SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 ‘Familiars’, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto, ON

2007 ‘From Function’, Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON

2004 ‘Impressions from Lolaland’, Ottawa City Hall Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2002 ‘Fire at Both Ends’, Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON

2001 ‘Recent Work’, Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON

1997 ‘Jim Thomson’, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, USA

1995 ‘Recent Work’, Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON

1992–1994 ‘Calendar’, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB; Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George, BC; The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON; Rail's End Gallery, Haliburton, ON; Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON; Arts Court Gallery, Ottawa, On; Timmins Museum, Timmins, ON; Muskoka Arts and Crafts, Bracebridge, ON; The Craft Gallery, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON

1993 Installation, Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON
1988 'Recent Works', Prime Gallery, Toronto, ON
1987 'Les tres Riches Repas', Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, PQ

1985 Galerie Barbara Silverberg, Montreal, PQ
1983 'Altered Plates', Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, ON

1983–present ‘Annual Studio Open House’, Ottawa, ON

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2009 ‘Unity and Diversity’, Cheoungju International Biennale, Cheoungju, Korea

2008 ‘Aurora Fughetta’, Oeno Gallery, Prince Edward County, ON

2007 Canadian Museum of Ceramic Art, Fuping, China

2007 ‘VIII Biennal Internacional de Ceramica’, Manises, Spain

2007 ‘Margaret Boozer, Kathy Erteman, Jim Thomson’,
Cross Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington, DC

2006 ‘From the North: Canadian Ceramics Today’, The Clay Studio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2005/06 ‘Expressions of Culture’, SOFA NY and Chicago

2004 ‘Quietly Convincing’, Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON

2003 ‘21st Century Ceramics in the United States and Canada’, Columbus,
Ohio, USA

2003 ‘Hot and Spicey’, Harbourfront, Toronto, ON

2002 ‘Genius Loci’, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON

2002 ‘Ceramic Modernism: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and Their Legacy’, The
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, ON

2002 ‘Earth and Fire’, Arts Court, Ottawa, ON

2000 Prime Gallery at SOFA, SOFA Exhibition, Chicago, USA

1999 ‘Canada-Clay Today’, SOFA Exhibition, Chicago, USA; Faenza Biennale, Faenza, Italy; International Ceramic Symposium, Amsterdam, Netherlands, produced by The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, ON
1998 ‘A Grand Design’, Multi-media Installation, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

1997 ‘Fire + Earth’, Itabashi Art Museum, Itabashi, Japan, organized by the Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON

1996-1998 ‘White on White: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics’, exhibition travelled to Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Toronto, produced by Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON

1996 ‘6th National Biennial of Ceramics’, Trois-Rivieres, PQ

1996 ‘Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics in Asian Modes’, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON

1994 ‘4th Annual Biennial of Ceramics’, Trois-Rivieres, PQ

1994 'Containment: The Space Within', Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON

1992 'International Invitational Exhibition of Ceramic Art', National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan

1992 '5th National Biennial of Ceramics', Trois Rivieres, PQ

1989 'Ontario Craft '89', The Craft Gallery, Toronto, ON

1988 ‘National Biennial of Ceramics’, Trois Rivieres, PQ

1986 ‘Jim Thomson/Susan Warner-Keene’, Montreal Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, PQ

1985 ‘National Biennial of Ceramics’, Trois Rivieres, PQ

1986 ‘Jim Thomson/John Ikeda’, Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, ON

1984 'Ceramic Bridge', Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB.

COMMISSIONS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2008 elected to membership in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

2004 television subject for ‘CBC ARTSPOT’

2003 “Saidye Bronfman Award” nominee

2002 ‘Dart’, Sculpture Commission, Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON

1999 Mary O’Neil - Art that Works’ Purchase Award, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

1998 Canada Council ‘A’Grant

1998 ‘Waterwall’, Vertical Clay Garden Commission, Domicile Developments Inc.,
Ottawa, On

1992 Prix de la Ville de Trois Rivieres, 5th Biennial of Ceramics

1992 ‘Benches’, Sculpture Commission, Ottawa City Hall, Ottawa, ON, Architect: Moshi Safdie

1989 Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton 'A' Grant

1990 Top Of The World', Sculpture Commission, Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton Building, Ottawa, ON, Architect: Ray Moriyama

1982-1983 Scholarship, Master's Programme, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB

1981 Scholarship, Ceramic Sculpture Symposium, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB.

LECTURES, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER ENDEAVOURS

2007 Participant in the Invitational Sino-Canada Art Exchange Programme, Fuping, China

2006 Member of a discussion panel on ‘Collectors and Collecting’,
Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON

2005-2007 Member, Ottawa Council for the Arts

2004-2005 Member, Ottawa Art Gallery Fundraising Committee

2004 Member, CBC ARTSPOTS advisory committee

2003 Guest Artist, Ontario college of Art and Design, Toronto, ON

2003 Guest Artist, Sheridan College, Missisagua, ON

2002 Peer Assessor, Saidye Bronfman Award, Canada Council, Ottawa, ON

2000 2002 Workshop, Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON

2002 ‘The Common Object’, Seven workshop/presentations, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON

2000 Lecture/Workshop, The George Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, ON

1996-1998 Member, Art Gallery Committee, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON

1997 Presentation at ‘White on White’ symposium, The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, ON

1994 - 2001 Instructor, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON

1993 Intercultural Sculpture Symposium, Ottawa, ON

1994 Workshop, Kingston Potters' Guild, Kingston, ON

1994 Workshop and Public Lecture, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS

1991 Workshop, Sheridan College, Mississauga, ON

1992 Presentation and Workshop, Queen's University, Faculty of Education, Kingston, ON

1989-1996 Art and Craft Consultant for the City of Ottawa, ON

1987 Curator, 'Fat Jam', Regional Craft Exhibition, Ottawa, ON

1986 Presentation and Workshop, Concordia University, Montreal, PQ

1988 Presentation and Workshop, C.E.G.E.P. du Vieux Montreal, PQ

1984 – 87 Instructor, General Programme, Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON

1981 Ceramic Sculpture Symposium, Banff, AB.

1977 – 82 Instructor, Purcell Pottery, Ottawa, ON

EDUCATION AND RELATED STUDIES

2007 residency, Fuping Ceramic Art Village, Fuping, China

1993 Making and Metaphor Conference, Hull, PQ

1982-1983 Banff Winter Cycle Master's Programme, Banff, AB

1981 Conference for International Ceramic History, New York, N.Y.

1978 Ceramic Studies in Japan

1979 Ceramic Studies in Thailand

1976 - 1978 Studies in Religion, Aesthetics, History of Art; Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

1973 Vancouver School of Art, Vancouver, BC

PUBLICATIONS

Ontario Craft Council Magazine, Canada, ‘Sitting On Top pf the World’, 1990-91

Work Seen, ‘Vanishing Vessels’, Canada, by Janis Runge, winter, 1991 –92

Ceramic Spectrum, Canada, by Robin Hopper, 2001
The Ceramic Surface, London, UK, by Mathius Ostermann

Ceramic Arts and Perception, Issue 52, Australia, ‘Fire at Both Ends’ by Glenn Allison, 2002

The Ottawa Citizen, review by Paul Gessel, 2004

‘Impressions from Lolaland’, catalogue introduction, by Sandra Flood, 2004

Critical Ceramics, ‘Impressions from Lolaland’, London, UK, 2005

Studio Ceramics, Canada, by Gail Crawford, 2005
Fusion Magazine, Lolaland, by Ann Cummings, winter 2006

REPRESENTED IN THE COLLECTIONS OF: Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON; Corporation of the City of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON; Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, ON; The Banff Centre, School of Fine Art, Banff, AB; The Burlington Arts Centre, Burlington, ON; The Conference Board of Canada, Ottawa, ON; The Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, ON and London, England, Zoom Airlines, Canada and U.K.