Awards

LISA CRESKEY
HELEN COPELAND MEMORIAL AWARD IN CERAMICS

Lisa’s work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally with exhibitions at Craft Ontario, Karsh-Masson Gallery, and Art-Image. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Prix du CALQ 2017 – Work of the Year in the Outaouais (Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec), Best in Clay in The Fusion Clay and Glass Show 2017 (Toronto), Best in Show in the New Art Festival 2017 (Ottawa), Honorable Mention in the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2017 in South Korea, 4th Place in the Viewer’s Choice Awards for the International Competition of the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale 2017, and a Recommendation Prize in the 2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale. She lives and works in Chelsea, Quebec.

Lisa's primary drive as a ceramicist has been that of storytelling from a personal connection to the subject. Through her work, she attempts to question and destabilize her own understanding of personal and collective identity. She is drawn to local historical documents, architecture, and artifacts as a place to initiate visual exploration. As a ceramic artist, She is led to explore the potential of the medium as sculpture and installation and how they relate to the visual medium of painting. Lisa uses the form of the vessel as a tool to approach historical and personal subject matter as a circular and unending narrative.

www.lisacreskey.com

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A Season for Everything - A Journey Through Time and Space vitrine exhibition at the Gardiner Museum
Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, underglaze painted, glazed, 45 x 450 x 45, 2018

Through Time and Ice Expansion – new work in the Time and Space series
Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, underglaze painted, glazed, 40 x 100 x 60, 2018

Tree Arch Full Moon Dive – from the Time and Space exhibition at Gardiner Museum
Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, underglaze painted, glazed, 40 x 35 x 20, 2018

Exhibition Match at Art-Image
Ceramic works: Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, carved, underglaze painted. Wooden figures/structures: Carved,
wood-burned painted, stained, metal fasteners, Gallery Installation 2.5m x 7m x 7m, 2016

On the Lievre – Georges Bothwell at Exhibition Match at Art-image exhibition
Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, carved, underglaze painted, glazed
On wooden figure/support: Carved, wood-burned, painted, stained, metal fasteners, 30 x 45 x 15, 2016

When Horses Walked on Water at Craft Ontario
Procession: Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, carved, underglaze painted, electric train components, wood, Cormorant Weather (background) – wall installation: Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, carved, underglaze painted, tree seeds, cattails, epoxy resin, Craft Ontario gallery space, 2016

Peninsula Packet at Craft Ontario
Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, carved, underglaze painted, glazed, wood, 40 x 150 x 75, 2016

Reflection Through Time and Ice HMS Terror
Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, carved, underglaze painted, glazed, 30 x 65 x 40, 2016

Reflection Through Time and Ice HMS Terror detail
Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, carved, underglaze painted, glazed, 30 x 65 x 40, 2016

Lady Franklin’s Dream – Sycorax
Porcelain, hand-built, sculpted, carved, underglaze painted, string, 60 x 40 x 40, 2015

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