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My Ceramics

In the studio I like to do	Handbuilding, Throwing on the Wheel, Sculpting, Slip casting, Everything to do with Ceramics
Pottery Wheel	Brent CXC, Shimpo whisper and aspire
Clay body	Earthenware, Stoneware, Porcelain
Clay Brand	Plainsman, aardvark
Kiln Type	Electric Kiln
Kiln Atmosphere	Oxidation Atmosphere
Temperature	Cone 6
Glaze	Make my own cone 6
You can buy my work from	Yes

About Me

Introduction	I’m from vancouver BC, I make sculptures and wheel thrown forms. I own a ceramics school called hand eye design ceramics
What I Love about Ceramics	Tactility and breadth
How I started with ceramics	Digging in a ravine near my childhood home.
What inspires me	Found objects, reading critical theory texts.
What I'm working on at the moment	Series of large sculptures started on wheel and altered via coils and suspension with fabric and wood.
My Artist Statement	Artist statement My recent sculptures are intended to convey the instability of our culturally conditioned insatiable manufactured appetites which distances us perpetually further from the natural environment. In the production of my work, I am very studio oriented, taking the position that process matters; materials have intelligence. Clay is the ideal medium for me because it responds to the impressions my body’s movement produces in the here and now. Clay is the ideal record of existence. So in my sculptures, I work with time, pressure and gravity; the same forces through which clay is formed. Artist Bio James Kemp studied at Kwanten Poly Technic University and Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Kemp’s sculptures are in collections of the NY Fire House Gallery and the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art Gifu, Japan. His work will be the 2017 Access Gallery Fundraiser Auction. After working as an artist assistant for local sculptors Liz Magor and David Robinson, during which he helped produce work for the National gallery of Canada, Catriona Jeffries Gallery and a variety of public sculpture commissions throughout BC, Kemp has directed his energy to his studio practice. He has shown at gallery Fukai, Circle Craft Gallery, The Leo Koo gallery, the Windsor gallery, La Mur gallery, and at the international emerging ceramic arts exhibition in New York; his work was featured in the 2014 international ceramics festival/competition in Mino Japan where his work was awarded a Special Judges Award. More recently his sculpture Morphology IV was awarded an honorable mention at America’s Clay Fest in California. His work has been featured in The Peace Arch, The Vancouver sun, The Tri City News, The Westender, Vancouver Co-Op Radio, and Ballad Of Magazine.
My CV	James Kemp CV sculpturejameskemp.weebly.com kemp.james@hotmail.com 778-898-3414 Education 2014- BED, Education, Secondary, University of British Columbia 2012- BFA, General Visual Arts, degree focus in sculpture, Emily Carr University of art and design 2009- BA of Psychology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Awards2016- America’s Clay Fest Honourable mention ($325.00 US)2014- Special Judges Award (1060.00) International Ceramics Competition, Mino Japan2012- Circle Craft Graduation Award ($1000.00) Emily Carr grad exhibition2012- BMO 1st Art Invitational Student Art Competition, Sculpture, Nominee2009- People’s choice award New Westminester Art-Gallery2008- Best in show in the non- professional ceramic category Deep-Cove-Art-GalleryCollectionsNew York, Rochester Firehouse GalleryThe Museum of Modern Ceramic Art Gifu , Japan Artist Apprenticeship 2009- Sandra Dolph, Cedar Grave Gallery: Looked over gallery operations and sales, property maintenance and upgrades. 2007- Chris Motloch, Molten Spirits studio, (Glass blowing) assisting with craft production, Learnt basic glass blowing skills and how to tack glass rods together, operation of glass annealing kiln, built a gallery next to the studio. Artist Studio and Gallery Assistant Work Experience2013- Liz Magor, assistant for public art proposal; Casting with synthetics2012- Liz Magor, assistant for her solo show at Catriona Jeffries Gallery: painting, wood working, organizing and cleaning studio2010-12- David Robinson studio and gallery: Large and small scale urethane and silicone mold making, wood construction, bronze chasing on small figures, bronze, and silver waxing, and patina finishing, welding and soldering, fiber glass, FGR, Kast Krete, wax casting, public art installation, gallery installation/ renovations, crating and shipping receiving of sculptures, updating materials and tools order list. 2011– Liz Magor, commissioned Whalley Public Library Sculpture: “Marks” Large scale silicone mold making, Silicone casting, wood construction of structural support for casting. Design and operation of adapted mold hoist mechanics.2010- Köbberling& Kaltwasser: The Games Are Open: Construction of model from which to make measurements for an up scaled sculptural form of a large life size bulldozer, wood construction. http://www.othersights.ca/kobberling-kaltwasser-the-games-are-open/Teaching Experience2013-14- Prince of Whales Secondary School- Teaching (grades 8-12) Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Mixed Media and Ceramics and Psychology. 2013- Art Space for Children, Children’s’ ceramic instructor: Programing and Teaching ceramic hand building to children. 2013- Place De Arts: Children’s’ ceramic instructor: Teaching ceramic hand building to children coordinating kiln firing schedules for large quantities of kids camp projects. Organizing a gallery display box that featured student work.2013- Fraser Valley Potters Guild, Surrey: Biographical presentation of artistic production, including the presentation and discussion of my ceramic sculpture as well as sculpture made with other materials. Demoing advanced sculptural hand building and mould making technics.2013- Tri-City Potters, Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Burnaby pottery guild: Biographical presentation of artistic production, including the presentation and discussion of my ceramic sculpture as well as sculpture made with other materials. 2012- Port Moody Art’s Centre: Teaching ceramic hand building to children and adults, coordinating glazing and kiln firing for large events such as birthday parties.2006-11- Semiahmoo House Society: Teaching, facilitating and programming recreational art day camps, one of which was ceramics; I taught ceramic hand building, and operated kilns.2010– Olympic celebration committee: Demoing large scale ceramic sculpture slab construction 2005-08- Delta Fire Hall Center for the Arts: Programming, class brochure designee, studio and glaze technician; operating and loading/unloading cone 6 electric kilns and teaching all age ranges wheel throwing, hand building.2003- Crescent Beach Community Services: Teaching painting and ceramic hand building to Teen moms and children.Residency2012 to 2013- One year studio residency, Port Moody Art’s Centre: Developing a cohesive body of work for a solo show; organizing fundraiser; open studio supervisor.Solo shows2013- Leo Koo Gallery, leokoo.com2013- Port moody arts center, Port Moody, BC2012- Introduction of the Ceramic Artist in Resident, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BCGroup Exhibits 2016- America’s Clay Fest. Lincoln California, US2014- International Ceramic Competition, Mino Japan2013- Fire House Gallery, 5th Annual College Clay Collective, NY, Juried by David MacDonald http://www.geneseearts.org/genesee-pottery/CCC-2013/index.php2013- Gallery Fukie, Nouveau Baroque , Vancouver2013- Circle Craft award recipients, Circle Craft Gallery, Vancouver2012-2013- Leo Koo Gallery, Vancouver (current representation)2012- Fresh Paint, New Construction: (Canadian National Student Exhibition), La Mur Gallery, Montreal (nominated to show by the ECUAD sculpture department)2012- “Ceramic Sculpture 2012” featuring 8 artists including Jeffry Mitchell, Alwyn O’Brien, and Eliza Au, Quinary Art Projects, Van, BC 2012- Arts 2012, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC2012- Duration, The Sheppard gallery, Van, BC 2012- Ceramic Multiple Show, Emily Carr, Van, BC2012- ECUAD Graduate Award Winners, Windsor gallery, Van, BC2012- Emily Carr Grad show, Van, BC 2011- Drop, 221A Gallery, Van, BC2011- Don’t Touch, Emily Carr Concourse Gallery, Van, BC2011- Hall Gallery, Van, BC2010- Fabrication, Emily Carr Concourse Gallery, Van, BC2010- Trade, Asian Center for Contemporary Art Gallery, Van. BC2010- Fraser Valley Potters Guild Group Show, Evergreen Cultural Centre for the Arts, Coquitlam, BC2009- Fraser Valley Potters Guild Group Show, New West Minister Art Gallery, New West Minister, BC2009- Arts 2009, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC2008- Fraser Valley Potter Guild Group Show, Deep Cove Art Gallery, North Van, BC2007- Fraser Valley Potters Guild Group Show, Evergreen Cultural Centre for the Arts, Coquitlam, BCCuratorial projects2012- I See, Think, Do, Emily Carr Concourse Gallery, Van, BC http://www.ecuad.ca/about/events/186103 2009- In-side, Emily Carr Concourse Gallery, Van, BC, Co-curated with Debbie Westergaard Tuepah, Claudia Fernandez, Krystian Guevara, Margaret Mah,http://insideatemilycarr.wordpress.com/Publications2015- The Westender2015- Vancouver Co-Op Radio2016- Ballad Of Magazine 2013- Tri City News “PMAC residency ends with exhibit” http://www.tricitynews.com/entertainment/204311781.html 2012- Vancouver Sun news paper, print version 2011- Emily Carr Woo Magazine2010-12- Emily Carr agenda2010-11- Emily Carr agenda2009- “Witness,” Canadian Immigrant Magazine