Partial Eclipse
Keith Rice-Jones
Bio
My initial training as a cabinet-maker was steeped in the Arts and Crafts tradition and later the Bauhaus and Modernism.
It is easy to see the design influence in the way I work along with the heritage of modernist simplification of forms.
Although purely sculptural, I see my work remaining rooted in the vessel tradition, both in its materiality, construction and the spatial sense of the completed pieces.
My Geometric pieces were the initial transition from sculptural but functional containers and vessels, which were often architecturally inspired. Moving away from the functional aspect allowed a freedom to focus entirely on the interaction of the forms themselves.
A Residency in Australia gave me to space to explore ideas that had been sitting quietly on a studio shelf for several years. These were small direct carvings in soft firebrick and I had intended to use these as maquettes for full-sized pieces. It needed a whole new approach from my geometric construction techniques but allowed an expanded vocabulary to open up.
In a sense, my assembled pieces bring all these ideas and techniques together. I use slabs firmed up in moulds that come from carvings, and combine these with elements that could be from a whole variety of making techniques.
Much earlier assembled forms – Obelisks and Stelae, though primarily architectural, had remarkable figurative aspects, even character suggestions giving rise to names.
The assembled pieces have some of the same figurative qualities whether it is totemic associations or subtle suggestive references to other cultures, African, Cycladic or Inuit Inukshuks.
Curriculum Vitae
2018
Ensemble, Maple Ridge Art Gallery – group show of collections of related pieces.
2016
Keith Rice-Jones: Monumental Sculptures, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC,
Atmospheric – group show, atmospheric (salt) fired work. Gallery of BC Ceramics
2015
Ludique – New sculptures Sopa Fine Arts, Kelowna
Tea Bowls -group show, Gallery of BC Ceramics
2014
Keith Rice-Jones: Sticks and Stones, Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC
Recent Acquisitions: Ceramics by Walter Dexter, Keith Rice-Jones, Kinichi Shigeno, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2013
Working the Edge – a Mostly Ceramic Journey, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam. BC; a 37 year retrospective
A Life in the Day, Maple Ridge Art Gallery – a joint show with Celia Rice-Jones; 25 years of Wildrice Studio
2011
Patterns – Group Show Cityscape Gallery ,North Vancouver, BC
2010
By Hand: Contemporary Craft from BC & Yukon, Museum of Vancouver & Craft Council of BC
Vox Populi – New Sculptures, SOPA Fine Arts, Kelowna
Size Matters – New Sculptures, Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver
2008
Far Flung Wood-fired Work, Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW, Australia
2007
Land and Rock, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster; joint exhibition of sculptural bowls
Au Naturel, Leigh Square Galleria, Port Coquitlam; outdoor sculpture
2006
Geometric and Organic Sculpture, Sturt Craft Centre, Mittagong, NSW, Australia
2005
Separate Skins, Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC
TransFormations: BC PottersGuild Juried 50th Anniversary Show, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
BC-Tajimi, Japan Exchange Exhibition, Tamiji, Japan
Wood Fired Work, Sawa Gallery
BC Potters Guild Exhibition, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC
BC in a Box, Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody, BC and then touring the Province; a BC Potters Guild touring show of miniatures
2004
Hot Gods, Blackberry Gallery, Port Moody, BC; varied work from firings since 2000
Coquitlam Art Teachers Exhibition, Place Des Arts, Coquitlam, BC; abstract sculpture
Hot Clay Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey BC; abstract sculptures
Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC
2003
Primary Energy, Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC; (abstract sculpture)
2002
BC Potters Guild Juried Show, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC
2001
Wood Fired Work, Stage One Gallery, Nagoya Japan
Wood Fired Work, Ginko Kobo, Seto, Japan
2000
Reliquaries, Gallery BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC
Designs for Living, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
Orton Cone Box Biennial Juried Exhibition, Holt-Russell Gallery, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas; and national traveling show
1999
Facets, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
BC Potters Guild Juried Show, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC
Blackberry Art Gallery, Port Moody, BC
Unexpected Collaborations, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC
Our Salmon, Our Children, One Earth, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver, BC
Vernisage, Port Moody Arts Council, Port Moody, BC
BC Teachers Federation
Splash, Arts Umbrella Performance Works, Vancouver, BC
1998
Our Salmon, Our Children, One Earth, Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Runes & Hearts: Garden Pots & Sculptures, Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster, BC
Our Salmon, Our Children,One Earth, Evergreen Cultural Centre , Coquitlam, BC
Our Best – BC Potters Potters Guild, Community Arts Gallery
Coquitlam Teachers Exhibition, Place des Arts, Coquitlam, BC
Splash, Arts Umbrella Performance Works, Vancouver, BC
Vernisage, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC
1997
Icons, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
Van Dop Gallery, New Westminster, BC
1996
Fountains, Gallery BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC
Coquitlam Teachers Exhibition, Place des Arts, Coquitlam, BC
1994
Ritual Openings, Gallery BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC
Contained, Dr. Vigari Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Coquitlam Teachers Exhibition, Place des Arts, Coquitlam, BC
1993
The Clay Connection, Amelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster, BC
Jugs Pitchers Dippers & Metaphors, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, BC
1992
All the Same, Gallery BC Ceramics, Vancouver, BC
Architectural Connections, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
Designer Treasury Series, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1987
Pyramids & Montages, Revelstoke Art Gallery, Revelstoke, BC
Montages, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
1986
Montages & Clay, Southampton University Gallery, Southampton, UK
1982
Worlds in Clay, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
1979
Relationships, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
1976
Sculptural Concept Containers, House of Ceramics –
2007
Lindau Mural
2006
Michael J. Fox Theatre Lobby
2004
Lougheed Mall Floor Mural
2001
The Burnaby Millennium Sculpture Poles
Numerous private commissions
2016 The Language of Space and Form Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2015 Juror, Richmond Potters Guild
Aesthetics of Form and Function, Richmond Potters Guild
Tri City Potters
2013 Zen and the Art of Space, Maple Ridge Art Gallery
Wildrice Studio – Pethca Kucha, Evergreen Cultiural Centre, BC
2012 Handbuilding Techniques Williams Lake Potters Guild
2011 Juror, Sunshine Coast Guild
2008 Presenter (Canadian Woodfiring) International Woodfiring Conference Sturt Contemporary Craft Centre., Australia
2006 Residency Workshop – Large Sculptures, Sturt Contemporary Craft Centre, Australia
2004 Presenter– International Clay Symposium, Shadbolt Centre, BC
1999 Handbuilding / Japanese Ceramics and Culture North Island College, BC
1996 – 2009 Instructor, Designs for Learning Art – SFU, Art Education
2011 Size Matters (review) Cahiers métiers d’art/Craft Journal 4.2(Spring 2011: Amy Gogarty
2010 Slab Techniques Jim Robison
Size Matters Amy Gogarty
2009 Ceramics Technical #28 Dianna Waggoner
2000 The Extruder Book Daryl E Baird
1998 Made of Clay. Ceramics of BC Potters Guild of BC
1997 Handbuilt Ceramics Kathy Triplett
Regular contributor of practical and philosophical article or BC Potters Guild Nesletter
2017 Received Hilde Gerson Award jointly with Celia from Craft Council of BC
2005 Award of Merit, BC Potters Guild Juried Show
1999 Award of Merit, BC Potters Guild Juried Show
1979
M.Ed. (Art Education)
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
1975
Diploma in Curriculum Studies (Art and Design)
School of Art Education, Birmingham Polytechnic, Birmingham, UK
197
B.Ed. (Industrial Education)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
1964
D.L.C. (Handicraft/Drama)
Loughborough Training College, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK