Spikes

40 cm

earthenware, nails

‘Les Grandes Dames’ is an assemblage of figures depicting women as distinct entities.  Debra's objective has been to add her visual voice to those who have been and are involved in repositioning the rights and personhood of women.  This is also a cautionary tale.  Women’s rights have existed only within narrow bands of history and usually involving only a portion of the world’s women, which, during this last century, some have been experiencing  – but storm clouds loom. Read more here!

*Please note, items will be shipped or available for pickup after the show ends on July 25th, 2024

Debra Sloan is an internationally exhibited artist who began as a self-taught ceramicist in 1973, eventually receiving her ECUAD BFA in 2004. Maker, teacher, adjudicator, writer, presenter, served on provincial craft boards, and currently president of the North-West Ceramics Foundation. Attended international residencies in Hungary, Italy, UK, Japan, and 12 months at UBC MOA. She has received many awards including Best of Show  – 2023 FIREWORKS, hosted by Fusion, in Toronto. Her community practice includes the creation of the BC Ceramic Mark Registry, hosted by CCBC .  In May 2024 she will be attending the Wallace Steger Residency in Saskatchewan.