , Romania
10,000 Hours, Celebrating 40 Years of the Craft Object, Craft Council of BC
Pushing the Boundaries, 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Circle Craft Co-op, Pendulum Gallery,Vancouver
2011-12
The Edge of Here Potters Guild of BC. Red Deer, Medalta, Medicine Hat, NCECA-Seattle, Vancouver
FIREWORKS 2011/12 Ontario Clay and Glass Association, Ontario Crafts Council touring Ontario
Third International Exhibition for the Silicate Arts Kecskemet, Hungary
2009
Finger Play touring exhibit, Gallery of BC Ceramics
Feel the Love Crafthouse Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008
Symbolic and Narrative Second International Triennial of the Silicate Arts, Kecskemet, Hungary
Excellence Within Diversity Crafts Association of BC, Vancouver Museum
2006
In the Palm of the Hand Tajimi-BC – Gallery of BC Ceramics
2005
In the Palm of the Hand Tajimi-BC – Tajimi, Japan
TransFormations – 50th BC Potters Guild. Burnaby Art Gallery
Managers Selection – Gallery of BC Ceramics
Evolution ECIAD 80th Anniversary, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
2001
Living In the Year 2001 – WCCSA, Port Moody Arts Centre
1995
Metamorphosis WCCSA, Gallery Of BC Ceramics
1993
The Pleasures of Making, Canadian Craft Museum (Canadian tour)
1985
Made By Hand Charles Scott Gallery
1984
Clay Sculpture Robson Square Centre
1983
Made By Hand Cartwright Street Gallery
Images and Objects BC Arts Council Gallery
1982
Ceramics 1981 Robson Square Centre
1981
Ceramics 82 Robson Square Centre
1980
Retrospective 1980 Robson Street Media Centre
1977
Erotica House of Ceramics
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INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2022
Dance/Craft , Performances and installation, Craft Council of BC / Joe Ink Dance Co.
2019/20/21
Playing with Fire, Ceramics of the Extraordinary, UBC Museum of Anthropology, curated, Dr. Carol E. Mayer
Whisper Sweet Nothings, YVR Departure lounge
Installation of ‘Cautionary Containers’, residency work in the Koerner Gallery, Museum of Anthropology, UBC
2018
Work selected from CICB Collection, International Ceramic Biennale, Mogosoaia, Bucharest, Romania
2017
‘UP on Roof’ – Poster – Restating Clay Symposium, York Museum, UK
Stepping Out, Mary Daniel, Debra Sloan, Gallery of BC Ceramics
SOFA Chicago/2017 Maria Elena Kravatz Gallery
40th Circle Craft Co-Op Anniversary, Vancouver, BC
2016
Passato & Presente, C.R.E.T.A. Gallery, Rome, Italy
Inner Connections – Conexiuni Interioare, Galeria Galateea, Bucharest, Romania
FIRED UP, Contemporary Works in Clay, 2016, Guest artist, Group Exhibit, The Art of Earth. In honour of Walter Dexter.
2015
Gone Roamin’ in Roma – Exhibition in C.R.E.T.A. Rome
Telling Stories – Best B4 Collective – Chinese Cultural Centre, Vancouver BC
SOFA Chicago/2015 – Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery
Let’s Face It – Circle Craft Gallery, curated by Barbara Cohen
The Human Figure in Clay, Galerie IAGA, Cluj-Napoca, Roamania
2014
SOFA Chicago/2014 – Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery
Visitors From Across the Pond 2012 – 2014 – Debra Sloan, Warren Mackenzie, Glenn lewis, Jeff Oestreich at the Leach Gallery, St Ives, UK
2013
36th Anniversary Exhibition – Circle Craft Co-op, Vancouver,BC
Ceramic Sensibilities, ‘One to Many’ – curated by Linda Lewis, with Darcy Grenier and Jinny Whitehead, Deer lake Gallery, Burnaby BC
Ceramics on the Edge – Sechelt Gallery, BC
Where Are the Wild Things, Group Exhibition, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
2011
City/Island Ceramics – Artist Public Gallery, Bowen Island BC
2010
Midnight in the Nursery – Port Moody Art Centre, with Marcia Pitch, multimedia artist and Gabriella Soti, curator
2009
Instructors Showcase – McGill Library, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby
Genetically Speaking – West Coast Clay Sculpture Association, Port Moody Arts Centre
Black and White 100 – Gallery of BC Ceramics, Members Showcase
2008
Canadian Asian Arts Society exhibition/auction
Splash, exhibition/auction, Arts Umbrella
2007
Pitchers and Jugs – Crafthouse
24 Hired Hands – Burnaby Arts Council
2006
Ceramic Sampler – Burnaby Art Gallery
Presenters for the 2004 Canadian Clay Symposium – Gallery of BC Ceramics
2005
Exhibition/auction – Project Empty Bowl
– 30 year Retrospective – Circle Craft Co-Op, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver
1998
Exhibition/auction, Project Empty Bowl
1997
Unexpected Collaborations – Canadian Craft Museum, with Nicola Cavendish
199
B.C. Artists in QC – Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal
1993
Debra Sloan and Kate Miller – Circle Craft, Gastown Gallery
1986
Recent Work – Debra Sloan and Linda Stanbridge, Gallery Of BC Ceramics
1985
City Scapes – Gallery of BC Ceramics
1978
Debra Sloan and Elinor Vassar Leslie Richmond – Gallery 7, Richmond
1977
Mary Daniel and Debra Sloan – House of Ceramics
1976
3 New Potters: Elspeth Baird, Elinor Vassar and Debra Sloan, House Of Ceramics
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PUBLIC ART
2020/21
‘Cautionary Containers’ Installation, Koerner Gallery, UBC Museum of Anthropology
2019
Finial installed, ‘The Beagle Cross’, Beagle Cross Residence, Leach Pottery. Uk
2019
Whisper Sweet Nothings, installed at the YVR Departure lounge
2016
Equestrian Finial on new Leach gas kiln, ‘Hamada Comes to the Leach’
2014
Equestrian Finial installed,’Winds of St. Ives'</Leach Pottery roof, St Ives, Cornwall, UK
2002
‘The Art in Shopping’, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Tile Installation, Lougheed Mall
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COLLABORATIONS
2016 – 2025
IMPACTS – Sexting and Sexual Violence, Department of Integrated Studies, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Dr. Shaheen Shariff] www.mcgill.ca, Craft Council of BC – Dr. Raine McKay, Douglas College, Dr. Lisa Smith and Dr Jaime Yard
ONLINE https://craftarchive.ca/s/bccmr/page/home
Craft Council of BC and Allan Collier – BC Ceramics Mark Registry website
2019 – 2022
Dance / Craft performances and installations, JOE INK Dance Co
https://www.createastir.ca/articles/joe-ink-
2017
Dance / Craft Interpretation, JOE INK Dance Co, Canadian Craft Symposium, Ontario
2015
The Art of Earth- Fired UP! wood fire, in honour of Walter Dexter, Metchosin, BC
2015
Telling Stories BestB4Collective, Chinese Cultural Centre
1997
Unexpected Collaborations Nicola Cavendish – Canadian Craft Museum
1996
Robert Held Glass – collaborated with Held on animal form moulds
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FEATURED – ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS, WEBSITES
2022
https://www.createastir.ca/articles/joe-ink-
2021
“Imaging and Imagining the inheritance of Colonialism – Heidi McKenzie,” New Ceramics (Germany) June 2021
2020
Foreword for Seasalt, Lizards and Clay, Santo Mignosa autobiography
2019
Interlinked Themes, Multiple Meanings – The Oeuvre of the Canadian Ceramicist Debra Sloan, Featured Profile, by Ronnie Watt, Ceramics of South Africa
Guest Speaker (VPL) A Year of Interaction With the Koerner Collection, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Craft Council of BC for Crafted Vancouver 2019.
2018
‘The Art of Thomas Kakinuma’, West Vancouver Catalogue
‘Thomas Kakinuma 1908 – 1982’ – 2nd edition
Poster – ‘Equestrian Ridge Tiles as Historic Narrative’ – Restating Clay Conference, York Museum, UK
‘UP On the Roof – The Role of Equestrian Ridge Tiles as Historical Narrative’ Sassamatt Press, Second Edition. ISBN978-0-9936623-6-2
2017
‘Seeking the Nuance’ Second Edition, Glenn Lewis, Phyllis Schwartz and Debra Sloan
‘Up On The Roof’ Debra Sloan and Peter Smith, Ceramics Art and Perception, #106
‘UP On the Roof, Bernard Leach and the Equestrian Ridge Tile Tradition’ Sassamatt Press, IBSN 978-0-9936623-4-8
2016
‘The Realm of Roof Finials’, Fusion Magazine, Vol 40 #2
Guest Writer – Studio Ceramics Canada – ‘Thomas Kakinuma-BC Modernist Potter’
Interview- CBC radio – North By Northwest, Sheryl MacKay http://www.cbc.ca/1.360565
2015
Barry Morrison, Studio Ceramics Canada website :///Users/debraesloan/Desktop/Debra Sloan | Studio Ceramics Canada.html
Paul Blais – http://meetme.so/ThePottersCast
2014
Ceramics Now, Vol. 3 ‘Contemporary Ceramics from British Columbia, Canada’
SOFA 2014 Catalogue
FUSION, Canadian Clay and Glass, Featured Artist, Vol.38 #3, Ontario
2014 Sculpture Calendar , Potters Council, USA
500 Figures Vol. II LARK Books, N.Y.
500 Ceramic Sculptures – Making Faces , LARK Books N.Y.
2013
Ceramics Art and Perception, Lilianne Milgrom ‘Cluj International Biennial, 2013’,Vol #94, US
BIG EYES, movie – Tim Burton selected work for movie set
500 Teapots, Vol.II – LARK Books N.Y
2012
The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay – LARK Books N.Y.
2010
“A Special Place: The International Ceramics Studio in Kecskémet, Hungary”
Ceramics TECHNICAL, No. 31, 2010. By Debra Sloan
“Seeking the Nuance” by Glenn Lewis. Instigated and designed by Phyllis Schwartz.
Debra Sloan, Editor and Historic Research. Published by the Potters Guild of BC
ISBN 098-0-9696077-1-7
2008
“Dogged Process” [essay and images ], CeramicsTECHNICAL, No. 27, 2008. By Debra Sloan
500 Animals – Contemporary expressions of the animal form. By Joe Bova. 2008, Lark Books. ISBN 13:978-1-57990-757-0, ISBN 10: 1-57990-757-1.
2006
500 Animals, LARK Books N.Y.
500 Pitchers – LARK Books, N.Y. Dog Pitcher, back cover.
2005
“Perception of Craft/Design/Fine Art” [essay], Metal Arts Guild of Canada Magazine, Volume 20, #1
“The Potters Guild of BC -The First 50 Years 1955-2005” [co-author Heather Cairns] Fusion, Volume 29, # 3
“Origins of a Ceramic Culture” [essay], Source Book, BCPG publication
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EDUCATION – CLAY
2012
Glaze and clay Technologies ECUAD, with Darcy Margesson
2004
ECIAD Ceramic History, Paul Mathieu
1980-82
Honours, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design 3-Dimensional Program.
Instructors: Tam Irving, Sally Mitchener, Ray Arnett, with additional workshops with Marilyn Levine, Walter Ostrom, Akio Takamori
1979 – 1982
Vancouver School of Art / Emily Carr College of Art and Design
1973-79
Peg’s Place Pottery School – owner, self-directed 6-year apprenticeship
1969
Saltspring Island Summer School for the Arts, Louise Buck
1967-70
Ross Huyghe Pottery School, evening classes, Barbara Baanders
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EDUCATION – OTHER
2005
BFA Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
2004
UBC Course in Cognitive Sciences 200
2003
ECIAD, Critical Studies; Liz Magor and Randy Lee Cutler
1987-88
ECIAD, Drawing
1980-84
Vancouver Academy of Music, voice studies with Phyllis Mailing
1981
Langara College Music Theory, Grades 1-8
1972-73
Europe, 15 months, travel and work
1970-71
University of BC, Arts One Program
1970
Graduated Crofton House School, Vancouver
1955/56
Attended first Child Study Program (UBC) in Vancouver,(Mrs Borden)
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ADJUDICATION
2023
Craft Council of BC Awards, CCBC
2018
North-West Ceramics Foundation Award of Excellence (With Robin Lawrence, Paul Mathieu)
2017
Mayor’s Arts Awards Vancouver City, BC
2016
Applied Arts Scholarship Awards British Columbia Arts Council
Mayor’s Arts Awards Vancouver City, BC
2015
Circle Craft Selections Committee
2013
Ceramics on the Edge 5, Sunshine Coast Potters
Sidney Fine Art Exhibition
2010/11/12
Circle Craft Co-Op – Selections Committee
2009
Potters Guild of BC – exhibition juror
2006
Filberg Festival – ceramic juror
Crafts Association of BC – exhibition juror
2004
Potters Guild of BC – gallery juror
Filberg Festival – ceramic juror
2005
Crafts Association of BC – exhibition juror
1998
Potters Guild of BC – gallery juror
1984-85
Circle Craft Co-Op – Selections Committee
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COMMUNITY TEACHING
2020 – Education Outreach Program, UBC Museum of Anthropology,
1991 – 2013 Shadbolt Arts Centre – established a clay sculpture course
2001 – Sessional teaching pool at ECIAD
2000-03 – Aberthau Centre – Instructor, Clay Sculpture
2000-01 – Artists in Our Midst – Coordinator [civic programme]
1983-85 – Burnaby Arts Centre – Instructor, pottery
1973-79 – Peg’s Place Pottery School – Owner, Manager and Instructor. 100 students per term, 5 teachers, studio for 4 full-time potters
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TEACHING AND SYMPOSIUMS AND RESIDENCIES
2024
Wallace Stegner House, Eastend, Saskatchewan, writers residency
2021
Thomas Kakinuma PP. Burnaby Heritage Village. PP
2019
Residency – SHIGARAKI CULTURE PARK, Japan, 6-weeks
Guest Speaker, VPL A Year of Interaction With the Koerner Collection UBC Museum of Anthropology. Craft Council of BC, for Crafted Vancouver
2018
Residency – one-year, UBC Museum of Anthropology, Koerner Gallery
MISSA – sculpture class
Leach Pottery – Finial class and residency
Restating Clay Conference, Poster, York. UK
2017
International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet,Hungary, residency, Roof Ridge Tile project
Presentation ‘Roof Ridge Tile Traditions’, TATE ST IVES, UK
‘Keeping Up Traditions’, Ridge tiles workshop, Leach Pottery St.Ives, UK
2016
Presentation – The Art of Craft Series, Vancouver Library, Craft Council of BC
2015
C.R.E.T.A. Rome, residency, exhibition
2014
Artist in Residence, Leach Pottery Studio, St Ives, Cornwall UK, and a presentation on BC Contemporary Ceramics, and Equestrian Tile research at the Leach Pottery
Tri-Cities Pottery Guild – Hungarian Residencies
Richmond Potters Guild – Residencies and current work
2012/2013
Presenter – Ist Cluj International Ceramic Conference, Romania – “Contemporary Ceramics in BC.”
Visiting Artist- residency, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
Sculptural Clay – instructor – Metchosin International Summer School for the Arts [MISSA]
2011
Presenter – Fifth Master’s Symposium, Parksville, BC
2010
Visiting Artist – residency, International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary.
2005
Artist in Residence – BC Art Teachers Symposium
2004
Presenter – “Surfacing”, Canadian Clay Symposium
2002
West Coast Sculpture Association
Delta Potters Guild
2001
West Point Grey Potters – Retrospective slide show
1999
Fraser Valley Potters Guild
1993
WCCSA Slide Presentation
1983
Malaspina Symposium Presenter – ‘Slipware and Slip Trailing
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PROVINCIAL ACTIVITIES
– 2018 – on-going -President – North-West Ceramics Foundation (NWCF)
– 2005 – on-going – Archive collection / ARCH-BC website, and BC Marks Registry
2009-21
NWCF fundraising coordinator – That Pottery Thing 2021, From Oven to Kiln, 2007-2018
NWCF Board
2005-2018
50th Anniversary Committee member, Potters Guild of BC
2004-05
Coordinator, Artists in Our Midst
1998-2002
Board, Potters Guild of BC
1994-2000
Board, West Coast Clay Sculpture Association
1991-92
Potters Guild of BC, Board Member
1984-85
Selections Committee, Circle Craft Co-Op
1981-83
Board, Potters Guild of BC
1982
Crafts Association of BC, Coodinator / Fundaraiser for founding Cartwright Street Gallery (later Canadian Craft Museum)
1979-82
Board, Crafts Association of BC
MEMBERSHIPS
Potters Guild of BC
Craft Council of BC
Circle Craft Co-operative
North-West Ceramics Foundation
Canadian Society of Decorative Arts
Crafts Federation of Canada
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COLLECTIONS
Chanchung, China
Craft Council of BC
Museum of Anthropology, MOA, UBC
Shigaraki Culture Park, Japan
Leach Pottery and Museum, St Ives, UK
Ceramart Foundation, and Ceramics Now Association, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
International Ceramic Studio Collection, Kecskemet, Hungary
Latvia Museum of Ceramics, Latvia
Unicum, National Museum of Slovenia
C.R.E.T.A Collection, Rome, Italy
City of Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
City of Port Moody, BC, Canada
University of British Columbia Library
Private collections worldwide
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GALLERIES
Gardiner Museum, Toronto
Craft House, CCBC, Vancouver, BC
MOA Gallery Shop, Museum of Anthropology, UBC
Circle Craft Co-op, Vancouver, BC Canada
Gallery Gae Shulman, San Francisco, USA
YVR Crafthouse Gallery, YVR, Canada
Debra is married to Terry Yip, with four stellar Sloan Yip children, and four stellar in-law children
1985 – Isabel Evelyn (Pat Truman)
1987 – Jasper Vandervoort (Amanda Colquhoun)
1989 – Maxwell Alexander(Inesha Viswakule), and Cooper Sills (Lucia Alonso)
Grandchildren; 11.2019-Axel, 02.2020-Phoebe, 08.2021-Otis, 03.2022-Archer, 11.2022-Roger , pending Miss X 06.2024.